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 The toxic phrase we need to stop saying around Christmas - according to experts

Ok, bear with me. The use of 'Toxic' and 'Experts' is usual media crap, but there are a couple of good points made

Christmas is often a time for us to indulge with family and friends.
In fact we're set to gobble down 5373 calories on the big day itself.
We should be able to do that without feeling any kind of guilt for our enjoyment of the festive season

Indeed. GB News had a tweet out the other day asking if there was such a thing as a healthy Christmas dinner. My response was that Christmas is a once a year treat and there is no reason at all why it should be 'healthy'

Even if you spend the entire year dieting too loose weight, it's still only one day, it's still a treat and there's no need for health puritans to be banging on about calories (Although banging on about calories is the only joy some of these people ever get) 

We also shouldn't feel pressured to "work off" or "burn off" the calories, and according Nutritionist Emmie Keefe that phrase should be banned.

That's your 'expert'. I'm not quite sure how she plans on having those terms banned, but she obviously hasn't thought it through. Nobody who advocates bans of anything, ever seem to think it through

She does actually make some good points though, so I might be willing to forgive her that transgression

She told the Huffington Post, “We should never exercise for the sake of burning calories

She's not very good with words, but she is going somewhere with this. If you are a fat whap and your weight is causing health issues, then of course you should exercise to burn off calories, but here we're still talking about just a single meal; you shouldn't exercise just to burn off the calories you ate last night

"We should exercise for cardiovascular health, for mental health, for emotional health. It gives structure to your day. You can create social relationships through classes together,” she explained.

Yep

 It is too difficult to work out how much exercise is required to burn off the food and drink, and you could end up doing "mental gymnastics" rather than enjoy that trip to the gym.
“What that walk and that workout class is not going to do is burn off what you ate right before,” Emmie continued. “That way of thinking is big, big trouble.”

She finally has a good point. Exercise is not supposed to be about counteracting a previous over-indulgence. If the amount of food you are eating is making you fat, the trick is not to exercise more to compensate, but to eat less

You need a balance between eating right and exercising enough. Exercising more to compensate for over eating is not going to do you any good

 “It links us to this idea that we have to earn the right to eat and have to earn the right to have pleasure. Both of those things are innate in simply having a body.
"By virtue of being alive, you are allowed [both].
“Food doesn’t need to be an emotional or moral experience. You are allowed to just have it."

And she seems to have lost it again, as I'm not really sure where she is going with this now

My own advice would be:

  • Don't feel guilty for indulging at Christmas (Or on any other occasional treat)
  • Don't eat like a pig on a daily basis
  • Get enough regular exercise
  • Moderation
  • Booze and fags (We can't be 100% healthy all the time)
 If I don't see you before, as they say, have a good Christmas

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