Are you on a diet? My bet is the answer will be a resounding yes. Go ahead admit it you’re on a diet. Guess what… I am too. And so are my friends (ALL of ‘em), my family (All of them too), and so are my neighbors. How do I know this? Because of the fraggin definition of the word!

diet:
1 - The usual food and drink of a person or animal.

Oh. Wait. Doe the word diet make you think of something else? Oh my. Wow. That’s embarrassing I have to say. No, no, no. I’m not doing that other thing. I haven’t the slightest what other people are or are not doing. It’s really not my business. But I would wager a bet with nearly anyone that the word diet brings about one thought. That would be the 2nd definition of the word diet

2 - A regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.

Regulation. Heck maybe I have been on a diet lately. I only allow myself certain amounts of particular types of food daily. Why? I want to stay healthy and fit. What am I getting at with this rant on the word diet?!

SPAIN! Fraggin Spain! France… I’m with you peeps. I really am, but Spain!? I just read the new article on Yahoo! - ‘Madrid fashion show bans 5 thin models‘
How is this possible?! The world is struggling with obesity and someone thinks the idea of people, young and old, worrying thinking about their weight and, oh no, going on a diet (via definition #2) is a bad thing? A BAD THING!?

This problem is pandemic Spain! Pandemic! More people need to pat ATTENTION to their weight because they are obese. Recently the UK was discussing what to do with women with a BMI of 36 or higher because their they are “less likely to get pregnant and more likely to encounter health problems.” Read the article - Call for fertility ban for obese

The present culture doesn’t like my okusan, my wife, because of her genetics. She has a BMI of 16.5. WHAT?! 16.5! That’s, according to BMI numbers, unhealthy. Quoting my best bud Kazi… Actually…. No. She eats when she’s hungry. She participates in sporting events - and excels. Her bone density is thin. And to add insult to injury… She’s been doing all of this since she was a child.

But, according to Spain’s established rule, she would be too thin. She is definitely in the minority of women that aren’t ’soft’. She is hardly “normal” according to the numbers but she is not “unhealthily underweight”.

I am so sick and tired of thin or in shape people for having to appease those that do not work out. Yup, I’m in shape. Yes, I go to the gym often. Guess what… I get to feel unhappy about my body too. But get this: I. Do. Something. About. It! And so do many, many other people. The sad thing is there are far fewer people doing something about it than there are that do not do something about it.

Why? Why is it OKAY to ridicule the thin models? If what everyone is saying, marketing promotes stick thin appearance and if it really is affecting the culture by “damaging your girls’ self image” because they “aspire to look like the catwalk models” wouldn’t we see more thin women? Wouldn’t there be a different problem instead of the new fight against obesity War on Weight?

Please tell me! Someone. Please!

I don’t think a response is likely.

I can only speak for America, even though this is a global problem, when dealing with fat Vs. thin. Is it okay to be fat or thin… Sure. But more questions than I can type need to be asked. Is there medication involved? Is it genetic? What kinds of food are eaten daily? How much exercise…? What does work entail? It goes on and on and goes really, really, really deep for some people.

Oh. Oh. Oh. These questions above. Yea. They relate to both fat or thin.

Spain. Wake up. What you’ve done to this fashion show is pathetic and a poorly executed effort to clean up something that really isn’t broken. If designer number 1 has a wardrobe for a certain type of woman it is their right to hire a woman that will fit into their clothes. Do you want normal or plus size fashion shows? Hire designers that create the look you want. invite them and the needed models will magically appear.

No really. Poof noise + smoke = successful show.

What’s my BMI? I cruise in at 23.5. That’s 5′11” at 160 lbs. To see how many pounds I can put on and still be “Normal” I kept plugging in numbers. I finally reached 178 - BMI 24.8. One pound more - 179 - BMI 25.0. I can put on 19 pounds and still be ‘normal’. 19 pounds. If I put on a pound or two I can feel it. Nine. Teen. Pounds?

I know this is the topic that riles me more than most because of the general laziness of Americans and the lack of care for the body and for others. Yes, others. If more people ate better, worked out, etc. health costs would go down. Think on that….

Come on. Think on it. Take a few seconds. Everyone is in better shape, eating healthier food, smoking less or not at all.

Insurance companies wouldn’t have to pay as much as they do for drugs or doctor bills and so on.

It isn’t bad to be thin damn it. It CAN be bad but thin does not equal bad. It goes the exact same way with fat.

Spain… go back to throwing tomatoes, tossing goats, and losing early in the World Cup. I was rooting for you this summer peeps. I even bought the national jersey.

Sigh, why’d someone have to go and ban 5 models. Arrrgh! Come. On.

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