'Pear' plus-size — Why fool yourself?
"Dear Doctor! I'm a 'pear' plus-size, my hip circumference is 169 cm, I'd like a compression therapy unit. Is there a size this big?" — was the question addressed to me. As I read it, at first it made me smile, then it astonished me and finally saddened me. I'll explain why I ended up on this 'emotional rollercoaster'.
Pear plus-size – brings a smile to your face
I hadn't noticed the term "pear plus-size" before. I don't remember hearing it.
At first I thought the questioner mentioned it a bit playfully—that there's a little excess around the hips, buttocks, waist. I was still smiling then…
One interpretation of the word "molett": "Curvaceous, rounded, somewhat chubby (a woman, body type), usually of short stature; plump."
Elsewhere it's described like this: "We call a body 'molett' when there is a bit of 'excess'. The molett body can be very decorative in terms of dressing. Molett is far from chubby or fat."
169 cm – a startling figure
Then I saw the number: 169. Centimeters. The hip circumference…
At this point the brain switches to 'search mode.' It runs through what the average value is, what your own numbers are, what it should be compared to... then... your eyebrow slowly lifts, your eyes widen... after a few moments it 'clicks' that even measuring such a circumference might have been problematic. Because the usual tailor's tape is 150 cm long, so it's not even long enough to go around a body of that size.
A hip circumference of 169 cm is far beyond being labeled 'molett', and not even in the 'töltött galamb' (slightly plump) or mild overweight categories.
A hip circumference of this size can only be measured in severe obesity. It doesn't develop just 'like that', and certainly not unnoticed.
I was saddened by the self-deception
By the time I reached this point in reading and interpreting, my smile had faded, my raised eyebrow had dropped, and on this emotional rollercoaster something sad and listless settled into place.
I am sad when a person deceives themselves, doesn't even admit to themselves: I have become severely obese.
Because obesity is a breeding ground for diseases, which sooner or later will surely embitter your life. In youth the body still fights to counterbalance the devastating power of excess weight. Over 50, however, the extra kilos slowly but surely overwhelm your health and make your everyday life miserable. You can also read about this in my article.
To get rid of excess weight, two things are fundamentally important.
First, that you at least admit to yourself that you are overweight, fat, obese.
This is very important for the second: you must act against obesity. With more physical activity and by modifying your diet.
Otherwise the kilos will surely win. And you will lose!
