Are you familiar with the phrase “stolen valour”?
It’s used to describe the wearing of medals and other military decorations by those who did not earn them.
I am no patriot, but this turns my stomach given what my dad went through in the submarine service to earn his two gongs.
How is this relevant?
Simple because I’ve noticed an alarming trend of fat people claiming their unwillingness to put down the fork is somehow comparable to true eating disorders like anorexia nervosa.
Some overweight and obese people have genuine eating disorders, of that there is no doubt.
But to say they *all* do (as has been said to me by many a precious petal) is to claim 63.8% of the UK population has a severe and enduring mental illness. (That percentage is the proportion of adults who are overweight or obese, according to the Health Survey for England 2021).
To borrow a quote from Princess Anne when her would-be kidnappers demanded she get out of her car:
“Not bloody likely”.
Here’s the truth, as I see it:
In most cases, obesity is caused by a lack of self-control and an unwillingness to make lifestyle adjustments to facilitate better food choices.
An addiction to comfort, in other words.
(One that applies just as much to guys who train – especially those who mainly or exclusively lift weights – and if you disbelieve me, observe how the majority of people out running or pumping iron at the gym are fat).
I say all of this as someone who used to be extraordinarily fat and is still prone to falling into the “comfort trap” and gaining weight to this day.
But even at my biggest, I never once claimed my size was a result of a mental illness.
I was just lazy (intellectually and physically), and I knew it.
Not an easy thing to sit with – accepting your fat is your fault. Yet sit with it you must, if you’re serious about getting and maintaining a body that’ll make your woman red with desire.
However.
Making this mental shift is only part of the battle (it might even be a part of the battle you’ve already won).
The next step is where the real problems arise. Namely, the vexing issue of having your routine disrupted, falling off the wagon, and losing what you’ve worked so hard to gain.
If you’re not very careful, you will end up trapped in a vicious cycle of getting results and losing them over and over and over again.
Fortunately, the right information and advice will equip you to navigate the disruptions life throws at you, so you can swap the vicious cycle for a virtuous one wherein you continuously *improve* upon your results for years – perhaps decades – to come.
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Thank you,
Phil Tyreman