My plan is to live in the 1940’s for a year, not literally but following individual rationing plan for one whole year to improve my health & lose weight. I want this to not only be of benefit to me but a social experiment too- a trip back in time to when people out of necessity became more self- sufficient, grew their own, kept backyard chickens and were rarely overweight….We’ve recently moved to a cabin by a lake here in Nova Scotia, with our three children. As soon as the snow goes in the spring I’ll be ‘digging for victory’ and will re-create a wartime self- sufficient veg garden and keep chickens too to increase my meagre rationing allowance of 1 fresh egg per week…..I’ve got a lot of weight to lose, I’m pretty much desperate to return to being a healthy individual…so many things I’d like to do again like walk, run, swim but not only that, later this year I can expect a medical with regards to our immigration to Canada (we are currently here on work and study permits) At the moment I am horrifically teetering on 23 stone following Christmas over indulgence and have borderline high blood pressure- these results would not look good.I’m not going to feed my family rations although I will expect them to try out some of my war recipes- this is my deal, my experiment, my health and something I must finally settle for myself.I’ll be keeping a weekly online log of progress in the kitchen and in the garden and share with you my recipes, thoughts and feelings and photos too….I think I need to do this publicly to help me and I would appreciate any encouragement offered....I've tried to lose this weight so many times and sometimes lost 3 or 4 stone but modern day temptations soon pile the pounds back on...I’m hoping now that my life really will begin at 40……..1940!
