“When it gets right down to it too much emphasis is placed on looking a particular way and too little is placed on the reason why people should try to keep their bodies as lean as possible”….I couldn’t agree more. While I am working on losing weight, my highest goal is to improve my level of health and fitness. I want my body to operate at peak efficiency, which includes my inner organs and outer organ (my skin), which is actually the body’s largest organ.

I make sure to drink at least 100oz of water a day, which really helps.

It kind of makes it seem like overweight people have two choices – be fat or look old. Neither one is really much of a choice. When a supporter makes this claim, it can completely derail an individuals weight loss efforts.

Regardless of whether you drop those 40 pounds in 3 months or in a year, your skin will look basically the same in 18 months. However, if you get the weight off in 3 months your heart is not going to have to work so hard for so long.

When it gets right down to it too much empathises is placed on looking a particular way and too little is placed on the reason why people should try to keep their bodies as lean as possible.

I like what Richard Simmons does for people, I just don’t agree with someone not taking aggressive steps to correct their weight issues because they fear someone saying “you look old now.”