My Little Pony
Lose Fat Get Fit. Be happy in your own skin. What do I know that you need to know & how did I get to learn it
My name is Rosie Peters. Actually its not thats my pen name. Ive used it over the last 10 years for the educational textbooks I have written in Australia. Its a combination of the names of my older dog and my long deceased cat. Rosie the dog and Peter cat. I could have made up a name around my older and younger dog but Rosie Jed doesnt work and Jed Rose is a nice strong mans name and Im not a nice strong man although I am big boned for a woman.
Anyway I (who shall hereinafter be known as Rosie Peters) live on the far east coast of Northern New South Wales Australia just south of Byron Bay with my husband and 2 dogs. This context explains my inability to spell words like fibre and yoghurt in the American way.
I was a skinny child in a fat family and despite my parents best efforts did not take on the family trait of being overweight because I spent an inordinate amount of time riding my push bike against the coastal headwinds looking for horses to pat.
My mother was a dreadful cook (burnt meat and overcooked 3 veg every night) so I had little interest in food quality except for the sugar hit of cakes lollies and biscuits that my exercise wore off pretty quickly. Dont get me wrong I ate like a pit pony.
Throughout my adult life I have been up and down in weight and fitness according to my level of happiness alcohol intake physical activity and attention to what I ate. During this time I did learn to cook well; largely due to the fact that I married a European man who while he would eat any variety of food refused to eat or cook anything that did not taste good.
When I put weight I would eat sensibly and exercise happily till I lost the kilos then get back into the blue cheese red wine beer chocolates and sedentary lifestyle until I replaced all my old fat plus some to spare.
Three years ago I was 14kg overweight on the cusp of obesity. It could have gone either way but I bit the bullet. Like many people entering their forties I turned around my lifestyle and now maintain a fit healthy body.
I write because I love to write. I write about diet and fitness because I know about these things. I believe if I encourage and advise people in a humorous but hard hitting combination they may embark on their own healthy diet and exercise journey for life. Anyone can do it but you have to really want it. http://www.losefatgetfit.com