Ah, New Year's resolutions. What happened?? Gone by the wayside. Not my fault, you say - they made me do it! Want to lose weight? DON'T EAT! Easy. Obesity is epidemic and we are prey! No self-control, but it's not our fault! Want to get slim without exercise? No way.

1. From The Lighter Side
FATthin
Yael Eylat-Tanaka

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3. Let’s Begin…

4. The Most Popular
New Year’s Resolution is –
(drum roll, please)…

5. LOSE
WEIGHT

6. FAT is the scourge of society!

7. Gout
Varicose veins

8. YET, WE CONTINUE TO GORGE

9. BUT IT’S NOT OUR FAULT!
Have you seen those
gargantuan portions
served at restaurants??

11. EATING CONTESTS??
Seriously??

12. ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFETS

13. It’s like they DARE us to eat!

14. Even “healthy” food!

15. WE DON’T EVEN NEED TO GET OUT
OF THE CAR!!

16. WHAT WE EAT AT A SINGLE MEAL
could feed a family in Kenya for a month!

17. YEAH, BUT WE DON’T LIVE IN KENYA!
We live in CONTRADICTION!

18. DAMN THE TORPEDOES!
…and damn our health!

19. WE ARE TOLD TO LOSE WEIGHT
…while being tempted with FOOD!

20. RESTAURANTS COMPETE
…enormous portions at cheap prices

21. EVEN TV SHOWS
Taunt us.

23. Carnival Eats

24. SO WE OBLIGE

25. how do you expect us to be thin?!

26. EVEN OUR PETS ARE FAT!!

27. OUR KIDS ARE FAT!!

28. WE COUNT CALORIES

29. WE VISIT WEIGHT LOSS CLINICS

30. We Monitor our weight

31. …AND SPEND BILLIONS ON DIETS
Weight Watchers

32. WE ARE DIET EXPERTS!!!

33. WE READ DIET BOOKS

34. C’MON, WE’RE TRYIN’!

35. WE RESORT TO EXTREMES!!

36. WE JOIN GROUPS

37. WE GO TO THE GYM

38. We Even Try PRAYER GROUPS!

39. WE TAKE THINGS SERIOUSLY!

40. AND SOME OF OUR EFFORTS DO WORK!
…for a short time

41. BUT IT NEVER FAILS …
The weight ALWAYS
comes back!

42. THE BAKERY BECKONS …

43. MY SISTER’S BIRTHDAY PARTY…

44. MY PARENTS’ 50th ANNIVERSARY

45. WE’RE GOIN’ ON A CRUISE!

46. I’LL START MY DIET MONDAY!
YEAH, RIGHT!!

47. …THEN, THERE’S THE MOVIES!
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE SIZE OF
THOSE POPCORN
TUBS?!!

48. SERIOUSLY?
…is this how you see yourself?!

49. HOW MANY TIMES …
…have you sworn …
NO MORE TAKE OUT!!

50. NO MORE PIZZA DELIVERY

51. NO MORE BINGE EATING

52. YOU’VE SPURNED YOUR SCALE

53. YOU’VE RESORTED TO PILLS

54. HAVE WE LOST OUR MINDS?!

55. WE LOVE OUR KIDS – DON’T WE?

56. And yet …
Schools have vending machines!

57. CAFETERIA FOOD IS HOPELESS!

58. NO FUNDING FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION!
Now THAT’s smart!

59. Every once in a while …
…the government steps in

60. You know, those gov’t “programs”
Low-fat
Cut out the sugar
Kennedy’s exercise campaign
Eggs are bad for you
Eat vegetables

61. MOST OF US HEAR “GOVERNMENT”
…and turn a deaf ear!

62. NOBODY’S GONNA TELL ME…
…what to eat! I got rights!

63. WHAT ABOUT LOVE (AND SEX)?
What about it??

64. WE KID OURSELVES!

65. We sit around…

67. We don’t fit in a regular seat

68. WE LIVE A DOUBLE LIFE!
We pretend we
want to be thin…

69. While we are bombarded with…
FOOD and more
FOOD!!!!

70. …and to top it all
…we go NUTS for FREE food!!

71. What a poor, hungry nation!

72. … WE ATTEND SUPPORT GROUPS

73. …PAY EXPENSIVE GYM MEMBERSHIPS

74. …GO OUT TO PLAY

75. ‘CUZ, Y’KNOW …
OBESITY IS NOW CONSIDERED A DISEASE!

76. SO WE CALL IN “SICK”

77. WE LEARNED TO MILK THE SYSTEM

78. BUT WE KEEP TRYIN’!

79. WE GOT SLOGANS
BANNERS, CHARTS …

80. BUT MOSTLY …
WE ARE IN DENIAL!

81. … SO WE JOIN 12-STEP GROUPS

82. WE RECITE THE SERENITY PRAYER
• Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
(I’m FAT!)
• The courage to change the things I can (the “I’m FAT!”
part)
• And the wisdom to know the difference (yep – it really is
you!)
• NOOOOO!! God, YOU do it for me, please!

83. BUT, HERE’S THE THING…
• If it’s a “disease,” then it’s not your fault
(read responsibility), right?
• And if only God can help you, it’s STILL not
your doing.

84. Hmm…
So, where is your responsibility??

85. WE RECITE THE STEPS
1. We admitted we were powerless over food (I’m powerless – I got no
self-control! The Devil makes me eat)
2. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a “power
greater than myself” (See?? I TOLD you it wasn’t my fault! Let HIM do it!)
3. Admitted our wrongs (I eat too much! I like chocolate! I hate
exercise! I want to be thin by magic!)
4-12 “As long as I don’t have to do it myself!!!”

86. …and ACCEPT our lot
It’s a DISEASE!
Ain’t my fault!

87. PROBLEM IS…
You gotta eat!
(Strange disease!)

88. EATING is …
…er, kind of ESSENTIAL?
LIKE AIR!

89. ‘TIS A CONUNDRUM!

90. I WANT TO BE THIN, BUT…
I ALSO WANNA EAT !!!!
(especially bagels, cookies,
ice cream, pasta and meat)

91. AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY
…PLAYS RIGHT INTO OUR BRAINS –
BY MAKING FOOD ADDICTIVE!!!

92. What?!

93. YEP, THAT’S RIGHT!
The food industry engineers food with chemicals
and sugars, salt and fat that MAKE the food
addictive!
ON PURPOSE!

94. ALL PROCESSED FOOD
IS ADDICTIVE

95. DON’T BELIEVE IT??
READ the LABELS!!
Food in cans or boxes is
PROCESSED
(It’s got stuff we can’t even pronounce)

96. NATURAL FOOD IS … WELL,
NATURAL!

97. NOTHIN’ ADDED!

98. “BUT I LIKE PIZZA AND CAKE,”you wail
News Flash:
Pizza and cake are not leaving the
earth!

99. REMEMBER MOLIERE?
SAY, WHO??

100. He’s the guy who wrote:
“You must eat to live, not live to
eat!”
(Paraphrase)

101. JUST TESTIN’ …
(It was really Benjamin Franklin)

102. SO, HEAR ME OUT …
There are other things in life!

104. CAN YOU FIND YOURS?

105. WHAT ABOUT CHARACTER?
WHAT ABOUT IT?!

106. It is all about YOU
AND YOUR CORE VALUES

107. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE FOOD

108. LOOK, IT’S SIMPLE …
YOU WANNA LOSE WEIGHT?
DON’T
EAT!!

109. “DIET PROOF YOUR LIFE”
I KNOW HOW –
I WROTE THE BOOK!

110. YOUR BRAIN ON A DIET

111. THE 7 ESSENTIAL SECRETS
1. Exercise
2. Avoid Trigger Foods
3. Rediscover Your Favorite Foods
4. Life’s Other Pleasures
5. Self Esteem
6. Integrity
7. Gratitude

112. EXERCISE
Exercise can be as simple as walking.
Don’t overthink it!

113. AVOID TRIGGER FOODS
If you can’t eat just one, DON’T EVEN START!

114. REDISCOVER FAVORITE FOODS
BET YOU HAVE SOME FAVS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOOD
FOR YOU!
MAKE A LIST!

115. LIFE’S OTHER PLEASURES
(I don’t mean sex)
SEE PRIOR SLIDES

116. SELF-ESTEEM
Look, this one’s easy:
YOU WANT SELF-ESTEEM?
DO ESTEEMABLE THINGS!

117. INTEGRITY
Live your truth!

118. GRATITUDE
Don’t dwell on negatives or difficult people in your life;
Instead, be grateful for the great things in your life.

119. It has been a pleasure
Poking fun at the diet industry and our lame efforts
at overcoming an overwhelming monster – as I see it
you can eat anything, as long as
YOU DON’T SWALLOW.

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