Fitness among Mormons

[hyrum]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm eating a ding dong as I read this thread.

I am overweight--not morbidly, but I am. 5'10, 205.

I also run a lot. I have done 4 half marathons this year so far (Eden, SLC, Timp, Canyon2Canyon) and have signed up for 4 more this summer. I am running the St. George marathon this year (it will be my second marathon).

If I lost 30-40lbs I would fly like the wind. I would like to fly like the wind. I just don't want to badly enough to give up cheese fries, pastries and butter.

Yet anyway. I am working up to it. Maybe I'll read Fast Food Nation. Any other books that will scare me straight?

The best article on nutrition I have read in a long time is: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/ma...pagewanted=all

Great article and well worth the read.

I sincerely hope your joints don't wear out at that rate.
Maybe you can find some knee replacement surgery videos to scare you straight.

[Archaea]

Adam, at least you're doing part of what you should.

Diet combined with Exercise is the best prescription for health, but if you can't eat entirely well, exercise will get you half way.

Are you riding the ULCER this year?

We have a couple of CougarGuard teams.

[RC Vikings]

I'm not ready for more rules within the church so maybe they should leave this alone but it doesn't project a very good image to non-members if we are all just big piles of goo. I'm a little bit of a weight bigot so I may judge to harshly but I think it matters with a lot of people.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by RC Vikings

I'm not ready for more rules within the church so maybe they should leave this alone but it doesn't project a very good image to non-members if we are all just big piles of goo. I'm a little bit of a weight bigot so I may judge to harshly but I think it matters with a lot of people.

How about a rule that says we should not worry about our image to non-members?

I lose patience with this kind of stuff. (Ironic that I lose patience with others losing patience with others) And I'm not picking on anyone. I do the same thing.

We all have weaknesses. The 350 lb bishop wears his weakness in a public way. SoonerCoug's weakness is very private yet he chooses to make it public--just kidding SC.

The point is if we are aware of our own sins and weaknesses the way God wants us to, we ought to lighten up on others.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by jay santos

How about a rule that says we should not worry about our image to non-members?

I lose patience with this kind of stuff. (Ironic that I lose patience with others losing patience with others) And I'm not picking on anyone. I do the same thing.

We all have weaknesses. The 350 lb bishop wears his weakness in a public way. SoonerCoug's weakness is very private yet he chooses to make it public--just kidding SC.

The point is if we are aware of our own sins and weaknesses the way God wants us to, we ought to lighten up on others.

I too am a weight bigot, not to an extreme, unless somebody is extremely obese. I am cognizant of this, but have been unable to completely overcome my bigotry to morbidly obese persons.

[MikeWaters]

why should I lighten up about fat people when I'm being told what clothes to wear and how to cut my hair, and when and how often to shave?

as far as I can tell, being fat is actually a potential sin (WoW). The color of your shirt is not.