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November 20, 2004
Going to extremes
Today I was discussing with a friend why I hate looking like some ultra lean, ripped to shreds, veins coiming out of your finger tips personal trainer. It's because I think it is totally unattainable for today's average person. Most of these trainers that you see on TV workout for at least three to four hours a day. The fitness models you see on the cover of magazines workout all day and have unbeleivable genetics that make him or her perfect for that magazine cover. I get a lot of crap thrown at me for beating up on fat people and I don't really care about it too much. Because I stand by what I say. It is and never will be healthy, pretty or smart to be fat. Everything can be better when you take the pounds off. But, I also believe that going to the other extreme is unrealistic. I will never want to be 10% body fat or run Ironman competitions, because I have better things to do with my time then workout a million hours a day. And the reality is that working out is not my favorite thing in the world. It is a necessary evil. If I want to be healthy, viril and have appropriate self confidence than I need (not want) to workout. I also want to make a point about the crazy world of bodybuilders. The bigger you get the more grotesque you become. Maybe it's me but I don't think that women really like fucking comic book characters.
Posted by Rocco at 06:47 PM | Comments (0)
November 16, 2004
Dietary supplements to stay away from
The FDA has found it necessary to help the general public sort through the confusion of dietary supplements aimed at fat people. Although it is a good list, when is exercise and the reduction of calories going to become the mainstay for fat reduction. Here's a link to the list just the same.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/ds-warn.html
Posted by Rocco at 05:01 PM | Comments (0)
November 15, 2004
Honey, do these jeans make me look fat?
You know, for so many years we have been lied to by so many different people and processes and, you know, marketing tends to lie to us just to sell a product and we�re conditioned to be lied to so we condition ourselves to basically lie to ourselves and somewhere along the line we have lost our integrity, we have lost the perception of honesty or the actuality of honesty and being honest with ourselves. Somewhere along the line we lost the ability to provide truth. And so many times I�m made aware of this and, it�s kind of funny and it�s kind of sad all in the same breath.
Because, how many times I�ve gotten in trouble because I tend to tell the truth. I�m not, I don�t want to say that I have the greatest of integrity because I have lied, I have done bad things, or whatever. But when it comes to fitness, when it comes to what I know best, I really do tell the truth, and I want the truth to be told. Well, I wasn�t the greatest person in relationships. But to point something out, I would always get in trouble. Always, always, always get in trouble with my girl friend every time we went out. Because she would always put something on and tell me, or I mean ask me, �Do I look fat? Do I look fat? Does this make me look fat?� And I learned not to even answer anymore. But when I did answer I said �No, the skirt doesn�t make you look fat. Your butt is fat and that�s what makes you look fat�. Well, obviously if you�re a woman you don�t want to hear that. And the men out there know that when you say that to a woman, if you don�t get slapped in the head well, you�re not going to have a good time that night, I can guarantee it. Because she�ll be saying �You think I�m fat, you think I�m fat, and I can�t believe you think I�m fat.� And you do �But I love you anyway�. That�s the one thing �Well, if you loved me you wouldn�t think I was fat�.
Here we go. But, I tend to get a little miffed, a little angry at that. When a woman asks me, especially because I am a professional in the fitness business. If you ask me, �Do I look fat?� I�m going to tell you yes or no because that is a yes or no question. Do clothes make you look fat? No, you being fat makes you look fat. And understand it, if you�re honest with yourself, if you have the ability to have truth in yourself and respect for yourself. You don�t want somebody to lie to you. And you have been lying to yourself for so long. If you gain weight, yes, you look fat. That�s it. No ifs, ands, or butts (no pun intended). How do we get over that? Well, we get fit. Then you don�t have to ask that question �Do I look fat?� because you know in your own mind and you have the self confidence, absolutely you don�t look fat, you look hot. And you know when you put the skirt on, you look hot. And you look great and you feel great and you�re going to exude all of that happiness and that sexiness because you now know that you don�t look fat and you don�t need that fake confirmation or that affirmation that �Oh honey, no, you look great�. All your boyfriend is doing or your husband is doing is enabling you to become fatter. That�s all. He�s an enabler. And that�s not what we want. We don�t want someone to lie to us to make us feel good for that night. Why not be able to feel good all the time. If you want to go out, if you want to dress up nice, you will always look good, no matter what. If you put a burlap sack on, you�re going to look good. Why? Because first you�re symmetrical - very important. You�re fit, you�re toned, you�re back muscles are strong, you�re shapely. And there�s nothing sexier than someone that�s very confident in the way they look.
Posted by Rocco at 11:34 PM | Comments (0)
November 11, 2004
Was it something I ate?
O.K., I thought I was dreaming so I slapped myself and low and behold, I wasn�t! I�m at one of my client�s office�s and right in front of me stood a box as big as a footlocker filled with fried chicken. There must have been 200 pieces of fried chicken in that box. While I being totally grossed out by the whole experience this guy comes over to the box and like he was a human backhoe started piling fried chicken parts on three plates and took them over to his desk. I was kinda stunned at the sight of someone devouring that much food but what stunned me more was what came out of his mouth (and no he didn�t throw up or anything) He actually said this, and I still can�t believe it. He looks at me and says �Rocco, I have no idea why I�m so fat I barely eat anything.� I gasped and said, �You�ve got to be kidding� his response as serious as a heart attack was�no I really don�t eat that much� So I went over to the garbage and pick out the bones from the food he just ate. �Sixteen� I said �count them, sixteen pieces of chicken you ate.� �You just ate for a family of five, holy shit!� He didn�t realize that he ate that much. He thought I was lying until the rest of his colleagues reassured him I wasn�t. He actually thought he didn�t eat that much. It�s mind boggling that fat people can talk themselves into thinking that they don�t eat that much. Here�s a clue: you don�t get fat from not eating too much.
Posted by Rocco at 09:18 PM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2004
Pushing Through the Pain
You know what? Pushing through the pain is not some really cool little slogan that I came up with. Pushing through the pain is reality. It is based in reality. We are so quick to go on some crazy diet or some diet that promises fast results, like say drop 32 pounds in 6 weeks or whatever. Well, pushing through the pain is kind of, something similar to an apprenticeship. You canâ??t become a master plumber by just saying â??You know what? I want to be a master plumberâ??. We have to go through an apprenticeship. We have to go through a journeymanship also and then you can take the test to become a master plumber. The same thing happens when youâ??re overweight or when youâ??re out of shape or when youâ??re unfit. We have been taking it easy for so long, And now in order to push through the pain we have to pay our dues. Just like we would pay our dues as an apprentice in plumbing. As we would pay our dues as a journeyman and then when we begin to be a master plumber we still pay our dues but itâ??s more of a maintenance type of thing. Once you pay your dues, once you push through the pain, once you commit yourself to getting through. Most of the time diets and fitness programs donâ??t work because we will not commit and we will not push through the pain. And making, we want to take the easy way but you know what, in fitness there is an apprenticeship. In being fit there is a journeyman time period. And then when we become fit, yes, we are a master of our own body. We have learned how to deal with our body. We know how to be healthy. We understand the consequences of not being healthy. This is probably the most important thing when youâ??re trying to commit yourself to being fit.
Posted by Rocco at 11:28 PM | Comments (0)
November 09, 2004
Take Responsibility For Your Fat
There is something that has just driven me crazy for a little while here. The reason for starting this Fatblog is to give the American people, and not just fitness people but everyone, the ability to start to take responsibility for themselves and what they do. I have not been able to comprehend the reason behind everyone blaming someone or something else. There�s fat people trying to sue McDonalds for selling hamburgers that taste too good. They want to punish a company for doing what they�re supposed to be doing � making a profit and selling food. You know, that�s what, that was their vision in their company. To make food that was fast and tasted good. It is our responsibility to not overindulge in eating a Big Mac, a Quarter Pounder, a Whopper, Arby�s Roast Beef. It�s our responsibility, it�s not McDonald�s. McDonald�s should not be saying, or Burger King should not be saying �You know what? You�re only supposed to come here once a week and make that your cheat thing.� That�s not their responsibility. We don�t take responsibility for safety at all. If people took responsibility and put their seat belts on, didn�t drive drunk, or wore helmets or had their kids wear helmets when they�re riding bicycles or motorcycles or whatever. If people started to take responsibility. No, we expect someone else to be responsible for our lives. You�re going to start to take responsibility. It is not somebody elses fault that you are fat. Yes, maybe somebody abused you or maybe some tragic thing happened to you in your life. But it isn�t somebody elses fault. It is your fault for letting that interrupt your progress, interrupt your growth. We need to take responsibility. Never in my life have I seen � People tend to say they�re sorry or they or they seem contrite only when it�s in their favor or in their benefit to take responsibility. And it�s never so illustrated more than right now with this whole Pete Rose controversy. Pete Rose did something wrong, lied about it for 14 years and now, because he has a book deal and can make a lot of money and because he wants to be in the Hall of Fame while he�s alive so he can make more money without being in the hall of fame or being back in baseball he�ll make a lot of money because people seem to love Pete Rose. Same thing with Bill Clinton. Clinton lied to our faces on TV that he did not have sex with Monica Lewinski. But after nine months and a whole nation in an uproar and people felt betrayed by their leader, he finally admitted to it. And why? Because it was in his benefit to do that. And we tend to just let it go by the wayside. Ohhhh, you know, it�s all right. We�re so forgiving and we�re so tolerant we have become intolerant. And we have to put so many restrictions on ourselves because we�re so tolerant that we will always be put on the slippery slope. It is no one�s fault that you are fat. It�s no one�s fault that you are out of shape. It is no one�s fault that you have certain problems or diseases. You�re not willing to move forward. I hope this message, helps you break that pattern. Because breaking the pattern is the most important thing in being able to heal and to move forward and to progress in a better body and in a better life.
Posted by Rocco at 11:49 PM | Comments (0)
November 08, 2004
How much more evidence do we need? Fat people are stupid.
The excerpt came from a florida newspaper called The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. Althoug we can't turn the clock back we can sure start doing something about it.
In the past 42 years, Americans have gone from the high side of normal weight to significantly overweight and are approaching the obesity range.
"If you looked at any epidemic -- whether it's influenza or plague from the Middle Ages -- they are not as serious as the epidemic of obesity in the terms of the health impact on our country and our society," said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC, in a speech this year.
But while being overweight affects health-care costs and increases the risk of some diseases -- including diabetes and cancer -- another recent study found it "disturbing" that "America does not have the aggressive, coordinated national strategy needed to address the obesity crisis -- and that threatens to make the epidemic worse."
The report, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America," was released in October by Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to make disease prevention a national priority.
Nearly two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, as is one in seven children. "The direct and indirect costs of obesity in America are more than $117 billion per year," the report found. "At current rates, obesity will overtake tobacco use as America's leading health problem and No. 1 killer."
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November 07, 2004
Women Blows Gasket Screaming at Rocco
I had an argument with someone today because they overheard me telling someone else that the title of my new book is going to be �Fat people are stupid�. She became so incensed and belligerent towards me I thought she was going to blow a gasket. She screamed at me for what felt like ten minutes telling me that I should be a shamed of myself that fat people can�t help it. That they have mental issues and that was why no one should pick on them. I told her that there are plenty of therapists out there that specifically deal with the issues surrounding obesity and more than one or two meetings that deal with overeating. All you have to do is want to take the extra fat off. It isn�t easy by any means but it can be done. All fat people need to do is get started and not give up and definitely stop whining about how I pick on them.
Posted by Rocco at 09:21 PM | Comments (0)
November 06, 2004
Fat Falling Off Subway Seat
Iâ??m on the subway today in New York and noticed something that was so disgusting and I canâ??t believe that people will allow themselves to become this obese. A woman was sitting in three of the subway seats and fat from her ass was hanging over the side of the seat. I had to leave the car because I thought I was going to get sick. To add insult to injury her ankles had fat falling around them. If fat people want me to accept this and not speak on it, theyâ??re crazy as well as stupid. Why do we need to be subjected to this? There is no good reason for people to become this obese. What happened to respect in ourselves, have we gotten so out of touch with reality that we can defend this as just another day in New York. I know this is going to piss many people off but too bad. Another thing I noticed that is quite conspicuous is that most homeless people on the subway and city streets arenâ??t fat, how about that. I know Iâ??m going out on a limb but do you think that there is a correlation between the fact that the homeless donâ??t eat as much as the average New Yorker and that they are much thinner? Something to ponder.
Posted by Rocco at 09:25 PM | Comments (0)
November 05, 2004
Fact is better than Fiction
Fact is always better than fiction. I swear if I wanted to make this shit up I couldnâ??t. The associated press through reporter Daniel Yee reported today that fat people are costing us not just our tax money but are also driving up fuel costs for the airlines. How much more ammunition can be handed to me? Fat people want us to feel sorry for them and cry like the idiot Richard Simmons used to do and feel their pain. When in the world are fat people going to realize that fatness impacts the whole village not just the village idiot. If you werenâ??t able to catch the article here it is in its entirety.
Feds: Obesity Raising Airline Fuel Costs
By DANIEL YEE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA (AP) -
Heavy suitcases aren't the only things weighing down airplanes and requiring them to burn more fuel, pushing up the cost of flights. A new government study reveals that airlines increasingly have to worry more about the weight of their passengers.
America's growing waistlines are hurting the bottom lines of airline companies as the extra pounds on passengers are causing a drag on planes. Heavier fliers have created heftier fuel costs, according to the government study.
Through the 1990s, the average weight of Americans increased by 10 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The extra weight caused airlines to spend $275 million to burn 350 million more gallons of fuel in 2000 just to carry the additional weight of Americans, the federal agency estimated in a recent issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
"The obesity epidemic has unexpected consequences beyond direct health effects," said Dr. Deron Burton of the CDC. "Our goal was to highlight one area that had not been looked at before."
The extra fuel burned also had an environmental impact, as an estimated 3.8 million extra tons of carbon dioxide were released into the air, according to the study.
The agency said its calculations are rough estimates, issued to highlight previously undocumented consequences of the ongoing obesity epidemic.
The estimates were calculated by determining how much fuel the 10 extra pounds of weight per passenger represented in Department of Transportation airline statistics, Burton said.
Obesity is a life-or-death struggle in the United States, the underlying cause of 400,000 deaths in 2000, a 33 percent jump from 1990. If current trends persist, it will become the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death, the CDC said earlier this year.
More than half - 56 percent - of U.S. adults were overweight or obese in the early 1990s, according to a CDC survey. That rose to 65 percent in a similar survey done from 1999 to 2002.
Although the Air Transport Association of America has not yet validated the CDC data, spokesman Jack Evans said the health agency's appraisal "does not sound out of the realm of reality."
With most airlines reporting losses blamed partly on record-high fuel costs, everything on an airplane is now a weighty issue. Airlines are doing everything they can to lighten the load on all aircraft, from wide-body jets to turboprops.
Bulky magazines have gone out the door. Metal forks and spoons have been replaced with plastic. Large carry-ons are being scrutinized and even heavy materials that used to make up airplane seats are being replaced with plastic and other lightweight materials.
"We're dealing in a world of small numbers - even though it has a very incremental impact" to reduce a 60- to 120-ton aircraft's weight by bumping off a few magazines, Evans said. "When you consider airlines are flying millions of miles, it adds up over time."
Although passenger bulk has been an issue in the past - Dallas-based Southwest Airlines requires large people to buy a second seat for passenger safety and comfort - Evans says it's not likely airlines will scrutinize how much passengers weigh in the future. Instead, they are trying to do a better job of estimating passenger weight in figuring out how much fuel they need for a flight.
Seattle-based Alaska Airlines now calculates the weight of children on flights, instead of using adult-weight formulas for all passengers, Evans said.
"Just like we don't control the costs of our fuel, we don't control the weights of our passengers," he said. "Passengers gain weight, but airlines are the ones that go on a diet. It's part of the conundrum we face right now."
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