Lifetime of dieting is the new weight loss plan

Here is a copy of my comment on a recent post on Jimmy Moore’s about low carb diet

Jimmy Moore Wrote:

The sooner people seek out and find the lifestyle change that is right for them, the sooner they will shed the pounds, get healthy and stay that way forever. That’s not to say there won’t be bumps along the way, but you can put yourself in a much better position when you’re educated and aware of what is happening to YOU!

My Response:

I would, not unusually of course, agree with Jimmy on this. You can indeed put yourself in a much better position when you’re educated, aware and take responsibility for what is happening to you. So many times, people put the responsibility for what goes on with their physical bodies in the hands of other people; oftentimes using the excuse that “they’re the professionals, they should know what’s best for me”, whilst it may be nice to think that, that is unfortunately, not the reality. While they may be professionals, most of the time, the people that we see about our health are generalists and many of them don’t have the time or even the information to find out about the specialized things that we are actually seeing them about, on a day to day basis. They won’t have the time to research such things as low carb diet, a low carb way of eating or even a low carb lifestyle. They won’t be aware of the changes that go on in the body and the way the body works when we eat a low carb type of diet. They will only, really, be aware that a low carb diet is so different from what is considered to be a normal diet that it must be wrong.

As LLL has said, everybody does indeed need to figure out what works for them but in order to figure that out, people need to be educated. Now, obviously, the responsibility of being educated or to become educated rests with those people but the responsibility to make sure that good knowledge, good understanding about a sustainable way of eating is available, rest entirely upon our shoulders.  It’s beholden to us to make sure that we ourselves continue to educate ourselves so that we in turn can give a consistent and sound, helpful amount of education to those who are just starting out along the path that we are already a fairway along.

After over a decade of being fit and healthy, and once I was a big blob, it still takes me off when people I’ve known for a long time say to me, “Oh you’re still on that diet? Still, it must be doing you good?” I respond with restrained note in my voice, “No, I’m not on a diet. I’ve never been on a diet. I just found out how to eat properly and look after my body in a responsible manner.”

Mark