tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64621110997039404262024-02-07T01:52:33.324-08:00fatblokethinFatBlokeThinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01672864195887694730noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6462111099703940426.post-78180870399797528862007-07-06T23:55:00.001-07:002011-10-23T14:40:13.488-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrLLuS3pkPTWyIG-RtgsgqFqnkqsF7AqMVasIPjOnbwDJ3by-spjcm1Xa4KoZ9DY_3UhGnDvYwpWCx4_Knw3YOuFy05Cfd-BCTHmSNFrc_PdxMuH2s62qXpidMLx5qDYFjJuKKDJjZp0/s1600-h/gse_multipart47073.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084345213072836626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrLLuS3pkPTWyIG-RtgsgqFqnkqsF7AqMVasIPjOnbwDJ3by-spjcm1Xa4KoZ9DY_3UhGnDvYwpWCx4_Knw3YOuFy05Cfd-BCTHmSNFrc_PdxMuH2s62qXpidMLx5qDYFjJuKKDJjZp0/s200/gse_multipart47073.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a> <strong>Why FatBlokeThin? </strong><br />
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My name is Nigel Betts and in April 2007 I found myself at a crossroads, spiritually and physically.<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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The <a href="http://www.fatblokethin.co.uk/"><span style="color: red;">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 />
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<strong>Being thin makes you happy? </strong><br />
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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 />
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A Christian by upbringing, I wanted to look beyond my received 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 />
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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. <strong>You may want to read that again....</strong><br />
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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 />
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<strong>Buddha can make you thin? </strong><br />
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One of these days, as I cfinally conclude my weight loss journey I will write and publish 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 />
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Once my weight is under control I will travel to Dharamsala 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 />
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Please feel free to look around and please don't walk on the grass without shouting through the letter-box!FatBlokeThinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01672864195887694730noreply@blogger.com0