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Okay, I think I am finally to the point where I do not want to hear of another diet, ever. I am not sure if you know this or not but I am the self proclaimed “Diet Queen”. So, for “The Queen” to turn her back on her own people, it’s serious people. Serious- as in-seriously aggravating as hell. Why do we continue to think that the next diet is going to be “The One”? Why do we keep believing the lie about the “Diet Magic Formula”? Oh sure, there are diets that will make you lose weight but what happens after you eat a Twinkie? You fluff out, not to mention the internal damage it does to our bodies.
I am here to state for the record, there is no magic formula, no diet is really worth trying, there is no quick fix…end of story. Researchers have been studying for years to find the magic formula and it hasn’t been discovered because it just doesn’t exist. I don’t want to scream conspiracy theory but it’s odd how society puts so much emphasis on size and weight and how odd it is that the diet industry is a multi-billion money making market. People are making bank off of us not being comfortable with our bodies, running out to get the newest fad diet, taking pills, eating the diet food, diet drinks, reading diet books, watching diet infomercials, diet patches, diet shots, - for the love of bob, STOP THE MADNESS ALREADY!
The industry doesn’t tell you that there’s more to losing weight than just...well, losing weight. It’s not about any diet, it’s about weight management. How on earth are we supposed to keep the weight off after the diet? Most of us are uninformed, go right back to our previous eating habits and BAM, hello butterball. It’s weight management and it’s called a lifestyle change. Wouldn’t it be great if we could change a few things in our lifestyle and eating habits and never have to do another diet again? Why are we so hypnotized with immediate gratification? The way I see it is- if it comes off extremely easy, it will come back on extremely fast. We all know you can’t get something for nothing, this applies to dieting also. It takes self discipline to learn how to manage your weight, it takes dedication to get your eating habits on track and most of us don’t have the discipline or the dedication. Why? Because we’ve been fed lies. We’ve been taught that we don’t have to work for it, all we need to do is take this blue pill, or eat this frozen dinner, put this patch on, eat these certain foods and it goes on and on.
The most important thing that no one wants to mention about losing weight is YOUR relationship with food. If you have an emotional relationship with food, it doesn’t matter what diet you go on, you might have a quick fix but eventually you will go back to the emotion that got you there in the first place. You must do a little soul searching and discover why you eat the way you do and why you eat ‘what’ you eat. Food was put on this earth for nutritional purposes, that’s it. Society has invited food into our social and personal lives. We have parties, there’s food. When we have Christmas, there’s food. Most of us eat until we are stuffed, at least I do. When we are home alone and bored, we eat. Sad? We eat. Stressed? We eat.
It’s important that we become aware of why we are eating. Before I put a piece of food in my mouth, I question my intent. “Is this because my body needs food or am I just starving for entertainment?” It’s easy to be in denial if you have a love/hate relationship with food.
