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we beganto do was to eat a bit grosslyitTitated at this;-:p,~plewould
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s~arter. I .alwa~s ha~ a vegetableat ~ot acceptthe fact that ,! \ffijge a
abou!myigo-pound weightloss dInner, skim mIlk With my cereal, lifestyle changeto losewelglit by my
overc' three yearsagobecause
. it and a tossedsalad for lunch with oil own choice and didn'fgetill'to lose
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so:~l~ple, or nahiral to me. and vinegar. At affairs I would sam- weight. ,;[!1:,~"f(;f;~ffJ~'
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watchinga~1i9won ferent foods, but I I didn't try to lose,],o9PQ~nds, I but
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curtaIl my cocktalhng ice cream, different ~,,' inches. I was no IQriger lazy. Now my
from a daily rou~~to ,0 foods and evensome "'§ customer~wereij~iinning to grill me
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1 daya week,and!hen cookiesand pastQ~.~;~con what;J,did to lose weight. What
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none at all. Withili'a The big differencewas,'i" diet did I follow, what specialfoods
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month my pants felt that I would not eatthe did I e~t,did I seekoutside help,
muchlooser. I liked whole piece of cake,a .were qu~stions I was continually
the feeling. I then lot of cookiesor the "asked.The funny thing is that I
askedmy wife Ellie if entire dessert.I was ;!~~t, couldn't answer any of them. I ~eally
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This was not an acceptableanswerto
some 0 my a I t s.
weight.The look in After about six months
"c anyone.
her eyeswas my of this I had gone from
answer. ..,
R44-inch waist to a
,
comfortable38. EveryoneI encoun- Peoplewere seekingthe one trick, or
I had a long talk with myselfand tered in my,Vldeostore was telling
" "' secretto losing weight that was
decidedto start eatingthree mealsa me how great I 190ked
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and that I missed by them and wanted my
dayinstead of just lunch and dinner. should stoplosing weight. Knowing insight to give them a direction. This
I cut out my after dinner snacks my nature, I agreedwith them and
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occurred so many times that I
almostentirely exceptfor an occa- simply co1;"!tinued eating the same becametired of trying to come up
sional fruit or somepopcorn. As time way.After about ten months! I no with an answer. Everytime I told
passedI beganto havesomeremark- longer had anyclothesthat wo~ld fit what I did, peoplewould saythat
ableresults.Although I looked the me at all. This is when I beganto. they tried the samething and weren't
sameto myself, my pantswere notice the changemyself, but I still successful.I thought to myself that
beginningto fall off. What a great couldn't believe it becauseI didn't they just didn't try hard enough.
feeling. Although I was very happy really diet. The entire situation was';
so effortless I truly couldn't under- .
I
aboutthis occurrence, was in no
hurry at all to lose anyspecific stand the results I was experiencing. (continued on next page)
amountof weight. Now my customerswere askingme if
DIET TIP: Go to work with the energy that you need. Eat a breakfast
full of nourishment. Cereal topped with fruit and milk is
delicious and nutritious.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Whenever my attention wanders
away.from that which is good and
constructive, I immediately bring it
back to that which is good.
I then beganto realize that what I
had accomplished was something
I
special.Because couldn't come up
with a 3-minute answerto what my
secretwas mademe believe that I
didn't know what I was talking
about. Then all I beganto seearound
me were
magazine
articles, tele-
vision shows
and
newspaper
reports on
the obesity
epidemicwe
face in this
country
today. I
decidedto
write a book
about it and
came up
with some
interesting
conclusions.
There is no
3- minute answer, or quick simple
solution. What I did was a lot of little Exercise straight up and stretch out 50
things, over time and slo\vlychanged times. To finish, I do 55 sit-ups
my lifestyle from living fat to living Every other day I do a half- on a slant bench, 50 leg raises,
thin. I went from 240 pounds to 140, hour exercise routine, 50 curls and 100 each leg -lifting them
and it was effortlessbecauseof my with 7-pound weights, 50 up and down, 65 push ups and
attitude. I cameto the conclusion shoulder-stretches, 100 side- 40 toe-touches. I started with 3
that the secretto successfulweight bends to eachside, 50 pull-ups to 5 of everything in January of
loss is all in your head. We can all do with the weights (straight down this year and steadily worked it
it without gimmicks or any specific up to shoulders), 50 tricep lifts, up from there.
plan. I am living proof. with 2-pound weights, I hold
them at my side and stretch out
-Bob of Scotia, N.Y.
my arms over my head 50
times, and then from my sides,
FITNESS TIP: Try doing something new in your exercise program.
Variety helps to keep youfresh.
TI10UGHT FOR TODAY:
.J hav~ held many things in my
han~, and lostt~em ,all: but
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still
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ince 1 began\vriting about the One of the after-affects of a major realized that I passedout. After
subject of losing weight and loss
\\Oeight suchas mine is the making a sle\v of phone calls to find
keeping it off, whenever I see amazing amount of energythat someoneto open my Video Store,
all the weight loss ads in magazines seemsto nevergo away. Since I my \vife Ellie took me to the emer-
and on television, I always chuckle begandoing things that I would gency room where I. eventually
to myself when the disclaimer, neverattempt when I was heavy - found out that I had suffered a heart
"Results Not Typical" seemsto more from being.Jazy than physically attack.
al\vaysbe somewherein the adver- challenged-I eventuallypainted
tisement. everysingle room in the house.This Talk about results not typical. I
of
.t)'Pe exercisealongwith keepinga refused to believe it had happened to
I supposeit has to be there to pre- strict eye on my eating habits me. After all, I had lost loa-pounds
vent the companies from being sued. allowed me to maintain my weight three years ago, been eating in a very
Consumersare led to believe that lossjust fine. When my decorating healthy fashion, and was exercising
the effortless approachto pennanent phasefinally ended, I begandoing on a regular basis. It just didn't
weight loss has beenfound and by calisthenicsat home. seempossible that this was a recipe
buying some product they will be for a heart attack. I was very angry,
happy, thin, and not have to change Eventually,I built up to a solid half- and in denial. The doctor said to me
their lifestyle. I'd love to find that hour work out which I have been had I not been doing all the positive
product myself. The other thing that doing religiously, everyother day, things in my life prior to this heart
also brings a smile to my face is for the past year and a half. Actually attack, I might not have sunived it.
when I read, "Consult your physician I felt pretty good about my routine Just think, he added, the only
before embarking on any weight loss and believed in my heart and soul change you really have to make is
program." that I was keeping myself healthy giving up smoking. You've already
and remaining thin. I was still smok- done the rest.
I have to think back when I was 100- ing and knew that I would eventually
pounds heavier. Did I consult my quit, but was waiting for the right My point here is to let you know that
physician before I decided to time. in spite of the fact of having a heart
overindulge and put myself at risk attack, the feeling that I went
for more health problems than I care On February 26, 2001the right time through this lifestyle change from fat
to mention? Can you imagine an came in a way that I still find hard to to thin all for nothing also entered
overweight or obeseperson going to believe. I had completed my exercise my mind. It compounded my denial.
see their doctor asking if it would be routine, ate breakfastand was I now realize that I was totally
all right to eat-abit smarter and try preparing to showerwhen all of a wrong in my feelings. Losing weight
to lose some weight? If this sounds a suddenI got very light headedand becauseyou want to is much easier
bit ridiculous, it should. Personally,I thought I was going to faint. than losing weight becauseyou have
would love to seethose misleading Fortunately, I had enoughsenseto to. The life you savewill be your
commercials and magazineads lie down on the bed to seeif this own.
banned. However, there's too much feeling would passbefore I
moneyto be made preying on the continued. After a very short time I -by Bob Belive
obese,and it goeson and on. woke up, soakedwith sweatand
FITN ESS 11P: To lose one pound offal, you need to
burn 3,500 calories.
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In my manyconversations and
with overweight obese people, directionand know-howin achievingtheir weightloss goal
to
I seem alwaysrun into the sameroadblocks whenthe sub- to
seem fall into placeautomatically.What I'm getting at is
ject centerson actuallydoing somethingabouttheir weight onceyoumakeup your mind, all the things youhaveto do ff."
to
insteadof talking aboutit. It seems me that the common comeinto focusso clearlythat it truly becomes simple.
belief amongstmost peopleis they'rewaiting forjust~e ActuallyI believethat this conceptis so simpleand obvious,
that it becomesincomprehensible. How can sucha monu-
after
In other words,excuse,
they aren'tready.
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clusion.
in
are defeated their
suchthing as
the right direction.
doesn'thaveto be that
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ARTICLES
PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS
'There Are No Shortcuts"
IOl6-words
LIFE AFfER OBESITY
"LearningTo Be Thin"
8ID-words
SCALES OF INJUSnCE
"Every ScaleReadsDifferently"
887-words
OBESITY EPIDEMIC OR CASH COW
"Money MachineOr HealthProblem"
1368-words
GROWING UP FAT
"An Insiders Point Of View"
829-words
ARE PEOPLEREALLY THAT STUPID?
"DeceptiveWeightLoss Advertising"
677-words
WARNING SIGNS
"Would We RecognizeOur Own'r'
2170-words
ESSAY
LIVING WITH OBESITY
"What Lies Beneath"
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CHAPTERS
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GROWINGUPFAT 1
Childhood and Grade School
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BUSINESS LESSONS IN DISGUISE 22
Jr. High-Graduation
-3-
DEFINING AN ATTITUDE 59
The First 90-pound Loss
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ADVENTURES IN ENTERPRISING 81
Psychological Affects of a Major Weight Loss
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THE BAND YEARS/SEX 118
The Benefits of Being Thin
-6-
RELATIONSHIPS 152
Restrictions CausedFrom Being Fat
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THEVIDEOYEARS 166
Continued SuccessResulting From Weight Loss
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FAILURE 209
Losing Your Frame Of Mind
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ATTITUDE 223
The Importance of a Simple Concept
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THE SECOND 90LB. LOSS 241
Losing Weight Without Dieting
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AFTER THE LOSS 262
Guidelines To Remaining Thin Forever
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STRAIGHT TALK 283
My Turn To Speak
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SUMMARY 304
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