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Body Frame & Your Weight

Your body comes equipped with a skeletal frame that expanded as you grew from infant to adult. Make no bones about it, too much weight and the body frame is stressed, leading to increased risk for bone disorders, including fractures.

To get a better picture of the effect that weight has on the body frame, think of your body as a house that is being constructed.

- The skeleton is the frame of the house.
- The fat is the insulation of the house.
- The muscles represent the nails that hold the house together.
- The intestines represent the plumbing system in the house.

- The heart represents the electrical system in the house.
- The internal organs represent the walls, ceiling and floors of the house.
- Food represents the furniture and decor that we add to the house.
- Too much furniture and decor in the house may cause the floor, walls and ceiling to sway.
- Eventually, the frame of the house is effected by the weight of the house, just as the body when too much weight is added onto the skeletal frame. In turn, the plumbing may fail, as well as the electricity. It's a chain reaction - a reaction in this event due to too much weight.

The skeletal frame of the body represents your foundation for building a healthy, fit body that is intended to last a lifetime. Make that lifetime a long time, and your personal skeleton will say, "Thank you!"