| Being fat is no fun at all. First, your clothes are too | | | | use whole grains, enjoy an appropriate amount of |
| tight. Second, you no longer look like you did when | | | | dairy and concentrate on making sure that you have |
| you were young, fit and healthy and last but not | | | | lean protein. Gone are the days, where it was ok to |
| least, you are setting yourself up for health problems | | | | eat the fat on your meat and enjoy it. While it may |
| either now or later in life. | | | | have tasted good, it was certainly no good for your |
| As we get older, it is much harder to get the balance | | | | health. Try and reduce the amount of eating out that |
| right between the amounts we eat versus the | | | | you do and try cooking more meals at home. That |
| amount of exercise that we undertake. To maintain a | | | | way you have full control over what is being added |
| healthy life, there must be this balance in your life | | | | to your meals. It's ok to treat yourself to a nice meal |
| otherwise something gives. Too much eating and not | | | | from time to time, but try and limit this to special |
| enough exercise will result in weight gain. | | | | occasions. |
| If you are at this point in your life then I know how | | | | When I started my sensible eating program, I was |
| you feel. I was exactly like you are now five years | | | | absolutely amazed at the size of the meals that I |
| ago. A routine check up revealed that I was | | | | should be eating compared with what I was actually |
| overweight, had high blood pressure and my | | | | eating. I can guarantee that most people do not |
| cholesterol levels were getting to the dangerous | | | | have any idea of what the recommended serving |
| stage. The doctor simply told me to lose weight and | | | | sizes for most of the foods that we eat. As an |
| change my lifestyle. | | | | example, the daily recommended amount of meat |
| I immediately embarked on a walking program and | | | | and beans for an adult female is just 5ozs. There are |
| substituted water for fizzy drinks in my diet. Both of | | | | daily recommended limits for all the food groups and |
| these lifestyle changes had a significant impact on my | | | | this is why most people need to be educated if they |
| life. I made two other lifestyle changes that | | | | are to maintain their weight within appropriate levels. |
| complimented the exercise and water intake plans | | | | Luckily for me, I came to the realisation that life's too |
| which have made all the difference to my overall well | | | | short to be fat and I did something about it. My life |
| being. | | | | today is really good as I am fit and healthy and can |
| 1. I concentrated on eating a healthy well balanced | | | | enjoying doing activities with my grandchildren. |
| diet | | | | If you are overweight, it's time that you took control |
| 2. I focused on eating smaller portions | | | | back in your life and did something about it. Make a |
| There is a wealth of research to demonstrate that | | | | sign - "life's too short to be fat" and stick it on your |
| eating a healthy well balanced diet will impact on your | | | | refrigerator and use that to motivate yourself to |
| health both today and in the future. This includes | | | | make lifestyle changes today. |
| making sure that you have fruit and vegetables daily, | | | | |