Day 142 - My Ranting Outrage!
So - I seem to have finally punched through my mini plateau. I lost another pound this week. I also was able to exercise three days, so yay! These accomplishments were in the midst of NC making a ruling that state employees with a BMI of over 40 will have to pay higher premiums. I am finally at 39.0 BMI, which keeps me from that issue; but I have distinct issues with this policy.
First - the state is so concerned about the obesity issue impacted the bottom line, they are not doing anything to help their employees (or the citizens of the state) loose weight effectively. For instance, many states and insurance companies offer little or no assistance with things like gym memberships or access to nutritional information. There supposedly is a clause stating that people who are overweight because of medical conditions will not be effected. What medical conditions? Does that include someone who is to ill to workout? No, it does not.
Here is my biggest peeve with this issue is that the state will not provide an exception for people who have shown they are working at loosing weight. For instance, a friend of mine who started adjusting her diet started at 330 and is now down to 300 in 3 months. But currently she still is still over the 40 BMI.
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Congrats on your loss! I think they really need to change those policies.
Wow! That’s pretty shocking stuff–how is that not discrimination??!! I’m oftentimes not a big fan of the ACLU, but this is one I’d like to see them take on!
I am okay with *incentive* programs, however, like when departments “compete” to lose a certain amount/percent, and are rewarded with things like grocery gift cards, gym memberships, etc. But there everybody at least starts on an even playing field (so to speak!); this sounds like a far cry. Boo, NC, for this! 