The Weight Debate

Posted by Mandi Coleman (06.19.08, 12:57 PM)

I know that recently there has been a surge on the health food market, especially considering that seventh grade girls now have the body of a senior due to the hormones in everything from milk to chicken now. But more so than the food, what I've noticed when out and...

I know that recently there has been a surge on the health food market, especially considering that seventh grade girls now have the body of a senior due to the hormones in everything from milk to chicken now. But more so than the food, what I've noticed when out and about on a weekend afternoon is the amount of women walking around in workout attire. Perhaps they just left the gym and needed to run in and buy the latest shoes at Posh; maybe they just want everyone to know they are members of a gym. Either way, the health-craze is starting to hit Nashville the way it hit California so many years before. Is that a "Finally" statement, or something we should be concerned about?

After all, I am a HUGE supporter of healthy foods and a good workout regime. What I'm not a fan of is women that become obsessed with it to the point of it being a status symbol. Because at that point it really isn't healthy in the least. So let's wear our gym clothes if we're in them because we're using them, not because they looked cute at the store and we want to make other's think we're in the "cool crowd."