Is your hair making you fat?

[Cania]

Saw this article yesterday:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...le-pounds.html

Personally I think it's a load of rubbish. Okay, so I don't like getting sweaty because I don't like to wash my hair so often - it doesn't stop me exercising. I get lots of walking done during the day and also watch what I eat, so my weight is just fine thanks! Surely you don't have to sweat to exercise..

Any other opinions on this? I thought I'd at least share it for the comedy value if not :P

[supbanana]

I consider sweaty hair the sign of an awesome workout, but have never once used my hair as an excuse not to do anything physical. When I belonged to a gym, it seemed that most of the ladies had fancy, higher maintenance styles.

I guess it makes sense, but as a fat lady even I feel it's ridiculous to cite your hair as a reason not to get exercise.

[Neneka]

Well, everything can be a reason for not to exercise if you don't want to. The article says: "'When you're starting to exercise, you look for reasons not to, and sometimes the hair is one of those reasons." The reason can be anything. Like cleaning or studying or washing your dog. If there is no dirty dogs or dishes you can just find something else. I am very good in finding something else to do when I should study something I don't like.

[C.H.]

Nah--I just accept sweaty excercise hair as a fact of life. Like bathing or wearing shoes.

[Theobroma]

Hang on, these women are so obsessed with their appearance that they refuse to exercise for fear of ruining their hairdo? But at the same time they don't care enough about their appearance that they won't, you know, eat less for fear of ruining their figure?

Excuse me while I figure that one out...

[Shesta]

I don't like exercising but I never speculated to myself hair to be a reason. Probably I should start to

[bratz81]

dear good glory...what??
I can't believe there is a whole 'news' article on women not exercising because of their hair. I certainly don't stop anything I'm doing because of my hair.

Admittedly I don't go to the gym as I can't afford the membership but I walk 30mins to work 5 times a week and do yoga around 5 times a week too, and certainly don't think oh I can't do that in case my hair gets messed up

[Rosetta]

Personally I think it's a load of rubbish.

Personally I think 99% of articles in magazines (especially so-called women's magazines) are a load of rubbish Just like this one.
For most of them I truly can't see why they're even published. Guess they just have to fill the pages somehow...

[misspurdy06]

That is about people who obsessively iron and use a lot of product. A lot of women with long hair and esp. the women on here go all natural so it's a non-issue.

[Drynwhyl]

No, I'm fat because I'm lazy. I also have awesome hair because I'm too lazy to do something about it, so it's benignly neglected.
I agree with misspurdy, this is about women who straighten their hair 3x a day and use a ton of product.


I really love how "Dr Regina Benjamin, America's surgeon general, has issued a warning to women about their hair", but in her picture, she has short hair and she is rather voluptuous.