I Knew My Pants Were "Looser"

A good friend of mine posted this link...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/10/attitudes.overweight/index.html

I don't really 'shop'. I still have some of the same clothes that I bought when I first moved to Austin 11 years ago for a job. I don't wear 939 Wrangler Slim Fit anymore...too tight and even Levi's 501s are a bit tight in the legs if they fit my waist... Casual stuff, but still, I've had it forever. I commented the last time that I went to buy shorts and pants...some cargo shorts and Levi's loose fit...that I didn't feel like a small was that small or that a 30 waist was probably closer to a 32 at least.

Anyway, here's a line from the article above...

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That's why, in recent years, as the American population has become generally more overweight, brands from the luxury names to the mass retail chains have scaled down the size labels on their clothing.

"You may actually be a size 14 and, according to whatever particular store you're in, you come out a size 10," said Natalie Nixon, associate professor of fashion industry management at Philadelphia University. "It's definitely to make the consumer feel good."

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This comes out a few days or maybe a week after the 'Fattest US Cities' list was published.

Seems it's easier to just change the sizing convention of clothes than it is to get people to just change what they pick up on a day to day basis with their fork...or spoon. I'll wager that it's got 80% to do with what goes into your mouth than what you do (ie exercise). Sure, it all helps, buy you can stand on the starting line of just about any athletic event and see that the general size distribution there probably isn't a great deal different than it would be if you took a random sample from the street.

Check a few of the links to the right...and check some of their links for a non-mainstream perspective on diet and health.

In keeping with the 'Theme' of my blog, there were some very impressive performances this weekend in Triathlons....

- Chrissie Wellington went 7/7 at the IM distance with an unbelievable 8:31 in Roth. Bek Keat was second under the previous record as well with a 8:39.

- Matty Reed continued his winning streak by winning the 1st Lifetime Fitness race this season. Andy Potts was 2nd in a sprint finish.

- Alistar Brownlee of GBR won his 3rd ITU World Championship Series event...at the age of like 21