kids: so here's the deal mom...
you can go to san diego for your olympic lifting certification
if we can go to disneyland, california adventure, sea world and the sand diego zoo....
me: i believe that is blackmail but alrighty if that's what it takes...you're on:)
we spent the first couple of days in disney parks. i was surprised at how many obese (not just overweight) people we saw. I have never seen more obese people in motorized scooters zipping around the parks. time after time we would see them zip right up to the front of the lines through the handicapped entrance, overweight children in tow. i was so sad for those kids....we were close to getting on the ride 'space mountain' and watched as an extremely overweight man tried to fit into one of the cars, he didn't fit. the workers helped him out and he just stood there. the next set of cars came and they tried again, putting him in the last row alone and keeping the row in front of him vacant (maybe to offset the weight of the car?)
it got me thinking about obesity and weight gain. how do people get that far? is there no one in their life telling them they are headed down an extremely unhealthy path? maybe there is....but, after all we are free to make our own choices.
i looked up a few statistics on the subject. "dramatic increase" doesn't sound like we are headed down a very good road.
what can we do to help?
and...what was interesting, i didn't see the same problem in san diego.
just wondering.....
U.S. Obesity Trends
National Obesity Trends
About one-third of U.S. adults (33.8%) are obese.
Approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.
[Data from the National Health and Examination Survey (NHANES)]
Trends by State 1985–2010
During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. In 2010, no state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia) had a prevalence of 30% or more.
here is the proof of my mad skills on the bike!
it even had a bell:)
at least in these pics i have some sort of clothes on.
the first time i went for a ride i was just in my swim suit, riding down the street for my diet coke healthy drink.
i had to include this picture. when the trip pictures were loaded on my computer i noticed 5 similar pictures of us riding off. then i looked a little to the right and saw the swimsuit of the girl on the far right:) not sure if the mister or my son had the camera:) if you click on the picture it should enlarge so you can check out the swimsuit....i'm just sayin!
after a long first day at my cert...
this is right where i belong.
i love the ocean:)
what a great week of laughing, playing, learning, working hard, being with my family and making new friends....
now it is time to focus on the next race
2 weeks away.....
love,
captain jules
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