Interesting read in the news today saying women are on average: 170.6 lbs, 5'3.7" tall, 29.6 bmi, 38.6" waist according to cdc 2016

Am I the only one who looked at these numbers and felt a knot in their stomach and can't find a good way to vocalize why?

Within a 15-year span, I've been: underweight and obese, desperately broke and making enough money I feel guilty about it, and unemployed to working myself into heart problems before my mid-30s. I'm Mexican-American and my heart is full of theses on why this happens but I'm too exhausted to figure out how to explain it.

When you manage to claw your way out of the situation you're born into, unless you're a goddamn superhero (in which case, sincerely bravo to you) or an outlier in terms of how much money you make, the amount of emotional energy required to take care of your body while keeping your head above water is a big fucking ask.

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