tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64621110997039404262009-10-10T11:09:06.880-07:00FatBlokeThinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462111099703940426.post-78180870399797528862007-07-06T23:55:00.001-07:002007-07-19T02:46:56.388-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CYGVROA1-s8/Ro85CISqCBI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Ldg1o_JfKJw/s1600-h/gse_multipart47073.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084345213072836626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CYGVROA1-s8/Ro85CISqCBI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Ldg1o_JfKJw/s200/gse_multipart47073.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Why FatBlokeThin? </strong><br /><br />My name is Nigel Betts and in April 2007 I found myself at a crossroads, spiritually and physically.<br /><br />I could have bought a Harley Davidson or traded the wife in for a newer model (or indeed traded my wife for a Harley Davidson for that matter…) – that is, if I ever intended to conform to the classic male mid-life crisis pattern.<br /><br />I chose none of these options but instead decided to embark on a journey, a journey inside myself - a journey through cyberspace to find happiness and enlightenment.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.fatblokethin.co.uk/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">FatBlokeThin</span></a> blog was born out of a desire to record and document this journey both in terms of weight loss achieved and the approach to spititual enlightenment.<br /><br /><strong>Being thin makes you happy? </strong><br /><br />I soon realised that my physical condition was preventing me from fulfilling many of the things I wanted to do and as a consequence I needed to tackle my obesity before considering anything else.<br /><br />A Christian by upbringing, I wanted to look beyond my present religious and moral framework to help me fill the spiritual void I was experiencing and hopefully to help me to find happiness. I turned to Buddhism, and the pluralist, compassionate nature of their doctrine immediately struck a cord with me. I had at last found the tools to build my spiritual world….<br /><br />At the same time as discovering Buddhism and after considerable contemplation, I came to the stark conclusion that losing weight would not make me happy but I felt strongly that finding happiness would help me to lose weight.<br /><br />This simple belief forms the core of my weight-loss philosophy, what I have dubbed the <a href="http://dharma-diet.com/">DharmaDiet</a>.<br /><br /><strong>Buddha can make you thin? </strong><br /><br />During the remainder of 2007, as I continue my weight loss journey I will writing and publishing a DharmaDiet e-book that will be made available to download free, It will contain my complete philospohy of weightloss, fitness and spiritual enlightenment.<br /><br />In September 2008, I will travel to Dharamsala to raise money for Asthma Research and to meet the Dalai Lama - it is my hope that I will be able to offer a copy of my DharmaDiet book to his holiness as a gift.<br /><br />Please feel free to look around and please don't walk on the grass without shouting through the letter-box!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6462111099703940426-7818087039979752886?l=fatblokethin.blogspot.com'/></div>FatBlokeThinnoreply@blogger.com0