Interesting Article (Can You Be Fit and Fat?)
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Calico
Cathlete
That is a good article and I have always thought that way. While I might not be the thinnist person around I am certainly more fit that some of those thin people. I have always carried weight well, and had good muscle tone. I used to alway say I am either fitly fat or fatly fit though I am losing weight again now I have no desire to become stick thin, nor would my body allow that to happen. I am large boned and big busted to becoming sickly thin or even slim by the world's standard will never happen. And with me incorporating weight training now I really doubt I will ever be thin.
That is a great article. Thanks for sharing it. I'm going to send it to my husband to read. He is 275 pounds, but very muscular with a "beer belly". I keep telling him that the scale is not important, but all he sees is his belly. I know that it is not all fat by the amount of weight he lifts. Maybe this will help convince him.
naughtoj
Cathlete
Great article, but I just read the opposite. I will try to remember where. But that article said that it appears cardiovascular problems start to arise when you are about 15% overweight. They said that even though you may be fit, it does not appear to help, studies show. The article goes on to say that what is most important is keeping a healthy body weight, science has yet to show exactly why. I think it was Prevention magazine. I will look for the article.
I remember cuz it was a big bummer for me, who always resides at about 26 BMI....
Janice
I remember cuz it was a big bummer for me, who always resides at about 26 BMI....
Janice