Georgie - BIG FAT LIES OR JUST BIG FAT CONFUSION?

This has to be the most confusing article I have ever read.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/2848599/Is-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-losing-weight-wrong.html

I am not sure whether the diet advocated by this woman is mega confusing OR whether it’s British newspaper The Suns’ sensational interpretation of it.

What I DO know is that the article and it’s headline is saying ‘don’t bother to cut calories and workout - it doesn’t work.’

YES IT DOES!! WE ALL KNOW IT DOES!! Exercise has SO many benefits!! And yes, exercise is part of the HARD WORK and commitment to be healthy! The article claims that going on ‘the average run’ and burning about 230 calories doesn’t help. Sure, its not as healthy as working out and burning 600 calories, but it sure is better then the sedentary, laying around alternative. It makes me really cross. Any kind of working out, getting up a sweat is a good thing for your health!

I always wonder why newspapers and magazines persist with proclaiming that something effortless can be rewarding?? Newspapers are full of stories about the exercise programme that promises us Elle Macpherson’s amazing body in just 4 minutes a day OR a diet were you can eat lots of chocolate and cookies and STILL LOSE weight and these just aren’t helpful at all.

It’s simple. We all know, if you don’t change what you put in your body then your body will NEVER reward you with results. If you change what you put in your body and how you treat it then you will see results. But if you just then go back to how you were before then you might as well not have bothered. It’s about balance and I get so tired and bored of people expecting to lose weight and shape up without doing any work. IT IS HARD! It is also really rewarding if you do it and stick to it.

There is ONE element of this woman’s theory that I do subscribe to. PART of one idea I should say, and that is the low carb idea. I eat a low carb diet and it really works for me. I am personally a big fan of the so called ‘Hunter-gatherer’ idea (fruit, veg, meat, fish, eggs, no sugar, no processed carbs) and have found that my body can survive the odd (what will now be called) ‘Superbowl day’ if the rest of the time I look after it well. Our ancestors were SO much more active then we are and they burnt off their starchy bread and potato calories - our generations sit down most of the time which doesn’t mean much burn at all. (Plus lots of carbs make me sleepy beyond stupid so it’s a complete no-no after lunch.) But with the low carbs comes high fat? REALLY? According to the article this woman is basically advocating a high fat, low carb diet - er - isn’t that called The Atkins Diet? Didn’t we do all this ten years ago? I think we did. Didn’t that cause huge cholesterol issues?

In the same article, this woman also says that a low fat Mediterranean diet should be aspired to. Make your mind up love.

I am sure the paper have cherry picked about 20 quotes by her from a book of thousands and that is why this article is confusing but basically if you don’t have a clue about dieting and want to get healthy and pick up THIS article first, then you are screwed!!

Coming up this week - Rosie will be discussing finding the balance between those carbs, the fat and the proteins and giving you some examples of how to get it right.

I meanwhile will sign off with this -

DON’T FOR GOD’S SAKE STOP BEING ACTIVE!!

EXERCISE = ENDORPHINS, SWEAT, AND A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT
ALL THE ABOVE = A BIT OF ‘YOU’ TIME! BETTER MOOD CONTROL! BETTER SKIN! BETTER SLEEP! AND IF YOU WORK HARD ENOUGH, A BETTER BODY!!