| Every one of us at one point or another will look in the | | | | process over again. This involved bigger belt and larger |
| mirror and wonder how did we pick up the pounds. | | | | pants size. |
| That dynamic athletic body we had which made us | | | | I remember shopping in the store one day and saying |
| stand up tall with our heads held high was now being | | | | to my self, these designers are ripping people off |
| replaced with a protruding group of alien tissue. We | | | | because I know for a fact they are not making these |
| didn't even notice the UFO (unidentified food object) | | | | pants sizes what they should be. I know these size 40 |
| when it landed in our hands and mouth repeatedly and | | | | pants are really 38. These shirts say xxl but I know for |
| allowed this new growing mechanism to take over. | | | | a fact these are xl. The thought that I had actually |
| How we use to run without knowing and jump around | | | | went from a size 34 to size 40 was too ridiculous for |
| for nothing because our body was a high energy | | | | my mind to process |
| machine ridding itself of excess energy. In those times | | | | I kind of notice I might had put on a smidgen of weight |
| before the UFO we could see our feet even if tilted | | | | but I knew it was maybe because the medicine I was |
| back real far. Today a lot of us can't see our feet | | | | taking was making me hold a little extra water and |
| when we bend forward as far as we can without | | | | that was the culprit to my beginning-- to-- expand |
| tilting over and falling. It was a slow sneaky process | | | | circumstance. I also told myself that the tiny bit of |
| that living with ourselves day to day was hard to | | | | weight I was putting on would not be hard at all to burn |
| notice. We didn't really see the signs, but they were | | | | off with a couple of jumping jacks here and there. It |
| there. They were definitely there right before our eyes | | | | was getting a little too hard to be jumping around |
| just like our stomachs and bigger thighs are now. We | | | | without any real purpose though so that idea went by |
| saw only the cake, ice-cream, the second helpings and | | | | the wayside. |
| the get more for your money supersize deals. We | | | | One day I took that look in the mirror again-you know |
| relished these times so much they became a daily | | | | that Am I actually a fat boy now --look-and the mirror |
| habit. Most of us had friends who didn't hesitate to | | | | looked at me right in the eyes and said yes you are. |
| indulge in the daily festivals or invite us to some of | | | | You are actually a fat boy that wears xxl shirts and |
| theirs. The eat, drink, and be merry crowd was alive | | | | size 40 pants. |
| and kicking. | | | | That's when something, lets call it shame for the heck |
| Now, looking back on it the only thing that we should | | | | of it, came into my mind and said I had better do |
| be kicking is our own butts. We turned ourselves into | | | | something now to reverse this trend . Weight loss I'm |
| human storage facilities not so much unlike those | | | | on my way. |
| places we use when we are moving and need to put | | | | I started researching mountains of information to learn |
| our big old furniture somewhere. The only difference is | | | | how to get in shape. I started cross checking |
| those places store a host of things and we only store | | | | information and throwing out the diet myths that were |
| one thing, namely fat. | | | | destroyed and I listed anything that appeared the |
| Fats a good word and a good thing when you are | | | | same in my entire research field. I had one concern |
| stranded on the side of MT. Everest for a week after | | | | that hovered over my spirit and that was I didn't want |
| getting separated from the expedition party. Most of | | | | to embark on a plan that I couldn't do for life. I didn't |
| us are not really going to be involved in any thing of | | | | want to deny myself my favorite love-to-eat foods |
| that nature so it would be safe to say we really don't | | | | and I didn't want to exercise until I got very dizzy and |
| need an abundance of fat. We need just enough to | | | | passed out. I needed something where I could still eat |
| pad those internal vital organs and a few other | | | | my favorite foods and still exercise without busting |
| essential needs that arrive. | | | | blood vessels. After trial and error and more research |
| I remember a few of my signals ,tell me if they are | | | | coupled with trial and error I finally had my plan. |
| recognizable in your memories, for one I noticed my | | | | I put my plan into use and went from a 260 pound |
| pants starting to fit just a little bit snug so what I | | | | Mt-Everest --stranded--fat--needed guy to a guy who |
| started doing was unfastening the top button and | | | | resembles the guy in my college yearbook of 20 |
| letting my belt hold them up. This worked out good and | | | | years age. At 205 and 6'1 I look and feel a lot better. In |
| gave my stomach some breathing room. Another thing | | | | fact after I get though writing this I'm going to have |
| was after the belt started becoming too small to do | | | | some chocolate ice-cream. I can do that because I |
| this I had to go up a size in them. This again worked | | | | learned my body and learned how to stay in shape an |
| for awhile ,then that size started getting to small and I | | | | easy way. If you would like to know what I did I have |
| had to repeat the belt move (with a larger belt I might | | | | more information on this subject. I have an e-book with |
| add) and this worked great. All was good in the land | | | | step by step ways to lose fat. No more UFOS for me |
| until history repeated itself and I had to start a new | | | | . |