10 Commandments
No, not commandments from the Bible, these are 10 commandments from Dumb Little Man about losing inches off the waist and getting back 10 years of youth. Not too shabby.
What I like about these ‘rules’ is that they are simple, not a ‘diet plan’, and best of all, I already do most of these!
No white bread, only wholemeal. I dropped white bread ages ago. I still like my French bread but only occasionally.
Have a few cups of green tea every day. Green tea is an acquired taste for me, I’m more into the black tea popular in the UK, but black tea has nearly as many anti-oxidants as green tea - I just add milk and fake sugar which apparently lowers the number of anti-oxidants.
Eat nuts. I like raw and roasted nuts, so yeah I’m already there on this.
Get your Omega-3. I take supplements just in case I don’t get enough from the food I eat.
Eat avocados. Yeah…this one I’m not so keen on. Except for guacamole on nachos or burritos I’ve never gotten into the avocado, but maybe I can give it a shot. The person that wrote the original article has half an avocado a day! That might take some work for me to get up to that.
Eat bigger meals in the morning and smaller meals in the evening. This has always made sense to me, I’m not sure where having a massive evening meal came from. I do try to not eat meals after 9, too.
The 80/20 rule. Now this one I definitely follow, at least when it comes to the amount of food I eat. Basically this means eat wisely during the week but during the weekends go ahead and have what you like. The way my schedule is right now, this is a cinch to follow.
Visualize yourself as perfect. This is basically actually thinking ‘my body is my temple’, and knowing that if you eat garbage, that’s what you’re taking into your temple. Rephrase it however you like, but if you put junk or processed food into your body, you’re not getting the best out of it. Even if you don’t want to be at your physical peak, it just doesn’t make sense to regularly eat crap food.
Exfoliate your skin. This is about looking younger. I’ve known plenty of guys younger than myself that looked older than me, simply because they don’t get enough sun, stay out till the wee hours all the time, and generally don’t take care of themselves. I hardly ever exfoliate, but I will admit that after watching a few shows of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy I did go out and get some ‘product’…I just need to use up that stuff now, even if only to justify the cost of buying it!
Love yourself with a passion. This basically means be happy with yourself and you’ll be happier overall and more positive about things, which will help you look and act younger than you are. Ever hear that old saying, “You’re only as old as you feel?” That’s what this is about.
Finally, a simple daily exercise plan is key to dropping the pounds. This ‘plan’ can be easy as walking 15 minutes in one direction, then 15 minutes back to your house or work or car, but mine will be to start cycle commuting to work at least 3-4 times a week, 32 miles each time. That’s 2700 calories burned every day, at my body weight. I’ve done it a couple of times and while the first time I was aching all over, the second time I was fine, and it will only get easier from there.
So, by the end of the summer, will I be ripped, shredded and sporting a six-pack? Probably not, but that’s not the goal. The goal is to get in better shape, that’s all. Oh, and save £5/$10 a day on fuel costs! 
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