OnePhatMan
Because really, can you ever get enough of pictures of me?
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[…] This evening, I settled in with a fine book: From Chunk to Hunk: Diary of a Fat Man, by blogger Fred Anderson. Fred’s blog about his transformation into a healthy person (click here for pictures) was one that I read before I started to lose weight with purpose. (Between 2002 and 2004, I’d lost some weight without really trying, through ceasing almost all drinking.) It was one of many weight loss blogs that I read while I was hardcore into my routine of daily exercise and mindful, healthful eating. Fred’s book brings together the best of his blog posts, and really distills the positive, personally responsible attitude that one has to have in order to get healthy. […]
[…] I’m thinking of examples from my real- and internet-lives that illustrate this well. How about Fred and Robin? I used to read both of their blogs religiously. I became discouraged, however, when it was clear that they were living similar lifestyles, yet Fred was losing weight and Robin wasn’t. Robin was exercising daily, taking 5-plus-mile walks, routinely recording what she ate, trying different programs, etc. They each indulged in one “free day” per week. And yet, Robin’s weight stalled. It soon became painful to read. She’d try new things. She’d increase her exercise. She’d decrease her intake. She’d give up the fight for a while and then she’d come back. She went to the doctor. She got sick, and got well. She tried thyroid meds and merrily bitched along. She continued to live her life, yes, but you couldn’t help but wonder — how hard was it to crawl in bed every night with someone who seemed to just eat less and move more?1 Now, she is post-op and has lost half her body weight, but without the surgery, no amount of genuinely Eating Less and Moving More worked for her. It worked like a charm for her husband, though. […]