A couple of years ago, Dr Michael Mosely came upon an eating plan that he found seemed to work. So impressed was he that he turned it into a flourishing business. Called the 5:2 diet, it works on the principle of intermittent fasting. It is pretty simple really. Eat 5 days a week normally but healthily … Read more
Hands up if you hate the word “diet”? I know, I know! It’s become synonymous with restriction, struggle, pain, deprivation, failure, futility. A four-letter word! Why is that? Because we’ve been presented with a myriad of opportunities to follow a certain diet to solve our weight problem and for whatever reason it hasn’t worked long … Read more
There are any number of diets out there. I don’t know if anyone has actually calculated the number but I’d bet there’re hundreds. Reckon I’ve tried a lot of them! You too? How did that work out for you? Yeah, me too 🙂 After a couple of decades I’ve come to realise that there is … Read more
I have to admit, I l-o-v-e my food! So the idea of fasting is usually only under sufferance and demanded by medicos when I have to go in for an op or a blood test that requires fasting. As soon as I hear “Nil by Mouth” my head automatically responds with “Not by Me!”. Annoying … Read more
It’s amazing. Really. I am in the morbidly obese category even though I don’t look THAT big. (Denial, much?). And yet I always proclaimed that I didn’t eat much. You know what? I didn’t. So imagine my quandary as to how someone who didn’t eat much could continually gain weight or at least stay well … Read more
When you want to lose weight, often the first thought is to reduce the amount of food you eat. This may be one solution but it’s not exactly the best there is! In fact, if you reduce the amount you eat by too much this can become a dangerous option and negatively impact your health. So … Read more
Feel like you’re living your life like a caged animal? Our bodies are built to move yet we often put ourselves in a cage! A corral. A stationary state. Our bodies are designed for racing across the plains, but instead we live a limited physical lifestyle: we travel from the bed to the breakfast bench, to the … Read more
You can lose weight without drastically cutting down on your food intake. A lot of people who are overweight become demotivated when they find they have to reduce their food intake – but this is not necessarily the case. You can lose a reasonable amount of weight and still be eat some of your favorite foods. This is not entirely difficult especially … Read more
How true is that! Apart from an apparent sugar addiction I have been an emotional eater. I have a lot of emotions so I did a lot of eating! Combine that with the sugar and you’ll get the picture of the result. Not pretty and not good for my health. Nor yours. If you’re an … Read more
Being overweight can not only be dangerous but can in fact lead to premature death. Thousands of people die every year in Western countries alone due to a range of weight-related complications. It is even argued that obesity now causes more deaths than smoking. Weight gain is now considered an epidemic. Obesity, is defined as … Read more