Sarah's letter

Sarah wrote:

I really like your site, but your fitness seems to be focusing on being thin to be healthy. I am a big girl. I like being a big girl. I walk, I eat healthy, but I don't work out and I definitely do cardio. Do you have something against big women?

Sarah

Thanks for writing Sarah. To answer it bluntly, I do not have anything against big women.

Being fit takes more than eating healthy and walking however. You can have good blood pressure and good cholesterol, but if you avoid cardio (and I mean 15-30 minutes at least 4 times a week of intensive cardio), you run a higher risk of having health issues as you age. Some women will never be thin, and there is nothing wrong with that. The issue I am trying to drive home with fitness is not being thin equals being healthy- it's being healthy is a conscious decision to do what's right for yourself and your body.

It's like a car. If you maintain it, it runs smoothly. If you let the maintenance go, it begins to fall apart. Looking at it personally from that perspective, I'd rather drive a Lexus than a Pinto.

Sean