whoa, whoa, HANG ON

[fox]

okay, so, this story, blah blah blah, kids are overweight and unhealthy, not really news.

two things, though:

During a Wednesday after-school session at Matsunaga, [physical education teacher Cindy] Lins [who is preparing 200 kids for some event in Rockville] cheered every student who rounded the edge of the schoolyard to complete a lap.

"I know you're going to be running in college, I just know it," she told one student.

"How in the world can you be pooped? I don't understand that," she teased when another girl jogged by slowly.

*sound of buzzer*  maybe the reporter is just not so good at communicating the tone, but speaking as someone who used to be that kid?  no, the gym teacher shouldn't tease a student who's worn out from running.  "i don't understand how you can be tired" means "something must be wrong with you."  way to go, cindy.

At Forestville Elementary School in Great Falls, third-grade teacher Anne Collins developed her own wellness policy last year after she got engaged and decided to lose weight.

She began walking each day at recess and invited students to join her.  After stepping up her workout routine outside school as well, she has gone from a size 18 to a size 4.

*boggle*  from 18 to 4 in one year?!  i hope that's a typo and she's gone from 18 to 14, because am i crazy, or is that just like among the least healthy things i've ever heard?

Comments

[batagur.livejournal.com]

Size 18 to a size 4 is anorexia. O_o

[(Anonymous)]

Is the name of the teacher supposed to be a joke, or a coincidence, or...?

Google the name Anne Collins, and see what the first page they give you is.

You should just write to the author and ask if that was a mistake. Though once I wrote to an author of a piece on an alternative school that was being praised in the article, about a part where she wrote that students gathered together to decide if a particular couple who were exhibiting too much PDA ought to be whipped (and if the other students had the right to whip them). I was HOPING that was a typo, but the author told me that it was not, and did not seem to understand why I thought that was horrible, not "cool."

[fafou.livejournal.com]

In terms of weightloss it's not unhealthy to lose up to 2 lbs a week. Which would mean up to 104 lbs a year. I don't know what that translates into sizes, but that's a pretty substantial weight loss in a year, but not unhealthy.

In fact that's the measure of a "good" diet versus something that might kill you.

You usually don't see these types of weightloss without the help of various professionals (like a trainer, nutritionist and other health professionals) because keeping up that pace is hard. Especially during the holidays, but if someone is highly motivated for a specific event (like a wedding) then you'll see more success.

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, is she channeling Christian Bale?

[merrycontrary.livejournal.com]

I have been a size 4 and a size 18. In fact, I've been a size 22. Yes, what the hell was I doing at that size.

The point is, there was about 80 pounds between 4 and 18. 7lbs a month, not anorexic, or bulimic. What it is, in my experience, is making losing weight the primary focus of your life. Which is a crappy way to live, but not life threatening.