Thursday, March 27, 2008

Overweight and Dementia

I must admit to watching "The Biggest Loser" on Tuesday nights. Its one of the few shows I watch but there are a lot of things about it that bug me ( the constant crying!, the endless commercials, the replaying of what they just showed you before the commercial - just make it ONE hour, instead of TWO!...) I don't really even care who wins but the physical transformations are quite riveting- its motivating to see those changes every week...

Besides the physical improvements and what I hope would be a better mental outlook by not being depressed about not fitting into clothes as I'd like to... there was even more health news announced yesterday that ups the ante... Big bellies lead to a higher incidence of dementia years later.
Must go on a diet... lose 20 lbs!! Given what I learned in one of my previous jobs, which entailed reviewing 1000's of medical records of people that have died, I think that besides cancer, the two worst health problems to have are diabetes and Alzheimers. Suffer now or suffer worse later! Yikes. Just do it!

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