{"id":58,"date":"2008-04-08T06:19:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T06:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/what-is-your-stay-fat-strategy.html"},"modified":"2008-04-08T06:19:50","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T06:19:50","slug":"what-is-your-stay-fat-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/04\/what-is-your-stay-fat-strategy.html","title":{"rendered":"What Is Your Stay Fat Strategy? (Yes, you have one!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

couldn\u2019t \u2013 shouldn\u2019t \u2013 had to \u2013 tried to \u2013 failed<\/em><\/strong>
\nI was on the phone with one of my star permanent fat removal (a.k.a. weight loss) clients.
\nJo was pretty much in the dumps, feeling defeated, telling me how she couldn\u2019t<\/em> resist this or that \u2026 how she had to<\/em> get in her car and head straight to the closest supermarket and buy stuff that she shouldn\u2019t<\/em> \u2026 she said she was trying <\/em>really hard. And finally she indicated that she pretty much felt like a failure<\/em>. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I lose weight? I really want to.\u201d <\/strong>
\nToday\u2019s TASTY TOPIC is for all who have ever felt like the above on one occasion or another or fear that this place of \u201ccouldn\u2019t \u2013 shouldn\u2019t \u2013 had to \u2013 tried to \u2013 failed<\/em>\u201d <\/strong>could be looming in your future.
\nI listened to what Jo had to say and then it hit me, like a ton of brick walls. Jo is a major success!
\nI said, \u201cJo \u2013 you know you really are a major success.\u201d
\n\u201cHUH?\u201d she replied.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s right. You are quite successful at NOT losing weight. I’m not sure if you aware of it or not, but you have put a brilliant strategy in place.\u201d
\nAnother \u201cHuh?\u201d \u2026
\n\u201cWe all have our strategies to navigate our worlds. Most of these strategies were formed long ago, and operate on an unconscious level, but nevertheless, we have figured out a well-formed strategy for everything, including NOT losing weight.\u201d
\nA simple strategy would be your morning wake-up, get dressed and get to work (reasonably) on time plan. I\u2019ve worked out strategies that relate to my hair (how to keep it curly and high so I look like Cher in the movie, Moonstruck); how to get my husband to take out the garbage without me asking. (I tie-up the plastic bags and hang them on the front doorknob of our apartment. He automatically grabs the bag on his way out and dumps it in the avac room.)
\nMost of these strategies are things I\u2019ve worked out and stored in my mind. I\u2019m on auto-pilot when it comes to my hair!
\nYour strategy is your plan, your approach, your plot!
\nAnd the plot thickens!<\/strong>
\nI asked Jo to make a fun list (fun being a part of the plan; strategy to catapult her out of the \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d rut)<\/em> of her Top Ten Strategies for Not Losing Weight. Jo laughed. Her energy shifted dramatically. We agreed that she would send me the list within 24 hours, but she was so into it, she wrote out the following for me within 10 minutes. Jo got it!
\nHere\u2019s Jo\u2019s unedited and unabridged list \u2026 just as she wrote it.<\/p>\n


\nSTRATEGIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN NOT LOSING WEIGHT
\n-or-
\nHOW TO STAY FAT IN A CHANGING WORLD <\/strong>
\n1. Beat yourself u<\/strong>p…daily or even more often….
\n2. Hate fat and fat people and make every effort to dislike yourself.<\/strong> Call yourself names\u2026such as you fat pig…or oinker…..this goes along with method #1….beating yourself up.
\n3. Sit around a lot playing computer games<\/strong>…such as scrabble or casino games while thinking about what constructive things you should be doing…have snacks while doing this to maximize the results.
\n4. Make lots of lists of things to do…diets to follow, exercises to do<\/strong> …then sit back confident that you\u2019ve done the right thing. Kick back and reward yourself with some tv watching or more computer games.
\n5. Buy only low calorie foods<\/strong>…such as sugar free ice cream and 100 calorie packs of cookies or chips or candy…then eat it all, secure in the knowledge that it\u2019s lo-cal and can\u2019t be that bad for you.
\n6. Go shopping<\/strong>\u2026preferably before lunch or dinner when you\u2019re at your hungriest<\/strong>, to buy the one or two things you need…then browse through the store, picking up cake, ice cream, sour dough bread, peanut butter and other necessities\u2026then go home and eat what you bought…but be sure and throw any leftovers away so you can start out your diet fresh in the morning.
\n7. Use food as entertainment<\/strong>…take yourself out to lunch at a Mexican restaurant \u2026preferably one with huge baskets of chips as appetizers…take a good book along and relax and eat and read and eat and read…..what fun.
\n8. Tell yourself that you absolutely HAVE to go on a die<\/strong>t\u2026stay on a diet…then rebel and eat whatever you want.
\n9. Have convenient lapses of memory<\/strong>…forgetting that you\u2019re supposed to be eating right …and pig out…before remembering your eating plan. Start again tomorrow.
\n10. Cut your exercise times short<\/strong>…maybe just do 15 minutes on the treadmill or bike…thinking that you certainly don\u2019t want to injure yourself. Skip a couple of the weight machines at the gym because someone is already on them…and you certainly don\u2019t want to sit there and wait till they\u2019re done.
\nNote from Jo<\/strong>: IF YOU DO ALL OF THE ABOVE, YOU WILL MOST CERTAINLY NOT LOSE WEIGHT. AND WITH PERSEVERANCE, YOU MIGHT EVEN MANAGE TO GAIN A FEW POUNDS.
\n<\/em>
\nNow there\u2019s some food for thought.
\nWhat\u2019s your STAY FAT STRATEGY?<\/em>
\n<\/strong>
\nThis is an opportunity to look at this process form an entirely different place; to have fun and realize how talented you truly are.
\nYour Mind-Twisting New Point of View:<\/strong><\/em> I am a brilliant strategist.<\/strong>
\nJoin the Kick in the Tush Club community<\/a>. Discuss your stay fat strategy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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