I was reading a leading story in Melbourne’s Herald Sun labelled “Heavy Cost of Obesity”. According to the statistics, Australians are heading to spend $745.6 million dollars on counselling, low-calorie foods and shakes, diet cook books, lap-band surgery and lipo-suction. That’s not even including gym fees or personal trainers. In Australia there is 62% of adults that are overweight. Gym memberships and personal training is going up, but so are the obesity figures. 

Come on Australia, what are we doing to ourselves? While we are spending a fortune on fast food, we are spending just the same, if not more to lose the calories. It goes to show that we are getting fatter quicker, than losing it and it seems we are accepting it as a normal part of life. I lost 67kg/150lbs in 13 months on my own, without spending any more than my weekly shopping budget. I’m sure that you can do the same. It all comes down to common sense and going back to basics. Think about it this way. Hundreds of years ago, we didn’t have the technology that we have today, but managed to survive on the basic food sources. Now that we have almost everything at our fingertips, we are just abusing it and taking things for granted, especially our bodies. We all need to wake up, shape up and get on with it. Natural foods, good exercise and common sense are the keys to losing weight and you can do it on your own. Let me be your example that it can be done and cost you nothing more than a healthy grocery list. Feel free to let me know your thoughts.