SIZE MATTERS

What’s so funny about this? This joke is actually an APHORISM, a clever thought or idea, spoken or written, which has a general truth in it and is somewhat funny. Think about it, you can’t really argue with what the joke says, can you? Every time the subject of exercise or weight loss comes up, someone is bound to recommend swimming. There can be little doubt that if you swim a lot, you will burn a lot of calories, use up a lot of energy, and if you do enough swimming, you should lose weight. If you don’t eat like a horse to make up for the lost energy, you will keep the weight off. One of the main reasons people want to lose weight is because they are too fat or they think they are too fat and have too much fat on their bodies. This gives them a round, flabby body, or figure. Women want their curves to show, not be filled in. Men want their muscles defined, with big shoulders and narrow hips. These are ideal images, of course, but it’s what people strive for when they diet and exercis