The first step to weight loss is being honest with yourself. You can’t get to 560 drinking soda.
Kevin James had a joke in his stand-up act about getting fat. His friends told him if he wanted to lose weight he should switch to sugar-free gum.
James rubs circles around his fat stomach as he says, “you see all this? Bazooka gum.”
560-Lb Man Biking Across US to Save His Marriage
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Eric Hites recently hit 40 and decided it was time to make some serious lifestyle changes. Having reached 560 pounds thanks to soda and a whole lot of sitting around, the DJ says both his health and his marriage are at stake, reports the Newport Daily News. Unfortunately, after getting off to a good start in Falmouth, Mass., (Tiverton-Little Compton Patch reports his dad dropped him and his $170 bike “on the side of the road”) and losing 60 pounds in those first two weeks, the Indiana man hit a bump in the road, reports Fox 59: He bent the rim of one of his wheels in Tiverton, RI. “I thought it would take four months, but [having started in June] I’m only in Rhode Island,” he says. Fortunately the owner of nearby Newport Bicycle, who says it “seems like a really good cause,” built him a new bike by fitting a frame with mountain bike wheels that should support his weight all the way to California; he’ll reportedly hit the road again today.
Having first made a name for himself when he published the cookbook Everybody Loves Ramen, a compilation of 50 recipes from his college days (he studied graphic design but never graduated), Hites hopes to publish again, this time about his journey. He’s traveling with his gear in tow, and writes on his website Fat Guy Across America that first and foremost he’s got “to prove things to my wife and love.” Patch reports the two were estranged when he set off, and that his wife, who was widowed once before, didn’t want to repeat the experience. She has reportedly told him his quest is “the most romantic thing.” Hites says he doesn’t know his exact weight now (he dresses in size 70 pants), but he may weigh himself on the big scale at the junkyard up the road before getting back on the saddle. He says he hopes to drop down to a chubby but healthier 300 pounds.
Unfortunately he’s still not quite getting it. It’s the food, ~ 90%. He’s not fat from lack of exercise, he’s fat because of the food and eating habits. Fact is, you can lose ALL the excess weight without any biking or exercise at all. True statement. You can lose 5-7 lbs/week doing NO exercise at all. True statement.
In fact that is the only way to do it essentially, dietary change. Which seems very hard to do at first, kinda like quitting smoking for some people, but isn’t really that hard after all..
Conversely, exercise is not the fat loss solution even though that has been pounded into us culturally. Fact is, you can exercise all you want and not lose a lb if you don’t change the diet..
I am with you Turbo, but I will add this: I believe that getting lean is a mix of about 75% diet, with 25% exercise. The exercise is important, but I think that diet is 3 times as effective. A mix of both would be good.
Now for a harsher thought – if you let yourself get to 560, you are a moron. At what point do you look in the mirror and say “I think I should consider doing something about my weight”? GMAFB.
Where does all that fat go? I stay far away from him or it could sick to you.
He is the person who I see at the fast food places who order a stack of hamburgers and a DIET soda. Because that 40 grams / 45 carbs of liquid sugar in a regular soda is far more offensive than the 235 carbohydrates of bread and fries, right?
Then there’s the other person who orders a lettuce wrap chicken sandwich and then gets a large frappuccino. Because, you know, “I’m cutting back so I deserve a treat.” WTF people!??!
It’s about self control. Don’t blame sodas. Don’t blame cake. Don’t blame papa john’s pizza ads. None of them snuck up on you last night and mouth raped you.
I will stay out of the diet / exercise debate and just more power to him. I host long distance bicyclist and will extend an invite to stay at my place if he comes near my home.
Yes he has no one to blame but himself but it seems that he is trying to get healthier. I for one hopes he completes his journey, changes his lifestyle and wins his estranged wife back.
Eat less than you burn – get thin.
Eat more than you burn – get fat.
Eat the same that you burn – stay the same.
Good luck to him. I hope he succeeds.
Calories in/Calories out.
That’s it.
Personally, I recommend the pizza and beer diet with minimal exercise. I haven’t lost any weight with this regime, but it is easy to stick to.
This man has set a goal and has stuck with it. I applaud him for that. Good luck.
He didn’t have a mirror in the house or notice the broken furniture
until he reached 560 pounds?
People with mega time to do months-long personal activities don’t work for a living. Enjoy my taxes, fatty.
Um Boy Is he Fat!
I can’t throw any stones. I hit my all time high t the Doc’s office lst week and I am ashamed of myself. The dude is fat, but I am too.
You guys are right, it’s about yur diet and some exercise is needed. I’ve let my chronic pain get in the way of exercise and I’ve let my depression from it let my eating go completely out of control.
I am taking inspiration from Eric. I’m not going to quit my job and ride across the US, I can eat less, keep food diary so I can make sure I don’t eat more than I burn and watch the junk food.
You all are right, we fat people put ourselves into this mess. I, for one, want to get myself out of it.
Wish me luck.
good luck.
You know, once your clothing size has more X’s than a porno theatre, you may want to do something?
XXXXX…OH Superbowl Fifty!
Um, nope, just my sweatshirt size…
Same here, Tots. It becomes a vicious cycle: the more weight you gain, the more you hurt; the more you hurt, the less likely you are to be active; the less active you are, the more weight you gain. But, as you said, there’s nobody to blame but me, and I’m the only one who can do anything about it.
Luck’s got nothing to do with it.
It’s hard work.
I know, cuz I’m allergic to hard work.