musings.

There are millions of diets out there. Just walk down the Diet and Nutrition aisle at Books-A-Million and you’ll see everything from the regulars (Atkins, South Beach, The Zone) to the irregulars (Skinny Bitch, YOU on a Diet) to the just plain bizzare (The Self-Hypnosis Diet). How are we to know which ones work and which ones are complete crap?

I have asked myself that question many times, and after several failed attempts at dieting, I’ve decided that there’s only one fool-proof way to lose weight: Portion control.  By doing this (and counting calories along the way), I plan to lose a total of 19 pounds by May 1st. My trip to the doctor’s office today freaked me out and while I am convinced that the scales at the doctor’s office are calibrated to be wrong just so that I freak out, I realize that I may have let myself go a little bit over the last six months. I want to be able to go to the pool or walk down the beach this summer and not scare small children and pets.

I will also be incorporating daily exercise into the mix, and will be keeping track of my activities on here as well as in a notebook. This is to ensure that I don’t miss anything when I’m typing it up.

What I want from you, my readers, includes the following:

• Names of diets and personal diet plans that you’ve gone on, and what has and hasn’t worked for you;
• Any advice you may have so that I may be successful in my endeavours; and
• Any diets you’ve heard of that either sound too good to be true, or sound like complete bull.

My goal, at the end of all of this, is to have enough research, evidence and personal experience (not just my own, but yours as well) so that I may write an article to be submitted to a magazine of some sort. The writing bug has bitten me again, and I’m excited, but I will need help. Especially if I plan to make any kind of money off of this thing – and I do.

That’s my project. It begins tomorrow. I already have a list of my planned activities for the day written down; the real challenge is whether or not I do them.

Thanks in advance for all your help and support.