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WHAT IS DIET WITH AN
ATTITUDE?
Diet, weight
control, weight loss -- the American obsession. A nation of the
overweight and obese, we spend more money on diet aids, exercise
equipment, gym memberships, and appetite control aids than the entire
budget of some third world countries. Are we successful? Considering
that the average weight continues to increase and our children are
becoming more heavy and less healthy, we could answer no.
What is the problem?
As a nation, we are infatuated with food. We have a more intimate
relationship with what goes into our mouths than the spouse who shares
our bed. Every month, there are millions of searches on the Internet
for weight/diet products. What is the largest -- by a huge amount? Diet
pills. We are looking for a painless way to control our binges. We
gather recipes and a string of diets are issued which promise
"delicious and tasty" foods to soothe our spoiled palettes.
Doesn't anyone get it? We
don't need tasty and delicious foods. We don't need diet pills. We
don't need effortless diet plans.
We need to change our attitudes about food. We need to be ruthless on
ourselves when it comes to carbs and calories and sugar. No, Virginia,
low carb Peanut Butter cups are not the way to the svelte, slender
figure we crave. No, Don Juan, six packs of low carb beer do not create
six pack abs.
Wake up and get a grip! Weight control is tough; it demands
persistence, pain, and denial.
Once we internalize that,
and not until then, are we ready to make changes.
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