Fat 2 Fit #138 – Vilified for Being Fat
Written on January 21, 2012 – 9:55 pm | by Russ Turley
If we’re not talking about the weather, it just wouldn’t feel like the same podcast. Learned this week, -40 C and -40 F are the same temperature. In either system, it’s cold in Calgary!
On the Web Report this week, Jeff talks about the stigma of being overweight. If you’ve been overweight for a good portion of you life, someone may have disparaged you because of your weight. Was that empowering, or destructive? Did it make you want to go for a run, or binge on your favorite food. If you ever think that criticizing someone because of their weight was the right thing to do, guess what? You were just plain wrong. Russ shares an article about the amount of food eaten by Americans every year. It could shed some light on why we, as a country, are getting so fat.
In the Email and Comments Section we tackle three questions. First question came in from Christina. She lost 100 lbs. seven years ago and has kept it off. This flies in the face of last show’s story about “The Fat Trap”. Her story is one of eating in moderation, reasonable workouts and treating herself when appropriate. Adriana wrote in about the 1 Million Kilo Challenge. It’s a program in Australia that aims to help everyone, not just Australians, lose that excess fat. For us cavemen, 1 kilogram is approximately 2.2. pounds. Finally, Amy has lost 3.5 pounds of fat over the last month by eating the way we suggest, but she’s only lost 1 pound. She’s disheartened and says she might go back to her low calorie days for a quick fix. Listen as we talk her off that starvation diet ledge.
Links Mentioned on the Show:
1 Million Kilo Challenge
Average American ate almost a ton of food last year
Weight stigma and calorie consumption
Overweight Stigma and it’s psychological distress
Recipe of the Week:
Tortilla Soup from Clearly Delicious
Motivational Quote:
“You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” – Ted Turner
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Tags: challenge, kilo, lose weight fast, lose weight quick, million, wieght loss
We’re back with all new shows for the new year. Look for shows to drop on Wednesdays and Saturday, three times a month. AND you can now listen to those shows on the new Fat 2 Fit iPhone app. Fred Giufridda over at 
The new year is an obvious time to turn over a new leaf. Whether it’s quitting smoking, drinking or the ever popular lose weight, there’s no denying that the resolutions are flying. If you took a look out the window this morning you might have seen more people than normal walking or even jogging. The gyms are also more crowded than ever this time of year, but if you stick it out until March most of those people will quit and you ‘ll get the gym to yourself again. Why? Most of them won’t have set goals for themselves and therefore will fail at following through with their resolutions. They most certainly didn’t listen to this podcast in particular to learn how to set goals. Jeff goes it alone on the 5th installment of the most important show of the year, the 5th Annual Goals Show.
We are back with another new show. That wouldn’t be news, but considering the last few months, it definitely is. We are getting back to regular shows…slowly.
We’re back after an extended hiatus. Thanks for sticking around and staying subscribed.
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We have three great emails this week that don’t have to do with calories. Lyrissa wrote in asking about her sore tailbone. She’s getting down on the ground and doing crunches and it’s killing her tailbone. She wants to know how to do crunches without the pain. Check out the links below for our alternate core exercises to replace the crunch. Elsie wrote in asking about her problem. Her problem, extremely low body fat. She’s hit the 13% body fat level and some bad things are happening, in particular her menstrual cycle has stopped. We are put in the position of helping her gain fat! Weird. Okay, so there is one question on calories in a round about way. Jennifer wants to know how many calories she should be eating because she found out she’s newly pregnant. We did a show completely about pregnancy, but we take this opportunity to go over how you’ll gain weight during your pregnancy.
Toning your muscles seems like a reasonable thing to want to do. Except, there’s no such thing. What most people are looking for when they want to “tone” is they want to see their muscles. They want to know that the hard work their putting in at the gym is not going to waste. That’s the question Marilyn asked. She concerned about her arms, butt and abs. Who isn’t?
What do 5% of the weight losing population do that the other 95% don’t? How about keep the weight off. That’s right. The statistics are staggering. According to the article on Time.com, there are four secrets that those who’ve lost weight use to keep it off. Those secrets are, eating a diet rich in low-fat proteins, following a consistent exercise program, rewarding yourself for dieting and exercising, and reminding yourself of why you need to keep weight off. Hmmm? That sounds too easy. If it is, then why do most gain the weight back? Jeff goes after this article on the Web Report. Also, Russ has an article from Scotland about a dog that lost a significant amount of weight because it’s owner did the same. There’s that old saying that people tend to look like their pets. Take a look at your pet and see if he resembles you. Are you both overweight? Maybe it’s time you changed both your and your pets life.
The Weight Creep. It’s not a creature. It’s what happens when you eat just a few extra calories a day that you don’t burn off. Over many years those calories add up to more fat, more weight. What foods help in feeding weight creep? There’s a new study out of Harvard that tracked almost 121,000 people over 20 years. They listed the top foods that helped these people put on extra weight AND the foods that helped stave off the weight creep.
