Diet is a four-letter word.
In order to spell, "diet" you have to start with, "die".
The diet starts Monday!
What else do we say to show our dismay with being on a diet? It might be one of the most loathed words in our language, and for good reason. It conjures up images of deprivation, sacrifice, punishment, and happy people all around us gleefully eating things we're not allowed to eat because we're on a &*^%$ing DIET. >:/
I used to get called out for using the word diet. "You're not fat," people would accuse. I'd try to explain that my "diet" was just my nutritional plan, not necessarily a scheme to lose weight. We all have a diet - it's the menu of food we have planned for the day. But that word carries so much negativity with it that eventually I just stopped using it. Now, I refer to my "nutrition."
I like it much better! Not only does "nutrition" have a happier sound, it equates to balance in my mind. "Diet" means the scales are being tipped out of my favor. "Nutrition" puts the power to choose back into my hands, where I like it.
Think about this:
What happens as soon as we go on a diet? We want whatever isn't on the diet! But what happens when we simply change our nutrition? Instead of being shackled by the rules of our diet, we're making choices. What a huge difference!
What happens as soon as we got off of a diet? We gain the weight back. What happens when we go off of nutrition? We die. Honestly, do we ever go off of nutrition? No! We do nutrition all day, every day. It's just what we choose to be part of it that makes us feel like we need that bad four-letter word.
Try this today - instead of vowing to go on another diet, promise yourself to just change your nutrition. Walk around in that for a while and see which one you like better. And if you need help changing your nutrition, let me know. I'm all over that stuff.
Change your words, change your mind, change your life. And get out there and get healthy!
2 comments:
If you want to spice it up a little, you should do Rebel Race Indiana. It is a really fun mud run with obstacles like a wall climb called the Great Wall of Rebel Race. There’s another obstacle called Ninja Turle Tunnels. Its time to relive our childhood- lol. The website is www.rebelrace.com
That sounds like fun! Plus, the weather in Indiana seems much nicer than in Florida this time of year. Maybe a road trip is in order. :) Thanks for the tip; I'll check it out.
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