NEW SERIES: FANTASTIC FAT AND TIME TO LOVE IT

I am going to kick this post off with one of my favourite quotes:

Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me. - JK Rowling

Years and years of diet culture have led us all to believe that f

at is worse than murder. It’s so bad that it actually brings out a negative physical response in people - they recoil at the sight or mention of the word. Long forgotten is the fact that fat protects us. That it was actually desired by humans at certain points in the year to put on weight to get us through harsher weather. That we as a species were driven to develop the way we cook and the food we made so that we could get fatter. To be fat was the goal.

We understood then that our weight is a fluctuating beast and that sometimes we need the protection of fat; the stored energy it provides was a necessary goodness. At other points in the year we would eat less and move more due to our surroundings and then the fat in our system would lesson. A yearly cycle. Not daily, weekly or monthly - yearly.

I feel we need to start looking at our weight, our fat store, in the frame of a bigger picture. Sometimes in my year, or life, I will have more fat and there is a reason for that.

Whether it be just over indulgence (as shockingly as it may be to all of you I have no need to hunt outside), emotional or because I can’t pay my heating so I stock up on chocolate digestives doesn’t matter. There are times when I will have more fat than others and that’s because my body needs it. As long as I listen to my body and my surroundings, I have no need to fear fat. In fact I have no need to fear it anyway because fat is awesome. No seriously it does SO MANY GOOD THINGS!!! And I intend to change the way you see fat so that both you and I can love all of that juicy fatty goodness in our bodies.

I am starting this series ‘Fantastic Fat and Time to Love it’ to show you the different ways fat is amazing and hopefully it will change both my and your opinion of the fat in our bodies.

First up - ELEPHANTS!

Not only are elephants the greatest creatures on the planet. They also use some of their fat to hear. That’s correct. They have a fatty mass in their feet, called a digital cushion, that allows them to feel sound vibrations through he ground telling them important information (though I like the idea that sometimes Marge is just telling Sandra that Dave’s being a right dick again) and keeping them alive. That’s right FAT SAVES ELEPHANT LIVES ergo fat is awesome.

Also, digital cushions are also vital shock absorbers for horses especially those that race and you can even find fatty on your local household pets in their paw pads. Fat is everywhere and it’s so good.

Don’t believe me then just watch the awesome video below. Also, watch for the bit where the elephants foot fat spreads out like 20% - reminds me of when I sit down and my thigh fat oozes in all direction. I now feel like an adorable elephant and I love it. Who thought calling myself an elephant could feel so good.