Fat and healthy is a myth, new study says

Time to get moving

Good morning walkers. I had reported on a blog a week or so back on an article that pointed out fat people can be healthy. By healthy I am referring to common health indicators such as blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar. I did not read in article about people being fit physically. I do think a fat person working out and doing aerobics is a good thing. But right on cue I read research that calls this a myth. The LA Times ran an article Fat and healthy is a myth, new study says. The article says "you may be healthy now, (which is what I reported) but wait ten years you will be proven wrong." Briefly the article explains how weight over time hurts our health. Yet I know people in their 80's who are heavy and are not diabetic, have heart disease or high blood pressure. One man I know has real low cholesterol. I believe he is an anomaly. 
The new study does confirm a growing support to the idea that most of us if we remain fat or obese will have health issues as we age. I do think there is a time limit we have to lower our weight if we want to increase our chances for health. What I believe is a fact and offers hope is that if you are fat and start walking and converting your diet to portion control and healthy nutrition you are on your way to better health. It is important not to give up and be realistic about how long it will take  to lose the lbs. 
I have been reading how difficult it is for diabetics to lose weight. Exercise alone won't do it. 
I have been looking at my own progress and I know it is harder now than when I was younger. 
The good news is I am stronger than I was two years ago and I regularly use the stairs now. I was doing longer walks 5 years ago than I am now and that is something I wish to improve on again. I am sleeping better. I have solved my ankle pain with an orthopedic brace. I took time two years ago to rethink my Cerebral palsy and revisited specialists and it really paid off. Medical advances are a blessing and give a chance to age living and not just age dying. 
It is not uncommon to read health articles that are contradictory. You have to look at who is doing the study and how big is it and is it supported by many other studies. When you get in the article often it agrees with other studies, but has been re-frame to be in conflict and therefore read. If you are fat and moving that is good, but more it forward with me and lets get a little skinnier.