My Veil of Fat

WARMING ... WARNING ... This could happen to you!!!

If you are a skinny person don't think this cannot happen to you!!! It certainly can for a multitude of reasons ...none of which need to have anything to do with food... no one on the planet is excluded from the risk of becoming fat. Well maybe those starving in poverty should be excluded.

We are a generation of fat chicks. And you men out there ... is your belly starting to resemble that of your wife in her third trimester of pregnancy? And is that sexy? I don't think so. So don't fool yourself with some double standard that women are the only ones who look bad carrying around the extra baggage life has handed them. They after all have often wrecked their bodies for the sake of providing you a child or two along the way. This seems a reasonable excuse compared to a few buds with the boys.

So ... as Americans we are told to clean our plates and eat super sized everyting. You must not ever insult the cook. They worked hard to prepare your meal. They worked endless hours to buy that food and if they had nothing else to offer ... they had food. Mounds and mounds of food. In my family food works for every emotion. Food is the center of every event no matter the reason for the gathering. There will always be great food!!! And my god the portions we consume today have quadrupled compared to those of our Ancestors.

And if it does happen to you? Does it mean you are less of a person, does it mean you hate yourself, do you eat for comfort to fill some vast void in your life, did 5 pounds become 10 and so on, or is there some medical issue that has caused you to grow in massive amounts ... to the point you barely recognize yourself ... are you there, a skinny person, consumed by a veil of fat????

For whatever the reason ... it happens. And as a relatively thick person (OK ... a fat chick) at this point in my life ... it is very depressing. Your mind is apparently the only body part that does not get fat. As a passionate single woman, I can close my eyes, and imagine ... many wonderful things ... (I will leave those details to the imagination) and ... I will be damned if in my imagination I am a fat chick. Not even close. I am one hot babe. My imagination does not think that I am fat!!!

For example ... the girl on the right ... her liver is now fat. Your mind however, continues to function as if you were a skinny person. Emotionally you are still a skinny person inside and at the same time a fat chick people are making fun of and that your children rather not been seen with in public.

I cannot know the reason you are shrouded by the veil of fat ... but I came by my veil due to a combination of reasons. I was about 20 pounds heavier than when I graduated high school in August. Two kids and 20 years later ... the 20 was sticking to me! But, I was working on it. I just simply love food. Then I was diagnoised with cancer. I had the surgery ... and before I left the hospital gained another 15 pounds. Add to that the 20 from quitting smoking and my fat veil is thickening. Additionally I have a bonus, that many do not, I do not have a thyroid and when things change in my body chemically I am at risk to stretch my veil to the point that the seems are about to burst as I stretch it around me!! Consequently, with pasta being one of my favorite foods and medical issues .... fat ..... I am all over it. I have being a fat chick down.

For me personally, this is not a good thing physically or emotionally. I can end up in a very dark place emotinally and physically my organs do not like being fat. My liver in particular hates it. I do not begin to find jiggle jiggle to be an attractive attribute.

So consequently, being tired of the original 20 that woudln't leave.... I have come to the conclusion that I have to change my life. I have to reprogram myself to love food but moderately. I refuse to wear my fat veil for life. I may occasionally ... a few extra pounds in the winter or over the holidays ... but not for life.

I have recently purchased a book called the Total Wellbeing Diet by Dr. Manny Noakes. It is the #1 Australian Bestseller. It is not a typical diet that promises the sun and works temporarily. It is about changing your lifestyle. The diet is specially designed to provide not just weight loss, but also to protect and build the dieter's total health-so there is careful emphasis on including all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals needed for peak immune function, strong bones and high energy, as well as for avoiding long term diseases like diabetes, cancer, and cardio-vascular conditions. The eating plan is not based on complicated calorie counting, but instead uses a simple exchange system based on a daily allowance of servings in 5 basic food categories (protein, dairy, fruits & vegetables, breads & cereals and health fats.)

The program's eating plan includes:

- A wide and flexible variety of foods that leave the dieter feeling fully satisfied, never hungry and never subject to cravings.
- The eating plan is flexible and allows the kind of variation (at restaurants, etc.) that makes a diet truly livable.
- The book includes tools to help the dieter track daily servings (so they can easily adapt the menus for their personal use) and overall progress.
- Includes a graduated exercise program, so that its recommendations are appropriate for dieters of all fitness levels.
- Features 12 weeks of eating plans that include full daily menus.
- Includes over 100 easy-to-prepare and delicious recipes, featuring adaptations of popular Mediterranean and Asian cuisines.
- Beautifully illustrated with four-color photography, the book provides a spa-like reading experience.

Product Details:

The Total Wellbeing Diet
By Dr. Manny Noakes
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: NAL Trade (May 2, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451219228
ISBN-13: 978-0451219220
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.62 pounds

My goal for 2007 is to shed my veil of fat .... maybe this book review will help you burn yours as well!