“Oh
my gosh can you believe that its almost swimsuit season again? Ugh I’m so overweight!!! Why do the winter
holidays all have such good food?”
“Because no one is wearing
swimsuits” I laugh as Ally pokes her really rather non-existent roll of fat.
“Why do they do this to us every
year? Stuff us full and parade Victoria Secret’s bathing-suit line right in
front of us! It’s cruel really.” Ally stops and scoops up more pasta “Why am I
eating this? It’s only making things works.”
“No idea” I giggle back. Here she goes again, New Year new diet. It’s gonna hit in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
“I need to go on a diet!” She
exclaims “No more of this stuff! You know I’ve been reading about this liquid
diet thing I think I’m gonna try that! It sounds pretty good just stick your
food in a blender and away the pounds go.
Wanna do it with me”
No.
It’s more than I just want to relish in my chubkin rolls just a little
bit longer. It’s that I have no desire
to purely drink my diet. What exactly is
there to gain from liquefying your diet?
You only really lose all the fiber in your fruits in veggies and still
keep all the sugars that make you gain weight.
Also, there is little room for natural protein and although many people
do use yogurt and milk, a lot use powder protein instead. Powder protein is highly processed which
makes it generally not good for your body (keep in mind your body like thinks
to have as little processing as possible).
Drinking your diet in general leaves a lot of room for holes and trying
to fill them in will take you in a circle to the point where it really makes no
difference whether you’re drinking your food or eating it. Think about it what about a blender or juicer
takes the fat out? Nothing. Fat is liquid at room temperature. If you’re eating a good diet, drinking your
diet isn’t going to change anything.
The
only thing I can really find that gives reason as to why a liquid diet works is
because people on them generally consume less calories than they should which
would be perfect if it weren’t for two key factors. The first is that you aren’t getting the
proper nutrients to sustain your body, so you become malnourished not healthy. The second is that you miss out on the
process of chewing your food. Chewing
your food not only uses a few minimal calories, but also kick starts your
metabolism. So we are back to square
one, unless you have another medical issue where you can’t eat solids, balance
your plate and chew your food slowly like your mother taught you.
Well what about the liquid
detox? I mean after the holidays I have
all those toxins from alcohol, artificial sweeteners, caffeine from coffee
after dinner, and the smoke from Uncle George’s cigars that have built up and
my body is pretty much the lake behind the power plant where Homer Simpson
works in walking talking human form. I
mean a little lemon, a whole lot of water, some cayenne peppers for just a
week, that’s not too bad, is it?
Wrong, a liquid “detox” diet is just
about one of the worst things you can do to your body. Anytime you are depriving your body of the
nutrients it needs, its bad news bears.
And while you are depriving your body of everything it uses to function,
you are teaching your metabolism to slow by light years. They funny thing is if you just take those
“toxic” consumptions out of your life, your body has organs in place to detox
yourself for you. Within a few hours of
you taking these toxins into your body, your lovely liver, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract
have already gotten to work and started removing those toxins out for you
better than any amount of lemon and cayenne could.
Now
I have a friend, who is an avid detox diet girl and she raves about how after
that horrible week of the detox, her body feels so much better. Believers in the diet will tell you the same,
but that rush of awesomeness that you feel after your detox week isn’t from the
detox. It’s your body’s natural way of
thanking you for the nutrients you finally put in it. We get this feeling of satisfaction all the
time when we eat good things for us, but after a week of starving ourselves, we
have forgotten a bit of what that feels like.
Also, those pounds you lost, will come right back, because you haven’t
actually changed anything about your habits.
So
girls, don’t torture yourself, if you feel like you aren’t eating healthy
enough, add some fruits and veggies and some solid protein. If you can’t down a vegetable to save your
life, sure go ahead make a smoothie where you have all your veggies with the
fruit flavors to cover it up, but be sure to eat something solid with it.
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