All too often, size 6 waifs are promoted as our peers, and the perceived message (whether intentional or not) is ‘judge yourself or society will do the judging for you.’
Instead of pursuing an impossibly high ambition of becoming a tiny size 6 or 8, maybe we should consider a Gok Won type makeover-take a look in the mirror and decide what is a realistic healthy size for you.
Well another week has passed and here are the girls diaries for the last seven days. Ups and downs all the way, but from a difficult start, I think all the girls are going to pull through the week-4 blues, as you shall read.
We all know the old saying, “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper”, so surely eating a bowl of breakfast cereal first thing in the morning is sensible, healthy eating?.
By simply swapping meat for mushrooms in just four meals a week as part of a healthy balanced diet, 10 volunteers in a north London diet study group managed to lose an average 12.7 pounds over five weeks, with the top dieters shedding a stone and half.
Do you think you know all there is too know about nutrition & food? Well you might be surprised to find you are not as clued in as you thought. Try our quiz & see if your score puts you in the 'genius' or 'needs to try harder' category.
