People who never marry are more fit.
My homeboy said "PSA for sistas who wish to be married..Becky is in the gym habitually...govern yourselves accordingly," as a way to spark conversation on Facebook. It sparked a lot of heat!!!
So I embarked on finding studies about fitness and marriage and health. The studies I came across showed that women who were overweight in adolescence were 20% less likely to marry than their "ideal weight" counterparts, and men who were overweight in adolscense were 11% less likely to marry. But this study only accounted for people who were overweight in adolescence, not people who became overweight in adulthood. The study is also decades old. I wonder if it is still true, seeing as the majority of people in this country are overweight.
Then another study showed that people who never marry are less likely to be overweight than people who marry. Every other study since then has to do with people getting fat after marriage. However, another study showed that married people live longer than people who never marry. And the thinner, never married people die younger due to outside influences.
So if you are heavy you won't get married, and if you don't get married you won't get heavy. So you should stay single if you want to stay thin. Or get thin if you want to get married. And then you will get fat anyway. And you shouldn't get heavy because you don't want health problems, but you should get heavy if you want to live longer.
SEE HOW CONFUSING STATISTICS ARE?!
Just like the stats that say Black women don't get married and that Black women don't workout. None of the stats tell the story behind the subjects. The truth is Black women do get married. And Black women do workout. (check out this facebook page about Black women and fitness). And Black women don't get married. And Black women don't work out.
Which amounts to none of that having much to do with why women who are single and want to get married, stay unmarried. If it were that simple, then all the fit and fab Black women who you see on all those "Why aren't black women marrying?" shows would be hitched. Oftentimes it has more to do with your ability or inability to 1. attract the marrying kind; 2. maintain healthy relationships; 3. commit. Some may say that if you are "not in the gym" then you can't attract the "marrying kind". If that were true, then why do they make plus sized dresses and big and tall tuxes?
You should get fit for your health. And you should work on both your health and your other issues to sustain healthy relationships and attract healthy people.
So I embarked on finding studies about fitness and marriage and health. The studies I came across showed that women who were overweight in adolescence were 20% less likely to marry than their "ideal weight" counterparts, and men who were overweight in adolscense were 11% less likely to marry. But this study only accounted for people who were overweight in adolescence, not people who became overweight in adulthood. The study is also decades old. I wonder if it is still true, seeing as the majority of people in this country are overweight.
Then another study showed that people who never marry are less likely to be overweight than people who marry. Every other study since then has to do with people getting fat after marriage. However, another study showed that married people live longer than people who never marry. And the thinner, never married people die younger due to outside influences.
So if you are heavy you won't get married, and if you don't get married you won't get heavy. So you should stay single if you want to stay thin. Or get thin if you want to get married. And then you will get fat anyway. And you shouldn't get heavy because you don't want health problems, but you should get heavy if you want to live longer.
SEE HOW CONFUSING STATISTICS ARE?!
Just like the stats that say Black women don't get married and that Black women don't workout. None of the stats tell the story behind the subjects. The truth is Black women do get married. And Black women do workout. (check out this facebook page about Black women and fitness). And Black women don't get married. And Black women don't work out.
You should get fit for your health. And you should work on both your health and your other issues to sustain healthy relationships and attract healthy people.
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