While trawling through our Facebook news feed today I came across yet another article on what food we should or rather shouldn't be eating. I would post the video but it had me rolling my eyes with fatigue after a while, so in this case I'll cut to the chase.
One of the main points (I'm sure there were more, but I never made it to the end of the video) was that aside from the futile attempts at diets and calorie control, no carb, soy protein razamataz, we were all missing one big point, and that once it was highlighted, made perfect sense.
We don't eat food anymore. The things we eat are made up of complicated names that sound like shampoo ingredients (they may well be) and even with all the so called 'healthy' labels - our body doesn't know how to read. It only knows what we put in it.
So this is my understanding of this whole issue:
The body apparently sees food like this;
An apple = sugar, energy and vitamins, I can use this.
Monosodium glutamate = I'm not sure, it can't be used in this kitchen, so I'll store it here, in this butt cheek instead.
Our fat cells, apparently being something like a kitchen towel, hide and absorb all the chemical mess you don't want hanging around.
I have no idea what the trained professionals out there say, although I can take a good guess. It just struck me as so obvious but not something I had actually really thought of - maybe for general health yes, but not in terms of weight loss. After all a protein shake was, I thought, an awesome option. Apparently a banana and some nuts are better, regardless of calorie content.
So as I begin to think about packing the swimsuits away for the Fall, I'm taking stock of what this summer meant to me in terms of body image and health. I tried to be mindful each day of what I said to my not-so-slim self, not always getting it right, but I did not - (like past years) berate myself for not having got 'bikini ready'. So as the seasons change and I begin to slowly make some much needed changes after the eight weeks of wonderful European food and wine indulgence, I am not only being mindful in what I say to myself (as I watch the jeans not zip up), but I am being mindful about what I am putting into my body as well.
It's sounds like such old news, even as I write this, but funny how an old light bulb can still make a room feel good again.
x Jo
Just found this article explaining 'fats' really well! Have a peek!
http://www.allthingshealing.com/readarticle.php?itemID=111&articleID=8176#.VCqPdUtk6zh