HS Principal to Students: No Leggings unless you're a size 0

CapitalCitySaint said

I agree with most of your points in here. I know plenty of skinny-fat people - B UT - just because you're heavier and have good blood panels and blood pressure, being overweight is hard on your skeletal system, ligaments, etc. So it is still unhealthy/not ideal. As you age, that extra weight makes moving around harder and harder to do. Once you stop moving around, the other internal health issues begin to follow.

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This is the truth. I had lost a lot of weight when I was running a lot. I injured my foot/ankle/knee, and stopped running consistently for a year. During that time, my plantar fasciitis got so bad I had to get 50 shots in my foot. My knee pain increased. The reflux came back. My foot/ankle recently was in good enough shape to start with a steady walking/elliptical/slow jog routine over the past few weeks. I still have a long way to go, but the weight I have lost has already started making a difference. This is coming from someone that most people wouldn't say was fat or even overweight. However, I am tall and carry the extra weight well. Still I know when I have the extra weight on, and it does affect me adversely.

Everyone knows that "magic weight" where you know you aren't carrying any extra weight your body can't handle. The problem is that getting to that weight may require sacrifices (exercise more, eat less). That weight for me is 210. At 200 I feel even better, but most of the issues I have completely disappear at 210.