Tank The Fat2Fit Train

There once was an Engine by the name of Tank, he had a great big train and chugged happily through the day.

Tank was friends with all the cars in his train, and he worked hard to put them where they belonged so all the townspeople
would have there goods.

Tank was happy in his mind but his great big body was becoming to big for his aging motor to move him

Everyday Tank went to work it got harder and harder to place his cars on time, and they were upset with him , and the townspeople
were getting angry because they didnt have all the things they needed for the town to prosper.

Finally the Train cars got together and told Tank the Engine, we love you but we are not getting to market on time and the townspeople

are angry with us. Tank was hurt he had worked hard many years, he knew he was slower but thought he was doing a good job.

One day Tank woke up to go into work with his train car friends, as he had for so many years and when he got there he was shocked and made sad
The train owners had brought in a newer younger Engine to replace him, he watched from the sidetrack, and was so sad.

Tank rolled slowly back to the roundhouse where all the engines stayed and sat there and thought about his long career, the longer he sat there
the more he realized the traincars , train owners and townspeople were all right, he no longer could get the train cars to the market on time.

Tank sat there a couple of days feeling sorry for himself, and that made him feel much worse. Tank finally rolled out of the roundhouse on a beautiful sunny day
and just started rolling back and forth, he didnt have a job anymore so he just wanted to move.

The next day Tank was feeling good about moving so much the first day that he wanted to roll some more, so he went back and forth throughout the day.

Tank knew he was onto somthing good, he shouted hello to his traincar friends the next morning as he rolled out to greet the day, they were all so happy
to see him out of the roundhouse again.

Tank knew he had just grown to be a big engine over the years and it wasnt that his motor wasnt powerful enough to move the train cars at the proper speed,
It was him, he just couldnt move fast he weighed to much, and he recalled that he once was smaller and much faster and powerful.

Tank went back to the roundhouse that night and as he sat there he knew what he had to do. He couldnt eat like a great big Engine till he was full, he had to
eat less and better foods.

Tank went through his cupboards at the roundhouse and got rid of all the cakes and pies and cookies, he had on the shelves, he went to his freezer and got rid
of the icecream he loved to eat. By the time Tank had cleaned out his refrigerator and cabinets there was nothing left but an unopened box of oatmeal.

Tank got out a pot and put the oatmeal on to cook, and when it was done and he tasted it, he was pleasantly surprised it was Yummy ;-0)
Tank rolled out to the market and saw all the good fruits and vegetables, and he bought apples bananas oranges and pears, he bought peppers onions brocolli
and sweet potatoes.

Tank was so amazed at all the good foods he had been missing, he went back the next day and bought lots of chicken and fish Yummy ;-) he was on the right track.

Tank went out everyday and rolled back and forth and faithfully ate his veggies , chicken and fish, and nothing but whole grain breads,
Every morning Tank rolled out and the train cars started to notice he wasnt as big as he used to be, they shouted out to him as they rolled by giving him words
of encouragement. Day by Day Tank continued his exercise and kept getting smaller, and he was getting faster, so he thought he would add some weight to his workouts
he found an old sand car nobody cared about anymore and had it filled with sand.

Tank knew he had to be strong as well as fast so he rolled back and forth with the heavy sand car everyday and pretty soon he was as fast as as he was before he got the
sand.

The train owners had been watching too , and they saw that Tank was no longer a big slow engine, they saw him as a fit and fast powerful engine that could once again
do the job.

The next day when Tank rolled out of the roundhouse to do his daily exercise, there was a great cheer, all his old train car friends were there and ready for him to couple to them and take them to there spots to be unloaded, he took them all around town and dropped them off and picked up there other friends that was already empty , and was back to the roundhouse
in record time.

Tank never went back to being a big engine again, he kept on eating good foods and told all the other engines about eating good and exercising, and he still delivers his train cars everyday, and the townspeople all love him and are happy to see him rolling down the tracks bringing there goods to them;-)

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Tam The Tug

Once there was a Tugboat by the name of Tam she was a very good boat and good at her job, but she was not happy doing it. All day long Tam would push and pull heavy barges up and down the river,she never fussed, she just worked hard. Tam always watched the speedboats going up and down the river so light and and fast and pretty, that is what I want to be thought Tam the Tug. Tam worked for a long long time and the more she saw the speedboats the more she wanted to be like them.

One day after a lot of trips up and down the  river Tam decided she wasn't going to be a Tug Boat anymore she was going to figure out how to be a speedboat, that would make her very happy. The very next day her captain came to work to take her out on the river as ALWAYS;-) , and was so surprised when Tams engine would not start, she had decided she was not going to be Tam the Tug anymore. That night when everyone had left, Tam started her engine and backed out in the river. She went up and down the river faster than she had ever gone before, she made lots of waves and splashed all about. Tam slipped back into her dock in the morning before the captain or the crew came back, they tried and tried to start her engine and she just did not start for them.

Tam waited till her captain and crew were gone that day, and as soon as it got late enough she backed into the river and sped up and down the river again back and forth playing making lots of waves , Tam loved to go fast woohoooo she shouted as she sped back and forth up and down the river, that is what I have to be thought Tam the Tug, a speedboat painted  red with sparkles in the paint, that thought made Tam smile as she got back home the next morning.

Tam the Tug floated in her spot at her dock the next day while the Captain and crew tried to think why she wouldnt start, and while they were thinking how to start her engine she was thinking of how to be a speedboat , she started watching the speedboats and what kind of food they ate, it was very different from what she ate, she decided it must be her food that made her big enough to be a tugboat.

The next day Tam the Tug started eating like the speedboats, she had eggwhites and fruit for breakfast, she had a nice big salad for lunch, and some nuts for a snack and for supper she had chicken and broccoli and a sweet potatoe, she was feeling good and knew that she was right it was her food that was making her a Tugboat. Tam cleaned out her refrigerator and got rid of all the bad foods she had been eating , icecream and cakes cookies and pies all that stuff she ate was making her a big old tugboat.

Tams captain could not figure why Tams Engine would not start and each day he came by he thought she looked smaller. Every night Tam the Tug went out on the river and sped up and down, she was getting faster everyday she knew and she could tell she was getting tinier each day. She kept on eating the same foods the speedboats were eating and pretty soon she was passing all the boats on the river, she knew she was finally a speedboat and went wooohoooo as she passed all the other boats on the river, Tam steered slowly back to her dock the next morning, and tied up with ropes, she looked down in the water and saw her reflection for the very first time WOW she was a beautifullll long speedboat.

That morning Tams captain came to the dock and was so surprised at what he saw, Tam the Tug was no longer the big boat he had always been the captain of , she was this big long beautifull speedboat, the captain was so pleased he had the painters come in and paint her red with sparkles in her paint like she had always dreamed, and he changed her name from Tam the Tug to Captains DreamTam, and the Captain ALWAYS had a WINK in his eye everytime he took her out on the river and to this day the Captain and his DreamTam speed up and down the river and you can hear Tam goin WOOOHOOOO as she passses all the other boats on the river.

JUNK FOOD JUNKIES HUMANS OR RATS

There are new studies out that lead to a theory that Junk food really is an addiction just like nicotine or any other drug, the study was based on a 40 day period feeding some rats normal rat food while giving others full or limited access to junk food. The rats were taught that they would be shocked after a flash of light, the rats on a normal diet would scurry away, while the Junk Food Junkies would take the shock and continue to eat.

The Good News is while Junk food may be an addiction, we are not rats , we can pick and choose what we eat. I believe that each and every one of us have a right to be healthy and fit, as free of medication as possible, most of this can be achieved by eating the right foods in a healthy balance of carbs proteins and fats.

Do you want to be like a rat and go down with the ship, or do you want to be a human and get in the lifeboat and live to sail another day. The Choice is yours, long healthy fulfilling life or alot of Drs visits in what are supposed to be the best years of your life.

You Decide does eating DingDongs make you healthier sexier more vibrant, or just turn you into a DingDong Addict ;)
cya soon
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Weighted Depression

Most heavy people put on a good front and to there friends and family appear to be perfectly happy. I have talked to many people who have undergone a transformation form fat to fit like myself, and none was ever really happy with themselves. The weight of the body adds weight to the mind and the jolly fat man is really a depressed man putting on a good front for people. Exercise fuels the mind and food fuels the body, if you are diligent with both, you can have both sound mind and body.

I know there are a few cases of people who have medical conditions that cause there obesity, they are an exception, by and large most Obese people just like to eat and have a mental block that makes them think food is there friend, while it is really just killing them with kindness. When we realize food is just something we need to survive, and not something we need to worship, then we can begin to enjoy doing things rather than enjoy eating things. I myself have certain rules to live by and when I indulge in something it is an exception. If you live by rules and enjoy and occasional exception you will find your quality of life will improve and you will replace your weighted depression with light hearted elation ;)
cya soon
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The Road Less Traveled is the Road For Me

I hear statistics and watch the news, and it seems that more and more people are favoring the good life, they wine and dine themselves into being a statistic. The age of modern medicine has been trumped, OBESITY has dealt society a heavy blow. A few years ago the experts were sure we would have a big population of people living healthy fulfilling lives well into there 90's, that has changed Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, are going to take there toll, OBESITY is a contributing factor in all of these medical problems.

I am choosing to exercise and eat right at least 85% of the time. Eating right and exercise is my rule. Sometimes I have a cheat day on food sometimes I don't exercise, BUT if I eat right and exercise 85 out of 100 days I will reap the rewards as will you. Its not the easy ROAD in terms of eating out, or partying to excess, it might not even make me popular,BUT it is the RIGHT road, the road less traveled the road that don't go by the Dr or by the Pharmacy nearly as much, it is the road that lowers cholesterol, the road that lowers hypertension , the road that can control diabetes more by diet than by medication, it is the road that can lead us back to the Healthy Fit Nation we were 30 years ago.



I hope that anyone that has a loved one that is obese will reach out to them and encourage them to change there lifestyle and learn a better way of living. Encourage those around you that are on the highway to early death and disease, to take The Road Less Traveled reclaim there health and vigor and be a GOOD Statistic ;)
cya soon
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ThanksGiving Thoughts

HEY GUYS

The big day is almost here, everybody will get in there cars and travel many miles sometimes, to have a Thanksgiving feast with there family. When Dinner is served everyone will dig in and enjoy each and every bite. The sad part is this after the meal which was good no doubt, most of us will be miserable hardly able to move.

I believe there is a better way to enjoy your dinner, and still enjoy it all, use a smaller plate with proportionately smaller portions of the things you love, you will have the same enjoyment of the flavors but you will not have the bloated belly that really needs to burp just to get some space in it to work.

I have embraced a healthy lifestyle for several years and I cannot recall the last time I was miserable from eating a meal, I have enjoyed many meals and not being miserable is a bonus for sure. The best thing is you can look forward to the next meal and not be laying around on furniture waiting on your poor body that thought it was used for a garbage disposal unit to have to process the unexpected windfall.

Overeating is like trying to put 5 extra gallons of gas in your car, the difference being your poor body will accommodate the extra, and you will just be miserable for a few hours.

Ok Thats all I am going to say, go forth enjoy your day if you do fall off the fitness wagon and over indulge, it is a wagon and not a jet plane, you can climb right back on Friday and continue your journey .

Cya Soon

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High School Years

I entered Highschool very overweight, and just like elementary school its harder for fat students .
The Big difference is all the bullys in the county are in one location so there are more of them to avoid, and it can't be done.
For the most part things go well, but then this is where the obese kids start to have trouble dressing out for gym, in a locker room with mostly fit kids in that day and time.
I always dressed for gym but there were always the FATSO comments to face everytime and that carryed over to the classroom if you shared classes with any of the locker room bullys .

I went through Highschool al the way through my junior year overweight. The summer between my junior and senior year I decided to lose weight. I didnt really know what to do , so basically I starved myself for the summer eating a cube steak sandwich a day and not very much else. When I returned to Highschool in the fall I was 40 lbs lighter and things seemed to be better as a non fat person. So now I knew for sure it was harder being overweight I was treated better by the same people that picked on me as an obese person. It may not be right but it is just the way it is
cya soon
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