"Fat Boy, Thin Man"
"This book should not only interest individuals who have failed classical diets and are looking for answers, but also for physicians who are interested in helping the obese subject lose weight." — Dr. Richard Johnson, University of Colorado researcher and professor, and author of "The Sugar Fix, The High Fructose Fallout That Is Making You Sick and Fat"
Above: a contemporary photo; Below: the "before" picture.
I had a fat and troubled childhood that lasted almost 35 years. Then I started to understand that I might have a more substantial problem than just being a weak, slovenly misfit. I started getting standard addiction treatment, and now I'm approaching 20 years in a normal-sized body. In that time, public acceptance of food addiction has barely moved, and insurance support for treatment has regressed.
Both of those need to change, and my story tells why. I'm no diet guru, and this isn't a diet book, but if I escaped more than a decade above 300 pounds, lots of others can find relief too. That's why I'm writing, to pass ideas to others as they were shared with me.
The book will be self-published within a few months (as of 2/10/10). If you want to be notified when the book is published, please leave word here.
Or just return here soon: In addition to being for sale, the book will be available for free download. Though I'm investing money, as well as five years-plus of writing time, it's more important to me that the ideas get out than we recoup our investment.
Excerpts are available here and here.
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Recent peeves
Please note this post is listed under "rants," and you may do well just to skip over it.
I have been struggling lately not to go over to the SUV drivers — and others — who are sitting idly by, running their engines without intent of moving, so they can have their air conditioning in 70-degree swelter.
The other burr in my saddle is the people who take a hank of napkins from the dispenser, and often a second hank just because the first one wasn't hefty enough. Almost all the napkins I use are leftovers from vacated tables, still neatly arranged and clearly clean but still abandoned.
Just take what you need, OK? It's a way of life.
It is well for me to remember, of course, that those who aren't in the same wicked-way-advanced state of enlightenment that I've attained may not want my input, which is why I've done well so far not to actually go over to any of these folks and instruct them on their heathen ways.
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Green heroes
In my series "Green people," I ask everyone to name a green hero, and this compiles their answers. The link is to the interview, but you can click through for more information on each:
