A Little Birdie Told Me: Overweight States

Good afternoon CurvieBirdies!  I hope everyone had an awesome holiday weekend full of family, fun, and food!!!!  I was sitting back thinking as I was laying on the couch with the "itis" about overweight stats.  I was wondering what parts of the country had the most overweight people.  S/N: Also wondering if those states had the best cookouts this weekend!!  Anyway, I wanted to take this post and drop some stats on ya'll.  Do you think you know what the most overweight state is?  How about the lowest percentage of overweight?  Well here is something that you might find enlightening:

2010 State Obesity Rates
State	%	State	%	State	%	State	%
Alabama	32.2	Illinois	28.2	Montana	23.0	Rhode Island	25.5
Alaska	24.5	Indiana	29.6	Nebraska	26.9	South Carolina	31.5
Arizona	24.3	Iowa	28.4	Nevada	22.4	South Dakota	27.3
Arkansas	30.1	Kansas	29.4	New Hampshire	25.0	Tennessee	30.8
California	24.0	Kentucky	31.3	New Jersey	23.8	Texas	31.0
Colorado	21.0	Louisiana	31.0	New Mexico	25.1	Utah	22.5
Connecticut	22.5	Maine	26.8	New York	23.9	Vermont	23.2
Delaware	28.0	Maryland	27.1	North Carolina	27.8	Virginia	26.0
District of Columbia	22.2	Massachusetts	23.0	North Dakota	27.2	Washington	25.5
Florida	26.6	Michigan	30.9	Ohio	29.2	West Virginia	32.5
Georgia	29.6	Minnesota	24.8	Oklahoma	30.4	Wisconsin	26.3
Hawaii	22.7	Mississippi	34.0	Oregon	26.8	Wyoming	25.1
Idaho	26.5	Missouri	30.5	Pennsylvania	28.6

Yellows have the highest Obesity rates
Red has the lowest rate


http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

So where does your state stand?  Do you agree with these numbers?  Do you thing there are some confounding variables that make these states be affected more than the others?  Please share your thoughts!

A Little Birdie Told Me: Celebrities and Weight Loss Surgery

Happy Hump Day Curviebirdies.  I have been watching the news today, and there has been so much focus on Gov. Christie and him having weightloss surgery.  I don't understand why America is making such a huge deal about Christie's weight and him having the surgery.  Does your weight define who you are?  Also, does his weight affect him doing his job as a Gov.?  I know the media has been saying that his weight will affect him in his current job and will affect him if he ever runs for president.  It seem that they think he will die in office because of his weight, so he shouldn't run for presidency.  Doesn't make sense to me at all!!

 

 

Other celebs that have had weight loss surgery:

 

 

Al Rooker

 

 

Carnie Wilson

 

 

Roseanne Bar

 

 

 

Star Jones

 

Sharon Osbourne

 

 

So what are you thoughts on weightloss surgery?  Would you have it?  Do you think that your weight affects your performance at work?

 

 

 

 

Something to Chirp About: Overweight Myths

Good morning CurvieBirdies.  I was talking to someone the other day, and she made a comment that seemed to be light-weight hating on Curvie people.  So today I thought I would talk about some really stupid myths about being overweight.

Myth #1
The thinner you are the more attractive you will be.

Are you serious?  This is completely false.  Being attractive has more to do with who you are and how you carry yourself.
Men will tell you that a womans attitude and personality is very sexy.

 



Crystal Renn. Same woman. Which would you choose?

Myth #2
You cannot be both overweight and healthy.

According to Dr. Kelly Brownell, Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, states, "that heavy people who are fit have lower risk than thin people who are unfit.” It’s often about the fitness, not the fatness."

Myth #3
Fat people are always unhappy being fat.
Per Dr. Phil, body image and self-image are two separate things. You can have a healthy self-image whether or not you are happy about your body image.


Does this CurvieBirdie look unhappy?  I think NOT!!!!

Myth #4

Overweight women can only date overweight men.

Are you serious? This has to be the most untruth here.  I know many CurvieBirdies who date men of all different sizes!  I know ya'll done seen the "Opposites Attract" episode on Maury!!!! I know I have never had an issue dating men of any size!


Cute right?  And he FINE!!  So BOOM to that myth!!

Myth #5

All fat people eat too much.
This myth doesn't take two important factors into account: physical activity and metabolic resistance.  So not all overweight people eat a million calories a day.  It can be genetic as well!!! (Dr.Phil.com)




So I hope this helps people get rid of some of their negative attitudes about CurvieBirdies, and everyone learned something new!

So what are some myths that you have heard? Have you heard the ones that I have listed here?  What are your opinions on them?