Food For Thought… or Thought Before Food?

Helen Thomas reviews Graeme Marsh’s nutritional seminar last night at The Foundry.

Talk to anyone about their thoughts on weight loss, diet and nutrition and I challenge you to find a straight answer: and it seems the more bizarre the advice, the more the media like to push it out to us confused mortals as the next big thing.

This evening’s seminar with Graeme Marsh helped me to cut through all myths, fads and dubious advice out there. Although I still don’t think I’m anywhere near (or ever will be!) to knowing as much as Graeme does about nutrition and fat loss, I still left a little wiser.

I’ve already changed my approach to food (living with Dave is a bit of a head start) but even still I left with a good To Do list for my own personal priorities.  I think however the following were some of the main take home messages everyone should know:

•    Cut sugar; refined or natural, it’s gotta go

•    Eat protein with every meal; eggs, meat, fish… anything goes

•    Manage your stress; the majority of the time we stress about things that are minor in the grand scheme of things

•    Get more sleep; the less you have, the more food you crave

•    Do more weight lifting; recommended to build muscle and burn fat

The best advice Graeme gave is “Start with the big rocks and worry less about the little rocks”.  If you’re eating mushrooms on toast for breakfast, you need to think more about the bread than whether the mushrooms are organic.  Before worrying about whether you should put milk in your tea, stop putting sugar in it.

So with this evening’s top tips in my hand, I’m looking forward to putting them into practice.

For anyone interested in what this might look like, or anyone looking for ideas for meals and recipes, please see our gallery on facebook. If you want any help for Paleo style recipes, email helen@foundryfit.com.

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