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The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our
bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that
we should change.
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
Change: make or become different
There are many things about me that I
would like to change: weight and body type are the top two on the list. However, at no point does this
definition require change to match media expectations. In fact, it specifically
says “become different”. If I want
to change, it does not have to be to what I’ve been brainwashed to believe is
‘real’. Rather, change is about
being different from where you are right now.
Think about how drastic the changes are
to the human body and mind in the first three years of life. It is impossible to describe the extent
of change in each area of the baby’s being using only the space of a blog
post. I’m sure someone else has
written a book about it. (see
http://www.zerotothree.org/
for information and resource list :) It is ridiculous to think that all the changes in our bodies
and thoughts are because we demand them to change. Much of “it is a natural thing” and not something we
actually control. According to
Wikipedia,
Weight loss occurs when
the body is expending more energy in work and metabolism than it is absorbing from food or other
nutrients. It will then use stored reserves from fat or muscle, gradually
leading to weight loss.
So, change is natural. Then, why do we gain weight as we
“middle age”? Apparently,
As we
age, a decrease in our physical abilities leads to a decrease in our metabolic
rate (amount of energy used in a given period), which in turn contributes to
weight gain. The physiological changes that accompany increasing age affect the
body's composition and cardiopulmonary (heart and lung) function, thus reducing
our ability to work and exercise and lose weight. Genetics, muscle mass,
gender, calorie consumption versus expenditure, and lifestyle are all factors
in weight gain.
Further reading led me to this gem: …new science is
revealing that age-related weight gain has very little to do with caloric
balance and much more to do with the altered physiology of the aging body and
adverse environmental and lifestyle factors.
Retrieved on November 22, 2014 from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-advisor/is-gaining-weight-inevitable-as-we-age/article19490838/
I would like to think that frenetic
exercise and dieting could be compared to a facelift or other surgery that
seeks to mask the changes of aging.
I would like to think that.
And perhaps it would be true in the extreme. But really, I should be exercising…. Not because of the
scale, but to be healthy.
Change is
not just inevitable. It is also
natural.
Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Ch-ch-changes
Don't tell them to grow up and out of it
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
David Bowie, Changes
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