Fat Dad Thin Dad - Week 3 Update

Had a very busy weekend and plan to do a full video next Monday to celebrate the end of week 4 which is a crucial point in the journey. Having gone through the Body For Life Challenge 4 years ago, it consisted of a 4 week sprint, followed by 8 weeks of muscle building workouts. So every time I start focusing in on anything, I have taken a similar approach and given it all I had for the first 4 weeks before I come up for air.

The Results Are In

Drum roll please….This week Fat Dad, soon becoming Thin Dad, has lost a total of 2 1/2 inches again. BooYah! Here is the break down for last week.

Waist - lost 1/4 inch
Chest - lost 3/4 inch
Right Bicep - lost 1/4 inch
Left Bicep - lost 1/4 inch
Right Thigh - lost 1/2 inch
Left Thigh - lost 1/2 inch

Total Inch Loss To Date

Waist - lost 2 1/4 inch
Chest - lost 2 1/2 inch
Right Bicep - lost 1/2 inch
Left Bicep - lost 1/2 inch
Right Thigh - lost 1 1/2 inch
Left Thigh - lost 1 1/2 inch

Grand Total Inch Loss - 8 3/4 inches

Weight Loss Secret Revealed

Last week I promised to share a secret to winning this game. Now some may see the real forces that drive this and others may just look at it and say, “Huh?”. Either way, here it is. One thing I do that keeps me motivated is that I set a goal to reach a certain size by a certain date. Not only do I set this goal, I take action on it. I go out and buy a pair of pants the size I plan to be able to wear and use that new pair of pants as my motivator. During the last two weekends, I have tested out these pants to see how well they fit. When I started, I couldn’t get them all the way up to be able to zip them. Last week I was able to squeeze into them.

With losing the inches I have been losing, I don’t think it will be a challenge to fit into these pants come Sunday. Right now, the pants I am wearing are getting really baggy and I have to keep pulling them up. Not fun at all. So I look forward to being able to move into the new pair.

What Motivates You?

In order to have long lasting reduction, you need something that will motivate you. What can you do in your life to keep you on track? Next week, I will share more ideas on ways to stay focused and on track.

Until Next Time…

High Fiber Diet

You may have heard that it is important to have a diet that is high in fiber. The reason is that without having a certain amount of fiber in your diet, you may have some challenges in moving things through your system - i.e. constipation. What things should you eat to help prevent this from happening. One good idea is fresh fruits. They usually have a lot of bulk in them and help keep your system clean. Other foods are raw vegetables. In fact, if you check out what is happening in the Fat Dad Thin Dad Series, you would see that Fat Dad is doing just that - eating lots of fresh fruit.

Good Alternatives To High Fiber Diet

One way to “keep things moving” is to do the same thing your self. Yes, that’s right. The more you move, the more the stuff in you moves. This comes in the form of planned exercise or even unplanned exercise. Go for a nice walk after you eat a meal and watch the difference it will make in how you process your food.

Bad Alternatives To Eating High Fiber Foods

Some people just want to take that short cut. You know, swallow a pill or drink a potion to make it happen. This short cut may work in the short term, but the challenge is that your body is not designed to keep getting shocked into moving things through it. What ends up happening is that your body becomes dependent on the product you are taking and the nature process could shut down or slow down drastically.

To add a piece of comedy to this, Fad Diet TV found a spoof video that illustrates the sheer strangeness in taking stuff to clean out your system and/or to lose weight. Watch…

What about you? Have you taken pills or potions that may have had a bad effect on your body that you didn’t want to have happen? Maybe even an accident that might have been embarrassing? As always, chose wisely in what you put into your mouth.

Until Next Time…

Chocolate Diet

I know this may show my age a bit, but how many of you remember the diet candy product called Ayds. You remember that little morsel you ate when you were hungry during the day that was to reduce your appetite. Of course with the way the use of words has changed, it might be hard to promote “Ayds”. Think about it. Your friend asks you how you lost weight, you tell them, “I have Ayds”. Yikes!

Chocolate Diet Program

While the company that started the Ayds candy to help people lose weight may have had a good idea, the real question you have to ask yourself is did it really train you to eat properly once you were done with your “diet”. You see, the biggest challenge that people have in losing weight is developing good eating habits. During the diet, they are forced to eat in a certain way. It is usually one in which the person would not do willingly if they weren’t so desperate to lose weight. Once it is over, they fall back on their normal eating patterns.

Diets Don’t Work

This is a statement that people ignore over and over again. They still run to the latest pill to lose weight, the latest severe diet program to lose weight, or to the latest exercise program to lose weight. They have no intention of doing anything other than lose the weight so they can get back to their life again. That’s why diets don’t work. Nothing really changes except for the amount you will continue to spend and support this diet industry.

Chocolate Diet Example

Fad Diet TV came across a pretty funny video that illustrates how people like to lose their weight. Fast and easy, don’t care how it works, just so I lose those unwanted pounds. Check it out…

What about you? How do you select a diet program? We hope you take some time to evaluate the full deal and to see if it will actually be something you can do long term.

Until Next Time…

Looking For A Diet Pill That Works?

Even though we would never recommend that any one take a diet pill, there are many people out there that look for the quick way to losing weight. They want the magic pill that they can take and make all their fat go away. The thought of actually taking personal responsibility and taking action to fix their weight gain is a strange notion. “Just give me the pill, won’t you”, is what they are thinking.

Diet Pill That Works?

Actually this question is rather interesting in the fact that while diet pills will help people lose weight, they don’t help you over come the real challenge at hand - what is causing you to gain it all back. In addition the pills come with extra benefits that people don’t think about when they take this short cut - I believe they are called side effects.

Diet Pill Side Effects

You know that long list of things that could go wrong that may never happen but could. Fad Diet TV found yet another great video to illustrate this point. Check it out…

The next time you think you need the short way out, think again. What about you? Have you ever had side effects from taking diet pills?

Until Next Time…

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