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Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005



 
 
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Old June 2nd, 2009, 06:34 PM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1

Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.

Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.

"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."

With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.

"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."

The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.

Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.

Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.

"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."

He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.

Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.

"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."

As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.

"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.

Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.

Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."

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Old June 3rd, 2009, 12:14 AM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,us.military.army,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
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On Jun 2, 6:56*pm, Omega wrote:
Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.
Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.
"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."


And all that the Army's even LOOKING at her proves is that the regime
got defeated in Iraq (and Afghanistan)! Average woman in America is
5'3" tall - meaning any woman 25 lbs. overweight is 20-25%
overweight! Yet the Army is even considering her - because they are
so desperate for troops for Iraq.

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Old June 3rd, 2009, 12:26 AM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1

Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.

Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.

"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."

With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.

"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."

The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.

Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.

Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.

"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."

He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.

Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.

"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."

As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.

"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.

Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.

Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."


LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.

I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT
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Old June 3rd, 2009, 12:35 AM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.
Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.
"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."


All that the regime even is CONSIDERING her as a prospective soldier
proves is that the regime already has been defeated in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Average woman in America is 5'3" tall - so she's 20-25%
overweight. That the regime is desperate enough to even consider
trying to somehow get her into its military only shows that the regime
is out of reasonable-quality troops.

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Old June 3rd, 2009, 05:08 AM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,rec.crafts.metalworking,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005



"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
...
On Jun 2, 12:34 pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1

Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.

Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.

"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."

With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.

"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."

The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.

Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.

Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to
join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.

"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."

He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.

Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.

"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past
18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."

As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.

"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.

Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.

Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."


LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.

I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT


Those are the fat lazy out of work liberals applying for entrance into
Obama's army. As evidence: Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be,
but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit. Typical fat liberal eating bon-bons on the sofa
for sport.



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Old June 3rd, 2009, 12:29 PM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

In talk.politics.guns Too_Many_Tools wrote:


"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."

The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.



Is that why you're posting to usenet and not in uniform?
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:





http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1


Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.


Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.


"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."


With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.


"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."


The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.


Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.


Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.


"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."


He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.


Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.


"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."


As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.


"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.


Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.


Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."


LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.

I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority
neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat
strongholds, lol.

Ragnar
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Old June 3rd, 2009, 04:02 PM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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Default Would-Be Soldiers Too Fat to Serve, Military Has Had to Turn Away 48,000 Overweight Recruits Since 2005

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:30:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:





http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1

Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.


Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.


"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."


With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.


"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."


The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.


Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.


Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.


"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."


He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.


Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.


"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."


As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.


"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.


Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.


Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."


LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.

I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority
neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat
strongholds, lol.

Why is this funny?
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Old June 3rd, 2009, 04:25 PM posted to soc.support.fat-acceptance,alt.support.diet.weightwatchers,misc.survivalism,talk.politics.guns,alt.rush-limbaugh
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"miguel" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:30:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Jun 2, 7:26 pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:34 pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:





http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1

Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds
over
the Army's weight limit.

Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.

"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army
recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up."

With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the
waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot
camp.

"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to
work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."

The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight,
"everybody
lies," La Pointe said.

Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans
is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in
five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned
away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American
troops
fighting in Afghanistan.

Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to
join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.

"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."

He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio,
Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.

Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland,
has
seen the slide in fitness.

"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the
past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down
here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than
they
are now."

As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the
Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it
makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.

"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told
ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in
the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.

Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.

Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more
inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."

LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.

I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.

Laugh...laugh...laugh...

TMT- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority
neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat
strongholds, lol.

Why is this funny?


t_m_t is an idiot
So naturally, like an idiot, he laughs for all the wrong reasons at all the
wrong places..

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On Jun 3, 11:02*am, miguel wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 06:30:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jun 2, 7:26*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jun 2, 12:34*pm, Gandalf Gay wrote:


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7142589&page=1


Amanda Turcotte wants to be all that she can be, but she's 25 pounds over
the Army's weight limit.


Her recruiter is sweating her down to regulation size with a grueling
daily exercise regimen.


"If you need to puke there's a garbage can right there," Army recruiter
Sgt. Jessica La Pointe told Turcotte during a recent workout at an
Annapolis high school. "That's fine. You can come back and finish up.."


With fast-food diets and couch potato lifestyles expanding the waistlines
of the nation's youth, the former professional kickboxer says she must
become personal trainer to many recruits just to get them to boot camp.


"We do get people who come in the office that are overweight by Army
standards," La Pointe told ABC News. "And then what we do is try to work
out a program through nutrition and exercise."


The standards vary by service. The Army allows 26 percent body fat for
men, and more for women. When recruits are asked their weight, "everybody
lies," La Pointe said.


Obesity is a national epidemic. Three in four military-age Americans is
unqualified to join the military. The No. 1 reason: obesity. One in five
military-age Americans is too fat to serve. The military has turned away
48,000 overweight recruits since 2005, more than all the American troops
fighting in Afghanistan.


Leo Knight-Inglesby was one of them. Two years ago, when he wanted to join
the Air Force, he tipped the scales at 361 pounds -- way over the Air
Force limit.


"I was eating everything in the house," Knight-Inglesby told ABC News
during a break from basic training. He said a recruiter told him, "You
need to lose some weight -- a large amount of weight."


He's now at Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas,
after dropping a staggering 161 pounds. He said he did it the old-
fashioned way -- exercise, and dropping a daily McDonald's habit.


Tech. Sgt. Scot J. Morin, who oversees physical training at Lackland, has
seen the slide in fitness.


"Some of them come down here and they've been on the couch for the past 18
years and haven't run a lick," he told ABC. "When I first got down here
the trainees that were coming in were in a little more in shape than they
are now."


As the nation's armed forces are stretched by wars on two fronts, an
increasing number of recruits never make it past the recruiting office
before they're told they're unfit to serve. Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon's
accessions chief, said obesity amounts to a national crisis, and it makes
a tough job filling the military's ranks even tougher.


"It's clearly a problem for the United States military," Gilroy told ABC
News. "We're faced with a dwindling pool of the youth population in the
17-to-24-year-old group about which we are very concerned," he said.


Turcotte hopes to be wearing Army green within the month.


Asked if two-hour-a-day workouts are worth it, she said, "Totally.
Definitely worth it. ... One more inch off my waist and two more inches
off my hips and then I'll be good to go."


LOL...and since wingers constantly remind us that the military is
overwhelmingly Republican it then follows that the majority of
Republicans are TOO FAT.


I suspect it is because Republicans also have BIG MOUTHS...better to
shovel the food into when their foot is not in it.


Laugh...laugh...laugh...


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The majority of service age obese teens come from inner city minority
neighborhoods which by the way are overwhelmingly democrat
strongholds, lol.


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It’s funny on the basis that the individual I was responding to was
assuming that only Republicans serve in the military and that they are
all fat, when in reality the majority of obese service age teens come
from traditionally democratic voting blocks.

Sorry you didn’t see the irony in it or find it amusing.

Ragnar
 




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