Pleasantly Plump

This essay could very well be called the fattening of America, but, I didn't find that title to be quite as catchy.

There was a time, in modern history, including my own recent past, when most people were considered normal weight, in fact, many were at weights that were lower than their ideal weights. The minority, to be sure, were those people who were over weight, or "pleasantly plump". Even more rare were those poor, unhealthy individuals who were actually obese.

In today's America, the normal contingency has changed considerably.

The face, and body, of America has changed. Let's face it, we are fat, or obese, or, well, something. As a group, we have moved out of the hot pants and into the stretch pants.

So, where, what and who are you? Fat? Pleasantly Plump? Obese? Morbidly Obese? Underweight? Healthy Weight? Ideal Weight?

Who knows? Who cares? Well, some people know, and almost everyone cares. The diet industry in America is at an all time high, multi billion dollar level, and that's a lot of rice cakes and salad bars. But I digress with the lettuce. Back to our topic of discussion. These all illusive weight definitions and terms.

These terms are, of course, subjective to who is using them, and in what context they are being used, however, the correct definitions are slightly different than what I thought, and what you may have thought. Let's take a look at the terms, and a few more, and see what, exactly, is Fab Flab?

Fat - this term is generally used for individuals who are noticeably over their healthy weights. They have fat on areas of their bodies that believe in the saying, "See and be seen". Usually this would mean persons who were more than 15% over their "ideal weight". (Hang in there, we will figure this out). Also, this could be a compliment, but that is actually spelled P.H.A.T., and means Pretty Hot And Tempting. Actually that's a whole different article, but the words can be used in the same sentence, as in, "That girl was really fat, and really P.H.A.T." this gets complicated, so pay attention.

Pleasantly Plump - this term usually means those persons who are slightly over their ideal weight, with just a bit of those chubby cheeks, a small spare tire (and not in the car trunk). People who say things like, "If I could lose just fifteen pounds". Actually, Marilyn Monroe was pleasantly plump, according to these standards, but, that's just confusing the issue, isn't it?

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