Maybe it's just me, or my friends, or Indiana in general. It seems everybody is overweight.
I looked around at the men and women attending the last Lions Club meeting, and all but one person was plump (in my opinion). I'm talking 32 people, mostly middle to old age!
It was equally bad at a church chili supper I went to several days ago. Watching others eat and eat and eat, I could understand why. Chili, peanut butter on white bread, and pie. I think Indiana still ranks second nationally in obesity (after Mississippi), and I can vouch for that.
Now I'm a rather slender guy (120 lbs at just under 5'8"). Always have been. Others say it's because I have a "high metabolic rate", whatever that means. I happen to think it's because I exercise considerably and watch what I eat. It has nothing to do with metabolism, per se. Nobody is more health conscious than I.
I don't comment, let alone preach, about diet and exercise to my friends. I know that doesn't do any good. Instead, I try to lead by example. Evidently, that doesn't help either. It's a sorry state of fat people out here in Hoosierland. I take a lot of heat for being "underweight", but we'll see who lives the healthier and longer life.