The "Tubby" Diet

As Chubby mentioned a few posts earlier, some rules are meant to be broken. I just hate that it's taken me so long to realize this. Letting go of some of these "diet" expectations I've learned to set for myself has made this all so much better.

First of all: I DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME STUPID MEAL PLAN DRAWN UP BY SOME WEIRDO GURU. I am not waking up an hour earlier so I can make a tomato-avacado omelet with 12oz of coffee, 1/2t of creamer. Or whatever. Furthermore, I don't like salmon, I'm not eating raw carrot sticks, and I will never want mandarin oranges on my salad. Ever. I'm picky, I can't cook, and I don't even like breakfast. However, there isn't some diet god waiting to strike me down for any of this. So I have a high-protein, high-fiber shake instead of an actual meal for breakfast. It's nutritious, and it is still breakfast. I might a frozen dinner as opposed to 3oz of chicken breast. Sue me. I get all my vitamins and minerals, I'm watching every last bit of intake right down to the sodium...it's what works for me. Diet gods be damned.

Also, if I must go over by 100 calories, I won't die. I won't even gain weight. In fact, I will still lose. My eating cannot ruin a day, it can only ruin a meal. Less than an hour in my life. And on days where I'm up for 24 hours or more, it only makes sense to eat more. I can't be on an exact schedule with eating. My life doesn't follow an exact schedule. If I have to custom tailor each day, than so be it.

And so what if I can only work out for 15 minutes at a time? It still adds up. At least I'm working out.

I guess what I'm trying to say, what I'm finally realizing, is that I'm not a failure because I can't live up to the diet standards of Glamour, Gunnar Peterson, or Dr. Atkins. And there's nothing wrong with that.


P.S. Lets all show Chubby some love right now. She's going through a tough time, and bingelandia is a hard place to exit. And if she doesn't want to weigh in this week then she doesn't have to. Rules are like new years resolutions, anyway.

-Tubby-