Eating well

Ah, food, one of my favourite subjects. It also fills me with anger.

I am by no means a skinny girl. I’m not a fat girl either, but at a curvacious UK 14, I enjoy my food and prefer not to starve myself. I am healthy; I do eat a varied diet, I walk a lot and do miscallaneous bits of exercise. I know it’s entirely possible to be a little bit bigger than perhaps is considered healthy and have a good bill of health.

However, some obese people really annoy me. Note, I say some, not all. I am well aware that sometimes there are health issues. I am also aware that sometimes people are just bigger built. I also have a LOT of respect for people who are very obese and are trying to do something about it.

No, the people I have no respect for are the ones who are obese because they eat fatty processed foods, such as chips and chicken nuggets every single day, washed down with vast amounts of coca cola and finished off with chocolate bars. They then claim it’s because they can’t afford to buy fresh ingrediants, so they can’t eat more healthily.

This angers me. This just shows how incredibly uneducated people are. Sadly, quite often this sort of behaviour seems to come from people on benefits. I am not saying it’s exclusive to this group of people. I am also well aware that probably most people on benefits are not obese and do it well. But, there are a vast amount of people who fall into this catergory.

What would I do about it, if I was in charge? Food vouchers. I’d replace some of the money given with food vouchers, to be cashed in named shops. It would entitle you to healthy essentials. Things like pasta, bread, some fresh fruit and veg.

It costs less to chop up and cook an onion, pour in a can of tomatoes and pour over some pasta than it does to cook nuggests and chips. It’s quick, it’s easy, it counts as one of your five a day.

Where is the excuse for poor eating?