What if Elvis Returned in the 21st Century?

This is a nice presentation, very visually striking.

However, note that their 77 year old Elvis looks like a 40 year old with prematurely gray hair.

Elvis was not a healthy man at the time of his death. I am not referring to his size, which is what people automatically focus on. There are plenty of large people who are perfectly healthy. He was on a myriad of medications, which I believe ultimately contributed to his untimely demise. They probably also contributed to his size.

Obesity is a multi-factoral issue, and we need to stop focusing on "calories in calories out" as the be all and end all. A person's size is primarily determined by genetics. Type and amount of food eaten do contribute to a degree, but not as much as might be imagined. Factors such as medications, environmental toxins, and food additives must also be considered.

In any case, I enjoyed this little movie, but if Elvis were to have made it to 77, even if he had been able to turn his health around, he would not look this youthful.

~DJ Sally~

Theme Thursday: Wonder

If you were wondering what Spectra wonders...
Spectra wonders a lot of things. The older Spectra gets, the less she knows.
But here is something that is on Spectra's mind a lot of the time.

Spectra wonders why there is so much hatred for people of larger body types.
You should be dancing, no matter what your body type. Without "losing weight" as a reason. Just dance to be dancing.
If your legs don't work, make your wheels dance!
If you're bed-bound, let your mind dance.

No one body type is better than any other.
Some body types allow people to do more things.
But there is zero significant difference in the abilities of healthy thin people and healthy fat people.

Spectra hated her body for years because it's a fat body. She punished it, trying to make it lose weight. The weight would go away for a while, then it would return, plus several pounds more.
Spectra stopped exercising because it wasn't making her lose weight.
It became apparent that attempting to enforce weight loss wasn't working.
Unfortunately, it took 35 years to realize this.

Now, I move. Now I eat healthier food but don't restrict calories.
I don't love my body, but at least now I'm not always berating it.

Regarding the above video:
Wasn't John Travolta great in Saturday Night Fever?
He was lithe and lean, and he could dance.
Now John is heavier.
Why should this make him the butt of jokes?
He's still a great actor.
And I bet he can still dance!

I wonder if we could all be a little nicer to each other, regardless of race, nationality, gender, religion, sexual preference, or size.
It really isn't as hard as we make it.

Spectra

Cross-posted to:
Ghostseeker Readings Blog
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Undead in the Netherworld

Subway Errs In Its Support of The Biggest Loser

How tight do your blinders have to be on if you can't see what a horrible program "The Biggest Loser" is, and that it is not teaching healthy habits in any way, shape, or form. I went to grab lunch at Subway, and found that they too have jumped on The Biggest Loser's bandwagon of bull.

This is what I said to Subway on their Facebook page.

Your sandwiches are great for a quick lunch, but I'm not keen on your support of "The Biggest Loser." This vile program purports to encourage "health," but the tactics utilized are anything but healthy. This program is a weight loss competition, period. They utilize tactics such as dehydration, extreme calorie limitation, and over-exercising to the point of injury and vomiting. None of this equates with healthy behavior. Equating weight loss and health is erroneous in the first place. Adapting healthy habits for better overall well being REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT LOSS is much more likely to result in long term adherence to said healthy habits. Please support Health at Every Size if you really want to promote health.

They'll likely delete my post, but perhaps a few people will see it and think about it before they do.

Read Atchka's recaps of The Biggest Loser on Fierce, Freethinking Fatties. It is really educational.

Read Lily's statement to Progresso Soup for their support of The Biggest Loser.

Lily and I are preaching from the same book when it comes to Health at Every Size. Health at every size is about HEALTH, not about hating yourself for not being a Size 0.

The Biggest Loser and Progresso Soup: An Unhealthy But Not Surprising Combination

I had this to say to Progresso Soups on their Facebook page when they were bragging about their collaboration with The Biggest Loser, a hate-filled show which is in no way about health. We'll see how long it stays up there and how much hate I get launched at me for telling it like it is.

The Biggest Loser is in no way about health. It is about winning a weight loss competition, pure and simple. Any health care professional worth their salt would tell you that techniques such as dehydration and forcing people to exercise while injured or until they vomit are in no way conducive to good health. Eating only 1000-1200 calories a day is a starvation diet, and is also in no way conducive to good health. People need to stop swallowing the pill forced down their throats by the multi-billion dollar diet industry which equates health and thinness. Those who really want to get and or stay healthy would be wise to check out the Health at Every Size approach. I am completely opposed to the extremely abusive and hateful tactics utilized by The Biggest Loser. If anyone thinks they give a flying crap about the contestants, you've been had. By the way, Progresso, when are you going to stop using monosodium glutamate in your products? Many people are extremely sensitive to this very unhealthy substance.

I'm Fat--So What?

So, there's an advertisement in the Facebook sidebar screaming "Tired of being FAT???" With Fat in capital letters, because it's so...LARGE!

Actually, I don't care that much about being fat. I'm tired of having to have dialysis because of my kidney problems. If I was fat and otherwise healthy, who really gives a rip?

Aren't there real problems in the world for us to worry about, rather than all trying to achieve some impossible idea.

Don't worry--be happy with your fat self!

Examine the Food Industry, Stop the Hate

Read this article.

…..”The Skinny on Obesity”. In this episode, Dr. Robert Lustig illustrates the overabundance of sugar in today's processed convenience foods and explains how our bodies metabolize these sugars in the same way as alcohol or other toxins, causing damage to the liver and other organs.

I have thought the same thing myself. But over and beyond the reasons why people are heavier, I feel it is most important to stop the hatred and shaming of heavy people. Shame never did anything to cure any condition. If it did, there would be no heavy people, no smokers, no alcoholics, no drug users, and no-one would be mentally ill, because they would have been shamed into stopping their stinkin' thinkin'. Yes, it is important to examine the reasons why people are less healthy. Note that size does not necessarily correlate with health. There are large people who are healthy and thin people who are not.

Can I Get a Hell Yeah?