Is being honest, in my humbly accurate opinion.
Here’s what I mean by that:
All fat people lie:
* They say they’re not bothered by how they look (yet are as fearful of mirrors as the fictional Dorian Gray was of his self-portrait),
* They say they’re not worried about the dire (and entirely preventable) illnesses they are likely to suffer as a consequence of their condition (except they are, because only a true psychopath would feel nothing at the prospect of leaving their spouse bereaved and children parentless through their own actions),
* They say they train really hard (but only do what they want to do, rather than what they know they need to do, and even then very inconsistently),
* They say they don’t know how to eat healthily (when everybody does, it’s just easier to overcomplicate it and feign ignorance),
* They say they don’t have time to train properly and eat well (yet somehow manage to find the time to lounge about in a soiled tracksuit doomscrolling for literally hours on end in some cases),
And so it goes on.
Truly, lies flow like rivers from the mouths of the porky. It has to be this way, otherwise the cognitive dissonance would melt their brains into a greasy sludge.
The fact of the matter is, nobody wants to be fat. Not even the “body positivity” activists (observe how many of them have jumped – figuratively speaking; they can’t actually jump – onto weight loss injections).
However.
Only a rare few are not only honest enough to admit it, but do something meaningful about it.
By “meaningful” I mean take it slow and do it right all the while consistently resist the urge to try a “quick fix”, “trick”, or “hack” (even when it’s not marketed as such) when progress slows, stops altogether, or even reverses.
Because all three of those things will happen at some point.
I should know, given that I will shortly be entering my sixteenth year of battling the bulge.
And I’ve made a bunch of dumb mistakes along the way. Almost always as a result of willful dishonesty:
* I don’t need to do cardio to stay lean,
* I’m only two weeks away from a six pack,
* Eating that chocolate bar is basically the same as eating a piece of cheese,
* I’m definitely not going to rebound and gain a tonne of weight if I do that stupid diet to gEt ShRedDeD for my holiday,
All lies I have knowingly told myself over the years.
However, because I have always had in place a system for losing weight and keeping it off, the damage these dalliances (which I am still prone to) is minimal and generally reversed within a matter of weeks.
On that note:
The system I use to stay in decent shape year round, with no fuss or hassle (I don’t track my workouts, measure my macros, weigh my food, or count calories) is contained within my short Real Paper book:
“The Weight Loss Manifesto”
Unlike my other Real Paper books, it’s very cheap.
So much so that anyone who needs it can afford it if they want it.
Those who say they “can’t” are just proving my point about how fat people lie about pretty much everything to do with their condition.
I’ve a small handful of copies in stock, so if you’re interested, you can learn all about what’s inside here:
https://philtyreman.co.uk/manifesto/
Thank you,
Phil Tyreman