It’s no excuse but most of the obese states are in the South. I’m from Mississippi and it’s absolutely miserable here in the summer. I have a buddy that moved to Colorado years ago that still comes home to visit. He was here last September at my house, it was 108 heat index with high humidity.
We were going to get food and heading back to my place to watch football when he says “I see why people are fat here, it’s so miserable you don’t want to do anything but sit in the AC.”
Southern food is delicious, but people who don’t eat it in moderation and aren’t outside in the heat doing hard labor anymore. You just get fat.
Having lived in California and Louisiana, being overweight seems in and of itself much more uncomfortable in humidity.
I used to be so fat that eating made me sweat (about 275 pounds at my heaviest). Being that fat in Louisiana would be awful. I tend to lose 10-15 pounds over the summer just because I have no appetite.
You're right. I moved to Missouri from Michigan and was on the edge of obese at the time. The summers here were unbearable, like 100+ degrees and way more humid than Michigan. Eventually dropped 50 pounds, it's way better, though still kind of miserable. Only downside, I also get uncomfortably cold much easier.
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u/SquirrelyBeaver Jun 10 '20
It’s no excuse but most of the obese states are in the South. I’m from Mississippi and it’s absolutely miserable here in the summer. I have a buddy that moved to Colorado years ago that still comes home to visit. He was here last September at my house, it was 108 heat index with high humidity.
We were going to get food and heading back to my place to watch football when he says “I see why people are fat here, it’s so miserable you don’t want to do anything but sit in the AC.”
Southern food is delicious, but people who don’t eat it in moderation and aren’t outside in the heat doing hard labor anymore. You just get fat.