New York Times recently published the article 'Fat but Fit'? posing the question: can you be fat and healthy? This has been a long running debate, but more recently fatness has become more accepted. It's important to remember that if you're skinny, you are not necessarily healthy. Some thin people eat horribly and never exercise, but are just lucky with the genes/metabolism they were born with. Many may assume these people are healthy from their physique, but the truth is that they could be extremely unhealthy. Health itself does not look like anything. We know that obesity is an unhealthy disease and we can see it with the naked eye. But, having fat, and varied amounts, is usually just down to you metabolism and how your body happens to react to food or physical activity. Don't judge people's health from looking at them, because that is almost impossible.
What does fit look like?
What does fit look like? When I shop online for workout attire, I am often disappointed (but unsurprised) at the visual selection of the clothes. For many labels, such as Victoria’s Secret’s athletic line, Victoria Sport, there is a decent(ish) range of sizes, but only has pictures of women with the same body type. That is - tall and slim. You’ve seen Victoria’s Secret models before. You know the body type. These women are gorgeous and obviously look great in these clothes. However, this look is simply unachievable to many women, and it can be very discouraging only seeing this one body type when shopping for clothes that will have to fit on your body. Many shoppers just don’t see themselves represented online. Victoria Sport Sports Bra Collection Every once in an while, though, there is an athletic brand that pops out of the crowd of only tall, only lean, only “perfect” bodies, and proudly showcases more representative and more real(istic) models to displ...
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