Are Your Friends Wrecking Your Weight Loss Goals?
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก? โฃ โฃ Do you start to act like them? Do you speak in similar ways? ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐโฆ โฃ ย โฃ Humans are social creatures, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ. We also have that lovely innate tribalism that directs more of our behaviors than we like to admit. โฃ ย โฃ
๐๐๐, ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ; thatโs a huge problem for societyโs waistline because people start to believe the body weights surrounding them are normal.โฃ ย โฃ In the US, for instance, men believe that being overweight is both โ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ตโ and healthy. Their idea of โ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ตโ doesnโt start until a BMI of 32! Women fair a little better, with their idea of โ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ตโ starting when obesity should, at a BMI of 30.โฃ ย โฃ The media plays a huge role here, too. Media folk frequently describe images of overweight or obese people as of ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ weight than they truly are, influencing the perceptions of the general public. โฃ โฃ In fact, the media tends to use images of people with ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, giving the impression to many obese people that they may not actually be obese.โฃ
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