I’m pretty opinionated when it comes to exercise and nutrition, after all it’s what I do. But every once in a while, I come across a story that leaves me speechless…
My sister dropped me a note about this woman, Donna Simpson, who is rumoured to be trying to become the world’s fattest woman. That’s right, she current weighs 600 lbs and wants to gain another 400 lbs to earn a place in the Guiness Book of World Records. If you haven’t seen this story yet, check it out:
World’s Fattest Mom
Going for the record…
After reading this story, I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or vomit. I’m all about accepting individual differences and supporting diversity, but this is too much. What worries me the most about this whole ordeal is the impact her behaviours will have on her children. I personally don’t much care if your self-destructive behaviours ruin your own life, but when they start to ruin the lives of your children… well that’s just something that sickens me.
If you are like me and reading this story kind of made you feel unwell, I strongly urge you to cleanse yourself by joining hundreds of other healthy people at the 5th annual Community Exercise and Nutrition Symposium. This conference is taking place tomorrow, March 20th, at The University of Western Ontario from 9 AM – 5 PM.
Featuring a dozen top notch speakers, including yours truly, this symposium offers a little something for everyone! I’ll be discussing “Why calorie counting is making you fat”, which might come as quite the shock to a number of people. Other topics include some talks of the particulars of body transformations, a critical appraisal of interval training, a look into some new training modalities and much, much more. For more information on the symposium or to sign-up:
Ticket prices go up at the door, so if you are planning on coming I suggest you book a ticket online.
In the off chance you won’t be able to make (and really, unless you don’t live in London you should be there), I’ll arrange for my newsletter subscribers to get both an audio copy and transcript of the talk. So if you have yet to subscribe, I encourage you to do so below.
Till next time, train hard and eat clean!
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