Fat is Fat-Period!

When you see the rind on bacon, what is it? When you pour the liquid away from a roast joint of meat, what is it? When a casserole cools with a solid white layer on top, what is it?

It's FAT! And that is what we call it.

Why do we pussy foot around the word 'fat' when it comes to our bodies? The people I see who will actually say “I'm fat” are the ones I can usually help. Why? Because they are not hiding behind the language nonsense of 'cuddly', big-boned' or 'overweight'; they have admitted the truth and want to do something about it.

It may not be PC but get real and if you want to describe your excess layers as 'cuddly' please go buy more 'cuddly' bacon!

Jeannette

PS We can all be described as, and be cuddly-it's nothing to do with weight!

Have Your Cake & Enjoy It

It's been a very weird 24 hours. 3 people from my past have contacted me in the last 24 hours. So bizzare but very lovely.

What has this got to to do with weight loss? Well I have been thinking a great deal about 'mindful eating' recently. especailly over the Chritmas and New Year Period. And during all of the conversations, which hadn't been planned I had been eating. The last person rang me just as I was abotu to drink a cup of tea and eat the last piece of my mothers' delicious Christmas cake. I ate it whilst talking on the phone and was really disappointed afterwards because I realised that actually I hadn't taken time to enjoy and savour all the flavours. And that's it now for 11 months.

The point being, if you are going to eat, do take some time to be mindfully aware, so you can smell, taste and enjoy AND notice when you have eaten enough.

The old saying' a calorie not tasted is a calorie wasted' in my case 'cake'