I haven’t done SHIT for the past 4 days and I’m fortunate to have a Workman’s Comp neck appointment tomorrow morning for the MD visit (5 minutes tops) and the accupuncture dude.

I have been nothing but lethargic during this vacation time and honestly - something has got to give.

Now quite by accident last night I was washing my hands in the movie theater restroom when I looked up and noticed a very broad back in the mirror.  I was taken by surprise when I realized that the lilac clad giant was none other than yours truly.  Shit, that was way scarier than the stupid Paranormal movie that I went to see with a few pals.

My goodness I thought as I turned from right to left to take it all in.

Is that me?

Shit, that can’t be me.  I don’t look this bad from the front.

Fuck, that’s me alright.

Damn ain’t she a biggun!

Fuck.

This is rather depressing.

I gave it once last look and sauntered out of the restroom.

I thought about it all the way home.

I thought about it today while I lay on my couch ALL DAY.

I’m thinking about it as I get ready to go to bed.

Fuck.

Something has got to be done about this.

I can’t believe I have the audacity to think that I wasn’t THAT bad.

Yikes.

Harsh.

VERY harsh.

Now a plan must be formulated.

That also fucking sucks.

Being fat sucks.

Fried food is one of the processed foods looked at in the study

Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.

What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.

Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged civil servants was compared with depression five years later, the British Journal of Psychiatry reported.

The team said the study was the first to look at the UK diet and depression.

The UK population is consuming less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated fats and sugars Dr Andrew McCulloch, Mental Health Foundation

They split the participants into two types of diet - those who ate a diet largely based on whole foods, which includes lots of fruit, vegetables and fish, and those who ate a mainly processed food diet, such as sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products.

After accounting for factors such as gender, age, education, physical activity, smoking habits and chronic diseases, they found a significant difference in future depression risk with the different diets.

Those who ate the most whole foods had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who at the least whole foods.

By contrast people with a diet high in processed food had a 58% higher risk of depression than those who ate very few processed foods.

Mediterranean diet

Although the researchers cannot totally rule out the possibility that people with depression may eat a less healthy diet they believe it is unlikely to be the reason for the findings because there was no association with diet and previous diagnosis of depression.

Study author Dr Archana Singh-Manoux pointed out there is a chance the finding could be explained by a lifestyle factor they had not accounted for.

“There was a paper showing a Mediterranean diet was associated with a lower risk of depression but the problem with that is if you live in Britain the likelihood of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.

“So we wanted to look at bit differently at the link between diet and mental health.”

It is not yet clear why some foods may protect against or increase the risk of depression but scientists think there may be a link with inflammation as with conditions such as heart disease.

Dr Andrew McCulloch, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “This study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.

“Major studies like this are crucial because they hold the key to us better understanding mental illness.”

He added people’s diets were becoming increasingly unhealthy.

“The UK population is consuming less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated fats and sugars.

“We are particularly concerned about those who cannot access fresh produce easily or live in areas where there are a high number of fast food restaurants and takeaways.”

Margaret Edwards, head of strategy at the mental health charity SANE, said: “Physical and mental health are closely related, so we should not be too surprised by these results, but we hope there will be further research which may help us to understand more fully the relationship between diet and mental health.” ]]> http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/anngirl/2009/11/02/oh-for-goodness-sakes/feed/ http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/anngirl/2009/10/30/birth-day/ http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/anngirl/2009/10/30/birth-day/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:55:19 +0000 anngirl http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/anngirl/?p=702 Yep, I’m officially 42 years old this afternoon at 3pm.

42 years on this earth and 22 spent as an independent adult.

Ok, well maybe not an adult.

I might be getting a house and should know within the next two weeks.

Exciting times?

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Once a skeptical bitch - always a skeptical bitch!

Today is like any other day but of course

one can’t help but to wonder

what’s

next

So this morning I was watching a blurb on the news show about liposuction.  I watched with much interest and the MD said, ‘Well our patients are basically at 30 BMI’.  I rushed to the computer to find out what my BMI is right now.

33.4!

So then I wondered - what would ‘normal weight’ be for me.  So I plugged in number after number and UGH it’s 52 pounds from now!  I weigh 201 and I’m 5′5 - so that’s quite a bit of weight.

Argh.

So to go from OBESE to Overweight is about 180 pounds.

That’s 20 pounds down from now.

Good Grief.

So needless to say, I was in a fantasy world while watching the liposuction segment because in order to even THINK about it - I’ve got to lose 20 pounds.

And if I’m down 20 pounds - won’t that make it easier to lose even more?

Then, what would be the use of the expensive procedure?

So we’re back to square one.  There’s no magic to it - back breaking work.

Shucks

Guess I’ll count up how many calories I ate for breakfast.

Time to get back on the wagon again.