Our nations waistlines are expanding. It’s a sad story. The figures are incredible, the death toll of just Americans dying of obesity related illnesses and is now close to 400,000 each year. 400,000 people a year are dying because of what they are eating and the fact that they aren’t moving their bodies. Our bodies were designed to move, keeping them still and sedentary goes against nature itself! According to the Center for Disease Controls statistics of 2005 25.4% of Us.S. adults 20 years and older were obese. Not just overweight… obese. This number is a big increase over the 1997 figures which show the obesity level of the Americans to be at 19.4%. And the issues of obesity are getting bigger…. No pun intended here. There’s an estimated 93 million folks in the U.S. who are obese and the number is expected to increase over the next few years to reach upto 120 million people.
A lot of people will claim they have no control over their weight problem because it is genetic.
The trick is to Start moving. If you enjoy walking or exercising start with small sessions of around ten minutes and increase from there. You can even think of starting to get more activity in your day by doing things like gardening, cleaning around the house, taking the kids out for a walk, yard work, washing the car. Whatever it may be just start moving, your life may literally depend on it! Whatever you do, do it with your whole heart, if llooking for equipment an elliptical machine is a great idea for people new to exercise and the pros. Let’s fight this battle against obesity with our whole hearts and we can prevail.
Diana Chaloux is Fitness Model, an ACE/AFAA Certified Personal Trainer and a WBFF Figure World Champion.
She provides one on one personal training in Kansas City, MO as well as online training, nutrition and life coaching weight loss programs available worldwide via the Hitch Fit program with Micah LaCerte (www.hitchfit.com ) . For information on how you can work with Diana as your trainer please visit www.dianachaloux.com or email to diana@dianachaloux.com
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