Weight Loss Rants

Okay, so I've been doing WW since March. I've lost 30 lbs so far. Not to get cocky but, I think I'll make my goal of 162 this summer. It's not easy but, it's simple. I started at 255 three years ago. I added exercise to my life. Now I've added a systmatic approach to eating. I eat less. I eat well but, I watch my portions. My question, if weight loss is so simple how come there are so many fat people? What the hell is everybody's problem?

Needing a seat belt extension on a plane is humiliating. Put down the Ring Dings. Heart attacks aren't fun. Get some exercise. Diabetes sucks. Change your stinking lifestyle. Don't eat at McDonalds seven days a week. Learn to cook healthy numbnuts. You're too busy to exercise. Bullshit. Put an exercise machine in front of the TV & workout while you're watching American Idol. Too tired? Too bad! If you exercised you'd have more energy. Nothing gets handed to you in life. I've been a fat bastard for much of my life & I've figured it out.

To the lady at work who joined WW & hasn't lost weight: you don't exercise & you don't count points. Did you think simply going to the meetings was like waving a magic wand.

To the guy at work who's wife is having a gastric bypass: you're fat, your wife is fat,so are your children. Good luck. You're all going to have to change your lifestyle or you're all going to need one. Plus, you can still put on weight after a GB if you still eat like a pig. Be a good example to your children & lose weight naturally. It's no fun being the fat kid. I know.

To the lady at work who had a gastic bypass: you get a pass. You're facing 50 & a family history of diabetes (amputations,blindness,all that horrible stuff). You're changed your lifestyle. You got the operation & you've made the lifestyle changes to make it work. You should be proud of yourself. With the example the two of us have set half the building is trying to lose weight now. Keep it up

To dear brother: you've got to be kidding me! You can displace half a bathtub full of water. I don't want to go to your funeral. You write a website for a living & can make your own hours. If I had your schedule I'd be buff. I love you but,if they filled you full of helium you'd could be in the Macy's Day Parade. You have a daughter. She loves you. Be a good example.

To the Surgeron General: you've been putting warning labels on cigarettes & alcohol for year. The schools in Arkansas that said "your child is overweight" warnings home with the report cards have the right idea. Put warning labels on all processed food,fast food,potato chip bags,video games whatever. "Being a fat,lazy bastard can be hazardous to your health" or "Failure to exercise regularly will result in a resemblance to Shamoo the Whale". You get the idea.


I'm not a genius. I'm not a superathlete. I'm just a regular schmoe who was lucky enough to figure this out before before having a heart attack. I could still get hit by a bus crossing the street; I could go down in a plane; I could get cancer. But, my quality of life is better than it was before.