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When it comes to body matters - do you 'rent' or 'own your body? And how will you treat it this Christmas -as a renter, a squatter or an owner?

On a recent trip to Florida we hired a rental car. Given that its mileage clock told me it was new - I was surprised to note that the upholstery was already stained and marked. Bottom line, we don't look after rental cars as well as we do their own. Why? Well we're not invested in how long 'their' car is going to last.

It made me think a lot about the difference between 'renting' vs 'owning' which then lead to me thinking about the difference between how we go about our body matters when we consider our bodies a mere 'rental' instead of 'our own personal property.' How many of us don't treat our bodies as just something to haul the brain about, or to just get us through each day, or as something to over-fill at the Christmas table?

So let's say the body sends my brain an 'I'm hungry' message - if I think of my body as a rental, well it's easy to grab for whatever junk is available and scarf it down without thinking about how this will affect the long-term mileage of my body. It doesn't matter if I fill my tank with the 'dirty' fuel. It won't matter is I overeat so much Christmas fare that I feel off colour.


'If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning. 
Catherine."

Sometimes, we treat our body almost as if our body matters not one bit - at least not in the long run. If we treated it as our own personal property, wouldn't we take care to look after it as best possible? Give it quality fuels, make sure we take it for a run (a walk or anything else will do too) to keep that battery energized? Wouldn't we be selective about eating for it's long term well-being beyond just this Christmas meal? Your body matters - it's the only one you've got in this lifetime!

YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS

How do you approach Christmas eating? Do good intentions float in and out of your consciousness? Do you find yourself fantasizing about all that Christmas fare? Hmmmm.... I can sympathize. But you can survive Christmas .... without sabotaging yourself. This is your FIRST CHRISTMAS PRESENT - just sign up for our complimentary e.course on surviving holiday eating without shooting your weight loss efforts in the foot.

Here's YOUR SECOND CHRISTMAS RECIPE GIFT a Christmas gift for you - a great Beetroot cake (oooh - is this ever yummy) that comes to you courtesy of Tangerine Cooking School In fact, it'd make a great addition to your Christmas festivities - so feel free to give it a try. (just scroll down below the submission form)

I'm putting together a child-friendly healthy eating recipe e. book for the Ditch Diets Live Light website to go with my new children's book. Here's what I'm looking for - any ways to encourage children to eat additional vegetables (like this versatile beetroot cake) or fruit in food that kids will enjoy.

Any recipe you submit will be credited to you. This way so many children (and parents too) will benefit from what you know. It's live giving many other families a Christmas gift that lasts forever.

I'm really proud of how the Ditch Diets Website continues to grow. Checking my stats at the end of our first year anniversary was like opening my own Christmas present. In November 2008 we had over 20 000 pages read and our Alexa ranking went down to below 200 000 and our homepage scored a Google ranking of 3. I can't say I really understand what these all mean, but I'm told they're all good. It's a body of work that really matters to me.

TREATING YOUR BODY AS IF IT MATTERS

• Do you fuel up as if your body matters? And here I'm not just talking about the quality of our fuel (in the children's book I'm doing an expose of food marketing - wow is that ever an eye-opener), but I'm also talking about the attitude with which you'll fuel your body this Christmas because that too makes an incredible difference.


• And how do you go about keeping your battery energized? Here's what i discovered... once I'd found an exercise that was right for me and that I could genuinely enjoy, I also discovered how much more energy I had.


• And what sort of shape is your fuel injection system in? By that I mean, what is the quality of our fuel quality of your thoughts?

I like the idea of treating my body matters as if it really matters. And that's why I've put together all the ditch diets products to help you do just that. Check out all the specials for Christmas, but hop in fast, you need to order before the 15th December!

CHILDREN'S BOOK

It also matters because how you treat and fuel your body - is what your children will role model. And if there is one thing that comes through loud and clear in all the research I share with you in my latest book: what you see mirrored back to you by your children will show you a lot about whether you treat your body matters as a rental or ownership deal.

Here's to treating your body as if it matters this Christmas - as if it's much more than just a rental.

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