Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

[Blackstar*]

Where is everyone? Keeping busy with the healthy eating & exercise?

Me? Eh - I'm being more or less healthy with my eating but I'm so frikking busy with reports and meetings. Today I had lunch at 3PM! and no breakfast. So it's hard to stay on track with such an irregular schedule.

Please pray for me to the superior being of your choice. Thank you.

[SandiF]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

Honestly... fell off the wagon with maintaining a consistent eating habit. In the neck of marathon training. I'm only consistent with having a good breakfast. I have to be serious with re-fueling my body as I'm now training for a June ultra marathon (31 miles).

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Where is everyone? Keeping busy with the healthy eating &amp; exercise?

Me? Eh - I'm being more or less healthy with my eating but I'm so frikking busy with reports and meetings. Today I had lunch at 3PM! and no breakfast. So it's hard to stay on track with such an irregular schedule.

Please pray for me to the superior being of your choice. Thank you. </div></div>

[Peasie]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

SandiF you need to fuel . You don't want to 'hit the wall' during the ultra-marathon You actually need way more carbs than you think you need.

[Skelly]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

been working some crazy hours recently...had a bout of illness too so i have not been working out...need to get back on track

[CeaBee]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

i'm here......holding on, letting go...holding on

[Suesumba]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

exercising and eating healthy. although today i think i'll treat myself to deep fried soft shell crabs and some of those deep fried japanese appetizers for lunch.

[CeaBee]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

eat up sue


Study Shows Black Women Can Be Healthy At Higher Weights
By carolyn_r on Mar 31, 2011 10:00 AM in Dieting &amp; You

By Carolyn Richardson and Mary Hartley, RD

Black women can carry more weight than white women and still be considered health. That was the finding, reported by Reuters Health, of a 2011 study conducted by Peter T. Katzmarzyk associate executive director for Population Science and his colleagues at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Katzmarzyk's group calculated the Body Mass Indexes (BMIs) and measured the waist circumferences of over 6,000 men and women of all races to look for the threshold at which weight becomes significantly associated with disease.

According to the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, a BMI of 30 or higher is linked to more cases of high cholesterol, diabetes and high blood pressure. But Katzmarzyk found that the cut-off does not seem to hold true for black women. While there was no racial difference for men, Katzmarzyk showed that, for black women, the risk didn’t increase until they reached a BMI of 33. For example, for a 5'5&quot; tall woman, the statistical risk for disease would increase at 180 pounds if she was white but at 198 pounds if she was black. A black woman can be healthy with a bigger waistline as well, according to the study. Dr. Katamarzyk thought a possible reason for the contrast might be the difference in the way body fat is distributed in women among the races. Men and women of other races were not included in this study.

Black Women and Obesity

Regardless of the cut-off point, obesity is still a problem in the black community The National Center for Health Statistics reported that, “As a group, African American women have the highest percentage of overweight/obesity in the US. Three out of four African American women are either overweight or obese.” For white women, that number is one in two. (However, if the threshold was adjusted to BMI 33, fewer black women would fall into that category.) While promoting healthy weight in African-American women is essential the factors behind these statistics are complex.

Other Differences

Many factors contribute to obesity among black women, including genetics and socio-economic status (SES). Genetically, African American women tend to have slower metabolisms according to research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - still, that does not guarantee that they will be overweight. How SES impacts weight is not quite as clear. A handful of studies have tested the hypothesis that low SES is a predictor of obesity; however, a well- researched review showed that association between SES and obesity varies by ethnicity and that ethnic/racial differences in BMI are not fully explained by individual SES.

Solutions for All

Speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus in 2010 Michelle Obama talked about childhood obesity in the black community and the role that adults can play in improving their children’s health and their own well-being.

“The fact is that many of us, and many of the folks that we know and love, have struggled with our weight,” she told the group, adding later in her remarks, &quot;The reality is that we all need to start making some changes to how our families eat.”

That’s advice that would apply to any ethnic or racial group. To lessen the problems of overweight and the chronic diseases that accompany it, we all need to modify our recipes to cut calories, reduce our portions, order healthy food when eating out, and get exercise.

While we can find reasons why obesity affects certain communities more than others, we’re all in this together.


Your thoughts....

Does it validate black women to hear they can be healthy at a higher weight? Is it possible to be both heavy and healthy?

from here

[Gen]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

Was sick from Monday maybe with migraine and ulcer related anyway I only had crackers and seltzer a couple times and lost 5 lbs since Monday nite \o/

everytime I get this sick mi feel like guh vegan

[twiney]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

I lost 9 lbs in the last 5 weeks ... dont ask me how because I'm not logging my food as I would like and have had some empty calories... Only thing I am more conscious of my food that I put back the cheezies that were calling out to me as I was in the check out the other day. I just need to get active.

[Blackstar*]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Study Shows Black Women Can Be Healthy At Higher Weights
By carolyn_r on Mar 31, 2011 10:00 AM in Dieting &amp; You

By Carolyn Richardson and Mary Hartley, RD

Black women can carry more weight than white women and still be considered healthy. That was the finding, reported by Reuters Health, of a 2011 study conducted by Peter T. Katzmarzyk associate executive director for Population Science and his colleagues at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Katzmarzyk's group calculated the Body Mass Indexes (BMIs) and measured the waist circumferences of over 6,000 men and women of all races to look for the threshold at which weight becomes significantly associated with disease</span>. </div></div>
I have always had the impression that black people have more muscles than non-blacks. For example at my school, there were three black girls in my class including me and we used to get bored playing with the white girls because they couldn't run as fast or throw as far as we could. There was one white girl who was quite strong, but she was very boyish while we were not. I have other anecdotal experiences - nothing scientific. So if it is confirmed, perhaps it is the muscle that protects us - to a certain extent - from weight-related ailments.

[Blackstar*]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Twiney</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">I lost 9 lbs in the last 5 weeks ... dont ask me how because I'm not logging my food as I would like and have had some empty calories... Only thing I am more conscious of my food that I put back the cheezies that were calling out to me as I was in the check out the other day. I just need to get active.</span> </div></div>Congratulations, Twiney.

I've lost some weight, but not as much as I'd planned to.

[Blackstar*]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

Skelly &amp; Gen: Illness will set you back. Just focus on recovering then get back on plan.

[Blackstar*]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SandiF</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Honestly... fell off the wagon with maintaining a consistent eating habit. In the neck of marathon training. I'm only consistent with having a good breakfast. I have to be serious with re-fueling my body as I'm now training for a June ultra marathon (31 miles).</div></div>
Drink a punch with an egg and condensed milk in it every day!

[Blackstar*]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">exercising and eating healthy. although today i think i'll treat myself to deep fried soft shell crabs and some of those deep fried japanese appetizers for lunch. </span> </div></div>
Send some of the crabs for me please, Sue.

[Skelly]

Re: Healthy Eating Support - Week of 28 Mar 2011

wow look like we all busy or sick glad to hear we still a hold on tho...tomorrow will be the first day i can resume exercising. My bp is back to normal so yoga in the am I gained back 2 lbs but I fit into my size 10 pants this is a huge deal for me..I am coming from a 14/16...saw an old flame today at a funeral and he even commented that I had lost weight...among some other remarks Problem now is mi bra dem...a mean...none a dem fit anymore mi buy 2 di edda day but it look like mi need a whole new arsenal