Nope, I'll Skip on the Workout Today

Physical activity is not a question in my life. My only question is "what will I do today? Lift weights, run, ride, swim, spinning class, elliptical machine, yoga?"

I went home for lunch and as I was making myself a tuna sandwich with apple and 6 Skittles I was disturbed to see the numbers in a Commerical-Appeal article:

Percent Adults Who Report No Physical Activity -- 2003
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Nation: 23.1
Tennessee: 29.8
Memphis/Shelby County: 31.7

What? You mean, 1/4 of our country and 1/3 of my state/county DO NO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?

At a time when we know how badly our schools are falling behind in math and science it also appears we're getting fatter. That obviously means that we're certainly not staying indoors to study.

Sorry. I was just very distressed by those numbers. No wonder our healthcare system is being crushed under the weight (no pun) of very preventable diseases that are obesity related.