Re: An extraordinary idea !
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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A good observation is what I see on the second day of January every year when I'm at the gym - their busiest day! - The "New Year fatties". I would say around 90% of them have terminated their memberships after six months as they just do not have the required mindset to succeed with their goals. Halfhearted effort doesn't pay dividends when you need to hit targets, whatever it is in life you are trying to succeed at, least of all losing weight.
There's a part of that whole situation that I find quite sad really. It conjures up a picture of overweight people lining up to embark on some kind of awful experience. It's like they've summoned up the willpower to volunteer for misery, for a period of eating stuff they don't want to eat, to be deprived of the crap they normally eat and so on.
The truth is eating healthy isn't anything like that. I don't really give food a second thought these days. I love what I eat. I enjoy it. But it's just food, a necessary fuel for my body. I'm not dieting. I'm not counting calories.
I just make meals using fresh ingredients. Various cuts of meat with a variety of vegetables, sometimes with spuds.
I make chilli regularly with plenty of garlic and spices. I make various pasta sauces again with plenty of vegetables (peppers, onions, mushrooms, courgettes, broccoli etc).
I make my own healthy bread.
I don't put weight on, I remain the same most of the time. I don't even weigh myself more than maybe twice a year.
Weight is not a concern. Eating healthy food is my concern. Avoiding foods laden with chemicals, sugars and poisons is my concern.
Life should be simple, enjoyable and fun.
Dieters are miserable, desperate, ill-informed and on the road to poor health.