the thin blog for fat people

No too shabby

2010-08-31T20:37:00.000-07:00

It's week 2 already and though I haven't had much time posting on the blog, the exercise part is going good. Been to the gym last night and had a nice bag workout as well.

Things are a bit busy businesswise as we are starting up a new business - www.fortisgroup.co.za - but as long as I keep walking, things should turn out fine.

I already feel stronger in the gym although the wind is still a bit lacking, but we will get that sorted as well. Exciting times ahead methinks.

And it goes on

2010-08-25T21:41:00.001-07:00

2nd day in the gym - Wed 25/8/2010 - I was strong, very strong!!!

Focused, and a very good workout. Also got the 3 meals in per day, so all in all a very good day.

Very busy though businesswise, but at least we sorted a whole lot of stepping stones for Fortis.

Bring it on !!!

It's alive - AGAIN

2010-08-24T09:48:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I decided to give it yet another go. There's a gym closeby (1km) so I can walk there after work and start getting fit again .....

Maybe it's because my wife views me in a different light, she prefers no light at all.

Anyhow. Monday - Monday 23 August, went for the evaluation - not too bad, but still, not good, not good at all. Fitness levels at an alltime low, body fat % too high, shoulder injury messing me up, etc etc etc.

Made it through evaluation - barely alive.

Tuesday 24 August - DAY 1

So, I start the day with a massive bowl of organic oats, some ham and a fruit (banana). Not too shabby, but missed the fruit inbetween. Had nice healthy cooked meal for lunch and missed the fruit inbetween.

Almost missed first gym session due to car troubles but alas, I went. Ugh, maybe not a good idea. I feel dizzy, feel nauseaus, feel weird and not nice. Struggled through it though, just have to keep going.

The hardest part was the walk home - hahahahaha, almost didnt make it. Will end the day with nice eggs and ham meal and some milk to get some power back.

Tomorrow - day 2....

4 weeks in and going strong

2009-01-29T11:11:00.000-08:00

Have to say, this low GI thing is becoming a habit. I go so far now as to rather skip buying chocolates and either not buying anything or buying something better.

See, its all about choices isnt it? Thus, when I decided end of 2008 to start making better choices, I didn't even think as far as February 2009. But here we are, and a whole month of making better choices is behind me.

The best part is that the whole family is joining in. My daughter lost a lot of weight, my wife looks a lot thinner and the younger kids are all okay with the so-called health food that we eat.

But its not bad, the food is great, it tastes nice, and I even have a small bowl of ice cream 3 times a week. Have to balance the exercise program out, see.

Cause I've been keeping that up as well, I can now do a sidekick chest height again - 3 weeks down. Man, this feels great!!!

Only place I'm still lacking is the old H2O - yuk, cant get used to the stuff, but at least a lot less gass and fizzy drinks.

So, here's to February - month 2 of the rest of my live !!!!! Why don't you join me in the quest?

Welcome to National Fat Week

2009-01-29T11:08:00.000-08:00

Do you feel personally responsible for the world food shortage?

Everytime you go to the beach, does the tide come in?

Have you ever eaten an entire moose?

Can you see your neck?

Do joggers take laps around you for exercise?

If so, WELCOME TO NATIONAL FAT WEEK !!!!

bad bad fat man

2009-01-14T11:08:00.000-08:00

Today was hectic.

Had to drive here, drive there, drive everywhere, so without enough planning beforehand, I ended up without enough quality foods to eat where I were.

Lesson learnt - if you know you have a hectic day going all over, you need to be prepared.

Amazing how no-one makes this easy. Any shop you go into will have tons of all the wrong stuff but none of the right stuff to eat on the fly. Issue is, this body cant actually fly, more like flop down.

Well, I'll chalk this one up to good? experience. Be prepared and prepare beforehand.

Thinner and thinner

2009-01-12T11:15:00.000-08:00

So it has come to pass that I have decided to give getting thin a real chance.

Now don't get me wrong, I gave it a chance already. In fact, throughout my life, I gave it a lot of chances. Thing is, I don't think it really wanted those chances. Or the wise would tell you - I didn't really wanted the change.

Well, I suddenly realised that my age clock is ticking like mad and I need some serious balance in my life. There's more to life than work work work. And most probably more to it than eat eat eat.

So I took the plunge. I have been doing a low GI diet for almost 2 weeks now, and starting training again today. Nothing spectacular - mostly because I cant do anything spectacular anymore - but just put on my backpack and walked about 5 km.

Will start kicking tomorrow again - some years ago I held a 4th Dan black belt in Taekwondo. Now I might kick you in the knee if I really stretch it.

So, this is it - I think a total onslaught - not just on fat but on life in general - trying to get balance back.

I will keep you posted.

This problem is getting bigger all around

2008-10-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

It would seem that there is a new planet in our solar system - ME !!!

Instead of shrinking, I am expanding. Now, in most cases expansion would be a good thing. But not when you're picked up on radar when going past an airport. Why, just the other day I was resting my weary bones after walking out of the supermarket, when some kid asked me to stand still, he wants to sit in my shade.

What really is getting to me, is the fact that I can actually lie next to me when I'm lying down. This is at least how it feels, with my tummy lying way out there when I am on my side. So, now my wife said no more chocolates and drink more water, see, I might die. But I thought, I'll die anyways.

And the biggest problem with water is the taste - it really tastes ....... !!!!

So, let's hope that the water drinking spurs me on to bigger things - at least I am getting more exercise now - walking to the fridge a couple of times a day.

For now - the planets might be Mercury, Venus, Earth, DUNDELS, Mars ......

Me, myself and Us

2006-11-17T21:44:00.000-08:00

We went swimming the other day.....

Me, myself and once I took off my clothes, I realized - not I, no, but US. So there I stood, looking more and bigger than before and realizing I might be fighting a losing battle.

Okay, so I did have a Coke and 2 chocolates before going swimming, but still, I thought I would look better than the reflection of blubber I saw in the mirrors in the dressing room.

Eventually ended up in the water and started wading - seeing that actually swimming makes me look even more like a hippopotamus than just standing still. So wading it was.

that's when the circumference of the issue actually hit me, as I started moving up an down in the water, I felt parts of my body moving separate from me, and no, its not what you think - it was actually my bum, my tummy and my legs....!!!!!!!!!!??

I started feeling weird - like I was really more than one person what with all these bodyparts moving independently from the mother ship.

Will I ever be an individual again? Or am I doomed to being "legion".........................

Sick and tired and tired and tired

2006-09-17T22:45:00.000-07:00

Still fat - yep.....

Months later, you've made all these resolutions, tried this and that and that and this but alas.....when you undress for shower, you still want to do it with your eyes closed.

So, what to do ?

The truth about fat and lean is all about balance. If there is one thing I've learned in life is that you need balance, and the Chinese have rather hit it on the noggin with their Yin and Yang theory. And we've all heard about that scientific opposing law - for every action there is a reaction and then some.

This is true for all facets of your life - and also losing weight and keeping it off. I mean, 95% of us have absolutely no excuse at all (and that includes me). We sit too much, exercise too little (see the yin and yang?). We eat the wrong foods and do all the detrimental things to our bodies and worse of all ...... WE KNOW IT !!!

The only guys with excuses are those who really have medical problems which influence their weight. We will exclude them form this post.

Seeing that we know this, when do we make the change ? When will we improve our lifestyles to ensure we don't die of heart-disease or another fat-related issue ?

When will we be sick and tired of being tired all the time, of looking at ourselves and not liking what we see, of not being able to bend down and tie our shoelaces, of stuffing ourselves with all the wrong stuff?

When ?...................... and until then, fat is where it's at.

Hypnotherapy for fatloss

2006-08-29T22:52:00.000-07:00

This is it ! You've had it with this other self ! This fat person inside of you. You decide to get hypnotized.

Rather get sick just by looking at a carb and never eat another carb for the rest of your life. You phone and ask about hypnotherapy - a friend wants to know how this process works, yes, he has a bit of a weight problem, can you help?

The appointment made, you urgently count the days and as the hour nears you wonder what will happen under hypnosis - will you walk out of there without your wallet, having acted out scenes from the local zoo?

Only time will tell - and as there are only 2 days remaining - you eat another carb - for the nerves you see ......................

The big decision - to eat or not to eat

2006-08-29T22:46:00.000-07:00

Then comes the crossroads in your fat existence - to eat or not to eat, or is that to wheat or not to wheat.

Because no matter what you try, fat becomes you - or fat stays you. And you read you should eat this but not that, in another article -no, no rather eat more of that and less of this, or do not eat wheat - that is what bloats you in the first place.

So you think back to your childhood - damn all that bread, but times were few and so was money. So bread was the top of the pyramid.

Will my kids also sit with this psychological issue regarding fat and fatloss - or will they grow up happy among other fat kids and never give two pennies worth ?

These and other questions bug you as you stop to rest for breath halfway up the stairs......

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2006-08-23T23:30:00.000-07:00

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2006-08-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

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How to win friends and influence THIN people

2006-07-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

Two positive things people always say about fat people :-

"They can't fight and they can't run away." Maybe that's why we are always so cheerful - or is it skindeep ?

Once again, you can use your girth as a positive ally when expanding your friends network. By influencing thin people - win friends.

Thin people can be influenced by your cheerful personality. Be happy and they will invite you = positive about this is, you can have the leftovers once they have finished eaten. Yep, your thin friends will soon see your true value - a win win situation.

You won't fight with them, and they will have someone to share their food and eats with. Soon, they will invite you with them to more thin friends who will also have leftovers to share. By being happy - or jolly (as us fat people tend to do) your circle of thin friends will be ever expanding.

And if this fails - thin people are always scared of "bigger people" - you can always sit on them until they are influenced enough to be your friends.

Till next time

Pace yourself on the way to the bathroom

2006-06-19T23:27:00.000-07:00

Tired of getting tired ?

Even when just walking to the bathroom? Well, have we got just the tip for you... How to pace yourself on the way to the bathroom.

By now you've started settling into this bigger you frame, you are getting used to the bigger than normal jackets, the shirt hanging out, making more holes in your belt than when you've bought it and so on.

This is the time to start adjusting to the new frame and tune in to your environment. You get exhausted and short of breath doing anything - from bending to pick up a biro, fastening shoelaces to going to the bathroom or kitchen for one more soda.

Because you are starting to adjust, you also know when the need arises to go.... you can actually feel it coming on, from far away. All we are saying is, tune in to your body's needs even more. Do not wait until the last minute to get up and go. Anticipate - anticipate.

Yep, that's right, once you can anticipate the need to go, you can get up and start going towards the bathroom with enough time to take it at a leisurely pace. No need to rush and exhaust yourself, so that when you get there, you are blowing like a steam train.

By taking it easy, and even having a stop in between (or 2) - and for real diversity why not have a snack?, you will not exhaust yourself in a mad rush for the bathroom. You will be able to go at your own pace and still have enough breath to really sock it to it.

While you're at it, you might as well learn to pace yourself in other areas of life as well - such as sex (if you can get any)

But more of that later.

Tired Of Diet

2006-05-31T02:39:00.000-07:00

Don't you get just so damn tired of dieting? Atkins Diet, Abs Diet, Wonder Diet, Body For Life... you name it....

I just get so tired of dieting all the time. Last year allone, I went through SIX diets. None of them worked. Eventually got a diet from a local doctor, a derivative of Atkins, and it worked really well. But NO piza, NO burgers, no nice stuff at all. So eventually you give in.

I have concluded there is no diet you can stick to the rest of your life. There must be a better way. Once fat allways fat?

Once you get 10kg overweight or like 20kg like I am, it is virtually impossible to get a healthy weight back without some major sacrifices and self discipline.

I have seen some remarkable success stories, but in 80% of the cases, if you stop dieting, the weight comes back and then more.

Either I must accept now that I will always be fat, or search for a solution that is not going to involve strick dieting of any sort. A change in life style perhaps? If so, such change must be gradual and over time. Seeting more realisting goals i.e I want to lose 10kg this year and not 10kg the next two months. Gradually changing eating and exercise habbits into a new and health one. Diet? I dunno. I am sick and tired of diet.

It's either lifestyle change or stay always fat!

TIP - Tying your shoes with the least effort

2006-05-31T00:23:00.000-07:00

OK - so, you've worked hard to build up that blubber separating you from your feet. Now you have two options -

1) go barefoot for life
2) learn the proper way to reach your feet

As we all know that it is impossible to go barefoot for life, we need to focus on option 2. Even really drunk girls will notice if you are barefoot and not go home with you.

So, on to tying those shoes. First thing to do is to test if you have enough room to move. Measure the width of your belly (remember this number). Now open your knees wide - also measure this gap.

Now compare the two - if the gap between your knees at the widest point exceeds the width of your belly, you will be able to tie your shoes. We will call that ALWAYS FAT LAW 1.

The easiest thing to do is to let your belly hang in between your legs whilst bending to tie your shoes. NB - take a deep breath before commencing this exercise because the air to your lungs WILL be cut off for the remainder of this position. A tip - you can come up for air between shoes.

If you struggle too much with this, trying bringing your feet closer to your body. Use a stool or a step or something to get more height but BEWARE - combining this with bending down might cause a loss of balance resulting in a bad fall. (we will also give tips on how to get up with no help after such a fall)

Lastly - if all else fails, you can ask someone else to tie your shoes for you.

TIP 1 - Making love out of nothing at all

2006-05-30T08:08:00.000-07:00

True - fat guys usually do not have nice girlfriends, but hey, we also have libidos - so what is a fat man to do? How can you make love without a partner? Except if you are gay - then it is a different story altogether, but we'll focus on the heterosexual for now.

How then do you satisfy your needs with no partner? - The answer lies in that - making love out of nothing at all.

You can try a couple of things -

1- visit the local pubs and bars - stay long enough to get the really pissed chicks. All drunk girls reach a boundary sooner or later - its a question of patience. And hey, we did not get this fat by being impatient. Use the patience, make sure you use your strong points.

2 - try a house of ill repute, but beware, this can cost you some money, which you might not have a lot of, because of your patient lifestyle.

3 - blow-up dolls can substitute any girl any day. And don't let anyone tell you different. Why need a nagging woman, when you can be done with wham, bam and thank you doll, in no time at all. No-one to laugh at your sweating like a pig, no-one to snicker at your small penis, no-one will think you inept at this love making thing - be a hero.

4 - if all else fails, there's always your trusty hand. Even though you might not have seen your penis in months (or years) just gently feel for it, below your paunch. If you have enough maneuvering room, you will be able to tell whether it is erect or not. Then - do what comes naturally.

Well, with 4 tips to keep you busy, who knows? You might be busy for a couple of months on these.

Once fat Always fat

2006-05-30T07:46:00.000-07:00

Isn't it funny how this seems so true ? - once fat always fat. How many of you have tried to shed those extra pounds on so many occasions with success, only to return to your old fat self after some time.

Well, we got tired of that and decided to look at being fat in a whole new light - once it, always it.

We will give you tips ranging from the outrageous to the practical on what to do when you're fat and how to cope with it.