Monthly Archives: July 2011

Jul20

"Change the way you see, not the way you look."

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This is the motto of Operation Beautiful, a wonderfully Simple idea by a lady called Caitlin. The main goal of Operation Beautiful is to end negative self talk- known as fat talk, and the people realise just how poisonous and destructive it can be to people. Caitlin started leaving post-it notes with positive messages on in the bathrooms at work, the gym and the supermarket. The positive messages are mainly to do with body image and beauty, and having had her own battles with fat talk Caitlin, along with many other women understand how far little bit of positive encouragement can go. Whenever people choose to participate in Operation Beautiful by leaving post its they are choosing to be positive, to think positively about how themselves and others look. How you look is something you where born with, but how you see your self is something you can control and use to encourage and build yourself up with. We all have ‘fat days’ or times when we would like to change something about our appearance but if we choose to think positively about ourselves we can overcome our own insecurities to live confidently in the body’s we where born with.

People who participate in Operation Beautiful take photos of their notes and send them to be uploaded on the website:


http://operationbeautiful.com/

I promise I am not completely obsessed with this song but it just keeps on coming up! Peter Hollens did a cover of Born this Way, with Operation beautiful – I love the video as he sings the words with positive notes about beauty along side. Check it out!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQGNEUs4KLQ

Jul10

A Winning Smile

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During this month I am spending a lot of time in Paris, France so I thought it would be good to write about cheese…

Cheese is a food that has often been a bit of a ‘no go’ in healthy eating due to it’s high levels of saturated fats, however if eaten in moderation it is actually incredibly good for you! Playing a vital role in a balanced diet.

Firstly your teeth: cheese is a anticariogenic – a food that helps protect against dental caries, and a very good one at that. It contains calcium and phosphorous which is vital for developing and maintaining healthy teeth, they strengthen tooth enamel, and when used is cooked/mixed meals it increases the amount of calcium around the teeth and helps reduce the amount calcium that is lost when the teeth are attacked by acids in the mouth, and replaces any that is lost. Furthermore, it helps form a barrier that protects the teeth from acid and encourages your mouth to produce more saliva, which neutralises acid from plague and clears any remaining food from the mouth.

Secondly your bones: again cheese contains vital ingredients for strong and healthy bones such as protein, phosphorous, magnesium and zinc. These ingredients help bones to grow and repair through out our lives. As well as slow bone loss which happens as we get older.

Now if your sitting there thinking ‘that’s all very well but I’m lactose intolerant’ – so am I! Cheese contains a lot less lactose than the milk it is made from, because during the process of making cheese the part with the lactose in is thrown away. The general rule is the harder the cheese the less lactose it contains. Studies have shown that the majority of lactose intolerance people can happily eat small, regular, amounts of cheese, enjoying it’s health benefits without an upset stomach. (This is for lactose intolerant people not those who are intolerant to dairy or have dairy allergies!)

Note: cheese, as with all things, should be eaten in moderation and as part of a balanced diet.

So smile widely, stand tall and vive le fromage! (long live cheese)

Sources:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/is-cheese-good-for-you.html
http://cheese.about.com/od/cheesebasics/f/lactose_free.htm
http://www.cheesematters.com.au/all-about-cheese/cheese-and-nutrition/
http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=79

Jul3

Wearing nothing new / Phenomenal me

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This dazzling lady spoke at the TED conference in March and for the week she only packed 7 pairs of underwear and brought all her amazing outfits from secondhand shops when she arrived in LA. Personally I think the most important point to her talk is her important positive message about how we view ourselves, our confidence and being a beautiful person inside and out, as well as presenting an alternative way to how we shop for new outfits.

http://www.ted.com/talks/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new.html

This message of loving and accepting yourself is echoed by another dazzling lady who spoke at TED’s youth conference in Singapore earlier this year. An amazing talk given by Samridhi Lodha.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZfUmgMS3I