Jonathan and I have long had this debate, I tend to be more of the "Nature" philosophy, where Jonathan is more of the "Nurture". This has led some heated debates mainly related to sexual orientation and weight. As much as I love him, I think Jonathan is completely wrong in believing that people 'choose' to be gay, and if an overweight person wants to be skinny they just need to get off their lazy butt and stop eating big macs.
Last night I think we had a small break through... Jonathan (for about the 6th time) as decided to start P90X. For those of you not familiar, it is the new hit way to get in super duper shape in the comfort of your own home, with only 1 hour a day, in 90 days you will have a beach body!
At the start of this program you are supposed to measure your physical fitness level, mainly to gauge whether you are strong enough to start and to see how far you've come at the end. Jonathan wanted me to help him, but since he was supposed to take breaks between each test, I also decided to measure myself.
I have belonged to a gym for almost three years now, and I actually use it. I also run on a regular basis (my last run was 9 miles!). I also use TV commercials to do circuit workouts at my house! I am very active!!
Jonathan, on the other hand, can count on one hand the number of times in the last year he has done some sort of excercise without me doing it with him. (And he rarely does excercise with me, besides...you know....)
Well anyway, last night Jonathan beat me or barley lost to me at every test!! What the heck!! I actually try to stay physically fit and his activity level is slightly above that of the 700 hundred pound man. When I brought this to his attention at first it made him smirk, but them when I brought it back to the good ol' metabolism discussion, he really couldn't say much.
A great example is my brother, while not a health freak, he is far from most his age, and he is fairly active. He was keeping up pretty well at rock climbing, and he just left a week of intense drumline camp at ODU. We went out to eat at the mexican restaraunt and he got a salad, while it was a taco salad, he was the only one!! Yet, he still is and probably always will be overweight, even if he works really hard and gets his weight down by eating like a rabbit and working out an hour plus everyday (not typical for most people) he will never be a string bean, which for some people with worse eating habits and less activity (cough, cough, Jonathan) just comes naturally.
Before I get off my soapbox, I will say I do not support obesity, I support a normal healthy lifestyle, normal= some junk food + not excercising EVERY day, and if you live a normal healthy lifestyle and still have weight issues, then unfortunately you got the bad genes, but you are not a worse or more lazy person than the skinny person with the same eating and activity habits!!
Stepping down...before I fall. :)
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Great post. I, too, am a naturist which can at times, hurt me. Sometimes I let myself think that I don't have to exercise or eat well because what's the point? i'm always going to struggle with my weight. However, I do believe that it is important for people to pursue eating healthily and exercising. The hard truth is that being overweight is not good for you. It is bad for your blood sugar, blood pressure, it increases your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and many other things. While a lot of people, me included, struggle with being overweight, it is important to make lifestyle changes to improve your overall health. So, while I tend to be a naturist, I do think that there is a good in between area for nature and nurture. Loved your post!!
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