How Sez Sees It

This year I want to lose weight. I am currently sat in my trousers that fit before Christmas and they are way too tight. Wait! Doesn't everyone put on a bit of weight over Christmas? Well, yes. I guess most people do anyway. However, this has been a long time coming. Even before Christmas I was not happy with my weight. On top of that I have had other issues connected to my weight that are making me feel awful. I have been getting regular headaches, my back aches from time to time and I know my knees (which have an injury anyway) are suffering more than usual. On top of that I know that my lack of fitness, eating well and exercise have been contributing to my low periods and making my depression worse than usual. There is my second one. I want to fight my mood. I want to have a more positive outlook and to get myself sorted and on the right track. Like I say, the exercise and eating well should help with this too. So unfortunately for you all I am going to be banging on abo...

Recently and totally out of the blue I have started eating honey.  I don't know why, but I love the stuff now where I used to hate it entirely.  There you go, taste buds change.  It turns out that honey could be good for watching your weight and keeping you healthy. Manuka honey (which is expensive) is said to have many health benefits and can keep you from getting colds and all sorts, but any honey will do the trick apparently.  Honey, on average, has more calories per tablespoon than refined cane sugar (the calorific content can change due to the type of honey used).  However, because honey is very, natuarally sweet, you need to use much less of it than sugar so that you should end up having less calories anyway.  The other thing is the GI count.  GI or Glycemic Index is basically a measure of how quickly the body can use carbohydrates from foods.  The lower the score the slower the release of energy.  Ordinary supermarket sugar has a G...