Kudos to Kevin Federline

I was recently struck as I watched an interview with Kevin Federline,  Britney Spears’s  X, who was discussing the media ridicule of his massive weight gain following their breakup.  He is now in the process of losing weight and already looks great.   As a body builder, plastic surgeon, nutrition expert, professional dancer (as is Kevin) and author of The Brown Fat Revolution (Brown Fat Diet), I want to give Kevin a huge shout out!   He stands as a role model for overweight celebrities as to how to inspire viewers.  So many celebrities are weight-challenged and continue to demonstrate to their fans that despite daily personal  trainers, personal nutritionists,  motivational psychologists, they  cannot gain control of  what they eat and  lose weight.  I have heard so many women say to me, “hey, if she cannot do it with all of that personal help, how can I?”  Well, ladies check out Kevin.

As a clinician who has evaluated patients for 28 years concerned about the appearance of their bodies, I felt that Kevin’s body language, verbal tone and facial expressions were indicative of a young man who had successfully learned how to love and respect himself and move on with life despite a celebrity style divorce and  the circus-like attention that followed.    He stands as an example for men and women who use all sorts of excuses as to why they are fat.  He knows that his devastated heart was controlling what went into his mouth and why he got fat. He now appears to be moving on with a positive, self-respecting maturity.   Kevin learned that it was necessary to gain control of emotion and  perspective.   Food did not make him feel better.

Great comeback, Kevin!