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Thursday, October 28, 2010

The dark side of getting older.

Dear Metabolism,

I suffered deep and utter embarrassment today when at the university health benefits fair I had to divulge my weight to a petite (and very much skinny) younger woman.

(Yes, I am at the age now when suddenly because I work on a college campus most everyone must be younger than I am.)

(Except for tenured faculty, of course.)

(And perhaps the secretaries of the various departments on campus.)

I "volunteered" to tell this woman my weight so that she could tell me:
  • (a) that I am obese according to my body mass index (of which, by the way, the Wii Fit had already informed me months ago thankyouverymuch) and
  • (b) that my body fat percentage also lies outside of the healthy range (what a shocker there).
So, my older and increasingly loathed (not to mention much slower) metabolism, would it really be so hard to function at the capacity of my late teens/early twenties?

It sure would make things a whole lot easier on me.

(And by that I mean I could continue to eat whatever I want, whenever I want.)

(After all, the unhealthy choices just taste so much better.)

Begrudgingly yours,
One Not So Mindful Eater

2 comments:

Amber said...

Pffft BMI is so ridiculous. Mine tells me I'm "overweight" too. Whatever, I can run for 5-freaking-hours, that's healthy enough for me!

Focus on getting HEALTHY and HAPPY don't worry about what the stupid BMI tells you :-)

Emily Jane said...

BMI is stupid! I also am shaking a fist at metabolism - I used to be pencil thin and now it seems I eat one burger and I need to go up a jeans size. BMI doesn't matter too much, as long as you are healthy and happy!!