THE 4 MINUTE LESSON

This morning I woke up to a man being interviewed on T.V. and he was talking about a weight loss book that he had wrote and was promoting. A lot of the things he was talking about made sense (keep in mind I was half asleep still). He touched on several things that I have mentioned in this blog (he recommended one "free day" a week as opposed to my recommendation of having them every so often), and then went into detail about why these things worked and even had a name for them. He obviously was a very smart man. So after coffee, I went to a book selling web site and looked up the book and the author. I then read the reviews by people who actually bought the book (I always find these to be very helpful). I thought that  I might buy this book to learn some new things to impart to you on this blog. A lot of the reviews were good but I also like to read the negative reviews so as to get the full picture. One reviewer said he noticed that a lot of the negative reviews were being scrubbed from the site. He also said that while the author provided some good information, there were also some half truths and omitted facts which he went on to list in detail and explain what the author did. He made a lot a sense to me. The reviewer was obviously an expert in one of the subjects that the author wrote about in his book. The book was more than a weight loss book, it was a book about losing or gaining weight in short periods  of time, gaining a lot a muscle mass and improving athletic ability in short periods of time and even how to become a better lover. So I thought to myself, this author sure knows how to appeal to our impatience for results to market his book. The reviewer also went on to describe some of the extreme measures that the author went through and was recommending his readers do the same. I found these measures to be extremely dangerous for average people trying to lose weight. So I decided not to buy the book.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, be careful. The old adage holds true, "If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is". Be careful what you buy into and beware of people trying to sell you a miracle. Also, there is a movement in our country to fight obesity with surgery. That should be a last resort for those that are mortally obese. Surgery is dangerous, and like medications,  there are side effects. And there is no guarantee that you won't gain the weight back. So I am begging you, please give my ideas a chance, please be patient, you didn't gain this weight overnight, you are not going to lose it overnight. Take your time, write everything down, keep notes and then stick with what works for you. Remember, I'm the one that actually cares about whether you lose weight or not. How do you know? Have I ever asked you for a single penny or have I ever asked you to buy a product? I'm writing this blog from the bottom of my heart and ask nothing in return except that you give losing weight an honest effort and when you succeed, be there for someone else struggling with weight. Why do I do this? Because I know first hand how some people judge us "fat" people. We are depicted poorly in movies, always stupid and always eating something. And in life we are always labeled as weak, no self control, happy but stupid, and I know this is not the case. I remember someone on T.V. saying once that  "in this country, it is more acceptable to be a heroin addict than it is to be overweight". This is why I don't judge anyone, because I know how it feels to be wrongly judged and that is why I write this blog.