This last week has been a bit of an odd one. I’ve been knocked by a cold, which unfortunately hit my chest in time for my Sunday run, so that was scuppered.
On the upside, I still managed to drop a couple of inches from my waist, despite the naughtiness of Pudding Club, so that’s a definite bonus.
Finally, I got to meet the new celebrity chef brand ambassador for Weight Watchers…. And got to cook with them – but I can’t say a thing until next week, when it’s all revealed. All I will say is this person is lovely and both myself and Keeley (and some other bloggers) were lucky enough to cook with them.
And that sort of brings me around to today’s subject. The title of this post Anti-Diet and Uncle Bulls**t is actually the name of an e-book by a fellow blogger, Jessica who it seems, like me is a little disillusioned with the diet industry.
I realise this is personal opinion, but both Jessica and I are singing from the same hymn sheet.
I view the diet industry as any other industry – it’s there to make money. And like any business it’s very clever. It knows that we are looking for a quick fix. We want a way to allow us to eat cake for tea and pizza for breakfast (or vice versa) with a nice big pasta filled lunch and not put on any weight. Or even lose it.
Reality? Nu-huh. Not going to happen.
Or that we want a way to drop a stone in a week to fit into that little black dress.
Yeah, that’s not going to happen either….
It also knows we lie to ourselves. We’ll go home, say to ourselves, I’ve had a good day, I’ve not eaten anything naughty, so I can be a bit bad at dinner. Conveniently forgetting the cake brought in for someone’s birthday, or the noodles you ate at lunch.
And please, don’t even get me started on the fact that for those who are happy, whatever size or shape they are, the constant bombardment via the media works to undermine their happiness and insist that they lose weight/gain weight. If you’re healthy and happy? Who cares?
Without giving too much away, this book is well worth a read. I know what works for me and it’s the same kind of no bullsh*t approach that Jessica talks about.
It’s not the easy route. But it’s what works.
Don’t fall for the bullshit.