Time to crank it up a notch, plus ever wondered why you eat the way you do?

I trust that your exercising is going well, don't lose heart if you are struggling with it - it takes about a month to get used to it and longer to love it. I'm finding my runs around the property are going well. I can incorporate the kids so I feel alot less anxious than when I exercise indoors and I have no pesky kids to trip over.
My waist to hip ratio was 0.76 which is not at risk of disease. However the Wii fit has me as obese - huh? The Wii uses a BMI which is not a good indicator of health risk.
If your waist measurement is larger than your hips (not uncommon with men), I would not hesitate going to the doctors. You may already have type 2 diabetes, hypertension or heart disease.
So what next.......
This week I am changing my lunch meal. As it is freezing cold still in Australia, I have made a big pot of veggie soup. This can easily be taken to work or enjoyed at home. Use seasonal veggies, prefereably spray free and not artificially ripened.
Aternatively, make a big salad with lots of stuff in it and a low oil dressing. Another idea is stir-fried veggies, if your not at home, do it the night before. You can eat as much as you want - so fill up!
A word on commercial soups - be wary of those that say No MSG or No ADDED preservatives. The key word is ADDED, which is code for 'we used preserved ingredients such as oil or vinegar, but didn't actually add the preservatives ourselves'. The following is either identical to MSG or upto 15 times the strength of MSG: 621,620,635, yeast extract or hydrolysed vegetable or animal protein. Flavour enhancers cause inflammation and water retention, not to mention nastier effects in more sensitive individuals.
Ok so how did you get to be overweight? If your like me and had a baby or 4, you know what the answer is. If not, weight is mereley a symptom of another factor. See which category you fit in to. Until you address the underlying cause of the weight gain, this will continute to be a problem.

TIME MANAGEMENT: People are too busy to cook healthy foods. They have no time to read food labels to investigate what they are actually eating. They have a tendency to buy pre-packaged or fast foods.


EMOTIONAL ISSUES: People who eat to self medicate. They crave sugar highs, have low fibre diets that leads to brief satiation. They have a tendency to suffer from mood swings and will consume high carb foods that give a prozac like effect. Eating equals happiness, destress or numbness.


IGNORANCE: Well intentioned people who are easily influenced by advertising. Not have the knowledge of how food is metabolised and that excess kilojoules are stored as fat, not just fat! It requires having a basic understanding of their bodies kilojoule requirements and participating in sufficient physical exercise. Energy in minus Energy out equals your body weight. Find out how much and of which type of food your body requires, stop eating for the sake of it or out of habit. Make simple brand changes that won’t be noticed. Remember that treats are treats, everyday is not Xmas. Find out what is a treat and what is everyday food. Just because we are not living through war rations or the depression, just because we can indulge, doesn’t mean we should. Our parents and grandparents went without – we are over indulged, start being realistic with what is reasonable to consume in a day!

This truly is the key to permanent weight loss.