Today we’ll be talking health and specifically weight loss.  More and more people I know on Twitter are taking action to lose weight.   My sister has struggled with her weight since the age of 11 and I’ve seen so many friends beat themselves up for their weight.  We’ll explore the shame, guilt and blaming that goes on regarding weight loss.

photo credit: jodigreen

I have always been slim but that doesn’t mean I’ve always been healthy.  Today I will share how I gained 15lbs in the summer of 2002 and lost it by December 2002

So I’m going to talk about:

• Healthy weight
• Society’s Ideals of Beauty
• Why are two thirds of American’s overweight?
• Risks of being overweight
• Guilt, shame and blaming: The problem with weight loss
• My sister Gwendolyn; “I want you to live past 30″
• How your genetics tie into your weight
• How women and men hold extra pounds
• Desk jobs make you fat but so does your lifestyle
• Fat geeks and computer nerds
• Toss your TV and get a life
• How your culture ties into your weight
• Benefits of not being overweight
• Why diets fail
• How to lose weight on a high protein diet
• What are calories?
• How to lose weight and keep it off
• Exercise: A necessary evil of losing weight
• How to make exercise fun
• How people have lost weight on the job
• Healthy vs unhealthy weight loss
• Eating disorders
• Options for eating healthy when you’re busy

This topic was inspired by Twitter folks @angelonfire, @ohdoctah, @nbaisley and @swirlspice.  I wish you all the best with your health management and weight loss efforts!

Resources

Seattle Sutton’s Healthy Eating

Calories at Wikipedia

New York Times – For the Overweight, Bad Advice by the Spoonful

From The Chat

5:53 angelonfire: She is very hyper in person. LOL

5:53 therealashland: @ angel is adria from cali?

5:54 barbieeminajx33-1: my parents cook reaallyy good to

5:54 barbieeminajx33-1: & my grandma throws down

5:54 barbieeminajx33-1: lmao

5:54 angelonfire: no. i think she is from the midwest or something. ask her.

5:54 therealashland: i swear she looks like Tracee Ellis Ross

5:55 king_of_ga: lol

5:55 barbieeminajx33-1: just the hair

5:55 therealashland: i aint got a butt, but i have some hips on me

5:56 therealashland: men hold it in there bellies

5:56 king_of_ga: lol

5:56 therealashland: ispy an obama sticker,…smh

5:56 angelonfire: LOL

5:56 angelonfire: or your feet

5:57 king_of_ga: i get see mine but i still wanna get toned

5:57 king_of_ga: can*

5:57 angelonfire: i’m fat, but not that fat.

5:58 therealashland: @ angel you dont live in atlanta no more?

5:58 barbieeminajx33-1: im skinnyy :)

5:58 king_of_ga: is it true that s fat can be turned into muscle?

5:58 therealashland: i hear sex,.. gets the heart pumping and helps lose weight…

5:58 angelonfire: never lived in atlanta. but people assume i do.

5:59 therealashland: Imma do the gym thing

5:59 u-al: As we age we need less calories but we seem to eat more.

5:59 angelonfire: I stay in the gym now

5:59 king_of_ga: yeah but men cant do yoga

5:59 therealashland: @ angel….. oh

5:59 barbieeminajx33-1: i never worked out in the gym before =/

5:59 barbieeminajx33-1: i wannaa tho

5:59 king_of_ga: when men do yoga its kinda werid

5:59 angelonfire: I walk around my neighborhood too

6:00 angelonfire: go @ barbie

6:00 angelonfire: noone is worried bout u at the gym.

6:00 barbieeminajx33-1: but i dont wanna get muscular

6:00 therealashland: in atlanta for what?

6:00 barbieeminajx33-1: im not gunna loose weight

6:01 angelonfire: some people are insecure at the gym

6:01 barbieeminajx33-1: im just gonna get muscle tone

6:01 therealashland: I don’t like going to the gym during the day i  when i am alone, even though its scary

6:01 king_of_ga: lol

6:02 therealashland: house

6:02 therealashland: the game! whooa

6:03 angelonfire: LOL

6:03 angelonfire: my mom

6:04 angelonfire: don’t waste that food.

6:05 king_of_ga: so its good to streach out food

6:08 therealashland: lol @ gals, i am going to start saying that

6:11 MkwBat: Hey

6:11 MkwBat: Is it better to drink water, or though weight loss shakes?

6:12 therealashland: so how do you feel about raw food diets @ adria

6:13 MkwBat: Would it be better to just switch over and be a Vegetarian?

6:14 therealashland: but raw food diet is supposed to be no fail if you stick with it

6:14 therealashland: so i hear

6:14 MkwBat: You are on the main page of UStream right now

6:18 MkwBat: What happens when you want to eat something healthy, but your body tells you that you are full

6:18 MkwBat: Of course she says Chicken first xD

6:19 MkwBat: Go eat grass outside

6:19 therealashland: soy milk is so much better

6:20 angelonfire: i drink soy milk becase i’m L.I. too

6:20 angelonfire: Silk is good

6:21 therealashland: lol i drink it cause i am vegan, if you read up on milk i swear no one in the right mind would drink it,..disgusting

6:22 angelonfire: no one should drink milk after the age of 3

6:24 PUZZYLOVA: Shakes is good

6:34 piano39: Whats ur eating diet on ur daily bases?

6:35 piano39: What if u have a fast metabolism does that matter to ur eating diet.

6:37 illa-1: lol

6:39 angelonfire: yay! no smoking

6:40 geekfreaklive: Also when u go on vacation u eat less!

6:40 angelonfire: yay vacation can mess u up

6:41 angelonfire: *yes

6:42 illa-1: even if you are thing need to build stamina

6:42 s70volvo1: R’ U still eatin Pork?????

6:42 angelonfire: yeah

6:43 angelonfire: sushi. lol

6:43 ricklatta: Raw vegies are hard to digest though.

6:49 angelonfire: Bye Adria

6:49 angelonfire: thanx for the show

6:49 ricklatta: Bye guys!

6:50 illa-1: lol

6:52 illa-1: sompe people say smoking help you lose weight