James who makes the decision to start getting rid of their excess weight though? Is it turning to someone and saying "You're fat" that gives them the desire to lose weight? I wouldn't think so. Every time I'm at the gym I notice who has been there for the last 3 years and I also notice people that come and go. I think it's the people that have been there for three years that have made their own decision to improve their health. I think the guys that come and go never made that decision to dedicate time to their physical health.
I think we can push our friends and brothers into working out by saying "hey do you want to go to the gym with me?" but that's about as much as we can do and even that has its limits doesn't it?
-Rudey
--And honestly I think a lot of emphasis is placed on how your future new members look. Of course it's the overall package...everything from their grades to what they would contribute to the chapter that is what the decision is based on, but looks are taken into consideration.
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Originally posted by James
Its kind of odd isn't it, that we aren't concerned with another person being overweight?
It is socially desirable to be thin, but we recognize the health risks both mental and physical of being too thin through a negative eating pattern.
It appears to be less socially desirable to be overweight, and we categorically refuse to think in terms of health risks both mental and physical to being overweight from a negative eating pattern. At least in terms of intervention.
And yet even being 5 percent higher than the low point average number for your body fat percentage can greatly increase your health risks.
And we won't even talk about the mental health aspects.
And the higher you are the greater your risk in the severity of the problem.
And yet we don't intervene or comment very much about that do we?
I can only imagine its because weight is as much a social issue? You can walk up to a girl and tell her . . you are much thinner than normal/average and talk about it . . . it is considered really bad to walk up to a girl and say you are much heavier than norma/average and ask to talk about.
Am I right that we allow a lot of our friends and Brothers/Sisters maintain an extremely unhealthy state because we are afraid of hurting their feelings?
It seems an odd act of faithlessness on our part not to try to help a friend who is jeapardzing their health in a way that is easily remedied. Especially when we are so quick to intervene in other health matters.
Doesn't this disregard for that person's health actually make us into bad friends/Brothers/Sisters?
Its a question I ponder.
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