TRAINER GAINS 70 LBS AND LOSES IT- ON PURPOSE!

     Check out Drew Manning, a fitness trainer that lost 70 pounds in 6 months after intentionally gaining the excess weight.

Manning characterized himself as a "judgmental" trainer. He characterized anyone who was overweight as lazy. He felt that people would use genetics or similar excuses as a crutch. They either wanted to be healthy or not! He noticed that his point of view wasn't helping his clients at all. When he failed to help a client to lose weight, he knew something wasn't right.

In order to better understand what his clients were going through, he decided to go through it himself. He stopped going to the gym and started eating junk food, fast food, and drinking soda. In 6 months he went from 193 pounds to 265 pounds. His waist went from 34 inches to 48 inches.

Manning didn't realize that the effects of his weight gain would not only be physical but mental as well. That there were emotional issues that came from simple things like having to do push ups on his knees. Manning admits that his journey back was easier than most but felt it was necessary. He's now eager to help others by giving them tips on how to follow in his footsteps in weight loss.

DISNEY BANS JUNK FOOD!

 

    Disney made a nice step towards helping  with childhood obesity. In the future, when a child watches the Disney channel and any Disney affiliated channel, there won't be commercials focusing on unhealthy foods. They plan to regulate advertisers to a set of strict nutritional guidelines preventing it.

By 2015 the company will only allow advertisements of healthy products on its child geared tv channels, radio stations and websites. Advertisements like Kraft Lunchables and Capri Sun beverages will no longer be allowed to advertise. Any fast foods, sugary cereals, and candy will also get the boot.

Disney is also planning on cutting the sodium in their theme park food by 25%. They will fund public service announcements that advertise healthy eating and exercise.

"Disney is doing what no other media company in the U.S. has never done before.", stated the First Lady Michelle Obama. She also hopes that other companies will do the same thing going forward into the future.

There's some doubt that the new initiative will go over well with parents. Also that some people might feel that Disney is overstepping its bounds and is trying to tell parents how to raise their children. They will probably lose money in advertising initially but expect to gain it back in other areas. Disney's chairman, Robert A. Iger, assures that the move isn't altruistic and believes that any company that can, should make such a move in an attempt to help with childhood obesity.