This is Gloria, She's 21 and this is her story of diet and weight loss. She made this video as part of her third year University project.
Actually this is part one of her story. Part two has been blocked in the UK for some rather mean reason or other.
His name is name is Jon Calvo. John says I was a big guy all my life, and on April 2010, I reached my highest weight of 340 pounds. On May 16, 2010 I began my journey to health and wellness over YouTube. Since then, I have lost over 150 pounds; going from 5XL shirts to a size large and losing 20-inches on my waist.
Despite some serious rude and discouraging comments from people who sound like they should know better Jon lost the fat and turned his situation around. This is his video.
This weekend this particular fatty took not one but two attractive ladies to the funfair.
My first thought was that the fair seemed so much smaller than the amusement park grounds it sat in. Dreamland, in my tubby youth, filled the grounds while the traveling funfair snuggled up in one corner.
That said there were plenty of rides and given that it was a rainy Sunday afternoon there were no queues. Something I deeply regretted and was grateful for at the same time.
I was happy to see an absence of queues because currently I cannot stand for that long without my leg going numb. I should be finding out more about what causes this soon I hope.
On the other hand no queues meant that my companions wanted to jump off one ride and on to another almost right away. Something that I soon learned was not a good thing for me.
Our first ride was called Hellraiser and it was a fairly tame looking centrifugal ride with a car that would swing outwards as the ride speeds up and then swing inward as it slowed.
My getting on was fairly amusing for everyone else as the whole thing moved around like it didn't even want me there to start with. My rapidly tarnishing self image suffered another blow when it became clear that this fatty was too big to sit next to either lovely lady.
» Keep reading Fatty at the funfair
His weight loss journey, their weight loss journey, your weight loss journey
I started this blog (and it's predecessor Girth Watch) to talk about my weight loss journey but today I thought I would share the journeys of other weight losers.
Making Strides is a brief look at the weight loss journey of Cathy Poley. Cathy talks of the challenges she faced in the build up to a sponsored walk.
Angela I Am writes about her weight loss story and how she changed what she ate.
Jaime writes in The Oliver's Madhouse for an entire category on weight loss. This weight loss journey was in week 17 when I stopped by to take a read.
From Fat to Fit Fred writes about running and getting into shape. This particularly appeals to me as I took up running when my health was better and felt amazing for it (although I lost very little). Fred went from a fatty to a marathon runner and writes about his running goals.
Frostyroxy32 writes about the sudden realisation that dieting was a must and how that went for her. She talks about that moment of epiphiny when the weight loss journey really starts and you realsie that you have become a big fat biffer (like me).
Stay inspired fatties and perhaps tell us about your own weight loss journey. This is definitely the place to do it.
Recently I was tested for (among other things) blood cholesterol levels.
I told you that I could find out the answer anytime I wanted but did not want to hear that being the fat biffer that I am my arteries were buggered.
It turns out that there was nothing to worry about.
I called the doctors surgery a few days ago and was told that the results came back: "All clear - no further action necessary". So while I might look like a ten-ton-tess on the outside my insides are nice and healthy.
Inspired by Purple I am going to try cooking something from scratch...
I suppose I could blame it the sudden stab of enthusiasm for repotting that having a day worth opening the windows for some fresh air brings. I'd bedded my basil plants next to my misguided mint before being interrupted by some loud and unpleasant music from the top floor. So I was already thinking food thoughts.
In case you are asking it is misguided mint because the container is unlikely to ever be deep enough and the mint dies back on a regular basis.The basil was a steal at twenty pence for two pots each with five to ten viable stems in. I picked them up in Tesco looking mostly dead and reduced to clear.I took them home and watered them. Today they moved into their new home.
So what food am I thinking might be nice?
» Keep reading What shall I cook today?
I've been putting off finding out for a few days now
I told you recently that I had a Cholesterol test and that I would find out what the damage was. Well... I know that my GP surgery have had the results for a while now. I have known this all week. Yes, this fatty has yet to phone up and get the results.
I am a coward. On the one hand I want to be told - no you are surprisingly healthy for a fat git
but on the other hand I do not want to be told Cut out the nice food or you will die
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I like my food.
Things get a bit more real tomorrow as I find out my cholesterol level.
Where I've been suffering from reduced mobility (not great for keeping the weight off) my doctor sent me for blood tests. I was very brave and totally failed to look although next time I will drink less coffee so I can relax more easily. Although if I was relaxed I would not have made it to a job interview two and a half hours a cab, a train and two tube lines later.
So how badly have I been letting myself down? We shall soon know.
Great news,for me anyway, I have lost 3 stone since I wrote Fatty and the Slow Progress as part of a brilliant new discovery.
The short version is that it a careful blend of natural ingredients can, with a little exercises and careful diet for a few days, be caused to bind to existing fat with a preference for cholesterol which is, after a few days, simply flushed from your system when you visit the loo.
The discovery only builds on progress that many other people have made but myself and two associates have been working on for a few months now. One a GP and the other a dietician plan to release our new product into the public domain one year from today. Which gives us just enough time to test it properly and show that it works. Of course by then I'll be down to my ideal weight and looking amazing.
The good news is that while is has stopped me writing that much for my blogs the intensive testing is over and I will be back on form soon enough especially as I seem to have boundless energy these days.
Today I came in at 19 stone 8 pounds (that's 274 pounds) or around half a stone from my highest.
This means that after nine months after leaving the job that saw me taking on more sugar than is healthy I have shed 25% of the weight gain. This is good as it is a nice slow and healthy weight loss and easier to maintain.
This last nine months (long enough to have a baby) has not seen me deliberately diet at all. Let me say that again - I have not dieted at all. Even so I have lost pounds. Pounds I am fairly sure I can keep off.
In that time I have loved me some good pizza, some amazing oriental food and moved from full fat to semi-skimmed milk. I will reviewing the oriental eatery on Thanet Star in a short while.
I also had pretty much the worse fish and chips ever at the Sci-Fi Weekender which you can read more about(the weekend - not the bad food) on Hundred Quid a Day.
