Obesity has evolved into one of the nation’s most insidious health problems. America is getting heavier and the consequences of the weight gain are tremendous. It is estimated that 47.5% of the adult population in the United States will be considered to be obese by the year 2018. The surgeon General call America’s weight problem an epidemic which threatens our nation’s progress toward improved quality of life. She advocates for increased education geared toward healthier lifestyles.
Obesity is defined as an excess of body fat. It can be accurately measured by skin fold thickness instruments and bioelectrical impedance analysis. Both measurements are difficult to perform. Both also require expensive instruments and trained personnel to perform them. For most, the Body Mass Index is an accurate and inexpensive measurement of body fat. The BMI is the sum of a calculation based on weight and height. It is widely accepted and easy to determine. Most medical calculators let you plug in numbers to obtain the value. Persons for whom the BMI might not be as accurate would include the highly trained athlete who has little to no body fat. For these, calculations would tend to be somewhat higher because of the heavier muscle mass. Normal BMI ranges from 18-25. Higher BMIs are associated with increased mortality from all causes. Although intuitively one would associate being severely obese with earlier death, merely being overweight could lead to earlier death as well.
Why am I speaking to obesity? Because I realize that Exfuze is providing part of the solution to this epidemic. There was a time that I did not consider being overweight as a major issue. I spent 8 months in New Zealand with my flat mate being a Malaysian Doctor who was a size 3. When Angeline told me that most of Americans were overweight, I brushed it off as, “she is just talking because she is so tiny”. A few years later and finding Exfuze, I realize that she was ‘right on’ the problem. I am hearing many of the ‘weight loss’ programs on television. They are all saying, “take this and you will not have to change your life style”. “You can eat whatever you like and not change a thing.” WRONG! We did not become the “fattest” race of people overnight. We cannot expect to become healthy and slim overnight. We must change our thought process. We must change our eating habits. We must add exercise or increased activity to our lifestyle. To become healthy requires a complete lifestyle change.
This is what becoming a part of the Exfuze Family is-a change in lifestyle. All of our products are natural and are extracted to provide the body with exactly what it needs to become healthy. The ShapeWay product is a complete meal replacement and when used according to recommendations, I can guarantee positive results. I speak from one who has used it for these past 6 months. It is truly eye opening to find out what is really going on inside your body in regard to fat, muscle, bone, and water percentages and even your metabolic age! The best solution I know of to handle imbalances in these areas is the ShapeWay Weight Management System! It includes a delicious ORGANIC meal replacement shake at just $1.67 per meal and Energy Metabolizer capsules containing 3 amazing ORGANIC ingredients with clinical studies proving weight and inches lost in 100% of the participants. There are several Independent Exfuze Distributors located in Louisville, KY. We have available several Metabolic Scales that will take body calculations and provide you with information about “Am I obese”. This is a free service that we will provide to our community. I would like to help change the statistics that say Americans are “FAT”…at least not those in Louisville, KY. Please take advantage of this service. I have been in the Health Care Industry for greater than 40 years; let me give back something to my community.
I never really considered myself obese but when using the metabolic scale it said that I was in my 80”s; that got my attention. This is why I have been using ShapeWay for near 6 months now. My weight loss is 32 pounds with 4” loss around my waist and my hips. This has brought me down from an Ex-Large to a medium in clothing size. Amazing to say the least! The same thing can happen with you.
We will have the marathon in Oklahoma City in April with a 3.5 mile walk. Come and join us. It will be awesome. There will be many of the ShapeWay users involved in this walk. I for one will be there.
I challenge those of you here in Louisville who have used the Exfuze products or have heard of their value, to come out of the woodworks. Let us share this with our community and decrease the statistical records that say we are an obese nation.
