My Ted-Talk
I am 5’8”, weigh 130 pounds, and have a BMI of 19.5, the healthy range being from 18.5 to 24.0. My freshman year I was 5’8”, 140 pounds, and had a BMI of 21.3, still within the healthy range. In reality these numbers really tell you nothing about my health practices now, and my health practices then. My health practices today include clean-eating, vegetarianism, running cross country, and frequent gym visits. Just knowing my weight however, does not reveal any of this. I have enough research to give more than one 18-minute Ted-Talk, but statistics and facts would not be at the heart of my talk. I have always been considered skinny. A high metabolism along with athletic ability made it difficult to gain weight. I was one of those people who could eat whatever they wanted, and not gain weight. One of my favorite after school snacks was a gigantic bowl of Cheeze-Its, a cinnamon brown sugar pop tart, and a Coca-Cola to wash it down. That’s 15 grams of fat, 55 grams of sugar, and 110 grams of carbohydrates. I never stopped to think about how unhealthy my eating habits were because according to my outward appearance, weight, and my BMI, I was healthy. …show more content…
Media today leads us to believe that you have a perfect body when your ribs are borderline showing through your skin, and your waists are tiny enough to give you the perfect hour glass figure. I was already considerably skinnier than most people, but I let myself believe that I needed to lose weight in order to achieve that perfect figure. I began exercising more vigorously; when I didn’t see the results I wanted I turned to dieting. My definition of “dieting” was eating no more than 500 calories a day- 1000 less than the recommended daily minimum. Because I weighed less now, I was
I am 5’8”, weigh 130 pounds, and have a BMI of 19.5, the healthy range being from 18.5 to 24.0. My freshman year I was 5’8”, 140 pounds, and had a BMI of 21.3, still within the healthy range. In reality these numbers really tell you nothing about my health practices now, and my health practices then. My health practices today include clean-eating, vegetarianism, running cross country, and frequent gym visits. Just knowing my weight however, does not reveal any of this. I have enough research to give more than one 18-minute Ted-Talk, but statistics and facts would not be at the heart of my talk. I have always been considered skinny. A high metabolism along with athletic ability made it difficult to gain weight. I was one of those people who could eat whatever they wanted, and not gain weight. One of my favorite after school snacks was a gigantic bowl of Cheeze-Its, a cinnamon brown sugar pop tart, and a Coca-Cola to wash it down. That’s 15 grams of fat, 55 grams of sugar, and 110 grams of carbohydrates. I never stopped to think about how unhealthy my eating habits were because according to my outward appearance, weight, and my BMI, I was healthy. …show more content…
Media today leads us to believe that you have a perfect body when your ribs are borderline showing through your skin, and your waists are tiny enough to give you the perfect hour glass figure. I was already considerably skinnier than most people, but I let myself believe that I needed to lose weight in order to achieve that perfect figure. I began exercising more vigorously; when I didn’t see the results I wanted I turned to dieting. My definition of “dieting” was eating no more than 500 calories a day- 1000 less than the recommended daily minimum. Because I weighed less now, I was