What the fat!?!

Picture this.  Two overweight women go to a restaurant for lunch.  They order cuppacinos with cream.  For lunch they have steak, with a blob of butter on top.  They have a side salad instead of the fries, but ask for full fat mayonnaise. The waiter is looking at them with that expression that I now know very well.  That look that says...don't you know fat makes fat?  Why would an overweight person order cream? And butter? Surely that is a heart attack waiting to happen?

Well, not too long ago, that is how I thought too, and millions of other people with me.  Fat makes fat my Mom and Grandma used to say, so it was skim milk and fat free cheese (which by the way was so hard you could barely chew it) and fat free yoghurt, cream on special occasions only, red meat only once a week.  Fat was the enemy, carbs your friend, you name it, wholewheat bread, breakfast cereal, muesli, pasta, potatoes, rice, porridge....and all this thinking supported by that wonderful food triangle with the basis of your diet firmly rooted amongst the carbs (and big business making millions with each mouthful).  With that said, and no disrespect to my dear Mom and those millions of people who have been taught that this is the way to eat and to care for your family, that kind of diet is just plain toxic. 

Why do you ask?  How can you make that claim?  Well, I'm going to give you the heads up.  Because a revolution is coming. Scientists, nutritionists and dieticians all over the world are heralding the call for a change in the way we see nutrition.  Famous scientists and health professionals are revoking previous advice and cautioning people to open their minds to this revolution.  The revolution is Low Carb High Fat (LCHF).  It means you eat less carbs along with a higher proportion of fat. It means minimizing your intake of sugar and starches. Doing this means that you get to eat delicious food and don't calorie-count and lose weight! In fact, LCHF makes it easier to lose weight and to control your blood sugar too (further information on the science is available on www.dietdoctor.com and www.lifezone.se ).

Whilst I'm no scientist, nutritionist or dietician, I am someone that has struggled with their weight for as long as I can remember, someone that suffers with insulin resistance because of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and someone that has become disillusioned with diet after diet and nothing seems to work.  So hungry on a low calorie diet that it felt like my stomach was a black hole.  Experiencing those agonising moments when stepping onto the scale not wanting to look down at the numbers because of being so scared that they are not going to be less.  And then they are not less.  But that was then and this is now. Out with the old and in with the new! Conventional, tried and trusted methods and collective "wisdom" have just made things worse and not better, so I say, "why the fat stick with that"?

As I said in my last blog, I'm not a believer in a quick fix.  I believe that your health takes lots of hard work and that to truly see lasting results you need to change your lifestyle.  LCHF has made me a believer again.  A believer in me and that my body can change and that I can be fit and I can be healthy and feel fantastic.  And I can tell you, person to person, this is the most important of all.  Self belief, confidence and a healthy body image are all attainable goals and I intend on reaching those goals. 

I will share my progress on a weekly basis and hope to be, no WILL BE the proof that all the skeptics can put in their puddings, and eat! So there!

Yours in love handles,
xx