The Skinny on Trying to Lose Weight: One Woman's Attempt to Balance the Scales
With a couple of important events coming up (SC beaches in April, parent's anniversary party in June), I'm starting down that inevitable path for spring. Spring means cleaning out the closets, long walks by the river and for me, an annual freak-out about how and when to lose the extra winter pounds.
When I was in college I did a lot of crazy diets. The grapefruit diet meant eating, you guessed it, grapefruit for every meal. The weight fell off but I couldn't look at (or smell) citrus for years. Another variation on the grapefruit crash diet involved strawberries and leeks (no joke).
I tried diet supplements too. Prone to migraines anyway, most of the "all natural!" diet pills send me over the edge with their high caffeine content. They don't help my (undiagnosed) ADD, either. Taking diet pills have helped me lose weight, but they also turn me into a rather unpleasant person (read: raving maniacal shrew). And inevitably, when I stop taking the pills, I eat like I've been on Survivor for six months.
As an adult, I know crash diets aren't the answer. Over the last several years I've moved into an uncomfortable relationship with gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free organic foods. It's uncomfortable mostly because I still like beer. And as yet, Yuengling, Full Sail and Shiner have not got on the organic, free-range bandwagon. A shame.
I've accepted the fact that I will always worry about my weight. The body you hated as a teenager becomes the body you wish you had in your twenties, which begets the body you'd kill and maim for in your thirties. I'm comfortable in my skin and reasonably happy with myself's self.
Of course, the best way to lose weight is to eat reasonable portions of healthy foods while following a dedicated regimen of exercise. But darn it all... it's spring again and I find myself asking a friend how the Hoodia diet pills are working for her. One last crash diet... And from then on, I'll follow the straight and narrow, I promise. Well, except for the occasional beer.
When I was in college I did a lot of crazy diets. The grapefruit diet meant eating, you guessed it, grapefruit for every meal. The weight fell off but I couldn't look at (or smell) citrus for years. Another variation on the grapefruit crash diet involved strawberries and leeks (no joke).
I tried diet supplements too. Prone to migraines anyway, most of the "all natural!" diet pills send me over the edge with their high caffeine content. They don't help my (undiagnosed) ADD, either. Taking diet pills have helped me lose weight, but they also turn me into a rather unpleasant person (read: raving maniacal shrew). And inevitably, when I stop taking the pills, I eat like I've been on Survivor for six months.
As an adult, I know crash diets aren't the answer. Over the last several years I've moved into an uncomfortable relationship with gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free organic foods. It's uncomfortable mostly because I still like beer. And as yet, Yuengling, Full Sail and Shiner have not got on the organic, free-range bandwagon. A shame.
I've accepted the fact that I will always worry about my weight. The body you hated as a teenager becomes the body you wish you had in your twenties, which begets the body you'd kill and maim for in your thirties. I'm comfortable in my skin and reasonably happy with myself's self.
Of course, the best way to lose weight is to eat reasonable portions of healthy foods while following a dedicated regimen of exercise. But darn it all... it's spring again and I find myself asking a friend how the Hoodia diet pills are working for her. One last crash diet... And from then on, I'll follow the straight and narrow, I promise. Well, except for the occasional beer.
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Please post an update on your blog on how your friend is doing!
Thanks,
Travis