If it were only that easy

The choices are endless. Diets I mean. And everyone has an opinion. My ears perk up when I hear things like "Oh, have you ever tried the Mayo Clinic Diet?" or "Have you ever heard of the 1 hour diet?"

See...you just did it too. The 1 hour diet - what's that? Right!?! You're wondering, what is the 1 hour diet?? And does it work??? It's MADE up. Like the rest of the - brace yourself, I'm about to be bold, snotty and fussy - sucker diets out there. They are all made up!

Even - again brace yourself, this is where some of my beloved friends who read this blurb will say to themselves "argh, she's talking about me"...I'm not - the "Eat Clean" or "Clean Eating" or "Whole Food Eating" DIET is made up!!!

But when we overhear someone say that it WORKED. Well, then who cares if it's for suckers. If it works, then I'm willing to be a sucker too. Lie #16: Diets work.

THE TRUTH IS: Diets don't work. What is at work (when a diet is successful) is the mindset of the individual adhering to it. At ANY given moment, you have the ability to eat right. You know what to do. You know what is good for you. You know how to eat 'just enough', but not too much.

You're smarter than any diet out there. Now, we just need to act like it.

Parts is Parts

If only I could love the sum of all of my parts. I like my feet, my elbows are nice, and my ears are shaped against my head which is great to keep my hair out of my eyes.

Here are my feet, pool side in San Antonio. I like this picture. Except the sign on the pool deck is wrong...it should say two feet. Clearly there are not 3 in the picture.

The trick is to love the other bits and nuggets that make up me. I don't mean like a love fest to rival the 60's. I just mean appreciating, excepting, mildly adoring on occasion the belly, the buns, and the boobalas. Those are the big three, right? The sum of love I'm looking for is actually three. I want to love those three parts.

Lie #15: I'll know a perfect body when I achieve it.

THE TRUTH IS: A perfect body isn't perfect if you don't know it. We have got to pay attention to the good stuff. I'm not saying my big three are good stuff, but they aren't too shabby either. I think if we can start celebrating some of the sum, acceptance of the total package is just around the corner.