The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't ant, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. - Mark Twain.


I like this quote, it seems to sum up what we really feel about choosing to change our lifestyle from something we are comfortable with to a more healthy one. When someone says "you need to lose weight" to you, your mind is immediately filled with images of salad, and never a nice one either. Its almost an inbuilt response for our brain to conjour up images of limp lettuce and watery tomatoes. Once we've got over that we switch you painful images of ourselves sweating and grumpy doing that insane thing called 'exercise'!


Even though we know that eating healthy and being active is the way to go, we still struggle with the concept. Perhaps its because we have all grown to comfortable with out on lazy habits that we have stopped listening to what our body tries to tell us. We settle for the ease and convenience of processed foods and are far to eager to use any excuse not to exercise.


Perhaps if we listened to our bodies more and took the time to understand how these marvellous machines actually work, we would stand a better chance of losing weight and keeping it off, instead of settling into the usual yo yo routine that we inevitably do. Understanding your metabolism would seem to be a good place to start, after all that's what drives our bodies, turns our food into fuel and keeps us going. 


No I am not a health fanatic, I do not have the figure of a racing snake and I have been yo-yo dieting for years. But, recently I have read though one diet plan/book that does actually talk sense. It doesn't involve eating strange combinations of food or almost killing yourself in the gym either. It talks sense, helps you to understand how your body works and just what you can do to help it work more effectively. If you're interested in trying, or finding a new way, you can learn more HERE. Heres to improving all of out health and well being!