{"id":1207,"date":"2023-07-20T21:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2023-07-30T21:57:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T21:57:03","slug":"all-hands-on-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"All Hands on DEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the usual, GOD figured it out for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mentioned several times \u2018round these parts that I am a fatbody.&nbsp; A lard ahh.&nbsp; Bit of a beached whale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not that I care but Half does and thus so I must.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyhoo, back eleventy-umpteen years ago, bought a \u2026 device, designed to help with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course it stands abandoned in the corner of the house, because that what exercise devices <em>do<\/em>, for heaven\u2019s sake.&nbsp; Stare balefully at their owners and bestow guilt trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, oh neglected expense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever.&nbsp; Started using the device not too recently ago, and voila!&nbsp; Actually not as fat as before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still fat, just not as much.&nbsp; What changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So glad you (Other Person, You) asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I asked GOD for some help.&nbsp; See how that works?&nbsp; Yes, yes you (being me myself) do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOD told me to take it one pound at a time (or half a kilo for you foreign heathens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work on one pound at a time, every ten days, for three pounds in a month, almost 20 in six months, and nearly 40 in a year.&nbsp; Not quite, but math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then I got discouraged, because it wasn\u2019t working, and I actually got fatter (oops).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wait!\u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exercise causes changes in the body, one of which is (<em>tah-dah!<\/em>) itty-bitty tears in muscle fibers, which causes inflammation, which causes water retention, which causes poundage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, lookee that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Know what else GOD said?&nbsp; Keep at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losing weight is like losing debt \u2026 one pound, one dollar (or half a kilo, one pound for the heathens) at a time, and don\u2019t stop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOD also sent me another message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chocolate is keeping me fat.&nbsp; Well pooh ALL OVER THAT.&nbsp; I like chocolate.&nbsp; Makes me \u2026 if not happy, at least momentarily, briefly, temporarily serene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, guess I can enjoy a moment of fun and a lifetime of fat, or deny myself and get \u2026 less fat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wait!&nbsp; There\u2019s more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOD also sent me another message.\u00a0 HE hears us, just keeping praying \u2026 and GOD only gives three answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cYes.\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cNot yet.\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cGot something better in mind \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Saw that on a t-shirt \u2026 <em>love that, so hard<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other message was from a guy on the Tubes of You, part of the manosphere, who threatens his viewers\/subscribers with home invasion and bodily harm if they don\u2019t go work out today.&nbsp; Meaning right now.&nbsp; Every day.&nbsp; After liking\/sharing\/subscribing, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Love that guy, with his H(a)BO special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOD told me (through this guy) give it six months, consistently, and you\u2019ll see significant improves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the full message?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Diet<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exercise<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consistency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All hands on DEC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u2019t worry about the numbers on the scale \u2026 the results are coming \u2026 and sooner if on DEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOD, still awesome, since forever and infinity and always.&nbsp; {<em>1 Corin. 2:9<\/em>}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per the usual, GOD figured it out for me. Mentioned several times \u2018round these parts that I am a fatbody.&nbsp; A lard ahh.&nbsp; Bit of a beached whale. Not that I care but Half does and thus so I must. Anyhoo, back eleventy-umpteen years ago, bought a \u2026 device, designed to help with that. Of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/?p=1207\" class=\"more-link\">Read the full post &rarr;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;All Hands on DEC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,19,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nobuy","category-eat-what","category-proof-of-god"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moneyaintmath.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}