Fit People Know Monday is Never Coming

Narcotics are the scourge of the poverty class.  Alcohol is a killer of the working class.  Self-delusion is the addiction of the middle class.  While fat people delude themselves into believing they can continue starting over on Monday and eventually succeed, critical thinkers recognize this common psychological trap.  The core belief is, “I can eat the same and get different results.”

Fit people force themselves to grow up emotionally and take control of their minds and bodies.  A fat person on a diet who is only semi-committed to success is no different than a school kid who refuses to concentrate on his or her homework, or a child who goes kicking and screaming at the first sign of having to exert self-control.

How to Tell a Friend, “You Need to Lose Weight”

A few days ago I wrote about a question I asked of the individuals from the second episode of Heavy on A&E.  The Livestream Q&A took place following the second episode on January 24th.

The question I asked was "What do you feel is the best way for friends or family to approach someone that is extremely obese concerning their health so they do not feel attacked, but rather understand it is out of love and care for them?"  If you would like to see how they answered that question you can visit my previous post called A&E's Heavy Q&A - My Question Answered.

Imagine my surprise when just about a week ago I was pitched the following article from Structure House.  I am not sure that I completely agree with their Refer-A-Friend online tool, but they share some good thoughts and tips and are trying to attack something that I obviously think is an important issue that needs dealt with.

A&E's Heavy Q&A - My Question Answered

A few weeks ago following the second episode of Heavy on A&E, Rickywayne McCartney and Jessica Murphy appeared live with expert trainers Britny Fowler and David Richardson and the series Executive Producer Jonathan Nowzaradan.

This was a live streaming video Q&A session that I was lucky enough to be asked to submit a question for.  It didn't take me long to come up with a question as it was something that I had wondered about for some time.  I was pleasantly surprised how they reacted to my question.

"What do you feel is the best way for friends or family to approach someone that is extremely obese concerning their health so they do not feel attacked, but rather understand it is out of love and care for them?"

A&E's Heavy - Rickywayne and Jessica

The second episode of Heavy featuring Rickywayne who started out at 555 lbs and 28 year old Jessica will be airing tomorrow night on A&E at 10/9 central and is another must see episode.  Tomorrow night there is a special feature immediately following the playing of this episode that you will not want to miss.  More information about the live "Fanchat" can be found at the bottom of this post.

Rickywayne who is only 35 and already weighing in at well over 500 lbs blames himself for his mom's death and continued his obsession and dependence on food to help deal with the issues he was avoiding rather then dealing with them.  Though his issues with food were magnified during this time, they actually started when he was in fifth grade.  He got very creative coming up with ways to get more food like eating his bagged lunch on his way to school leaving open the option to get another lunch when the time came.

Heavy - Series Premiere Tonight on A&E

A&E has a new series out premiering tonight called Heavy.  As popular as "The Biggest Loser" is and has been I think after watching just one episode that this is a much better approach to show what it really is like to be overweight, and what it really takes to make the lifestyle change that it is going to take if these individuals really want to change their lives for the better.

HEAVY - A&E’s docudrama Heavy follows twenty-two individuals facing extreme life-threatening health consequences as a result of their obesity. The one-hour series follows two participants per episode documenting their incredible transformations during a six month treatment program. read more

Winner of Mind Over Fat Matters

If you haven't read about the book "Mind Over Fat Matters" from Dr. Lavinia Rodriguez yet you need to stop by my earlier giveaway post and read a little bit more about it and maybe pick up your own copy!.  For right now though we are going to give one lucky winner their own copy of this book.

The winner of the book is David H. from Running Because I Can.  David, please contact me at info@2big.org with your mailing address and I will ship it right out.

Everybody, stay tuned and make sure you subscribe one of the ways below to make sure you are aware of any further giveaways and to just help me along the way.  I do have another book I will be giving away in the next few days so don't delay and subscribe today!

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org

Need to Get on Board!

I have been doing much better over the past couple weeks but I don't feel like I am completely where I need to be, I am not completely on board yet and it is evident.  I need to get myself back completely on board like I was when I first lost this weight 4 years ago.  I know what I need to do, I just can't get where I need to be for some reason.

I have multiple plans that I have put in motion one of them obviously being running.  I have also started some core workouts using the Thrive90 Fitness program from Fit Marriage.  The only thing I need to get on track with is my eating.  It seems to be the one thing that I have always had the most difficulty with.  Eating healthy, and stopping when my body has had enough.

I hope you will join me as I take on this battle once again.  Even though my goal is not the 90 lbs I lost in 2007, but rather just to drop 15-20 lbs and tighten up in areas that have never been what I have wanted them to be.

Let me know where you are at and what plans you have in store.  How are you doing two weeks into the new year?

If you haven't entered already you still have a little time.  Stop by and enter to win the book "Mind Over Fat Matters"

Tim Wilson - blog.2big.org