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My weight gain began seven glorious years ago, when I finally tied the knot.
Many had said that nuptial bliss is a recipe for expanded girth, but I have the
added burden that my spouse is an exceptional cook. I put on 35 kilograms.

When I went to the doctor with “bubbles in my head” (I remain terrified of a
stroke), he told me I have a blood pressure problem, and I would need
medication – but he also cautioned that I had a world of health issues headed
my way if I didn’t start with exercise and some sort of weight loss
programme.

So, does this blog post give you any more certainty? Banting, for all the hype,
certainly does help with cutting the calories. But I have found that I need a
starch in my diet, even if it’s in limited form. I always take my doctor’s word
for it. He’s 70, looks great, is in shape, and doesn’t smoke. We call him Dr Van
(short for van der Merwe, oh the irony of it all). In a thick Afrikaans accent, he
says, “If it fell from a tree or you dug it out of the ground, you can eat it.
Otherwise, it are rrrrrubbish” (remember to roll your r’s).

That puts paid to a lot of stuff. But, thankfully, potato is not one of them.
Eaten in moderation, potatoes are a glorious source of nutrition – but then so
are sweet potatoes and lots of other veggies. I still prefer the good ol’ potato.

I also just have to share this with you. There’s a woman I know who is a
Banting koekie. Whenever I visited her in the past for a business meeting, she
would always tell me to bring my own milk, because milk did not fit into her
paradigm. I always drink my tea with loads of milk, but on one particular
occasion, I forgot the milk and she had no tea, so she offered me a cup of her
coffee with a huge globule of butter in it and stevia, of all things. “No, butter
is so good for you, because fats keep you full for longer,” she preened. A
sheeple of note, she is someone who has run after “the latest fad that has
captured the zeitgeist,” which just really doesn’t sit well with me. Puke, gag,

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