Fitness trainer gets fat, slims down to show clientele it can be done.

While I have to wonder about the health benefits with so rapidly gaining and losing this weight, I think it's overall a good idea. We'll see how well it works and, who knows, maybe he'll learn a lot from this endeavor. It is a nice prospect, trying to understand your clientele by walking in their shoes, so to speak, to gain better insight to the trials and tribulations they face. Still, the rapid weight onset is a bit misleading, as most people don't get fat in a matter of a few months, but instead over a period of years. Nonetheless, if anything, it's a good publicity stunt.

Fitness trainer Paul James wanted to understand his overweight clients better, so he decided to pack on a few pounds himself.

Well, not just a few pounds. The once svelte 32-year-old has ballooned from 212 pounds to 263 pounds and says he won’t stop until he weighs 340 pounds.

The Australian has cut down on his daily exercise regimens and has even started drinking beer at night.



^ Paul James before


^ Paul James currently

“It was difficult to relate to overweight gym members so I’m experiencing life as an overweight person,” James said.

In order to expand his waistline, James has been indulging on pasta, cream sauces, chocolate and carbohydrates.

James hopes to reach his target weight of 340 pounds by March and then eventually lose the weight by October to show his clients it can be done.
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