Are you freaking kidding me?

[Cindy C 150]

This guy is an ass! He was fit and healthy and is now intentionally gaining as much weight as he can in 6 months so he can show he world how easy it is to get fit again in another 6 months. I take it an insult to every one of us who has struggled with our weight. Part of me hopes he's unable to lose it again and stays fat!

[rainbowcows 0]

This guy is an ass! He was fit and healthy and is now intentionally gaining as much weight as he can in 6 months so he can show he world how easy it is to get fit again in another 6 months. I take it an insult to every one of us who has struggled with our weight. Part of me hopes he's unable to lose it again and stays fat!

From when I read the article he said that he's doing it so he knows how to best work with his client. I think he's trying to see what its like in the persons shoes he's trying to help become physically active. Most fit people dont know what it's like to be overweight...how ARE they supposed to work with people who are if they don't understand those struggles. I think its a good thing....

[Jachut 487]

It wont work, whatever his motives. Thinking you can simply gain temporarily to have the "fat experience" is insulting. He wont know what its like to live your life on the outer, to struggle for self esteem, self respect, that feelign that you wont EVER lose the weight. All he'll find out is how darn hard it is to move with the extra weight.

Even then, he's been superbly fit. He wont lose that in six months and his body wont lose the memory of its set point weight and fitness wise. The weight will come off easier for him that it will for someone who's been 400lb for 20 years.

Good on him, I think personally his heart is in the right place, but he's just showing how maligned and misunderstood obesity is in our society.

[kll724 3,055]

It wont work, whatever his motives. Thinking you can simply gain temporarily to have the "fat experience" is insulting. He wont know what its like to live your life on the outer, to struggle for self esteem, self respect, that feelign that you wont EVER lose the weight. All he'll find out is how darn hard it is to move with the extra weight.

Even then, he's been superbly fit. He wont lose that in six months and his body wont lose the memory of its set point weight and fitness wise. The weight will come off easier for him that it will for someone who's been 400lb for 20 years.

Good on him, I think personally his heart is in the right place, but he's just showing how maligned and misunderstood obesity is in our society.

I, totally, agree. Nice try to think he can gain weight in 6 months and then take it off in 6 months. His body will loose, easily. First of all, he is young and fit, right now. 2ndly, he is going to do it all in 1 year! We have been struggling with weight all of our lives. Many of us for decades. I think that it is no different than the celebs who put on "fat" suits to experience the low self esteem and the insults from strangers. Karen

[Cindy C 150]

From when I read the article he said that he's doing it so he knows how to best work with his client. I think he's trying to see what its like in the persons shoes he's trying to help become physically active. Most fit people dont know what it's like to be overweight...how ARE they supposed to work with people who are if they don't understand those struggles. I think its a good thing....

If that were true, he wouldn't be promoting himself on Leno. He's trying to make a name for himself so all the obese people of the world will flock to him for help and he can become rich and famous!