From Diet Blog Share: Research tells us there are 300 million people in the U.S., give or take a few. I also have been reading that 103 million or so of them are overweight women – that’s a lot of women! Thirty years ago I weighed over 300 pounds and I clearly remember seeing those around me as thin and skinny. I stuck out like a sore thumb because of my size. Now it is common to see many overweight people around. I work with overweight people everyday, and it is clear to me that being a few pounds overweight does not mean you are unfit or unhealthy. In fact just the opposite. Just because one is thin, skinny, or wears a single digit size clothes does not guarantee good health. Good health and fitness comes from a lifestyle of good nutrition and exercise 3-5 times a week. We have been taught to think that larger women, who do

not fit the ‘Hollywood’ mold, are hopeless in their quest to look and feel better simply because we are not emaciated. I am a clear example of this. I began my journey at a size 24, and today I am a healthy, fit and fabulous size 12. If that means plus size, then so be it. I am happier today, and I look and feel better than ever. You can feel and look better too and still be curvy and shapely. What matters is a healthy lifestyle, not sitting home on the couch wishing you were a size 2 – you will probably never get there. But, you can feel good about you by taking your life into your own hands, and not buying into what this society thinks you should be. Take one step at a time and work it!

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