Monday, February 2, 2015

What's the Fad with Fad Diets?




I started the conversation in Northern Connection magazine about the alluring fad of fad diets, exercise machines and the like and asked, “Why do you think we find them alluring?” Each definitely brags about their success stories from no carbs to hill-climbing machines.

Of course, at least for me, I know there are some excuses that I love to make – my favorite is that I’ve lost over 100 pounds – I’ve just lost the same 10 pounds 10 times. A friend of mine says that “there are two kinds of people in this world, those that eat to live and those that live to eat” – I most definitely fall into the latter category but still, I would like my clothes to fit better, etc. I think my biggest problem besides the scale,  is that I just love to enjoy eating out, new recipes and I love to make recipes that friends and family really gobble-up and just love to savor.

Everyone says that the key is to find something you love to do – I love to play golf but it isn’t having any real effect on the waistline. But, that’s probably my fault as I should walk the course rather than rent a cart. Is there any diets or exercise that you have experienced that you have found that works – any for those of us over 40 and closing in on 50 – just doesn’t seem to want to move.

But what do you think? What have you found that works to take it off and keep it off? Please feel free to comment in the section below: