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Transfiguration:From Johnny Vegas into Gerard Butler(in "300")for cash!

Dear all!
This is my first post here although I have been reading this www for a while. I am hoping someone may have an answer or idea for me.i'm trying to find a way how to capitalise my current body shape:(balloon shaped belly,orangutan tits,massive legs etc.)Body weight 15 stones,overweight by 4 stones in relation to my height.
13 yrs. ago I had a body of an athlete before I moved to Texas,USA.And there,I've discovered binge-eating....
Well,I am here(Surrey,UK)now,back forgood,obese,single and desperate for some cash.The idea is to be one of those ppl who
advertise slimming products,I bet you've seen photo of a obese person sad face,before and after with six pack abs ripped out,smile like a donut :D.I am, without a doubt in my mind confident,in this entire process of shifting my weight.What do you think? Shall I knock on some doors.Men's health? Weightwatchers? vitabiotics?
Thanks!

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  • stuart30
    stuart30 Posts: 499 Forumite
    Maybe look at doing comedy..as you sure are funny.
  • scaredofdebt
    scaredofdebt Posts: 1,663 Forumite
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    You could blog about your progress and setup Twitter, Facebook, YouTube accounts to help promote it. With your sense of humour it might go viral.
    Make £2018 in 2018 Challenge - Total to date £2,108
  • uncommonadvice
    uncommonadvice Posts: 150 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    As per Scaredofdebt. Log your progress and then release an E-book about it (forget a video deal unless you are a known TV face). Promote the e-book using Tim Ferriss techniques, i.e. simultaneous blog, free press coverage etc.

    A good template would be to follow "The Bus Driver's Diet". He did what you are looking to do a few years back and got some coverage in the papers in Scotland.

    Another way would be to win a "Slimmer of the Year" style award and use that as a platform to promote your ebook.
  • PlutoinCapricorn
    PlutoinCapricorn Posts: 4,598 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 8 May 2012 at 7:11PM
    Yes, this is a very amusing post. I have vague memories of an agency that signs up unusual looking people for advertising and promotional work. Many of the people on their books are not at all the standard model type, to put it mildly.

    http://www.ugly.org/UGLY-MODELS/index.php/men/men-1
    Who having known the diamond will concern himself with glass?

    Rudyard Kipling


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