Introduction

First and foremost, I am in no way a fitness guru, life-coach or dietician. I’m someone who has struggled with weight & eating issues for a number of years and I’ve learned much from it, with good results.

The years I have had spent fighting the hold of obesity has strengthened me to tackle the problem. In some cases you can learn a lot about tackling a problem if it has been with you for too long. My obesity has been like an arch-nemesis whose tactics I can predict from a near lifetime of battling.

Some of what I will say in these writings may offend or come across as either egotistical or patronising. The intension behind the confident musings I have are not intended to spark off upset but to proclaim that what I am writing is so good I have justified reason to be confident. As stated above, I am not a professional teacher - I am a guy on a journey who has kicked a lot of rear along the way and wishes to share the enlightenment gained. After all, the journey is more important than the destination.

The fact is, life is valuable. You the reader, being alive to read this, are valuable. People in general need to be reminded from time to time they have value.

In society, we humans take a lot for granted. I am a Christian and I believe we were made in God’s image as the species on this planet given stewardship over the rest of creation – responsible dominion. We were created to enjoy life but also created to respect ourselves, each other and the planet. Those Jennifer Aniston L’Oreal commercials on TV have a great discourse in that they tell the viewer that the beauty product is brilliant that they are “worth it!”. Not many adverts tell the consumer of their worth, the norm is all buy, buy, and buy! McDonalds adverts with their “I’m loving it!” slogan have no indication towards customer value; they just inform the viewer that a ‘mystery voiceover’ loves the product without offering a sense of building character. I want these writings to be less like a McDonalds ad and more like a L’Oreal beauty product ad (even though Jennifer Aniston can’t be here today…). I’d also like to add that shampoo is food for hair only and not for eating.

People should learn to eat more like a King (or Queen), because they deserve to! You only get one physical vessel in this lifetime, and that physical vessel is going to go through a lot. That vessel deserves the best upkeep that money can and can’t buy. That’s right! Eating like a king does not mean having to buy expensive grub from upmarket retail outlets or specialist stores, it means respecting and loving yourself as a person so much so that you make the right decisions for what is good for you.



What I am aiming to do in this series of writings is to encourage and provoke thought towards eating, how one eats and what one would sensibly eat. For eating isn’t just about physically chomping down on edibles, it’s about what your brain processes to start with. Most would assume that dieting is all about the physical process of better eating and more exercise, but the first thing to consider is brain before belly.