Peter Pullar

Over the last few days I have been looking at the ingredients of many of the foods that people mention on 43Things in pursuit of their goal of losing weight.
I have tried several of these processed foods and wonder why anybody would chose them instead of fresh natural foods if they really wanted to lose excess body fat.
Even though the manufacturers of these processed foods claim their food is healthy and great for people who want to lose weight, it seems to me that fresh natural foods are much healthier and more suitable for easily and safely losing excess fat.
These processed foods confuse my understanding of my own body’s real needs. The refined sugars, the artificial sweeteners, the artificial flavourings, preservatives and colourings cause my body to respond in a way that is very different from what the manufacturer seems to be telling me to expect.
No I don’t have more energy, I don’t feel great and that body fat remains instead of melting away like the images of skinny people in their advertising and on the packets would suggest.
My local greengrocer makes no misleading claims about their fresh crisp crunchy juicy refreshing products. I have lots of energy when I enjoy vegetables raw or lightly steamed with grilled fish, skinless chicken breast fillet, game meat or tuna.

I am totally ignoring most of the advice that I have read or heard about gaining weight and am now gaining quicker and easier.
I am doing lots of exercise, swimming each morning, doing a heavy gym workout most evenings and ride my bicycle each day.
I avoid most processed foods and refined sugar. I do not go to fast food restaurants.
I regularly enjoy munching on fresh crisp crunchy raw green vegetables as a snack, or have them with grilled fish, skinless chicken breast fillet, or kangaroo mince (a game meat which has almost no fat and is available in Australia for $7 per kilogram).
I also have other types of meals for variety and to include more fats or carbohydrates.
I am careful how I combine my foods as I dislike stomach pain, and want to get the most benefit from the foods that I eat. I don’t eat fruit with other foods. Often I start the day with a few pieces of sweet fresh ripe fruit and within an hour I feel hungry and eat something else. I avoid combining meat with starchy vegetables or grains. This is often a challenge as they are normally combined in traditional meals – meat and potato, fish and chips, hamburgers or meat sandwiches.
I feel fit and healthy yet my belly has grown. I have purchased some bigger shorts and trousers as my old ones don’t fit any more. I originally intended to only go to 95 kilograms however I am enjoying gaining weight that I may go beyond the 100 kilograms that I stopped at last time.

However unlike last time, I am eating less processed foods and less refined sugar.
I am also getting more exercise.
I am gaining weight more quickly than last time.
This time I am really enjoying getting heavier, I feel fitter and have more energy.
I only intended to go up to 95 kilograms this time however I have already exceeded that and I think I may go heavier than 100 kilograms that I stopped at last time.