Current Mood: Annoyed, frustrated, DETERMINED!
I'm still shocked at times when I hear how successful a new diet out on the market is. I'm not going to sugar coat things- crash diets don't work. There is no "Magical" weight loss pill. What that really is, brilliant marketing. Yep, that's it.
I can't believe how many people out there still live by the Laws of Atkins- low carbs, extra protein, eat all the bacon you like, 3 steaks a day, absolutely! cheese, sure! No problem! MMMM! Can you hear your heart slowing, your ateries clogging?? Can you smell the acetone on your breath from your body's inability to use energy from its preferred source? BUT WHOA, slow down!- don't you dare touch that whole grain! No, that's what will cause you to gain weight! And that fibreous, vitamin packed piece of fruit- forget about it!
Ugh it annoys me that these things are sold, and so effectively! Does anyone else think it should be illegal? Isn't it false advertising in a sense?
If you're not loading up on saturated fat and high sodium from Atkins, perhaps you're starving yourself with Bernstein- but then again you will get "filled up" when you go to get your weekly injections of vitamins- BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT EATING ENOUGH TO GET THEM FROM A FOOD SOURCE!!. Maybe you're microwaving all your meals with Nutri System, do you measure and count calories all day with WW? Do you fall into the trap of purchasing anything and everything "Low fat", "Diet", or "Half the cal's?" Or! my personal fav! Maybe you're chowing down to 2 meals of Special K cereal or cereal bars, YUM! 2 meals a day of processed, refined, chemically laden "food" ;p
Please please please, come to the realization that this is nothing short of marketers who are paid very very very well to design something that seems easy, healthy and effective, when in reality it is FAR from it. Who can honestly say they can live on one of these diets? That's right- you cannot! And if you cannot LIVE on it, then why would it keep your weight under control?????? IT CAN'T!!!!!!!!!
There is only one solution to losing weight, and you'd think by now with all the brilliant minds out there, it would be realized by now: eat well and exercise. Ahhh so simple- so simple we forgot about that.
Drop the quick fixes, make changes for your life, not for 2 weeks of your life. Get real Canada. Start thinking critically, stop being the perfect consumer and let's shut down these people who don't care about making the world healthier (they just care about making $$$$)- I support a holistic lifestyle and I want to change the mass media's powerful hand and send out a real, truthful message. This is phase one. Pass it on.
That is my rant for the day, thanks for listening.
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