Posted on 10/18/2011 4:01:28 PM PDT by Maceman
Normally, I share weight loss success stories - WooHoos!, as they’re known at FatFighterTV. But today, I want to tell you about the opposite – a fit guy who is deliberately making himself fat.
Since May, Drew Manning has gained about 70 pounds on purpose. And he’s not done yet.
Drew is a personal trainer and has always been the “fit guy.” He’s now on a journey he calls Fit 2 Fat 2 Fit where he spends six months (he has about 4 weeks left) eating unhealthy food and not exercising, then he will take six more months to get fit again. Why? To experience for himself what it’s like to be overweight, how tough it is to lose weight, and ultimately show others how to get fit. But this is sooo extreme! And I hate that Drew is deliberately making himself unhealthy. I asked him all about it…
FatFighterTV: As someone who has always been fit, how can you stand doing this to yourself?
Drew Manning: It’s been very tough physically, mentally and emotionally to let myself go like this. The first couple of months were the hardest. I felt like I was going through withdrawals, just like any other addiction. I was jealous seeing people running, going to the gym, and being in shape.
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And I'm the guy on the right who will never, ever look like the guy on the left.
I appreciate what he’s doing, and why he’s doing it, but I do think it’s rather bad for the heart. It’s an interesting story, though. I hope I can remember to keep track of it.
“I can eat pretty much anything I want without gaining weight.”
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So can I...as long as all of it together will barely fill a teacup every day.
“And I’m the guy on the right who will never, ever look like the guy on the left.”
LOL...me too.
“The big problem will be the fat cells yelling “feed me” “feed me” (figuratively speaking, of course). It makes you do that, by secreting several hormones.”
Agree...I’ve heard that also. The fat cells deflate, but they are there and they will let that IDIOT know it.
“Agreed. You really have to do a LOT of exercise to make a dent, the three 20 minute sessions recommended are nearly useless for weight loss, but they do make you feel better. One hour per day, minimum, of low to high level aerobics is more like it for weight loss.”
Exactly!! I almost think that a lot of these diets use exercise to make you ‘think’ you had a major role in the weight loss...whereas it was nearly all calorie balance.
He is also going to learn just how hard it is to go back to the gym after getting fat and lazy. It takes a lot to get through the first few weeks. After that it gets a little easier but it may take months or even a year or longer before it becomes really enjoyable again.
How do I know? Because I have done it. I have been back in the gym for four and a half years now. At 67 I don’t look like he does in the picture on the left but I am a lot closer to that than the picture on the right which is about how I looked four and a half years ago, I actually was probably worse because I had lost so much muscle weight, I had puny arms and shoulders. It definitely is NOT EASY to go back into training when you are 63 and obese.
I had to gain half of my body weight when I was pregnant with twins. I can’t tell you how hard that was. It was so painful to eat.
“How do I know? Because I have done it...”
Nice work...an IMPRESSIVE FReeper.
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