My Problem With Dieting

April 11th, 2007

America is obsessed with “the perfect diet”. Unfortunately, that’s exactly why so many Americans are obese and have all kinds of health and energy problems.

The word “diet” simply isn’t a good word to use in my mind. People are focused too much on losing fat, which ultimately makes them sometimes gain even more fat!

Your focus should be on getting healthier, building muscle, and getting a better body fat percentage. Your goal should not be to diet.

When you hear the word diet, you think of a fat person trying to get down to a certain weight. Sometimes it works, but what happens next?

The word diet is a temporary thing. You can’t be on a diet your entire life. What you need to do is change your process of thinking.

Replace the word “diet” with “lifestyle”. That’s much easier isn’t it? If you choose to do something for the lifestyle, it implies that your in it for the long run.

Focus on eating healthier food and exercising regularly. The weight loss will come if you keep the right frame of mind. Keeping track of your calories is great as it will help keep you focused and probably help you lose the weight quicker, but start referring to your “diet” as a lifestyle change.

For example you can choose to stop living the American lifestyle, and instead focus on a lifestyle such as the Okinawans. They are notorious for the number of centurions (people living over 100) and it’s because of the lifestyle they live. They don’t diet, they live a lifestyle.

Stop telling people you’re on a diet and start to make a lifestyle change for yourself. Once you make this shift in thought, you’ll be much more motivated to stick with it, which in turn will lead to you achieving your fitness goals.

Stop dieting and start a lifestyle today,

Jeremy

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