Why Personal Trainers Get It Wrong w/ Fat People & Best Grease Remover

Happy Columbus Day!

I am sorry it has been a while since we have chatted but I felt the pain of my plateau and just could not bring myself to share. I know that is a very good reason to blog and get some pity but I do not want thoughts toward me that aim their meaning in a good way but in fact could keep me where I am because those well wishers may be stuck there as well. My aim is to have thoughts aimed at me that are positive driving forces for my total healing.

The reason for my plateau was due to my thoughts. I would get very frustrated about the amount of effort I was putting in and the lack of results I was seeing. The sad truth is that I let myself get so fat for so long that there is fat around my body and between my organs that must be reduced before the exterior begins to form itself into a lean looking body.

“The Output of the User is a result of the Input of the User”

I guess we do not realize how many 2000 calorie fast food meals we put down our throat. Even if you are one of those jokers who said they went from double quarter pounders with cheese down to double cheeseburgers with small fries are eating almost 800 calories of junk food with little nutritional value.

When I think of how easy it was to just drive in and add toxins to my body 4 or 5 days a week makes me cringe. Then when I started eating smaller better meals, so I thought, I didn’t realize I was destroying my body with GMO foods, meat, cheese, and milk. Then finally I met a group of friends that pointed me into a vegan, raw, and vegetarian lifestyle. I read the China Study and became a believer of using meats as a garnish instead of an entree. Today I eat animal proteins (non reds) once per week and raw fish once or twice per week.

Oh once a month I eat a cheeseburger from Friendly’s. I have planned cheats and they are slowly spreading out further and further.

The point I am trying to make is that once I found ‘my’ path to great health it became a matter of time. Time is the key and I cannot push my body beyond it’s limits, exercise beyond my calorie intake or both and expect instant results. I must stick to what I am doing and keep it there for a year or three. I didn’t get this fat in 6 months so why should I think it would take six months to lose it all.

This is why I am so angry at personal trainers I see at my gym in Manchester NH called something like the WCWC. I want to make sure you understand that my comments are referring to their treatment of fat people. Two of the women I have observed do not like fat people. The reason I say this is because they humiliate these very obese women in front of everyone else with the kinds of exercises that are never going to help these women lose weight. Oh I am sure a good 20 lbs will come off the top in 3-4 weeks from water loss and other means but making obese people do strength training exercises and body weight exercises to add muscle, IE more weight, is stupid. Their hearts cannot take this kind of punishment. These women look like taking a short walk to their car has been a struggle.

I am not making fun of them. Having been 415 pounds, even as a power lifter, caused me to get sleep apnea and walking to my car was a struggle. I am using my own victorious journey, which still has a bit to go before conclusion, that has reduced my weight to 285. My goal is 85 pounds away and I am convinced that I am super healthy, healed, and lead and my body is quickly catching up!

Does it take a while to change a pattern?

The journey from 175 to 415 pounds was from 1991 to 2001. The journey to take off the first 100 pounds was from 2001 to 2004. My prize for taking off 100 pounds was type 2 diabetes. And from 2004 to now, I have been working my way down to 285.

315 lbs. to 285 is not a lot of fat loss and one hell of a nasty plateau but I realized that I put on a lot of muscle, unintended, from seeing how these so called trainers want us weight challenged individuals to train just like them. I say this because my waist size has gone down from 58 to 48 since 2005 but I am only down 30 pounds.

I know you think I am crazy about these terrific gains but these were not in line with my goals. I have been size 34 twice in my life and believe I will be again.

Also I am not complaining about my personal gains because they are commendable in my eyes; no diabetic medicine, little meat, and no milk. I do get the bite for an occasional cheese and I need to stop that. I have incredible energy for everyday living and sexual intercourse. I feel cleaner and I am making my goals come true every single day.

Back to the trainers at my club, does it make any sense to make these women have to workout in front of the rest of the gym population?

This is humiliating. There are private rooms to do this but here they are walking on their hands or doing weighted stretches and gaining weight. The tiny little girls who are trying to lose the last 10 pounds of fat on their ass, they take into the private rooms. A double standard that make me want to form a class action suit. Not one of these trainers has a wall of success with more than a couple of people on it. For them it’s about instant gratification for them in the form of money and for the trainee who sees they dropped 20 lbs.

A person just starting out needs to clean up their meal plans first and don’t look for magic diets because there are none. Nothing but time over clean eating and living is going to get you into shape. If you are hooked on any drug, legal or not, this is going to be a problem that I will not address at all. Alcohol consumption is probably the only drug someone can reduce without side affects but I am no way an expert. When I found out I had diabetes, I just stopped drinking anything and everything. Now I am back to 1/2 shot of whiskey 4-5 days per week to detoxify any wood alcohol in my system.

Get over to Everyday Health's Calorie Counter and setup an account. They have a calorie counter and a calculator to determine the amount of calories that you should be eating for your size and level of activity to lose 1 pound per week. Anything more than that and you are eating away at muscle or pipe dreaming. If you need to lose 100 pounds of fat then it should take you two years. The best thing is that a 300 lb person shouldn’t be starving herself or himself. The guide will tell you the correct amount to eat but it will not tell you what to eat. If you choose a healthier lifestyle you will be so full at the end of the day but if you choose to use your calories for evil…well you know the rest.

As for your workout, don’t struggle or push yourself in any way. A 20 minute walk per day, 7 days per week is good enough while you figure out what your body is going to do after the initial water weight drops off. Yoga mixed in with my walk 3 days per week was a saving grace for me. The walking will get your body moving again and yoga will help you settle your mind and work your internal organs. Suzanne Deason’s Yoga Conditioning For Weight Loss is the first DVD in yoga that I ever picked up. For that first year, this is all you need. You spent a decade getting here, give your self a year to get into a mindset that may change your life for the better.

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As for cleaning out grease stains I found out from Elle, from Elle's New England Kitchen that the best way to remove those gross stains is to do the following:

1. rub the stain(s) with Dawn original dish cleaner
2. Fill a bucket or sink with warm water and drop in a Cascade packet. Must be Cascade and no other dish washer cleaner.
3. Put your garment into the water and swish around a bit. Let soak overnight
4. Rinse as well as possible and then put it into your washing machine and launder with like colors.
5. Stains come out. (even if you have laundered your garments before)

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In conclusion, I have read a new book called The Power. I am in the firm belief that this is a book all of you should read. In listening to this book a couple of times on Audible.com, I have learned some new things about thinking your way to a better health, wealth, and a better world. We each need to believe and imagine-neer what we want our bodies, lives, incomes, and lovers should be.

I am well on my way to my goal(s). I no longer feel bad when I see someone with the body I want. I bless them and the person who loves them. I no longer feel the need to over-train myself and to think that the more the better. As I get closer to my goals I rethink and recalculate what and the amounts I should eat. This isn’t a struggle, it’s a journey, a fellowship perhaps, so let’s keep the comments coming and I will be happy to explain anything in detail or point you to those I think who can. I love me and I love you.

Have a namaste!