25th November 2012
Butterflies don’t know the colour of their wings, but human eyes know
how beautiful they are. Likewise, you
don’t know how good you are, but others see how special you are.
Saturday whilst shopping I saw a board with “the time you enjoy wasting
is not wasted time” and it’s so true. Yesterday
I blogged the stuff I was going to get done, housework etc but instead after
cleaning out all the cupboards in the kitchen I went and met my mate after work
and we had a walk round Cannock doing nothing in particular but having a good
giggle in the process. Then I went for
my massage and after snoring my way through that I sat and had a chat with the
three ladies that were in the shop, normally I’d have been thinking “you need
to do this or should be doing that”, but instead I just enjoyed the natter. We all need to spend more time wasting time
or not as the case may be ;-) I spent
the night NOT doing anything with my mom in the living room, was a fab day. If I can find somewhere to put that red
poster I saw and it’s still there, I may go back and buy it today.
So the natter I had with these ladies was good, I make the mistake of believing
everyone has the same knowledge of food/diets/eating as I do, I tend to forget
I do a lot of research! So it was
interesting to sit and listen to a conversation about ‘diets’ and to hear their
beliefs and opinions of dieting, fad diets and all things weight loss
related.
Fad diets in my opinion are a waste of time, VLCD (very low calories
diets) are dangerous, one very famous VLCD diet for example starts at a tiny
415 calories per day (the NHS recommends that an adult woman should get around 2000
calories a day, is it safe/good for you? Well anything that works by forcing
your body into ketosis – a state in which you are undernourished and your body
must process your fat stores in order to survive doesn’t sound too appetising
to me! These kind of diets lead to Yo-Yo
dieting which isn’t good, can lead to problems with metabolism and because it’s
a miserable cycle to get into, it may be linked to depression.
When
the body goes through a period of starvation, it prioritizes burning fat and
sugar to using protein. However, if the starvation goes on for a long time, the
body will begin to turn muscle and connective tissue, which is rich in protein,
into glucose. With its low-calorie content, VLCDs mimic starvation and can
result in the loss of muscle and connective tissue, if continued for extended
time periods. This can lead to a weakening of the heart muscle and connective
tissue in the body.
And believe it or not one of the risks of a VLCD is malnutrition. Although some
of those ready mixed meals contain essential nutrients, these nutrients are
chemically produced and added to the powder mixes and snack bars. Unlike fresh
food, chemically produced nutrients do not always enter into the bloodstream
through the digestive system. As some of these diets contains no fresh food
items, there is a risk of not getting nutrients that are essential to the
optimal function of vital organs.
But for me one of the main reasons I wouldn’t go near them is because I
like eating, I want something that I can enjoy and do for the rest of my life,
not something I can do for a month that will depress me, possibly make me ill
and all for the sake of a weight loss.
Hell no thank you, I’d rather keep my chunky thighs and my wobbly bum,
it’s my body and I love it enough to want to nourish and take care of it, not
starve it to death or force feed it yucky shakes that I don’t enjoy.
So today I shall be starting my day with a fried egg toastie for 7pp
because I can! What you having? Hopefully not a shake and a couple of vitamin
tablets!
Take care of you, it’s the best thing you’ll ever do. xx
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