Why Yes, I do have a PHD in Fatology?!

Why Yes, I do have a PHD in Fatology?!

#7/71 – Stop Dieting

Did you ever notice if you want advice about diet or nutrition the closest fat person can usually help you? Half the time they are the resident experts. Just ask them about Weight Watchers, Atkins, Cabbage Soup, South Beach, Grapefruit diet and they’ll tell you all the details and odds are they have the books. (Side note: apparently Nutrisystems doesn’t work when you eat 2 days of food in one sitting.) Ask them about the amount of calories are in a fat gram? Carbohydrate? Protein? How much water should you drink on a daily basis? Experts! So, if we know so much how come we don’t walk around with bodies of Greek Gods? On the flip side, Skinny people don’t have a clue about nutrition or diet. The other day my wife went out with a bunch of Coworkers for Sushi. Her Skinny beautiful friend (seriously shes hot with a nice set of …teeth) who happens to be on a diet that her Weight Loss doctor has her on…you know low calorie, all protein? So she proceeds to order a Sashimi and Vegetable Bowl no rice with a ton of Teriyaki Sauce! God… I hate skinny people! I’m kidding of course and yes, I admit I’m generalizing. But shouldn’t I, the fat guy get some credit for doing all the reading and homework on diet and nutrition?!! I mean come on how about just 10% off the body fat percentage? Or how about that skinny person get a fat pimple on their face or Gonorrhea…ok maybe not Gonorrhea I’d settle for Herpes! Ok enough about the ranting besides some of my best friends are lean so God, no STDs to anyone please!

I’m focusing on #7 this week because dieting just doesn’t work at least for the long run. Ask any fat person or just watch Oprah. Here’s one person who is loved, respected, a phenomenal woman who has accomplished more in her life then majority of us combined. Yet, she’s never been able to control her weight. I think the last time I heard, she accepted herself and isn’t on the diet wagon anymore! Good for her! As for myself, I stop dieting ages ago and now I focus more on portion control (Weight Watchers) and I casually watch what I eat. Meaning as I start losing weight and start to plateau I’ll watch it even closer.

Sunday night I pulled out the Deep Fryer and fried up a Whole Chicken. It was beautiful….ooh and the skin was soooo crispy and tasty! Can you imagine the smell and taste? One of my tweeples inquired why I was eating that because he thought I was on a diet? I said portion control. What I didn’t explain was I spent most of my time carving and shaving all the meat off the bone and took some scrap meat and made a chicken sandwich w/low fat Miracle whip. The rest of the chicken was put away for meals throughout the week. Did I have some Crispy Chicken skin? Oh yeah..but just a few pieces unlike what I use to do?!!! Portion control.

Watching what you eat is just as important. My wife is incredible between juggling Andy and getting ready for work she manages to make me hot coffee for my travel mug every day. Well she loves those flavored creamers and usually puts it in my coffee. Well, one day she was running low and told her to finish it off because I like to taste my coffee. So that morning I used Half/Half, but you say, “That’s like pure fat?!!! You might as well pump Superglue thru your veins and clog them up that way! Well, in moment of health consciousness I read the labels between the two. The flavored creamer was 2-1/2 times the calories than my Half/Half?! That’s right, 2-1/2 times! So, guess what? I now use Half/Half for my coffee and 2 packets of Splenda! Watch what you eat, it doesn’t have to be anything dramatic…small changes. Baby Steps. Well Friday is weigh in and unlike most people who’s started and given up on their New Years Resolution on Weight Loss. I haven’t even begun! But exercise begins as soon as tonight! Blog ya later!

Just Live,

Anthony
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