Rocket Science

A friend posted that she has lost over 2 stones since June.  I said "Well done. I'm trying to do the same - what's your secret?".

"Eat less and move more" was her reply.

The Men Who Made Us Fat

Here is a fascinating documentary.  More evidence that the low-fat, high-carb diet actually makes you fatter.  And before you ask, it was the Americans, with a little help from Japanese scientists. . .

The Men Who Made Us Fat

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Three White Poisons

Try removing the following 'foods' from your diet.

Salt

Sugar

White flour

You may be pleasantly surprised by the results.

Ditch refined carbs and lose weight

After watching the quirky, and sometime annoying FAT HEAD video on YouTube, I decided to keep white bread, rice, pasta, potateos and other refined carbohydrates like donughts etc. to a minimum.  Despite having a few cheeky beers, I still managed to shed over 2lbs.  That is a little more than I really want to lose each week, but I'm not complaining too much :D

Is this moving towards Atkins?

America is lying to the world

It's hardly surprising that Americans are being led down the low saturated fat and high carbohydrate diet path, as sales of grain, cereals and other crap food helps keep Monsanto at the top of the seed crop sales league table.  The odd thing is that since the "healthy" low fat high carb lifestyle has been promoted, heart disease and obesity are at higher levels than ever before.

Sweden has ditched this idea, instead recommending higher fat and lower carbs in diet.  Guess what?  They are healthier as a result.

But enough of my yakking - read more about it HERE

Unwanted slippage

My weight has gone back up to 15st 2lb as of last Friday - not the direction in which I wanted to go.  I have been hitting the gym 5 times per week, so why should my weight go up?  I decided to do some more research over the weekend (for 'research' substitute 'watch YouTube videos').  I discovered some interesting stuff.

Cholesterol does not cause heart disease.

Eating saturated fat does not raise cholesterol.

Eating fat does not make you fat

Eating protein does not make you fat

Eating carbohydrates, especially refined carbohydrates, makes you fat.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, or not eating in this case.  I've decided to cut out pasta, white bread, white rice and potatoes from my diet.  I'm also reducing the gym visits from 5 to 3 times per week.  The next couple of progress posts should confirm if I'm on track or lost somewhere down the wrong lane altogether.

Supersize Me?

Do you remember that Supersize Me 'documentary' by Morgan Spurlock?  Did you believe everything that you saw and heard whilst watching it?  I did, until recently.  Here is a debunking of the low-cholesterol, low-fat, high-carbohydrate lifestyle.  It also shows that Morgan Spurlock earned an awful lot of money by telling lies.  Watch and learn kids.  FAT HEAD