28 Days Later

I got some inspiration today. I was on the phone with my aunt & she confided in me that her son (my cousin, pictured at left) is having weight issues. Now there is nothing I can relate to more than feeling overweight in school (he's 13) and all the negative crap that goes with it. I have tons of ideas on ways he can get in shape but how convincing would I be when I, right now am fat? So maybe I need to be a role model for him...maybe if I lost the weight I wanted to, that would be the best way to show him it can be done? It really got me thinking though, that they aren't really any weight loss programs aimed for males...why is that?

Is it because as females, we put a lot more weight (pardon the pun) on our appearance? Or is it that women tend to reach out to external programs for support versus trying to do it on our own? Or are women more willing to admit that they need the support to be successful? Quite a perplexing situation...