Seems people have to be forced to lose weight when it become a threat to one’s health, isn’t there an easier way to change your lifestyle?
Had a very interesting conversation the other day while at the barbershop. We all know barbers encounter quite a few people in the course of the day while practicing their profession, so they are kind of like unofficial psychologists. My barber Scott mentioned he was exercising and eating right (now after cutting my hair for almost 5 years) and asked if I could see any difference. I responded with a question, “why is that people wait until they have gained x number of pounds before deciding they’d like to alter their lifestyles.” Well there are 3 barbers in this shop, Scott, Sean and Steve and they all had their expert opinions as to why.
Here’s what the experts had to say:
Scott: Seems people don’t know they are gaining weight, it just kind of creeps up on them.
Sean: No complains about their physique so no need to do anything.
Sean: Quite often guys wear their clothes kind of big so how can you tell, the clothes still fit.
Steve: Some people don’t consider this a problem presently because they aren’t suffering any ill effects. (give it time)
There were some other responses but what I noticed was most of them were contingent on what others thought or said and not the responsibility of the individual who was actually gaining the weight. Now I’m not trying to discredit my barber buddies, on the contrary their views and opinions are representative of a certain percentage of the population who gain weight (unknowingly) and this does indeed shed some light on other’s perspective.
What it all boils down to is this; most people won’t do anything until they are told their weight is unhealthy or they start to feel the affects of their lifestyle. I’m advocating my barber buddies to use their encounters with their clients to shed some light on this subject. We all heard someone say you look like you lost some weight and they responded “yes I got a hair-cut”.
