Fat Guy Radio Archive

I’m free! You may not like it, but the weekly weigh-in is no more. I’ll still share highlights. I enjoy doing the show so much, but the weekly weigh-in was not fun. I tried to make it no big deal, but it wasn’t fun. Get the idea. It was [...]

So, my son Adam has allergies. His doctor hasn’t been able to diagnose exactly what he’s allergic to, but he says he has an allergy. Constantly clearing his throat from post nasal drip. Nice huh? My father-in-law has allergies, friends, neighbors, it seems that everyone is having worse and worse allergies. [...]

What diet plan is right for you? Is it my “Kill it and grill it” plan, or Tricia Cunningham’s Reverse Diet? Here’s a list of popular diets and who they’re for. Listen in on the next show as I iterate through the list, or click on the link and read for yourself.
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Ever use the excuse “I’m big boned” when referring to why you’re so fat? Well here’s a simple test to tell if you’re considered Small frame, Medium frame, or Large frame. Also, it will give you your “ideal weight”. It said my ideal weight is between 203 and 207. I wish. [...]

“Tertiary Butylhydroquinone?” “No thanks, I had some for lunch.” This article, through digg.com, has the list of ingredients that make up a chicken nugget.
Quite a few years ago, I did some work for a company called DocaUSA. They were the United States arm of a European company that makes the chicken nuggets. [...]

Very nice concise list of easily followable practices. In fact they’re so simple probably every one that has thought of losing weight will find the same tips at almost every diet web site out there. But it’s still nice to have a list of them to remind you. Here’s #2 from the [...]

I remember is high school when Bob Pierce took a bunch of No-Doze before a football game. He assumed it would help his performance in the game. Well he ended up puking it up right away. Probably a good thing considering the information in the press release below. The study concludes [...]

Short show this week. I’m heading up for a retreat for the artists at my church, Bethany. I’m doing a podcast class as part of the retreat, so that should be fun. Meanwhile in diet land I managed to get down to lose 2.5 lbs over the last two weeks. Whew, [...]

Good news! If being fat weren’t bad enough, it increases your chances of having a stroke, AND it reduces your odds of going home after a stroke. So if by chance you have a stroke, then you’re probably dead or disabled enough that you don’t get to come home or best case you [...]

Obesity among children is not funny. The fix, you would think, would not be surgery, but according to CNN a growing number children having gastric bypass surgery. The children are as young as 12, but are more commonly in their teens. Sounds like a bad idea to me, but find out more [...]