I hate calling it a diet.
I have been trying out a new “eating program” for the last week and am having a great response from my body, my lean muscle mass is staying where I want it to and my bodyfat is dropping. I call it an eating program because I am sick and tired of hearing and seeing the word DIET. Diet or dieting is associated with anything and everything involving weight loss. That’s not to say that we don’t need to eat “a good diet” but for the last number of years the word diet has been attached to everything from cabbage soup, Atkins, South Beach along with dozens of others being hawked by has been movie and TV celebrities and none of these diets promote doing any weightlifting or cardio. Just do eat this or don’t eat that and your fat worries will all be gone. All of these so called diets involve giving up certain foods or drinks and making sure that you get either more protein or less carbs and fats and some even have you measuring out your portions and counting up macros which although maybe a good thing is sure a pain in the butt. I have come to realize that I like to eat, not excessively or huge portions or mega deserts etc. but I do enjoy eating and I think what works better for me mentally is to be on a nutritious eating program rather than to be on a diet. You may not agree or you might but the main thing is that it works for me and that is what’s the most important, finding what works for each one of us as individuals.
So whether we call it a diet, nutrition plan, eating program or whichever terminology you wish to use, the main thing is to find what works for you so that your body is being fed the correct foods and it is responding by not storing extra fat and making sure that it has enough energy so that you can work out with weights a couple or more times a week along with doing cardio the same couple or more times per week.
December 29, 2007 at 3:29 pm
I totally agree; today’s media tries to either prioritize the diet or say you don’t have to if you do their certain program. A diet is your eating habits, whether or not you follow a strict plan or eat fried garbage. The word has lost its meaning, so why even use it anymore.
December 29, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Here, here!! I totally agree. The fitness industry has definately made the word diet a 4 letter word. My wife and I are working on a eating plan that simply includes writing down everything we eat and then modifying the parts that won’t allow us to meet our goals. The fad diets seem to be sure fire plans for failure!!!