Fat in AMERICA! Did you know that out of the 342/345 million people in the United States, over 100 million adults, 37-42 percent, are classified as obese? Seventy percent of the adult population could be categorized as overweight. I am not surprised by those numbers, but I wanted to talk about them today. Everywhere you turn, someone has an opinion on weight. What you should and shouldn't eat. You should eat carbs; you shouldn't eat carbs. Back in the day, the buzz was that you should stay away from fats. Something is always trending, and companies are getting richer by the day. Why? Because we want to "fix" the problem. Society looks down on the overweight. There is a stigma that comes with being overweight. If you have read my blog, you know I attribute my young adult eating habits to a traumatic childhood. Dad sobers up, and I get a sweet treat. This went on for the first 12 years of my life. Food was treated as a luxu...
