"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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[buckthorn.livejournal.com]

(found you via an idle search on LJSingles per another friend's link)

My wife (hense, idle search) is on Adkins right now, she's having a rough go of it. She misses pasta, rice, Mexican food, Cheddar Bay Biscuits at Red Lobster, breadsticks at Olive Garden... etc etc etc. Anyways, I know ppl for whom Adkins has worked really well so I'm hoping it will help her out too. Something seems to be starting to work but it's slow and not easy. If ya don't mind, visit "leahpet" and say hi (and one day I'll figure out how to do those LJ username links).

Cheers!

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

That's the main reason I haven't really tried Atkins -- all those breads, pastas, potatoes, Cheddar Bay Biscuits are among my very favorites. I don't know if I could give them up.

Send her over here for support! :)