River Cottage

Posted by: donthre

Nice comprehensive review, can't be bothered to do a review so link to other reviews.........

I like honesty

Rofl - why make the effort - to duplicate the efforts of others ?

But as I said - the principles are very "RC" - in their way ! 

Duh,don't listen to all that bumph,what you need is a week on a Health Farm in winter,

I m thinking of arranging one,plenty of Real Ales cooling in the pantry,best Bacon and eggs for daily fry ups,and a bottle of Captain Morgan for a night cap.

You ll damn well need through the day,or your trousers will be falling off you by the end of the week.

Taking bookings this week,so get your names down early,i m sure the few places will be booked soon.

Interesting looking book. I notice he is pretty well advocating the Atkins diet from the bits that were shown in 'open this book'. This was what was recommended for diabetics some years ago, but it brought on cardiovascular problems, so I would treat it with some caution, particularly if your health is poor.

Jim, you are probably right. A bit of manual work makes a lot of difference. This seems to be something that the medical fraternity and others in authority can't get their heads round; not everybody works in an office.

I have to say the language tends toward the sort of thing you find in any fad-diet book. They do tend to emphasise their particular message by preference. The CSIRO Wellbeing diet remains my favourite as it is based on soundly researched scientific methodologies (the CSIRO being the government research body).

Still, if it gets you interested in your health and wellbeing then all power to it I say.

Jc - I could be tempted by that idea - for a couple of weeks - whilst time is available.

oz - I took a look at that CSIRO diet & it has much to commend it. The main problem with diets for one in a basically sedentary occupation is that they ARE Diets ! When they are over, I at any rate, tend to put all the weight back on, plus a bit !

According to the good doctor (& most others) the body goes into starvation mode and lays down "reserves" in case "the bad times return"

OH F*** I just did a "dissertation" re your points girls & when I came to post - the website had gotten bored & logged me out ! - Thanks for that !

I'll do it again - if I can be bothered - but the important poit is to Chris - "yes alcy - it does contain some elements of Atkins - but a LOT of other stuff as well "GI" & "healthy eating" - and avoidance of sugar and Carbs =  knowing a little of your situation re Mr A - I'd invest the "sick squid"

Edit (also to Chris) - I take on board what you say and heve been to the doctors already this morning - to have cholesterol & "tris" etc checked as a reference point

Anyway 3 days in now & 3 lbs down - but could be an anomaly - we'll see !

I agree with the diet/starvation mode philosophy, that is the advantage of the CSIRO approach - the food portions just increase to maintenance mode once you have achieved the preferred weight. The recipes are so scrumptious you want to keep on eating them, and the menu plan rotates over (I think, from memory) 12 weeks to no danger of reaching that 'it must be Tuesday as I am eating grated carrot sandwiches' phase all too common in other diets. Still it is what floats your boat that is best for you.

JC - I'll take your overflow...

We are constantly finding out how different diets and lifestyles work with different people, so I dont think one diet works for everyone, and it can depend on your general health and how you are preprogrammed to lay down fat.  Different races put fat in different places (just like pigs!).  I appear to belong to a race that can eat anything and everything and not put on fat, or maybe that I have never been on a diet so my body had never had "starvation mode", or maybe it is the hard physical graft.

The Atkins diet seems to help those with gallstones and is now being recommended as the first step to get rid of them rather than surgery.

When you think salt was the basis for pay (salary) and was so necessary, it seems strange that this generation eats so much of it without noticing as it is included in so many things, that it is now reviled by many.

Don't hold your breath HH,men ain't what they used to be,

Although ,Don can turn his hand to several things,so i must be optimistic.

jc - there's probably more truth in your first sentence than the reat of the "RC" forums put together !

I remember going to uni at 18 y.o. - 13st 12 & thinking "I need an extra stone - to get in the team" (rugby - I was a forward - tight head prop for preference - but could do wing forward or second row as well)

Well we won a few & had some cracking times !

The last "Real " work I did was about 12 years ago - teams of two - half hour about - jack hammering reinforced concrete - horizontally - with a full size hammer - among others.

I used to reckon it took 3 days to get "fit enough" to do a days work - for the pain to become bearable - if you were still standing - reckon a week or more now - but I'd love to see if it's still in there !

HH - You must burn a trillion kCals a day, especially in this cold weather, without regard to chronology or gender - Respect lady ! And you're right of course - some of us have such inefficient bodies that they can't lay down reserves - whilst others are so efficient that it becomes a curse ! - but we'll outlast you - come the famine

So getting back to this Dutch auction we seem to be starting - who's offering what for a fortnight's "graft" then ?