Maybe I’ve been watching too many episodes of “House”, in which putting patients into a coma and causing them to feel extreme pain are standard diagnostic tools, but I’m getting even more paranoid about things medical.
So, when the local news reported that the sins of being overweight include making it tough to read X-rays, I computed my BMI.
Turns out that I’m only about 30 pounds away from “normal”, according to the health fascists.
This seems like not a lot to lose, considering the documentaries about men and women who have dropped 400 pounds or more after gastric bypass surgery.
I would imagine that being a mere 30 pounds away from goal would be like a miracle to them.
Theoretically, over the course of a year, one could shed that amount by walking around 875 miles, or about 17 miles/week. There’s an interesting chart which shows that slow walking (1/2 mile/hour) is actually more beneficial than moderate walking.
Needless to say, it would be nice to work in a place where one could safely walk even a mile a day at lunch. Maybe employers who assert their “right” to dictate their workers’ personal behavior should think about that.