Techtonic fat shifts
We’ve all seen the myriad reports about how our sedentary lifestyles are affecting the nation’s health. Between couch potato activities at home and desk-bound jobs at work, it makes weight gain seem almost inevitable. As someone who was always stick-thin, it never seemed to be something that I needed to pay attention to. However, I’ve got to admit, after several years of sitting at a desk, it has begun to take its toll on me. Sure, I drank a little more than government regulation and ate a bachelor’s diet heavy in meat and light on greens but basically with my metabolism I’d be alright wouldn’t I? No. That’s the simple answer.
The trouble is that it happens so slowly that you don’t notice the fat creeping on. It’s like techtonic plates shifting, you don’t see it when you are there but it happens nonetheless. I’m pleased to say that once the realisation dawned, I was able to reverse the trend. Not by some exercise heavy regime or faddy diets that cut out whole food groups but simply by eating in a Gillian McKeith friendly manner. I cut out the beers, I never ate too much true junk food to begin with but replaced the meat-centric diet with a more balanced one that took in fruits and vegetables and lo and behold the weight started to go. The next step is to get exercising but, with the British summer as it is, I may have to invest in a Wii fit.
