DAY 239, SUNDAY, JAN 9, 2011

     If you invite people into your weight loss world, sometimes you will be disappointed. There will be great stories of triumph, people that get it on their own, and people that get it from learning what you learned. There will be people that can not follow any plan, and there will be people that just don't want to get healthy at all, for whatever the reason. You can not save the planet, and you should not try. If your goal is to help those that ask, then you need to expect nothing, and any success they have on there own is just that, success because they did it on their own. I get all of that. I am not 15, I am 46 and I have been around. I started this for me, it is about me, and if a challenge can help you also, that is fantastic.
     That said, I take this shit to heart. I take it personally, and as the fat guy around here, I know this plan works. I have learned more science, nutrition concepts, training regimens and ways to lose weight than most of you guys. I take it very seriously, I want to get healthy and not die, and it is important. When the young girl with the VLog was sent to me from another Challenger I knew from the start that what I had to offer was not for her. I explained that I was not the person to help, and that you guys should get in there and help her. I offered the plan, explained the plan, and I again said that this was a serious thing and that her life was in the balance. The only thing worse than being a fat 18 year old man is being a fat 18 year old girl. Trust me, I have been a fat 18 year old man. It is a cake walk compared to what a fat girl goes through. It is not fun, but trust me that it pales in comparison. That said, we all want to help this girl. OK, I knew she would last a day, read the stuff maybe, and find an out. She did, she is out, and it still irks me. Her path is to follow the Weight Watchers plan that another blogger could not commit to and was kind enough to send to her. As you guys won't say, and I will, pray for the girl, it is a long road. She was polite in starting, and after seeing yesterday's VLog, I am assuming today she will tell me she is out. Very polite, no mean spirit from me, no "mine is better", I am just sad.
     In that sadness is a silver lining. I found this from my old friend, blogging her way up the scale....

9:32 pm - I made the conscious decision to indulge in some nacho's for lunch today (tortilla chips, cheese, salsa, olives, jalapinos, grilled chicken) because my caloric intake all week has been either very close to or below 1,000 calories which average out to about 600 calories less, per day, than my goal. I'm trying to "trick" my body to avoid another plateau as many of you have suggested. They may not have been the healthier calories but I wanted them and I don't see anything wrong with enjoying foods that I love every once in awhile. Anyway, then we took pizza and chicken wings to our friend's house for dinner; I originally had no intention of eating either but over the course of five hours I caved and ate one slice of pizza and two buffalo wings. Still ... added up my calories for the day and came in under 1600 but managed to give my body a few hundred more than what it's become used to this week so hopefully I'm keeping my tummy on it's toes. :)

     I love this paragraph for so many reasons. First, when a 300 pound woman makes a "conscious decision" to eat nachos you should start to laugh. Since birth, that decision has been made daily, why is this an epiphany ? The thought that she is eating less than 1000 calories a day, and has not lost 10 pounds per week is hilarious. The math problem, or the lack of knowledge is amazing. The conviction in her writing, that is perfect. Enjoying the foods you love once in a while is the root of the problem, not the solution. A plateau ? Did you lose 50 pounds in December ? You lost 17 pounds in 3 months. A plateau ? How much bullshit can one person spew ? Some how, on her calculator, she had only 1,600 calories for the day. Without any tastes, cheating more than listed, and her words, I can come up with 4,000 calories easy to get her "on her toes.." This will keep her "tummy on it's toes"... If she was on the caloric level she states, and ate that crap, her tummy will be sending out projectile missles of Nacho shit all over Arizona. Craptastic Sunday is in her future, if she actually is being accurate. The people she uses as advisors, that have suggested she "trick" her body are few of course, or phantoms, and these culprits know less about dieting than my dog Stanley. Obviously Darla supports her, but why go there. This was the biggest piece of shit I have ever read around here, and I have to thank her for reminding me that fat people can bullshit their way into pizza, fried chicken and Nachos, all in one meal, and show you it is a diet. The best post I have read this year, although there are others, and the year is young. This was the best, and every day I am inspired by her ramblings. In the George Costanza world, of doing exactly the opposite of everything you think is correct, she would be Queen. I need to change my undies, a little pee leaked out from reading.
     Weigh-in Sunday is going well, and there are some great numbers coming in...Enjoy the day, and if you want to kick start your diet, eat some fried chicken and pizza and nachos... I love that...