AboutCari Corbet-Owen Expertise I'm happy to answer questions about self-acceptance and losing weight naturally. I'll answer questions about the psychology of eating, enjoying exercising and so on. I am not a dietician and so won't answer any food-related questions.
Experience 2 decades of studying medical and psychological journals and given Mind over Fatter workshops internationally. Written two books, The Joy-Filled Body: Eat! Play! Love and Live (available only from ditch-diets-live-light.com) and The Mind over Fatter program.
Organizations Have been the psychologist to SANEP (The South African Nutrion Experts Panel), and on the team of experts of both the South African Journal of Natural Medicine and Shape magazine.
Publications Shape, Glamour, Readers digest, O, Men's Health and many many others
Education/Credentials Clinical psychologist
Awards and Honors O magazine (S.African) published an excerpt of my book. Been nominated twice for the S.African businesswomen of the Year in 2006 and 2007 in the health category.
Question I'm 28 years old and I weigh 320 pounds. I'm 6 '1 and I look to be around 250. My problem is, I seem to be fatter on the right (dominant) side of my body - arm, chest, etc.
How do I even out?
I work out every other day. I do either a arm/chest back routine followed by a mile of cardio OR I do a leg/back/shoulder routine with a mile of cardio.
The miles takes me between 20 - 22 minutes.
I've been fat my whole life. I've been wrking onit for a few months now and I'm getting smaller but the weight itself isn't going away. I'm at 3-% body fat right now. I'd like to half that number eventually. Is this healthy? can I carry 300 plus pounds if I'm in better shape or do I need to be closer to 250?
Answer HI Joe, I'm a psychologist and so I'm afraid I have no idea what you could do to even out your body - but I do want to mention that it is possible that it's a type of body dysmorphia (in other words a distorted image of what is real). Think about it this way - Is this your own perception or is this something other people regularly comment on.
Your percentage body fat came out at 3-%, I'm assuming that you're talking about 30% because 3% would hardly be possible. For more on what percentage body fat you need you can find out more at http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/bad-fat.html
I have seen plenty of research that shows you can be healthy at any size and in face there is a whole movement called "Health At Every Size" - you can read more about this at : http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/obesity-research.html
