Before we get under way with today’s instalment, just a reminder for you Queenslanders that we are having a meet-up (a casual get together) this Saturday night, meeting in the Rydges foyer (Southbank) at 9pm. This is an open invite for all readers of this site; not just those attending our RYB Program the following day. These informal gatherings are a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people, to make friends, to have a few laughs and possibly, to see me eat my own bodyweight in cheesecake. If you’re keen to come but a little nervous or shy, come along anyway. We’ll make you feel welcome. It’s what we do. 
Also… this Sunday morning my boy Matt Collins and his team from Fatburners will be running a free one-hour training session for anyone who wants to come along. Matty is a gun so this is a great opportunity to get down and dirty with one of QLD’s best Trainers. If you’re interested, be in the foyer of Rydges at 6.30 am, for a 6.45 start (done by 7.45). And yes, he will cater for all fitness levels…
On with the show…
It’s true; I do have a solution to the obesity epidemic but you best sit down before I share it with you, because it’s very complex and scientific. Ready? Okay here we go:
“Don’t eat what you don’t need.”
Sure I could stretch the message out to forty or fifty thousand unnecessary words, but for most of us, these six words are all we really need to know and apply.
The End.
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thanks!
hugs
Chelle xxx
True Harper style!
Too technical for me Mr Harper!
Totally pumped about the fitness session on Sunday!
3 x 15 reps of coffee and cake!
nice & concise
MWAH
Two words: why not?
I am beaten.
However, being back from the land of my ancesters where I spent some weeks eating what I don’t need, I feel quite new. Maybe, eating what you don’t need in the right place with the right people does the trick. Who knows.
P.S. You may not remember me guys but it’s OK. The new me has a good and forgiving heart.
Too simply true.
That’s pure gold, Craig! Can I add six more words to that?
–> find a physical activity you enjoy
My current addiction is my Tues 7:30 PM BodyJam dance class.
* and no doubt my shortest ever comment here
Hi Craig,
Hmmm. Very succinct post. I wonder if it could work as a Haiku? Hold on …
The food not needed
Will find its own place to stay
Building lumpy hills
Ok, so it’s more of a ‘Tryku’ than a Haiku. Whatever. Am not a weirdo. Much.
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Christina xxx
Oh so true!
Made me laugh out loud!
Thanks and hugs
Carolp
And to your kids, why don’t you try Responsible serving of Food.
This sounds like the Dr Rudy diet!
For those of you who remember the old TV show, Life Support, here it is;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-jy3OtZAss
Ok you could have warned us about the length of this… little tedious towards the end
haha, ohhh but… eating what i don’t need is my favourite bit! im joking. or am i?
i wish i was australian – i want to come to your free social and training sesh!
english kisses xx
Ha ha ha ha……I got comfy in my chair ready for the big spiel, to make me squirm in my chair with guilt or jump up & down with joy for a new insight……instead I laughed out loud for its simplicity. Oh it is oh so simple….come on head……we can do it……”dont eat what we dont need”…..
Thanks,
Pet
xoxo
I never thought I ate what I didn’t need until I kept a food diary. Now “If I Hog it – I Log it.”
No! It can’t be true, it sounds far too easy, Craigo. Surely that can’t possibly work!!
Wouldn’t it be better to do the latest fad of low-carb, high-protein, count-the-calories, don’t-eat-potatoes-or-white-flour, only-eat-cottage-cheese-in-the-morning, no-fruit-only-vegies, 15-protein-shakes-a-day and stand-on-your-head-for-two-hours-a-day thing??
Oh, bugger it, there must be a magic pill I can try then I can eat whatever I want and still look like Cindy Crawford!
Em
( ) x
BTW: Seriously, good advice … I’d take it but my trousers are already falling down!!!
Its not in the head… its in the hands!
I’d like to humbly add the following 10 words – Minimise one’s exposure to what you don’t need to eat.
Where I work there is building that is five minutes away, and it’s choc (ugh bad pun) full of what needs to be avoided. If I don’t wander over there then I don’t need to expend my mental energy on avoidance.
Cheers
I LOVE IT!!!
I have one ….
‘If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got!”
Karen xx
That also applies to you Mr Harper…you do not need that bodyweight of cheesecake, yeah?
Gullu ; )
“You can starve to death by reading a cook book.”
Ive been doing a lot of this. Attending courses with 100 great points ( all very interesting but for me perhaps a distraction from concentrating on a few key questions.) so these short hard hitting posts recently have been great for me Craig. Asking better questions is very important. Im looking forward to the Dumbell Rack of Life Part 2- part 1 was great.
Cheers, Dean
But I neeeeeeeeed chocolate!
*wink*
What it is that simple
Love it, short, sweet and to the point – and so very true.
Hey Craig !
Wow…. what a revelation !!!!! I must try to remember such profound advice !
{{HUG}}
Tina
Looking forward to chatting Saturday night.
Andy
Ah Craig,
if only it was that easy. Food is made out to be a God.
When someone is being sexually abused where is the help? Food is there to comfort,hide,make it better..
Food is there when another human being cant be.
Advertising bomards our brains daily telling us “only good parents, give their kids this” and we all want to be good parents.
Same as ” your not beautiful unless your underweight and have one foot in the grave from starvation” or taking the “new” designer drug
I can give up smoking as i dont need it to live but food well maybe i can live on my fat stores for a while but sooner or later Im going to need it.
Maybe what you said is the truth but how many can achieve it?
The word ‘need’ is the one that jumps out and smacks me across the face in this profound statement
Sometimes when we (ok … I) do eat what we (me again) don’t need – what we (& me) actually need is to work through what’s going on in our heads or our hearts or wherever it is that our feelings and emotions hide (interestingly I don’t believe it’s in our tummies) – harder to do that hooking into a chunk of brie and a glass of red – but more worthwhile – and doesn’t have the ‘post-binge’ guilt associated with it.
I love the simplicity of your advice Craig – see you Sunday