Introduction
So a pretty harsh title, right? This book was inspired by so many people avoiding the real reason why they are gaining weight. It’s not body shape, or metabolism, it’s not age, sex, having kids, being unemployed and so on. The vast majority of us are fat because we simply EAT TOO MUCH.
I was inspired to write this book for a number of reasons. Watching overweight acquaintances complain that they gain weight while eating healthy and exercising (generally while they were tucking into a heaving plate of carbs) was motivation. My own weight fluctuations were another. But probably my biggest reason for writing this was that I am simply sick of all the diet books, diet plans, magical quick fix remedies and ridiculous eating solutions. Worse than mere nonsense, many of these businesses (they are there make money after all) are preying on people who are vulnerable to anyone promising to make them thin, successful and beautiful.
I will not do this. Reading this book will not immediately make you thinner (unless you are jogging on the spot right now!), it will not make your more successful, or more beautiful. But it might make you a little happier. And if you follow the recipes in the book, do a little exercise and most crucially REDUCE YOUR PORTION SIZES you may lose weight.
So here are my central themes for ‘Eat Less, Fatty’
1. Portion size is key – it doesn’t matter how healthy your diet is if you’re eating three times as much as you should be.
2. Metabolism does not matter. If you actually learn anything about metabolism you’ll find out that the fatter you are the FASTER your metabolism is, as your body is working harder to move the extra weight. Metabolism is an excuse.
3. There is more to life than food. There is more to life than losing weight. If you focus on only this area you will become depressed. Make sure you have a life outside your diet.
4. Be wary of people who will take your money, just to tell you that salad is better than chocolate.
5. I have no qualifications or medical training. If you have medical problems then please be very careful about following this or any dietary advice. Contact your doctor and ask them to provide you will nutritional guidelines that cover your medical needs.
A bit about me.
I am not hugely overweight, and I never have been. I don’t think this disqualifies me from writing this book, in fact it means that I know how to avoid the dangers of becoming obese. My weight fluctuates. Sometimes I am under nine stone, which makes me happy, my favourite clothes all fit. Sometimes I am pushing ten stone, which makes me a little unhappy. Generally I am somewhere in the middle. When I put on weight I know exactly why it happens – I am eating too much.
Why are you eating too much?
The simple answer to this may be that you’re unaware of portion sizes. More complex reasons may be that you are unhappy, so you comfort eat. I am not a psychologist, and if you feel that you have major emotional difficulties you should contact a professional. In general though, this book will try to teach you that your weight has NOTHING to do with how good a person you are. I like cake, that in no way makes me a bad person. In fact, my personality would be much, MUCH worse if I ate nothing but lettuce.
The anti-diet
As you look through the chapters of this book, I’ll go into more detail about what to eat, what not to eat (this is a surprisingly small category and largely consists of rice cakes. I mean rice cakes? SERIOUSLY?), how to move beyond food and think about overall health, calories and how to use them, the dreaded exercise issue, and, most importantly, having a life outside of food.
Chapter 1: You probably don’t need this book
So
So a pretty harsh title, right? This book was inspired by so many people avoiding the real reason why they are gaining weight. It’s not body shape, or metabolism, it’s not age, sex, having kids, being unemployed and so on. The vast majority of us are fat because we simply EAT TOO MUCH.
I was inspired to write this book for a number of reasons. Watching overweight acquaintances complain that they gain weight while eating healthy and exercising (generally while they were tucking into a heaving plate of carbs) was motivation. My own weight fluctuations were another. But probably my biggest reason for writing this was that I am simply sick of all the diet books, diet plans, magical quick fix remedies and ridiculous eating solutions. Worse than mere nonsense, many of these businesses (they are there make money after all) are preying on people who are vulnerable to anyone promising to make them thin, successful and beautiful.
I will not do this. Reading this book will not immediately make you thinner (unless you are jogging on the spot right now!), it will not make your more successful, or more beautiful. But it might make you a little happier. And if you follow the recipes in the book, do a little exercise and most crucially REDUCE YOUR PORTION SIZES you may lose weight.
So here are my central themes for ‘Eat Less, Fatty’
1. Portion size is key – it doesn’t matter how healthy your diet is if you’re eating three times as much as you should be.
2. Metabolism does not matter. If you actually learn anything about metabolism you’ll find out that the fatter you are the FASTER your metabolism is, as your body is working harder to move the extra weight. Metabolism is an excuse.
3. There is more to life than food. There is more to life than losing weight. If you focus on only this area you will become depressed. Make sure you have a life outside your diet.
4. Be wary of people who will take your money, just to tell you that salad is better than chocolate.
5. I have no qualifications or medical training. If you have medical problems then please be very careful about following this or any dietary advice. Contact your doctor and ask them to provide you will nutritional guidelines that cover your medical needs.
A bit about me.
I am not hugely overweight, and I never have been. I don’t think this disqualifies me from writing this book, in fact it means that I know how to avoid the dangers of becoming obese. My weight fluctuates. Sometimes I am under nine stone, which makes me happy, my favourite clothes all fit. Sometimes I am pushing ten stone, which makes me a little unhappy. Generally I am somewhere in the middle. When I put on weight I know exactly why it happens – I am eating too much.
Why are you eating too much?
The simple answer to this may be that you’re unaware of portion sizes. More complex reasons may be that you are unhappy, so you comfort eat. I am not a psychologist, and if you feel that you have major emotional difficulties you should contact a professional. In general though, this book will try to teach you that your weight has NOTHING to do with how good a person you are. I like cake, that in no way makes me a bad person. In fact, my personality would be much, MUCH worse if I ate nothing but lettuce.
The anti-diet
As you look through the chapters of this book, I’ll go into more detail about what to eat, what not to eat (this is a surprisingly small category and largely consists of rice cakes. I mean rice cakes? SERIOUSLY?), how to move beyond food and think about overall health, calories and how to use them, the dreaded exercise issue, and, most importantly, having a life outside of food.
Chapter 1: You probably don’t need this book
So
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