Is Richard Simmons Spying On Me?

Richard Simmons puts out a daily Message of the Day on his web site. Right now it's about the ONLY thing that's for free over there. Anyway, today's is all about pain. Sometimes I wonder if he has hidden cameras around my apartment. Just yesterday I was complaining to my husband about how painful my joints have been lately, blaming it on the change in weather (We had minus-zero wind chills this week) and some recent dairy and sugar consumption.

I was even talking to my podiatrist about pain in my foot (my plantar fasciitis is acting up again), but in that case the pain isn't food related, it's exercise related. All the exercise I've been doing is harming my foot again. Weight loss might prevent the injury from reoccurring. I can't lose eight without exercise. But exercise causes pain. . .

Here's Richard:

OUCH!
Sunday, 18 January 2009

It seems that every other E-mail I receive is from someone who is in pain...all the time. Well, they need to know and you need to know that your body, depending on your height, is made to carry a certain amount of weight. And the body works better when its at an ideal weight. Once you start putting additional pounds onto your body, it affects the way your body works.

When you gain weight, you don't know exactly where on your body those extra pounds are going. People gain weight in different parts of their bodies. Some people gain it in their upper backs while others may gain it in their chests or on their thighs. Some people gain weight in their buns or on their legs. And where ever people gain the weight, chances are, the added weight will lead to pain.

Millions of Americans suffer from back pain. And that pain is caused by too much weight in the upper part of the body or too much weight in your tummy area. When that kind of weight-strain is put on the back, your back reacts with daily pain, no matter what you do.
Another place people may feel pain is in their chests. The heart gets overloaded and so do your lungs causing them to perform less efficiently. With those added pounds, you can end up with serious pain in your chest and around your heart because those parts of your body are forced to overwork for you.

Then there's knee pain, another one of the most common pains for many Americans. Did you know that for every pound you're overweight, you're adding four pounds of pressure to your knees? That means, if you're 30 pounds overweight, your knees feel like you're 120 pounds overweight. Hey, no wonder they hurt!

Then there's lower leg and foot pain caused by the added weight. And I have to tell you, I've had many of the kinds of pains I've just described before, myself. And they're all, well..."a pain in the neck!" The sad result of all this is that a great many people in this country are on daily doses of pain medication.
So whadda you know, pain...ouch! One more reason for you to get serious about losing weight! And when you do, your upper and lower body, in fact, all of your body will thank you for it.

Just remember, only you can make the pain go away!

Love,

Richard