Pushups: Another Reason to Not Email Anyone47 lbs LOSTso farSeptember 25, 2008 by Israel Lagares | 17 comments
My buddy Chato from Mental Health Humor put together another health cartoon. This time he pokes fun at my Blogger Proof Workout where I give advice on doing a certain amount of pushups for every email you send and receive. If you haven’t already, check it out. It’s a quick read.
Imagine if you combine the Blogger Proof Workout with that 100 pushup challenge that was making its rounds in the health blogosphere a while back. Yikes! Makes you think twice about checking those emails…
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Diet Delusions47 lbs LOSTso farJuly 8, 2008 by Chato B. Stewart | 14 comments
Fat Man Unleashed
Thanks for the warm welcome To FMU! This was going to be my big week to just start right into the a plan and attack my weight issues head on! But, as we all know, life sometimes throws you a curve ball. Sunday I started out in a better mind set. I think that is where weight loss starts. We have to have it in our heads that we are going to do it and we are going to stick it out… That day I started drinking my water… I will shoot for a gallon a day and my goal was to do that every day this week. I guess I thought it would clean out my system a bit. How did I do? Well, no so good… This week I found out one of my members of my mood disorder support group I ran died… The cause is still under investigation.
This helped start the week at a low point and just added to the depression I’ve been in the last 5 weeks. Come hump day (Wednesday), I got another blow, I found out a business associate and friend died back in April. I did not find out because I was just getting out the hospital and so self-consumed with my own problems I forgot about everyone else.
All This triggered emotional eating and a lot of self-loathing. Added to this the financial stress I’m already under and you have your self a bad week to start any type of diet or weight loss plan.
All week I did, however, think about what I can do to improve and make little changes. I did some exercise in my chair while I worked. So, one positive in a week of negatives but I’ll take that and build on it and make this week better! What about you? How was your week? What kind of obstacles did you have and how did you overcome?
Thanks:
Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com
“Using Humor to Heal and Educate with badly drawn cartoons.”
Start Weight: 356 lbs
7/5/08 week 1 : 365 Lost: 00 Total: 00
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Chato as FAT MAN Unleashed, Cartooning True Life!47 lbs LOSTso farJune 28, 2008 by Chato B. Stewart | 9 comments
I feel like a kid in a candy shop… oops bad analogy for weight loss blog. Really, I am thrilled that out of all the hundreds of entries to be a guest cartoonist here at FMU, they picked me… Oh.. there was no contest.
Who am I? I’m Chato B Stewart who the hell are you? I’m the 37 year old Fat Man in the photo and I’ll be posting under “Chato as FAT MAN Unleashed Cartooning True Life!” With each post, I’ll add a cartoon about my weight loss progress and a little useless banter. As you can see from the pic of me, I like to clown around. Yet, what I focus on is no joke. At 356 lbs, I not only cope with my weight but deal with bipolar disorder, too. If you want to lean more about that and other mental illness, check out my blog later. My blog MentalHealthHumor.com is a little different. See I believe that in life we NEED, MUST HAVE humor to really survive in this world. So, I focus on healing with humor.
Mental health is very important with our weight issues. We deal with low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, rage, and anger and many other issues. Without the proper mental state, no amount of weight loss will be permanent… We need to be focused on our goal, but sometimes we also need to find out what the root of our weight gain is. I have told people a simple truth about my weight issue… “I eat because I’m depressed, I’m depressed because I eat.” You know sometimes our medications can put on weight and make it much harder to take it off to. What are your root causes?
Join me every other week for the next cartoon installment as I chronicle my weight loss with blood, sweat, and ink. Today My stats are 356lbs Loss: 0
Thanks:
Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com
“Using Humor to Heal and Educate with badly drawn cartoons.”
P.S. If you really want to get to know me when you check out my site go to my video…
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Health Toons Unleashed: The Lemon Diet Works47 lbs LOSTso farMay 23, 2008 by Israel Lagares | 22 comments
This cartoon is the first in the new series of Fat Man Unleashed: Health Toons Unleashed web comics/ cartoons. Every so often I will be posting new Health Toons Unleashed. These cartoons will be based on my life, news, and anything health related I can think of. There are no limits to my madness!
Why cartoons? For starters I have always been an artist at heart and have lost my artistic mojo over the years. This is just another way for me to use this site to help in my life journey. I used to love drawing and creating art work. I’ve also contributed my illustrations to my college newspapers. It was very therapeutic and self gratifying. I’m looking forward to drawing again. It may even lead into creating art with other mediums again. How I miss painting and sculpture…
Secondly, it’s fun and a welcomed relief to all the writing and vlogging.
And finally, it will fulfill a life long desire to have my own comic/cartoon published. I have some cartoon characters that I created many years ago and while I won’t be unveiling those, I hope to unleash some original characters over time. I figure that with the cool, awesome readers I have that I can at least fulfill that goal.
Are you seeing how doing things you love (or are passionate about) lead to positivity? It all started with making the blog to better my health…
The Lemon Diet Works. I won’t lie. I’m guilty of trying the Lemon Diet. Although I have yet to post my experience with it, I hope the following cartoon illustrates how a large portion of individuals view the diet.
Feel free to embed the cartoon on your site, all I ask is that you credit Fat Man Unleashed.
This particular cartoon was created using Toonlet, the web comic creation tool. It’s a brilliant piece of online software. Although I think it’s awesome, it isn’t what I want to do and will most likely not be using it as often.
If you would like to have your health comic featured on Health Toons Unleashed, feel free to shoot me an email using the contact form.
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