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I think this face sums up my feelings about this latest idea.
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1️⃣ Everyone burns calories at different rates. A female runner with a small frame will not use the same number of calories running a 25 minute 5k as a large framed 6 foot 5 male runner running the same distance and pace. Not even close.
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2️⃣ For most of us, almost THREE QUARTERS of the calories we use each day are used just being in a state of rest - the notion that you have to “exercise off” everything you eat is inaccurate and potentially dangerous.
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3️⃣ A labelling system which focuses solely on calorie content is at best unhelpful and at worst, has the potential to promote less healthy options.
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For example a breakfast of scrambled eggs, smoked salmon & roasted tomatoes totals around 450kcal. It also contains over 50g of protein, lots of vitamin A and essential omega-3 fatty acids. If the alternative was a breakfast muffin from a certain fast food establishment at approx. 370 kcal... this new system would seem to favour the muffin, despite the other option being far superior nutritionally.
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4️⃣ The research supporting this idea is very very limited... and is all based on hypothetical situations in laboratories, not real life.
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5️⃣ Finally, and possibly most important. Exercise is a celebration of what your body can do. Not punishment for what you ate.
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Disappointed, sad and really worried that this will do more harm than good.
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Happy International Mountain Day ♥️ I’ve shared a few of my favourite photos from some of my favourite days.
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I feel so fortunate to have discovered how much happiness a day in the mountains brings me, to have met @rutherford.martin through these little squares and to have formed a brilliant friendship.
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The day I went over Crib Goch was about much more than crossing a ridge. It was about doing something so far out of a comfort zone that afterwards, you’re not quite the same person as you were before.
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Mountains make me braver, they make me calmer, they make me feel more capable and they make me happy.
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Thank you Martin for slowing down enough to let me keep up with you when we’re together and for giving me the confidence to climb mountains on my own too (although not ones with scree at the top 😳😂). Thank you for the fabulous hand drawn maps 🙈 and for always taking the best photos.
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If anyone reading this has ever thought about trying... if you’ve always fancied a walk up Snowdon or another mountain and you’ve never quite got round to it, I urge you to do it. Make it a goal for 2020 - you won’t regret it ♥️
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My mountain related goal for 2020? National 3 peaks challenge with @running_on_jellybeans - another of the brilliant people Instagram has brought me. I can’t wait Janine, I know we’re going to have the most incredible 24 hours and I know it’ll change me for the better.
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Mountains are magical ✨
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Most of the photo credits go to @rutherford.martin
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