I was born skinny, I grew up skinny, I was a skinny adult,
then one day BAM.... I am FAT! WTH??? How did I get
fat? What the heck are you supposed to
do to get rid of this? Get this Fat Suit
off of me!!!
I know I am not the
norm. Is there a norm?? Some people go through their whole lives
chubby, they were born chubby and as they aged, got progressively chubbier
until one day they woke up and BAM... they are OBESE! Some people have medical or emotional
issues that bring on the weight gain.
Let’s not even start with the people with multiple issues thrown in including age. There is no “one size fits all” in the way
people gained weight and there is no "one size fits all" in how it is lost.... I don't care what those night-time exercise equipment salesmen say. The fact is, most people would be happy to just get healthy. Wait, being healthy and eating healthy
food has quite a few interpretations too.... and they change as you age!
So, the quest begins. I am constant researcher and learner and am not afraid to explore and experiment, so the task is..... learn why and how we get fat, so we can get healthy again. I have started some experimentation with different foods,
diets, and exercises. I am fully engaged in the overused term of life style change. I read the books, I bought the exercise stuff, and I
bought supplements and potions. I blended and juiced, I grew a garden, and I even started to raise my
own chickens. I began the this a while back but have finally decided to reveal some of the results of the GREAT N = 1 EXPERIMENT.
For those of you with little scientific tendencies the term
n = x, refers to the sample size of an experiment (x refers to the number of things being sampled in the experiment). Obviously, when you
do an experiment and have a humungous sample size, the results have more
validity. However, just because an
experiment has a consistent result for a huge sample size, does not mean that
you should fall within the group that made up the norm. You could easily be that odd
man out with a result that is on the high or low end of the norm, or even has
the opposite result from the group. So,
no amount of mass group-think in term of dieting is going to be relevant unless
it is relevant to YOU… or ME in this case. Self-experimentation is necessary!!
I am the N=1 and the results are ME!
