This is interesting.. but I see issues with it.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/health/why-a-personal-trainer-is-making-himself-obese-on-purpose-2583990

Being “fit” or “fat” are not black and white - they are not nearly as simple as “if you eat this and don’t move, you will be fat.  If you stop eating that and move around more, you will be fit.”

This guy may have a body that naturally has an easier time staying trim.  He is also a personal trainer, meaning that his job is to move around and make other people keep up with him.  He is likely free of metabolic or hormonal disorders that would cause him to have difficulty losing 70 + pounds in six months.

If I wanted to look like him (well, you know, plus the boobs and minus the tan), I would probably have to spend a good deal more money on food and start a full time job as someone who moves all the time, like, I dunno, a personal trainer.  As a metalsmith, henna artist, mom, and farmhand, physical activities are limited to only so many hours a day.  

Extra frustration is applied with the PCOS, which causes insulin resistance and makes it extraordinarily difficult to lose weight and keep it off with even a moderate diet and moderate exercise.  PCOS also causes fatigue and depression, further making a healthy diet and regular exercise nearly an impossible dream.  Extra extra frustrations: a rib that pops out if you look at it funny, vertigo, asthma, and a body that loves to get ill at the mere mention of stress.

Yet, I do what I can (I aim for 5 hours a week of intense activity at the Y and/or at home), and I can only hope that I’m not being judged by someone who has a body that handles life better than mine.  I’ve seen inactive people with horrible eating habits who are much smaller than me.  It’s maddening, frankly, but the anger is not directed at them unless they make comments about what I must be doing wrong - it’s just directed at the cards my DNA (and, likely, early childhood exposures) handed me.

But I can see that this has a positive side… at least this guy will have compassion for the people who aren’t as fit as he usually is.  He will have a better understanding of the addictions and cravings that most people have, and the difficulty they have in starting and maintaining a physical regimen.  I really hope that he’s smart enough (as well as anyone else undergoing this experiment) to take into account the different issues that people can have.  Sometimes it not as easy as it seems it could be.  I wish it were.