Slimming down

Disclaimer: I am not a qualified dietician nor in any way medically qualified.

Dieting a green issue? Certainly. Eating more than necessary consumes more resources. It also widens your travel footprint a tiny bit as more fuel is needed when you are in the car or on the bus. This latter may seem nitpicking but it adds up. For every 80 people are a stone overweight that’s an extra ton to be lugged around.

Overweight people also tend to be eating more convenience food and take-aways which means more packaging, often plastic.

During the 2020-2021 Covid lockdowns I lost 9% of body weight – here’s how other folks might be able to do it.

Cut back on:-

  • Biscuits
  • Booze
  • Bread
  • Dairy products
  • Meat
  • Sugar and confectionary
  • Pastries and pies
  • Take-away food

Never:-

  • Eat cake nor pudding unless it is a special occasion or somebody else has offered it.
  • Buy off-the-shelf breakfast cereal without closely checking the ingredients. Most are laden with sugar.

Avoid:-

  • Fast food outlets – take a guess at how many tons of packaging these produce in the UK alone, now double. I’ll bet it’s still less than the actual figure – see Fast food packaging waste statistics
  • Packaged food
  • Processed food
  • Ready meals

Always leave the table feeling just a little bit hungry – except maybe on special occasions (Friday night is not a special occasion).