Author: Wattle

Fresh mint on my mango tastes delicious. I chop the mint up finely so that the perfume is released into the kitchen. Another thing to do is take some mint leaves in a bag if the walk is just before lunch, or just before the evening meal. Hunger might make me walk inside a fast food shop. Instead I squeeze the leaves of the mint in my hand to smell that instead of the aromas of fast food. Fast food shops that I am walking right on past, without going inside.

I have brought some of my 25 year old mint plant in a pot to this new place. Thankfully it remains alive. After removing the bottom leaves of a sprig for use in the kitchen I plant the remaining stalk with a few top leaves left on the top of it, to get a whole lot more mint plants growing. There is no such thing as having too much mint growing. Mint is very new-gardener friendly plant. It would be well worth trying to grow some bought from the fresh herbs section of the supermarket, or one already growing in a pot from a nursery may be turned into several plants.

Most months have a theme that is well defined. Over a year, or a few years this approach will make it possible to discover which themes work the best for slow, sustainable weight loss and to practice some maintenance of the sightly smaller body shape.

There are a few reasons to rotate the meats, vegetables and sauces this month. Variety for our taste buds will be very welcome after such a lot of disciplined eating. The variety also allows some learning of how to maintain the current body shape eating all sorts of meals.

This is the month for some dining out, eating exactly what sort of cuisine is desired. It is the time to zero the stash of meals at restaurants in return for walks done.

The first law of dining out does apply. Eat exactly how much you want to of what you want to. This is a thoroughly earned escape from home cooking and needs to be experienced without any thought given to the composition of the food on the plate. It is unlikely that the restaurant will have decreased the portion size since last year so what we do is choose places that provide a take home container.

Thank goodness there is no need to endure any brisk, sweat inducing exercise to lose weight.

Phrases like a stroll or an amble bring to mind the slower pace of some gentle walking. That is all that is required for an outing. It is an activity, like any other, to be enjoyed.

We have a tendency to repeat what we enjoy. If we repeat the gentle walking activity enough it may become a routine. The sort of routine which regularly removes us from incorrect eating opportunities both at home and whilst out, so long as we choose streets that lack food fragrances, or have just had a meal.

In Mangober I like to find streets that have gardens with jasmine growing in them. A charming, delicate floral perfume to experience.