Let's talk about the word... D-I-E-T

Can we just take a moment to talk about Diets!

The word in itself is described in the dictionary as:



"the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason."

                                                                                       -Merriam Webster Dictionary 


We have to stop saying diet, diet is set for a period of time and for "special reasons." I mean the reason we go on a diet is to :

1. Lose weight
2. Get healthy
3. For health reasons

When we want to accomplish the above goals we want long term results I am assuming So instead of calling your diet a "diet," try calling it a lifestyle. It's much easier to stick to a lifestyle than a diet! Even the vocabulary gives you the assumption that your "diet" will end. BUT if we want long term results then we have to stop saying the D word! 


Jessica's RLE (Real Life Experience)


For the longest time I was a swimmer from grade 7 all the way to college, I swam competitively! Which in turn because of the calories I was burning I ate anything and everything! However when I stopped swimming the last thing to go was the appetite. In those short 3 months after I stopped I gained a whopping 55 pounds! That's right I went from 108 pounds to 163 pounds! On my 5"1 frame! 

At first I was determined to lose the weight and get to a goal weight, by going to the gym for hours at a time, eating only salad/ lemon water. And yes the pounds dropped but I was miserable, exhausted, and so focused on calorie counting. 

Fast forward to today I am healthy, happy, energetic and ready to take on life, I no loner calorie count and I love to exercise. Gone are the days I use working out as punishment, now I enjoy the exercise and look forward to it in my day! What changed the most was my attitude and my "diet" which is now a lifestyle. I have learned to balance my eating with my life and changed how I feel towards my body and the food I consume!

ME(shopping cart) at my heaviest! 163.

Now at 132! 

Wouldn't you rather have a healthy "life" than just a period of time? And honestly everyone is different no one I repeat NO ONE is a perfect eater all the time, so do what works for you whether its weight watchers, Paleo diet, zone diet, Adkins alter and create a program for you! That fits into your lifestyle! Find something that fits your goals and life! A lifestyle should also be flexible and easy not stressful and full of calorie counting, think more about the quality of your food not so much the quantity! 

Just a penny for your thoughts.


Till later,

Jess <3