Diet Stuff

[hiddenmuse]

Is it bad that I'm sitting here in the office, amused to no end, by my two co-workers doing the Cabbage Soup Diet?

They plan to do it for 10 days - yet they almost seem to be breaking on the first and second days, respectively. It's so funny to hear all the rationalizing ("Could we have Juicy Fruit gum?", "What about salad dressing?", etc.), and to think about how they're all highly restricting what they're eating - in the name of a crash diet.

Also, to hear someone say, "I was so good over this weekend" - "good" meaning that she kept to a high protein-low carb diet. WTF is *that* about?


Granted, this weekend, I wasn't perfect - I don't want to be - and I wasn't the best, either. But, I was pretty good. I still had good eats, too. I ate vegetarian pizza and spinach salad at lunch, then had vegan hot dogs for dinner one day. The next day, I had sushi, wine, beer, chocolate - interspersed through the afternoon, and Indian food (including samosas and kheer) at dinnertime. And you know something, it was delicious. I didn't deny myself what I wanted - but I didn't overindulge myself, either.


It's about moderation in all things - including moderation. :-)

Comments

[luvlyssa.livejournal.com]

*giggles* love those diets... so foolish
thsoe girls are going to be STTTTTTTTINKY VERY VERY soon

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - I'd heard warnings about the "bad air" that may be coming soon. I'm not looking forward to it, that's for sure. :-/

[azraelsdaisy.livejournal.com]

A crash diet is not a lifestyle change.

That's all I'm saying...

Oh! And I feel sooooo happy! Since being vegan (shush, occasional turkey and fish is O-Tay!) and watching my intake and following the "eat right 4 your type" thing I've lost weight! I don't know how much because I don't own a scale :(, but Lucas said that I've lost weight and I've gone down a pant size!!! WOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I had no one else to share that with. Nobody else understands. :)

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

That's excellent! :-)

I'm the last person to slag on anyone for eating fish and fowl occasionally while maintaining a vegan diet. I'm vegetarian, despite having poultry or non-vege sushi from time to time (that recent Albertson's Shrimp debacle kind of burned me on fish) - and the Vege Police haven't beaten down my door yet. ;)

Also, if you're looking for a good community - and some good recipes - check out veggieslackers. They're a friendly bunch, welcoming the new, lifelong, or lapsed vegetarians and vegans ... and sharing easy-to-prepare vege-friendly recipes.

[azraelsdaisy.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

Are they related to that website that has the two punk/goth looking vegans?

The Post Punk Kitchen (http://www.theppk.com/)

This site rocks.. and the girls are Morrissey fans!

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

They're not - but I think I'd read about them in BUST magazine before (PPK, that is)!

[full4zaccordion.livejournal.com]

See, I think a good diet is one where you don't have to worry about being "good." I mean, if you eat a good, balanced diet, I think it's okay to treat yourself now and then, as long as you do it in moderation. I dunno why people keep going on crash diets, because they never last very long :P

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

I think people go on crash diets looking for quick fixes, instant gratification. They don't want to meddle in messy things like "exercise" or "balanced, nutritious eating". It's focusing on immediacy, and having results right. now. that really screws them over.

Sure they can lose 5, 10 pounds quickly ... but that doesn't help you when you've gained it back - and then some!

[immortalravings.livejournal.com]

ehh i've tried crash diets....
impossible to follow and hard to maintain. foolish people*feeling very superior*

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Oh I know ... I couldn't do crash diets. The monotony of most of those diets just killed me - there's no way that I could eat all of one type of food for a week, or restrict myself to a certain type of foods for a week! No fun at all!

[immortalravings.livejournal.com]

True, a week is too long, but I cant really get on a diet at at all. Atkins would just turn me into a jittery mess because I cant live without potatoes:(...

I also refuse to own a scale- I cant face upto my weight.

My excuse is I sort of have a life I cant be that bad:)

[gerg.livejournal.com]

No, moderation == BAD!

You want to do something entirely to excess. As in, you want to say "FUCK YOU, CARBOHYDRATES! I DON'T NEED YOU ANYW.... why the hell am I so tired? oh well, just trust dr. atkins... buy more atk... zzzzzzzzzz"

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

D'oh! How quickly I'd forgotten!

*flips bird at carbs* Cows are Vegan - they are rooted in the Earth! Born of the earth, living in the earth, dying of the earth! ;)

Okay ... so, I just read The Onion books way too much!