Defining Diet.

Diet. It’s a word that I choose not to define in the typical way. There are a variety of reasons for this. The first being that most American’s loathe the word diet as to them it means starvation, food that tastes like cardboard, or jeans that are so tight that the metal closure just might pop off and hit a coworker in the eye at any second. Although, the later part might not be such a bad thing in some regards… Yet, the mere fact that a button can fling off jeans due to their tightness is enough to make you want to go on a “diet.”

When someone gets to the point in their life, or more often than not several points throughout their life, it’s like an immediate panic sets in. Research begins on all the latest diet trends and investigative work on how your neighbor lost thirty pounds so quickly begins to unravel and load the mind with thoughts like “well, if I just only ate 500 calories with no bread then maybe I can do it too?” It is these very thoughts that intimidate the mind and body into a fluctuating battle of weight loss and gain that so many of us have experienced before the age of 25. It is what appears to be the never-ending combat over food, nutrition, and your life.

So, I present a challenge. A challenge which will fight against the grosgrain of society’s newly formed definition of diet. Instead define diet not as the foods you eat, or do not eat to maintain your weight, but rather define diet as the foods you eat to live. To me - defining diet leads to better nutrition and a healthier life that is achievable by consuming the foods that you love to eat and that just so happen to taste great too.

As I challenge you, I will also challenge myself. The challenge will be to help you explore and understand foods in order to create a diet you love and that guides you to find the healthiest version of yourself.

The Fat and Skinny Guide. Stay tuned.