You are not alone. The CDC says that more than a third of Americans are obese and another third are overweight. Only 30% of people in the U.S. can now be considered at a healthy weight. The question is: How long will you be part of this new “normal”?
I talk to a lot of Black Women about weight and weight loss. Â One theme I hear all the time is that they “don’t want to be skinny” or “I don’t want to lose my curves”. Â I totally understand that and I’m on board. Â I love my body and I refuse to look at myself negatively because of the American beauty status quo and it’s obsession with “thinness”. Â However, I do have a problem with obesity being seen as normal. It is not the case that all black women are overweight and unhealthy. Â There are a lot of women, of various hues, that are larger than the standard bears would like but healthy and extremely well. Â My issue is with those who are not. Â My focus is on making sure that we as ourselves the hard truths. Â My focus is on shining a light on the fact that many of us could improve our health and our lives by losing a few pounds and there is nothing wrong with acknowledging that.
I’m not ok with anything unhealthy becoming normal in the black community. Â I want our normal to be health.
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