I read an article today from the Burn the fat feed the muscle blog which i subscribe to all about the Obesity Paradox . It's an interesting question and one that sometimes frustrates the hell out of me. The fat guy you see queueing at the chipping every day is still there and still getting bigger with no regard for his ever expanding waistline and yet the you hear the health freak down the gym suddenly dropped dead on the treadmill.... and it makes you wonder why you bother....
I guess i'm so bothered because I'm pretty sure given my luck I won't be one of the lucky sods that lives to 100 on a diet of chips and deep fat fried pukka pies. And yet neither do I want to be one of those people who doesn't have a life because of the ridiculously restrictive eating plan and exercise regime they follow. So once again the answer appears to be moderation... something I am not good at.
However, this article did lead me to one very useful (i think) epiphany. Normally when I am "off" my diet and feeling particularly down (like now) I will abandon all fruit and vegetables and any kind of healthy things I am doing such as the extra walking or vitamin C tablet etc. By doing this I am effectively not only stuffing my face with extra bad things but also taking away the good. There's no need to compound the problem by stopping doing all the good stuff just because I'm having a chocolate bar or two.
The temptation is to just think "fuck it all - i'm a complete failure" and just because you fell once at one hurdle not even try to continue the race.
So next time I have a binge I'm not going to compound it by skipping that apple or that walk.
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