Karen Gaul
Karen Gaul says:
I’m 71 years old & have been dieting since the age of 9! Yes 9 years old…hard to believe but true.
My mum had taken me to our family GP with concerns about my development as I was somewhat bigger than my peer group. If more thought had been given then both mum & the GP would perhaps have realised I was at the start of puberty…earlier than most but true.
My early puberty resulted in decades of see-saw dieting following in the footsteps of my mum who was a serial dieter…I hadn’t known anything other than mum on a diet! Like so many I have a hundred & one reasons to diet & can probably tell you my weight at different stages of my life.
However my dad dying with Alzheimer’s in 2012 was a huge factor in my decision to not be in the same situation in my older years…at this stage I was almost 60!
It was time to make changes in all aspects of my life including sleep nutrition movement & mindset. A lower carb way of life was part of those changes & today I feel amazing. But a diagnosis of cancer last year made me realise if I hadn’t worked so hard my recovery post hysterectomy & subsequent treatment would have had a different outcome.
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Karen’s Top Tips
- If you have a child that you believe that is bigger or larger than their peer group – don’t tell them about it, what is good or bad to eat or put them on a diet – this is setting them up for a lifetime of dieting.
- You do you – you are an experiment of one.
- Find like minded people or a support group then you are more likely to be accountable and stick with it.
Resources Mentioned
Karen’s podcast
Sixty Plus Wellness Positivity and Longevity
Delay, Don’t Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle – Gin Stevens
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