Finally, a Fat Personal Trainer

Okay, so every once in a while I scan the Internet for interesting stories on being fat big boned.  Every once in a while, you find something interesting.  I happened to be reading about the redistricting process in my old home town, when I ran across this article entitled "Fitness Trainer Gains 70 Pounds to Inspire, Empathize." 

The story is pretty interesting--crazy even.  This personal trainer decided to spend six months gaining weight and not exercising so he could better empathize with people that are overweight.  His plan is to spend the next six months losing the weight and returning to his old self.  Honestly, I hope he does it.  It is great that someone actually decided to empathize with overweight people instead of simply telling them they aren't trying hard enough.

I loved what he had to say about his "transformation" from fit to fat:  "Now I understand a little bit more of how hard and how real addictions are to foods . . . . It's just like a drug. It really is.  To me it's worth the risk I've put my body through, being overweight, putting my body at risk in a lot of medical ways, … if a few people get inspired to live healthier. . . . In the beginning, I never drank soda.  I really forced myself to drink it two or three times a day and now, 5 ½ months into it, I have to have my Mountain Dew, my Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal two times a day. I can't keep enough of it in the house."

Wow.  I am rooting for this guy, and you should too.  Here is a link to the guy's website.  And here is one to the article in the Deseret News.