This year my wife and I took our traditional mini-vacation for New Year's Eve. While we were in the hotel in San Francisco, we watched our cable for the year (since we don't have cable at home and don't ever plan to have it) and saw the most disturbingly interesting show maybe ever. The Half Ton Man. The show opened with paramedics having to remove a wall of a man's house and building a reinforced stretcher on site that could hold all 1100 pounds of this guy. The man's name is Patrick Deuel and he was, at that time, days away from death. His skin had stretched to its limit so the fluids from his blood and internal organs would seep out onto the bed. He could only lie on his stomach otherwise his fat would crush his lungs. He could not even roll over by himself anyway.
I'm not presenting this as any sort of freak show. I'm presenting this as a cautionary tale of how things could be for you. The saddest part of the whole story is that his size and morbid obesity is becoming more and more common. This whole show's subject matter is THOUSAND POUND MEN AND WOMEN struggling to either change their lives immediately or die. There is an entire SEASON of these people. These people had two things in common besides the weight: (1) FAST FOOD and (2) people who were willing to support their food addiction by getting them anything they wanted after they're bedridden. Assisted suicide if you will.
There were a couple particular scenes that show an entire family walk into the house with bags of McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken, sit down in front of the Idiot Box, and commence to gorging themselves with this POISON. It was a routine. It was mechanical. It disgusted me more than seeing the bedsores of the man above up close. Something has got to give.
As promised, here are ways #11 - #15 of the 20 Ways to Stick to your Workout (See the post below for #1 - #5 & #6 - #10)
11. Plan your workouts in advance
At the start of each month, schedule all of your workouts at once, and cross them off as
they're completed. For an average month, you might try for a total of 16 workouts. If
any are left undone at the end of the month, tack them on to the following month. And
make sure you have a contingency plan for bad weather and unscheduled meetings.
"You're about 40 percent more likely to work out if you have strategies to help you
overcome these obstacles," says Rod Dishman, Ph.D., an exercise scientist at the
University of Georgia.
12. Squat first
If you have trouble finishing your weight workout, start with the exercises you dread.
"You'll look forward to your favorite exercises at the end of your workout, which will
encourage you to complete the entire session," says John Williams, C.S.C.S., co-owner
of Spectrum Conditioning in Port Washington, New York.
13. Schedule a body-composition test every 2 months
It'll provide you with a clear end date for the simple goal of losing body fat or gaining
muscle. "Tangible results are the best motivator," says Tim Kuebler, C.S.C.S., a trainer
in Kansas City, Missouri. Your gym probably offers the service for a small fee—just make
sure the same trainer performs the test each time.
14. Don't do what you hate
"Whenever you start to dread your workout, do what appeals to you instead," says John
Raglin, Ph.D., an exercise psychologist at Indiana University. If you loathe going to a
gym, try working out at home. (Check the Men's Health Home Workout Bible for ideas.)
If you despise the treadmill, then jump rope, lift weights, or find a basketball court.
Bottom line: If you're sick of your routine, find a new one.
15. Go through the motions
On days when you don't feel like working out, make the only requirement of your
exercise session a single set of your favorite exercise. "It's likely that once you've
started, you'll finish," says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S. If you still don't feel like being in
the gym, go home. This way, you never actually stop exercising; you just have some
gaps in your training log.
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