Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Definition of DIET

conan_0822
conan_0822
Posts: 441
Joined: 2006/11/23
United States
2007/05/22, 10:00 PM
I see tons of people posting here about what diet is best. The word diet is misleading in and of itself. Well, your diet is basically just whatever you happen to eat on a daily basis.

Odds are, if you are posting here asking about diets, you are not eating very healthy or are unhappy with the weight your eating habits have led you to. But, you can learn how to eat "clean", but the changes in the way you eat are probably so drastic that you won't stick with it!!!

So, start by changing 1-2 things in your diet, i.e cut out sodas,switch from sour cream to fat-free sour cream, whole milk to skim milk, etc.....That doesn't necessarily mean the changes you make are the BEST, but they are better than what you were doing before. Then add 1-2 changes every couple of weeks. I speak from experience here, your body is an amazing creature of adaptability. Before long the changes that you make that seemed impossible at first, will become habit.

Then you simply fine tune your eating choices and continue the cycle. Before you know it, you are no longer on a "diet" you are on the journey to a healthy LIFESTYLE!!!
Velasca
Velasca
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Joined: 2006/10/26
United States
2007/05/22, 10:10 PM
great post...i try to stay away from the word *diet* when i talk to people about their eating habits or nutrition...ppl forget that the word *diet* actually can just mean our day to day nourishment...unfortunately marketing of weight loss products has distorted the meaning :(