Ahwatukee author has plan so people don't 'Just Stay Fat'

by Caitlin Cruz - Sept. 18, 2012 07:09 AM
The Republic | azcentral.com

Shannon Sorrels, owner of the Ahwatukee personal-training gym Physix, for years struggled with her own weight.

"I was always either chunky or bordering on chunky," said Sorrels, 44. "I felt a constant pressure to address it."

Sorrels said she was introduced to calorie counting and caloric reduction at about age 30. And then when she opened her gym in 2009, she quickly discovered how frustrating it was to get clients to listen to her talk about how calories could work for them.

"It didn't happen," she said. "People still made excuses.

"One day I was in the car, trying to figure out how to explain the necessary work to lose weight. I had failed in person so I was practicing in the car and I got so frustrated that I suddenly burst out, 'Well, then, just stay fat!' "

And so her new fitness book, "... Then Just Stay Fat," was born.

Sorrels said most people are simply overfed.

"A lot of people would rather it be complicated because that would explain why they're having trouble, but the truth is, it's just about calories and not having too many," she said.

She began writing to maintain her sanity as she continued as a personal trainer.

The book describes the four P's of weight loss: planning, persistence, patience and perception.

"I wanted to state it as simply as possible, but you have to remember that execution can be complicated," Sorrels said.

Planning includes time management, meals or looking at a restaurant menu before you go out, she said.

"But the alternative is giving up, something I don't want them to do," she said.

To explain patience, Sorrels asked her clients how long it took them to put on their extra weight.

"Usually it's 20 to 30 years to gain it all," she said. "In a totally fair world, it would take the exact amount of time to lose (it) as it did to gain it, but we don't," she said. "We can lose it in as fast as one year. You just have to know it is not going to happen overnight."

One of Sorrels' gym clients, Joel Horne, 51, edited her book. He lost more than 20 pounds through her program.

"It's a different kind of diet book," Horne said. "I felt like she was writing directly to me."

Sorrels said the final topic, perception, requires clients to admit how they look at their problems. Within perception, Sorrels saw numerous clients with "fat ears."

"It was not uncommon to have a morbidly obese client who would describe themselves as a 'big boy' or 'curvy' when their weight is endangering their health," she said. "They're not ready to hear the truth yet."

Sorrels said understanding your limits is key. For example, Sorrels cannot have pastries in the house.

"I would rather suffer for 30 or 40 minutes at the grocery story than suffer an entire week with a box of doughnuts in my house," she said. "You have to make it easier on yourself."

The book was written because Sorrels believes that everyone has the capacity to overcome "their lazy streak."

"Acceptance is for things in our lives that we can't change," she said. "Do not accept not loving yourself as your fate."

'... Then Just Stay Fat'

Who: Shannon Sorrels, 44, owner of Ahwatukee personal-training gym Physix, and author.

What: Book signing.

When: 7 p.m. Nov. 17 .

Where: Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe, 85283.

18 Sep, 2012

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