Happy Friday everyone. I have been incommunicado for a little while. I had a short break in Daylesford (lovely country town) with a good friend. The house we stayed at had no internet connection, so email was out of the question. Also my mobile phone had no bars, unless I went up the hill to the Botanical Gardens, then climbed a dark and dirty tower, then stood on tippy-toes and held my phone up at arms length. Only then was I able to get my messages, but not make any calls. Well, climbing the tower was good exercise, if nothing else!
The point being....the good news for me was having a break from the usual routine, in pleasant surroundings with good company. The good news for you is that during that time I started reading a "diet" book I picked up at the Op Shop. Its called "YOU on a diet" by Dr Michael Roizen and Dr Mehmet Oz (yes, THAT Dr Oz from the TV).
Why is this good news for you? Because I am supporting their approach for a variety of reasons. Its not really a diet book at all. Its a healthy lifelong eating plan. Its not dramatic or dangerous and is backed by science. It talks about the types of processes that go on in the body in relation to visceral fat and the effect on the brain of the consumption of certain foods. And they debunk the myth (as do I) that there are "good" foods and "bad" foods. Roizen and Oz also explain in great detail how low calorie diets are useless and ultimately counter-productive, and why we blame ourselves for dietary failure. And they talk more about waist measurement as an indicator of health rather than overall weight.
The crazy illustrations in my edition of the book have to be seen to be believed, but overall good sensible information and a reasonable argument for dieters to forgive themselves and forget the past. So don't "waist" any time - have a look at the book on Amazon or Google the guys.
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