Dear jack:

I just typed and typed and erased it all because I have SO MUCH TO SAY on eating and weight but shouldn’t. I hear weight and i get triggered to write a book. I read and wrote and read and … so very much about eating and weight and everything to do with these. Your exercise regime is not enough, Jack, I can tell you that- it does not sound a lot. When I finally decided to lose weight it was doing more the equivalent of what you do in a week- all in one day. I currently walk 3.5 miles per day and then often enough an additional 2.5 miles later in the day, a bit of weight lifting every other day and crunches daily (core work like). Thing is I have a long, long history of overeating- my greatest tendency: more- the better. If you want, ASK me anything about losing weight- I am a self declared expert. I am also a self announced expert on eating the greatest volume of food of lowest possible calories (not to try if one is inclined to get bloated)

anita

Let me just say something in regards to this post. I did a 9/11 class on Friday at my crossfit facility and I wore baggy pants and a baggy shirt. So when my pictures went up that day, I looked FAT in one of them because of my baggy clothes, when in reality I am very fit & toned. Big thighs but toned and firm flat belly. Then the next morning (Saturday) I went to crossfit wearing lesser clothes, a red tank top and black crossfit shorts, people could tell right away I really was in shape! Also on Saturday morning my crossfit trainer posted a picture of me and my classmates after we finished and again PROOF on the public crossfit page that I am INDEED not FAT. So it just goes to show that sometimes when we wear baggy clothes, we can look over-weight when in reality we are not. I eat right, train hard and I’m very toned. People need to really stop being so judgmental of others, it makes you look really insecure. I used to be over-weight years ago and there are times I lose a lot of weight and get so very skinny, which happens often while I’m traveling on the road. My ribs start to show and people start telling me to eat more.

When I get home I start to eat a little more protein so I don’t look sickly. It’s better to have shape, like a nice booty, toned thighs and stomach. Women are paying ridiculous amounts of money to get fake butt implants when all they have to do is do a lot of squats. All it takes to be in shape and toned is eat healthy, have a cheat day (don’t over- do it), go to the gym, motivate yourself and definitely love yourself. That is the most important thing is to love yourself enough to lose the weight and want to eat healthy. Your weight is mostly defined by what you eat, it’s wise to have a healthy balance of eating clean and working out 4-5 times a week. Remember a cheat day is healthy and keeps you balanced, just don’t go on a binge of over-eating. When your brain says it’s satisfied with the amount of food you just ate, stop ingesting. I don’t ever eat until I’m full. If you are eating until you are full and your belly feels uncomfortable, that means you over ate which isn’t good. Always eat until you are satisfied. Balance is key!

Have a good day all. Namaste 🙂

Elle Tinker

Dear Jack:

Regarding an insatiable appetite or desire to eat- I can’t imagine anyone in the whole wide world having a greater desire to eat and eat and eat than I have had most of my life. It is only very recently, very, very recently that I am feeling that maybe this desire is getting to be less intense- I CAN’T believe it could be, I am 54 and it has been a lifetime of such desire. This desire at its worst operated in bingeing behaviors where I ate until I was bent over, physically, unable to stand straight. I ate so much that I gained a pound a day, literally and I don’t mean water weight or waste weight, I mean net gain. My distress over this desire has been intense and prolonged and most resistent to change. There is much more (as I mentioned before) that I can say about this since it occupied so much of my time and has been so very significant in my life. If I can be of any help to you in this regard, I will be glad to share more.

anita

Dear jack:

No I was not approached by tiny buddha and I don’t even know what a moderator is. Whatever it is, I am not holding my breath. Okay, so you are 231 lb (105 kg)…here again I typed and typed- i have so much to say on the topic but I erased because I don’t know if I have an audience to my outpour of verbiage and emotion on the topic.

Regarding your insatiability for food and wishing to apply it to exercise- I bet you read everything and heard everything on the matter of eating and weight. I bet you tried different things and had your share of experience. Is there anything I- the “real go to person here” can …. add or delete from what you know, I wonder…?

anita

Dear Jack:

I am currently not fat so I don’t think I am …allowed to make fat jokes. Maybe I am not even allowed to openly enjoy a fat joke. You are allowed though. So, now that I pondered the ethics of fat joking, I do think this is hilarious! And if anyone frowns upon my enjoyment of this, I will confront that person with: But I WAS fat. (Doesn’t count?) Okay, how about: I could be fat again in a few months time because of my history of disordred eating and current tendencies?

I enjoy it, but boy is my Internal Critic active this morning.

anita

Dear anita,

Please don’t feel shame. It’s all lighthearted fun, and Llama Jack has made it impossible for us readers to NOT laugh at his jokes. “…never look in the mirror sideways”? That’s funny! So don’t worry, you’ve done nothing wrong.

Lori