Fat Loss 4 Idiots

I know I have said somewhere on my blog that fat people bother me because the extra weight they carry, to me, signifies a lack of control over their lives. But contrary to what some people imagine, I am not at all against or discriminatory against fat people. In fact, a really good friend of mine from my schooling days has been obese all her life. But that has not stopped me from being a good friend to her! Even if I wished she was thinner (ie visibly more in charge of her life), it is the person she is inside that matters more to me.

Still, it was a wonderful day indeed when she called me and told me about this online program, Fat Loss 4 Idiots, which she has been on. She has been on a secret mission to lose all that extra weight and she was actually making it happen this time. The reason why she did not tell me about her plans was that she has tried multiple online programs such as Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, and she had failed. Not this time. And the proof was in the photos she sent me - she looked so much slimmer. She told me that she has lost 30 pounds in 30 days!


Amazing! I don't usually buy into all of these weight loss gimmicks - I believe in hard work and proper diet. But then again, I have been trying to lose my extra 5 pounds for ages by pounding away at the gym for 1 hour, three times a week, and not seeing any real difference. So my friend's recent photos of her slimmer self was the motivating factor.

I got myself into the program - and I recommend it! The site itself is cool - attractive colourful cartoons, and it explains things in an easy to understand manner reminiscent of the XX for Dummies book series. But there is nothing idiotic about the subject matter.


Actually, this program may be more beneficial to those of us trying to lose some weight rather than for the grossly overweight - the program targets 9 pounds in 11 days, and focuses on the food we eat rather than exercise. Those who have to lose a lot of weight should incorporate exercise routines as well, but that is not the focus here. Nevertheless, it does contain valuable information on food intake, which the grossly overweight could use. For the rest of us, sometimes it is changing what we eat rather than those extra hours at the gym that will help us lose that tough bit of extra pounds we need to.

Excerpt of the type of information proposed in the program:

"You are overweight for the most simple of reasons -- because you're eating the wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you're also eating meals in the wrong patterns each day. Think closely about what we're about to tell you, since it's going to change the way you think about dieting. FOOD is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills, because the FOOD that you eat can either make you THIN or FAT. You don't get fat because of a lack of exercising, that's a myth. You get fat because you don't eat the right foods at the right intervals each day. Also, the pattern that you choose to eat your meals each day is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills. This is true because your body is like an "engine" and it only needs certain foods at certain intervals each day, and if you don't eat the right foods at the right times then it won't burn those calories -- and you'll wind up storing those calories as fat tissue. (Hint: You need to eat more than 3 times per day to lose weight, but we'll show you the details later).You have gotten overweight by eating the wrong foods, that much is a fact. And guess what? You can get SLIM by eating the RIGHT FOODS at the RIGHT INTERVALS each day. It's not really any more complicated than that, and the way to start losing weight has nothing to do with starving yourself or jogging ".

And I liked their list of Top Fat Burning Foods! Not bad at all :)

Fat People

I don't mind all overweight people - truly! I understand that some overweight people are the way they are because of illnesses, or hereditary disorders that are just beyond their control.

And I don't mind the overweight mothers - the ones running around taking care of multiple kids, working a job, being in charge of family and the household duties. If they are overweight, it may be because of having carried and given birth to multiple children, and then being much too busy to take care of themselves (bad thing for them in the long run, but nothing I should hold against them). Besides, bearing children and looking after them is no small joke. I have seen how difficult it can be for some people.

But what I do mind are the overweight single people, especially women. I cannot explain why I feel more disdain for the women than the men, but I just do. Sadly, men can get away with a lot, and being overweight happens to be one of them. A woman would overlook the excess fat a man carries, if he has other positive attributes, such as status, personality, loyalty and money. However, an overweight woman with all the same positive attributes cannot expect a man to overlook her physical apperance (there may be exceptions to this rule, for instance, filthy rich woman like Oprah), but in general, men would not accept an overweight woman. They'd rather have a good looking woman than an overweight one. That's an ugly truth. It is no surprise then that it is more common to see an overweight woman with an overweight man than with a stud.

If a young woman is healthy, but overweight, I cannot help but wonder if she is the way she is because she is just lazy and overeats. When an overweight woman tells me that she enjoys eating bacon, or pork, my mind just goes: yeah, that's why you're so such a fatty pork; how about trying a salad?

Now I hate feeling the way I do about overweight people. It is wrong, it is discriminating, it is condescending. Today, fat people are simply big and beautiful, or full-figured. Fair enough, but it does not stop one from thinking what one thinks.

Sometimes, I an afraid that God will strike me down and make me obese for thinking the way I do. But I cannot help my inner voice, can I? And surely, it is not right to overeat - what was that God said about gluttony, and moderation in all that one does?

Thankfully, there are such things as anonymous blogs where I can call a spade, a spade, and a fat person, a fat person.

Just go exercise, dammit!