According to Webster, the definition of DIET is:
1. food and drink regularly provided or consumed
2. habitual nourishment
3. the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason
4. a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight
Today I started a DIET. But, they told me it's not a DIET, it's healthy eating. However, according to Webster, I'm on a DIET.
Why do we hate the word DIET so much? Personally, I think it's because so many times we fail at No. 4. Why don't we just say we hate that 4-letter F-word? FAIL. I know, it's so negative.
Call it what you like, my head in on straight (this time) and I feel that I will actually succeed at reducing my weight. How I allowed myself to get in this shape and stay there for so many years really isn't clear to me. I recently described myself as an "outdoor, active person that stays inside sitting on the couch". Those words came out of my mouth like they were rehearsed, yet I've never thought or said them before. And then it hit me.
Today is Day 1 of my DIET. I will not FAIL.
Come along with me; I'd love to share this journey with you.
