Sadly, African American women lead every racial group for obesity in the latest polls from the United States government. Stimulating disease’s like high blood pressure, joint problems, and diabetes obesity should not be ignored.
Ok, so you have started eating better and are on the way to changing your lifestyle and being a fitter, stronger, confident women. You are trying to figure out a few simple exercises, that you can do at home, that will get you pretty fast results. After flipping through a few of your favorite magazines health and fitness sections, crunches on the floor just aren’t looking like too much fun.
Obesity is a sweeping epidemic that has already affected 60 million of United States citizens. The sad truth is that over a third of American women between 20 and 74 are obese, and the number keeps growing. Thanks to busy schedules and work days, exercise is not on the minds of working women and home cooked meals are being replaced by pre-packaged foods.
As women get older, more and more changes happen to their bodies, and it gets harder to maintain a healthy weight. With kids, menopause, and work by the time you have reached the middle mark, your body has taken a toll.
When I think of the word exercise, I get a picture of running dreadful laps and an image of my high school gym days (which was the exact opposite of graceful and athletic). Needless to say, I was not the top athlete during my teen years and I have since eluded exercising in public as often as possible.