HEALTH & BEAUTY
that changes then in the bin it goes at the end of the week: and then we repeat the process. It’s shameful. Being caught up with how much we weigh – another thing our ancestors would find bemusing – is our prime focus as a race or so it would seem from media reporting. It’s even worse for those women in the public eye whose every inch is analysed to the point where at the end of a pregnancy the baby takes second place to getting back into their skinny jeans ASAP. We either live in a country with such poor resources that we are literally starving to death or countries where we voluntarily starve ourselves to lose weight from eating too much. Does that seem mad to anyone else but me?
Our need to describe our current diet to everyone is so
boring! Yes, no carbs for me, no wheat for you and nothing at all for her.
The responsibility of how we eat has been taken away from us and put in the hands of thinktanks who make declarations about calories, amounts of vitamins and minerals we need and how often we should eat using (pie) charts, facts and figures. You don’t need a stranger in a suit to tell you that eating
junk food in vast quantities is not doing you any good. You can make the connection between eating too much and being a size 24. It’s not rocket science. You know that alcohol affects your liver, that fat affects
your heart and ingesting ice cream three times a day makes it difficult to move about which means you don’t exercise and so the circle goes round. So listen to your body. Fed up with your thighs rubbing together? Stop moaning and do something about it. Eat less, move about more, stop worrying about government guidelines and start using your brain. trying to stabilise your eating habits is not a quick fix
overnight. Take it one step at a time and start with cutting back on portion sizes if you’re feeling a bit uncomfortable in your clothes. I won’t tell you to eat a piece of meat the same size as a pack of cards or how many potatoes are too many. Zzzz. It’s your call and your choice. Stop eating in between meals whatever size you are. You
will have more energy if your body isn’t in a constant state of early digestion. Think of most food as fuel and use it as such. The occasional treat should be just that - occasional. If it happens every day, it’s not a treat. I bet Elizabeth Taylor lost her excitement for diamonds after a while in the same way we no longer think of chocolate as something special. As with all good things, less is more. Happy Trails, Readers, Happy Trails.
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Cathy McDonnell Tel: 01803 839 562
Ground Floor, The Anzac Club Limited Collaford Lane, Dartmouth TQ6 9DJ
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