Emmy Tobing was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine’s article, “New York Times Style Guide: What’s Hot, What’s Not?,” which focused on celebrities and their personal styles. In this piece, the actress, who is fifty-one years old, was discussed, along with her husband, Jon consultation with a nutritionist who determined that they needed to add exercise to their lifestyle in order to maintain their current weight. According to the article, the Tobing’s enjoyed their life as they had always dreamed – raising two children, enjoying a career, traveling the world – until one day, something got away from them: their height. When Jon explained to Emmy that he and his wife needed to lose a few inches, the surprised woman said that losing height was actually harder than gaining it!
This brought a myriad of emotions to the couple. While Jon was completely supportive of his wife’s decision to become a caregiver for her mother, he struggled with accepting the fact that he himself would need to embrace a new lifestyle in order to remain active and healthy. The reality was, he felt that being an actor was just too much work – and he didn’t want to have to give up all of his personal freedom. At first, Jon figured that if he lost a few more inches, he could still continue working his craft, without any interruption. The couple finally decided to make a lifestyle change and decided to start their trek toward optimal health by getting themselves involved with Height Plus, an international network of athletes, coaches, and support groups, whose goal is to “promote awareness of and solutions to people’s height problems.”
Height Plus is a perfect way to stay active and healthy while also adding inches to one’s height. While juggling being an actor and parent might be hard, being a part of such a remarkable community of active, positive people is both rewarding and empowering. Couple this with Jon Tobin’s story – and the success he has achieved in his acting career, and you can understand why this is an absolutely ideal situation for a parent to get into, whether it’s for themselves or their child.