How's that diet working for ya'?

Now is typically the time of year when all of the best laid diet plans go straight into the toilet.

The thing is, the plan may have been the problem.

You had good intentions. You had a vision. You were SO ready to lose weight that you signed up for Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Richard Simmons...(is he even alive?) or you just went cold turkey.

And you did well...or pretty well...but eventually you took a sharp turn into a Burger King Drive Thru and had your way with Whopper or seven.

Not surprising. Not unusual. Not a bad thing, to be honest. (Not the drive thru part but the getting-off-that-"diet" part.)

Don't I want you to lose weight? (Sure. If you need to.) Don't I want you to feel better about yourself. (Of course.) Don't I want you to be healthy. (Yes.)

And that is exactly why I want you to take cover, because here comes a smart bomb.

Any diet that has you eating anything but real food (plants, animals and healthy fats) will not work well and will likely make you fatter, sicker and sadder.

Furthermore:

Anything that says "diet" on the label is probably not healthy.

Anything that says "low fat" will very likely make you fat.

Any diet plan that has you eating processed carbohydrates or too many complex carbohydrates (other than vegetables) is setting you up for failure.

Anything with artificial sweeteners will create anything but artificial problems.

Has the smoke cleared? Are you okay? Do you believe any of that? I hope so.

Why should you believe me? Am I a doctor, a nutritionist, a scientist? No, no and no.

I'm just a regular chick who learned all of the above the hard way and now I gorge myself on real food and the real research of the real doctors, nutritionists and scientists who know what they are talking about.

You should too. What do you have to lose?

Before you answer that, consult with your butt.

Now your thighs, your cankles and your gut.

And more importantly, consult with your heart, your brain and your actual gut. The one on the inside, where all disease (including obesity) starts.

Then, chew on some knowledge instead of that Lean Cuisine and see what happens.

May I offer you some literary snacks by nutrition brainiacs?

Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food

(By MD Catherine Shanahan and Luke Shanahan)

Why We Get Fat

(By Gary Taubes)

Sugars and Flours: How They Make Us Sick, Crazy and Fat And What To Do About It

(By Joan Ifland)

Podcasts at Nutritional Weight and Wellness

(http://dishingupnutrition.podbean.com/)

Podcasts at Underground Wellness

(http://undergroundwellness.com/radio/)

Eat like a farmer, look like a supermodel!

Peace.

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