FAT to Thin in no time at all! AND OTHER LIES!

"Fat, fat, fatty..." a quote from The Producers (the original film) says it all. Being fat isn't cool says the advertising industry just like armpit funk and bad breath in dogs. Pencil thin is in here in the USA. Oh, and you also have to be young, but when you are actually "old" isn't something that will be left to the ad men (or ad women or computer algorithms) these days. But being fat can be measured, weighed and seen. The stigma remains.

I like food and I like to eat. It gives me pleasure. I am not lacking in self-esteem nor am I hiding pent up psychological issues that are expressed via eating. It's not about metabolism nor binging at the local buffet.
I've always been this way. Sometimes I'm up a pound or two or three, but I'm usually working on getting my weight down. So, as far as weight loss and weight loss programs go, I am a professional. I am a stable expert. And I can tell you this much NOTHING WORKS NO MATTER THE PRICE.

Nutra-Cistern, South Miami Beach Diet, Dr. Beef Low Carb Diet, We Slice Em and How Lap Belt Surgery Centers, and whatever else you can name are expensive and might work in the short term but eventually (even after the surgery) the weight comes back. Lose lots on the low carb diet and want to keep it off? You must stay on it...forever and that could cost lots of money.

Weight Watchers is reportedly the program that will be easiest to stay with and keep the weight off, but my WW Leader used to refer to us as repeat offenders. And she is right. I have been a Weight Watchers member on and off for over 35 years and guess what? I am still overweight and if I had the money I spent in membership fees I could afford a small villa on the Costa Del Sol!

Even health issues such as heart trouble, diabetes and additional stress on joints and ligaments don't seem enough to slow the fattening of the nation. Aisles of high carb and salt and sugar snacks litter the aisles in every national grocery chain. We have an abundance of crap to eat. Ever Compare the cost of a bag of chips versus a bag of apples? Five Honeycrisps can go for $2.79 a pound versus a 16 oz bag of store brand tortilla chips at 99 cents. You work it out. Grapes, nectarines (or mandarin oranges), pears or any real fruit to put in a lunch box can be pricey for young folks with two or three kids in school.

We have to buy groceries and for some, that's like a recovering alcoholic having to do their weekly shopping at a liquor store. Bringing the kids makes matters worse. They get the "I wants" and the "can I haves" every 3 feet on every aisle. Sometimes you notice 4 boxes of sugar-laden cereal, three bags of chips, a candy bar and a case of orange soda in your cart as you get ready to check out!

We are the victims of our own success. We want our kids to have a better life but what has happened is their better life winds up being in your house rather than theirs. What have we taught them? How to be a consumer. That seems to be the lesson as their waistlines grow and we need pro athletes to beg kids to play outside for an hour a day. For the love of God!

So when you see an ad on TV or on your insidious FaceBook feed telling you that they have finally discovered the pill or program or procedure that will turn fat to muscle...use the muscle between your ears and just say no. Wanna lose weight? Decide to make a life change. WW is a good program and I am sure there are others that will work for you, but the life change must figure into the equation for success.

I am a repeat offender and as I get older it just isn't coming off as easily as I feel it should, but that's my problem.
I don't feel like I'm old, however, that's probably in the eye of the beholder. Of course, I have the photographic software available to take care of the casual onlooker.
Now, on the other hand, I hope my winter clothes still fit....