Having recently turned 30, and living with muscular back pain from a sporting injury, I decided I needed to lose some weight so I was intrigued to chance upon and watch Fat Head on the Documentary Channel here in New Zealand, just before New Years.

Thru my conditioning to the food pyramid theory of eating, I have to admit that after watching the doco I thought you were presenting fuzzy logic. Eat juicy steak and lose weight! Come on! Too good to be true! However, being a ‘give it a go’ kind of bloke I thought, why not, and jumped onto a low sugar, low carb diet.

I will say that I have lost weight before doing a low fat, low calorie diet. It took me 6 months to lose 15kg, however I was always hungry and grumpy as hell, and over the span of a few years I put it all back on.

So I gave low carb and low sugar a go – it has been 18 days since the doco aired and I have dropped from 104kg to 95kg in that time – that’s 9kg, so around half a kg per day. My mood is great and as the weight comes off I feel better and better. The best part is that I can use walking for my exercise, which is relatively low impact on my back and other joints. It will be interesting to see what my weight eventually settles on.

So I just wanted to thank you for the good work with the documentary film and encourage others to listen to this good man Tom, watch Fat Head and learn some truth.

Cheers and blessings,

Jono
Auckland, New Zealand.

The first time I heard about Atkins, I thought he was probably a nut too. Nothing like proving it to yourself, eh? Let us know how you progress.

Glad you rubbished the stupid Super Size me doco. What a load of rubbish.

Great work.

The overall life expectancy figures throughout history are skewed by infant deaths, deaths by accident and violence, and deaths by disease. No emergency rooms, no antibiotics, no working in a safe, comfy office, etc.

In the U.S., for example, males born in 1850 had an average life expectancy of 38 years. But males who were already 30 years old in 1850 had a life expectancy of 64 years. They’d survived the accidents and diseases that killed boys and young men.

Anyway just wanted to thank you for the flim.

My pleasure, and thanks for letting me know.

Wahoo!

That’ll be close to the year anniversary of the first showing, if I’m not mistaken. Remind me when we’re close, and I’ll post the listing.

And I am so pleased you addressed the maddening ‘fat people and poor people are dumb’ undercurrent of Spurlock’s film. That really pissed me off when I saw Supersize Me. He is one of those arrogant self-appointed “saviour’s of the world” who believe that man-kind is doomed without his interference, as clearly he knows what is best for everybody. Anyone making a choice not in keeping with his beliefs is clearly too stupid to know what they are doing. I mean, please!!

Anyway, thanks for making such an amazing film, I really enjoyed it!

When you really examine the nanny-state attitude, that’s what you find at the core: racism and class snobbery … Oh sure, I can make smart decisions for myself, but THOSE people need help.

When I point that out to my big-government-loving friends (yes, I have a few of those), they undergo major cognitive dissonance.

I’ll let everyone know when we work it out.

I’m pleased to know you’re reading the books as well. A film can only present a fraction of the information out there. Let us know how you both feel as you adjust your diet.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.

Their mission is to sell grains. I tried that low-fat, grain-based diet. Never worked for me. Cereals just make me hungry.

I’m 18 and I’ve always been slim – coincidentally I don’t consume that many carbs (except for the odd beer) as I just don’t enjoy sugary foods/drink. I’ll definitely be sticking with your advice to stay slim and fit in the future.

Thanks Tom, great work!

It’s good that you’re learning this now. Some of my old chums from high school who were really lean back then have blown up like balloons since.