Diet is a 4 letter word…

Have you ever noticed that all of the really “bad” words out there all have four letters in them?   Think about it for a minute, words that we deem to be bad or offensive have 4 letters in them.  S&%t, piss, c$#k, f@&k and c#$t.  Do you see a pattern emerging because I sure do and that pattern is that 4 letter words are bad.

There are two (2) very distinct words in the English language that are far worse than any of the above mentioned when achieving your healthy lifestyle and fitness goals.  The first one is “can’t” (I will discuss this in length at another time) and this is without a doubt the worst word ever created and not just for health, but in every facet of your life.  The second word is “diet.”

So, why is “diet” such a bad word?  Let me turn that around and ask you this question.  What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “I’m on a diet?”  I’m willing to bet all of the little shoes in munchkin land that it isn’t a positive though on your part.  Odds are that a few key thoughts crept in such as, “what aren’t you allowed to eat? Good luck with that (sarcastically) or how long are you doing that for?”  Was I close?  Thought so.

This is the very reason why diets don’t work; they have a time-line associated with them and we don’t believe that they will work even if we are the ones on them.  Having a time-line for your health is one of the dumbest things/concepts that I have ever heard.  Imagine saying that you are only going to be healthy for 6 weeks and then I’m going to be fat and unable to tie my shoes again…sounds pretty ridiculous doesn’t it? Well, that is essentially what you are saying when you say you are going on a “diet;” that you only plan to eat well until you lose “a few pounds” and then you go right back to eating like shit.  Then you get stuck in a vicious circle that repeats itself over and over again.

Think for a minute about your car and that the gas that was supposed to be put in is premium.  You follow the instruction for a while, but the gas prices are so high that you start sneaking in the cheap stuff every now and then.  No big deal right?  Eventually the now and then becomes the norm and you only give it premium on occasion.  What do you think would happen to your car’s engine and performance?  You know exactly what would happen and the same thing happens to your body, but because you aren’t making a regular monthly payment on it you think it’s ok to neglect it and go on a “diet” every now and then to get it back into working order.  It doesn’t work that way and neither do diets.

There is no time-line on your health, so screw the diet and eat nutritionally dense foods regularly and fill up your tank with premium fuel.  I’m not advocating never eating bad food again because that is ridiculous and we still need to live and enjoy life.  So, enjoy the best life that you can by eliminating “diets” and fueling the tank with premium.

 

Kyle

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