Adjusting your eating in the first place to become a healthier, fitter person is one of the hardest, most uncomfortable processes we go through.
Although most of us show great enthusiasm when we say we will and want to change our lifestyle, the actual knuckling down to it all can be much harder than we thought.
Most people who are overweight and unhealthy exist on a diet of high refined sugars and high in saturated fat. This is the ultimate double whammy in becoming the most unhealthy version of yourself, and the bad news is that this way of eating can take a lo of getting used to.
Not only that but those of you who eat a lot of “bad” and “empty” calories (in terms of nutritional value), will usually be prone to drinking a lot of these worthless calories in too.
If you see someone carrying a big bottle of coke or pepsi down the road for instance, then its fairly reasonable to expect them to be overweight.
If you see someone who “calls for a pint” every night or every other night in the pub, then is usually guaranteed they will be overweight, and if not, certainly unhealthy inside which can be even worse.
Since most people who live this lifestyle have been on it most of their lives, then of course it is going to be very difficult indeed to get off this path.
The great news is though that once you leave the path of making yourself extremely unhealthy over the long term, the changes can start happening fairly quickly, and happen much quicker again when you start exercising properly, or just even moving around more.
As I said, the hardest decision is often to change your diet in the first place and get on the right road. I don’t consider the right road to be slimming clubs either, they are the quick path to yo-yo dieting and ultimate failure and self-confidence destruction (scientific studies say that 97% of dieters put the weight back on and 5% more).
Im talking about eating healthy, eating fresh when possible and eating foods as much in their natural state as possible. This is the right road that will eventually take you to ultimate health and a strong standard of fitness.
Hi Keri, I am trying to get my eating back into some sort of routine. All over the place at the mo, very stressed and when I am having a bad day I turn to food, same old, same old. I have to find time to get back to the Gym, cos then I have a routined structure in place. Struggling to even take my new bike out, have had it about 8 weeks now and I have riden it for 1hr 40mins in total. That is unthinkable for me. My mum is not good and is disappearing in front of me, when she gets a bad day so do I, and of course the kids, I have to take my turn. Stress, stress, stress. I know how to get rid of this stress, EXERCISE. Havent even walked for weeks, but I am taking Bud now over the beach, first time in weeks. Have a good weekend.
great to hear from you again jean, i know you have been under a lot of stress for a while now, and any help you need to get the progress you have been used to going again, you are more than welcome! A lot of people are sending their best regards to you!
Thanx Keri, good to know. Have a window now for an hour, so I am taking my bike down the Country Park. Going back into my mum’s later to check on her.