Losing Weight The Australian Scientific Way
Greetings!
... and as we say down under "G'day!".
We're 14 hours ahead of America. As I'm typing this entry, it is already 1st November, whilst you are still celebrating the last hours of your Halloween celebrations.
Anyhow, a few months ago there was a book that everybody was buying here: The CSIRO diet, which promised a pain-free, moderate middle-way food regime that would help our overweight members of society to become slender and healthy.
I checked it out, and I must say the advice in there is sound. Janet Street-Porter wrote an article recently asking whether this diet is "more of the same". I believe it is.
But it is more of the same common sense advice about eating a variety of foods in moderation.
It is not as radical as the Atkins in that it does not restrict the intake of carbs. Better still, if followed correctly, it can help you lose weight while still eating things that are forbidden in most diets.
The downside of it is that there is another learning curve to tackle down: how to measure your portions, what foods can you have when, how much of what, etc.
And this brings me to one of the points Street-Porter makes: We in afluent Western societies are so addicted to food, that we spend a lot of money every year in books and courses advising us how to lose weight, whilst we probably throw away enough food to feed an African family for a month!
Do we need "more of the same"? Do we need to test every diet that comes up in our struggle to lose weight?
I don't believe we need to do that.
If you try diet after diet, it may even be counterproductive as you may be conditioning your body to function in "starvation" mode. This means that your body will make it harder to burn fat because it believes (for want of another word) that resources are scarce, and that it is better to store them and burn them slowly... just in case there isn't any more food later on down the track.
There are many food regimes you may adopt, but you're better off picking one that is "middle way" (not too radical), based on sensible eating.
That may be Weight Watchers', or even this CSIRO diet (and, I'm sure, there are many other similar diets).
Once you find one and adopt it, you have to stick with it till you get the results you want.
Otherwise, you may find yourself spending lots of money trying one diet after another, and still not managing to lose weight.
Think about it... and act accordingly.
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
For lots of delicious low fat recipes, weight loss and healthy eating tips and articles, visit www.Delicious-Low-Fat-Recipes.Com (They're so delicious... you won't believe they're good for you!).
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... and as we say down under "G'day!".
We're 14 hours ahead of America. As I'm typing this entry, it is already 1st November, whilst you are still celebrating the last hours of your Halloween celebrations.
Anyhow, a few months ago there was a book that everybody was buying here: The CSIRO diet, which promised a pain-free, moderate middle-way food regime that would help our overweight members of society to become slender and healthy.
I checked it out, and I must say the advice in there is sound. Janet Street-Porter wrote an article recently asking whether this diet is "more of the same". I believe it is.
But it is more of the same common sense advice about eating a variety of foods in moderation.
It is not as radical as the Atkins in that it does not restrict the intake of carbs. Better still, if followed correctly, it can help you lose weight while still eating things that are forbidden in most diets.
The downside of it is that there is another learning curve to tackle down: how to measure your portions, what foods can you have when, how much of what, etc.
And this brings me to one of the points Street-Porter makes: We in afluent Western societies are so addicted to food, that we spend a lot of money every year in books and courses advising us how to lose weight, whilst we probably throw away enough food to feed an African family for a month!
Do we need "more of the same"? Do we need to test every diet that comes up in our struggle to lose weight?
I don't believe we need to do that.
If you try diet after diet, it may even be counterproductive as you may be conditioning your body to function in "starvation" mode. This means that your body will make it harder to burn fat because it believes (for want of another word) that resources are scarce, and that it is better to store them and burn them slowly... just in case there isn't any more food later on down the track.
There are many food regimes you may adopt, but you're better off picking one that is "middle way" (not too radical), based on sensible eating.
That may be Weight Watchers', or even this CSIRO diet (and, I'm sure, there are many other similar diets).
Once you find one and adopt it, you have to stick with it till you get the results you want.
Otherwise, you may find yourself spending lots of money trying one diet after another, and still not managing to lose weight.
Think about it... and act accordingly.
Yours in Health,
Skinny Jeff
For lots of delicious low fat recipes, weight loss and healthy eating tips and articles, visit www.Delicious-Low-Fat-Recipes.Com (They're so delicious... you won't believe they're good for you!).
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