In my email box this morning I received a number of emails from readers of this newsletter (and if you'd like to have your name added to the mailing list, please contact us by leaving a comment and you'll be made most welcome) as well as a bundle of "promotional" links, all on the same subject!
Challenges for 2011!
Now there's nothing wrong with that - in fact it sounds good. But then I read on. ALL these challenges had to do with following some sort of diet - not that they were all given that title, but it doesn't take much to realise that these are gimmicks from so-called reputable agencies (individuals) suggesting you follow their programme and you'll not only lose weight, but hey presto, you'll be fit and well too! Weight? - Poof - gone for good. Shape? - Poof - you'll be as "ideal" as Elle McPherson, Miranda Kerr, Megan Gale, Jennifer Hawkins - no worries. Blood Pressure and other ailments? Poof - cleared up, cleaned out, all better again! Depression? Gone for ever - no need to worry about that any more! More sexy? Of course! Following the directions in many of these programmes, and you'd find yourself more beautiful than the most digitally enhanced Disney cartoon! Sure ......
Of course there's nothing wrong with these goals - but let's be honest here, many women have not only one ailment but a combination of two or three or even more. And some of these because of the length of time experienced, have now become "chronic". And this doesn't only relate to women of size - women of all ages, shapes and sizes (even size zero) can be "unwell".
One of these "diets" recommended that the participant no longer take their prescribed medication and allowed their body and mind to heal "naturally" and completely all without any chemical help! To eat only the foods established by these "nutritionists" as being what our body needs (everybody's bodies apparently). Well, that's all right for them to say, but for a lot of women if they no longer took their medication for any number of ailments, then they'd probably collapse and go into a coma. And because our focus is on building up of self-esteem of women of ALL ages, ALL sizes and ALL shapes, it would be wrong to publicise or promote these new fangled "diets" because of possible and probable consequences. Being told what food to eat, and when to eat it, sounds more like a return to the bad old days when diet's ruled king!
Not every woman who is deemed as being "plus-size" is unhealthy. In fact it might surprise everyone to know that the majority of plus-size women are not only healthy, but they're happy too. They're "satisfied" with what they look like; and they get on with life as individuals completely at ease with their lives and in fact are examples which most of us like to emulate.
Look, you and I know that probably we would be better off with a bit less weight - however ....... That does not mean to starve our bodies (and minds) of what we need; to eat and drink what is not necessarily good for us; to go without medication which our intelligence tells us our bodies need to keep functioning properly.
Many of these "diets" require intensive exercise - for someone who has exercised, even lightly, over a period of time, then moving into a more rigorous regime is a little easier, than for someone who hasn't done push-ups since they were in High School! And a woman of near enough to 20 stone should she try to exercise along the lines sprouted, could well have a heart attack rather than slim down overnight.
Then there are the vitamin supplements that you should take with the "new diet". Piffle. If we were able to purchase food as it should be, then we'd have no need for ADDED supplements. If food wasn't played around with - this taken out, then that put in, with preservatives, food colourings, additives with numbers for goodness sake (which most of us don't know what is what) and so on, then we'd be much healthier anyway.
We thought we'd gone through all this before - but it seems we're being confronted with this sort of bias and need to be manipulated by people who only want to make money, not to help us, again. And each time it becomes even more hostile and demanding.
We feel sure there'll be a lot more to say on this subject a little later.
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