"Diet" rant

[kellinator]

Last night I was getting a trash dose from Dateline NBC (I don't care how many journalistic awards it gets, it's still trash) and this reporter who had lost fifty pounds on the Atkins diet was doing a report on diets.

There was a segment where Dr. Dean Ornish chastised the reporter and told him he was killing himself and he must switch to his diet pronto. When said reporter looked at the guide and said "I can't live on this!" Ornish replied "Of course you can!", which shows how out of touch he is with the average American. Sure you can live on greens and tofu, and a few of us even like it, but I fail to see the point if you make your life miserable in the process.

I can't decide who's worse, Dr. Atkins with his scary ketosis-inducing diet, or Dr. Ornish with his condescending, holier-and-healthier-than-thou attitude. Actually, worst of all is that bastard doctor I went to last month who combined the worst aspects of both, telling me I could never eat anything I liked without actually telling me what I could eat.

So...

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Comments

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

I don't know enough about either to comment on who is worse, but they both sound pretty crap from what I have read in your post.
My brother has lost 12 pounds in the past month by drinking 8 glasses of water a day or more, only a coffee here or there for a treat. I figure that seems fairly easy, so I am trying it now. Of course, I am being half-assed about it and having one cup o' coffee each morning, and I did have one cocktail last night, but aside from that, just water.
What sucks is, water doesn't taste like sugar. hrmph!

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I bought a lot of fruit-flavored no-calorie water at the grocery, which helps. It fulfills both my craving for sweets and my oral fixation.

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

If I didn't have a mad crazy oral fixation, I would be a fine girl..
I have to have something in my mouth or for my hands to play with all the time, hence smoking and lollypops galore!
However, I went to the grocery shop last night and bought apples, cause apples are sweet and make festive noises when you crunch into them; so that is what I will eat on right now, since I can't light up at my desk, and talking about it makes me wanna..

My hands need slapped with a ruler.

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

Something that I've found that fills this need is the baby carrots.
They have a nice crunch and aren't overly fattening. Much better for me than chips or cracklin' oat bran.
I go through a five pound bag in a little less than a week...

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

You must be the healthiest boy in the world for eating that many carrots!
You're right, baby carrots are indeed yum.. I should get some to bring into work with me.. Thanks for the tip, I sometime forget the things that are right under my nose..