Part one in a four-part series on obesity and weight loss.
July 11, 2006 (Press Release) --
No matter what a person’s BMI is, fat people tend to fit into one of five categories:
The Staying-Fat are those who are overweight and know it, yet they either don’t care or they have given up trying to fight it.
The Yo-Yo’ers are those people are overweight and who try and do lose weight, usually through dieting. But then they gain it back again—often accruing more fat with each cycle of weight loss.
The Finally-Not-Fat are those who diligently work at controlling their weight. Once they lose it, they manage to keep most of it off. These are known as successful losers or weight-loss maintainers. But even though they now may be thin—or at least thinner—they may always have a fat person’s physiology. So, their responses to diet and exercise may be different than those of an always-lean person of the same height and weight.
The Blindly Fat are those who are overweight or even obese, but don’t think that it’s a problem and so aren’t currently trying to lose weight. These people either don’t think or don’t admit to carrying extra fat. One recent study found that adult participants who were clinically obese tended to have a rosy perception of their weight status: 85 percent did not consider themselves to be obese.
The Feeling Fat are those who are not overweight and may even be lean. Yet they see themselves as fat—they want to lose an extra five or 10 pounds or they have bulges in certain places that they’d like to whittle down. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly a quarter of women and 6 percent of men of normal weight are trying to shed pounds.
It’s a good idea to recognize which category describes you, because understanding your perceptions and behaviors can help you figure out the most effective way to get your weight under control.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
The Staying-Fat are those who are overweight and know it, yet they either don’t care or they have given up trying to fight it.
The Yo-Yo’ers are those people are overweight and who try and do lose weight, usually through dieting. But then they gain it back again—often accruing more fat with each cycle of weight loss.
The Finally-Not-Fat are those who diligently work at controlling their weight. Once they lose it, they manage to keep most of it off. These are known as successful losers or weight-loss maintainers. But even though they now may be thin—or at least thinner—they may always have a fat person’s physiology. So, their responses to diet and exercise may be different than those of an always-lean person of the same height and weight.
The Blindly Fat are those who are overweight or even obese, but don’t think that it’s a problem and so aren’t currently trying to lose weight. These people either don’t think or don’t admit to carrying extra fat. One recent study found that adult participants who were clinically obese tended to have a rosy perception of their weight status: 85 percent did not consider themselves to be obese.
The Feeling Fat are those who are not overweight and may even be lean. Yet they see themselves as fat—they want to lose an extra five or 10 pounds or they have bulges in certain places that they’d like to whittle down. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly a quarter of women and 6 percent of men of normal weight are trying to shed pounds.
It’s a good idea to recognize which category describes you, because understanding your perceptions and behaviors can help you figure out the most effective way to get your weight under control.
Source: http://www.msn.com/
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