Does that diet even work?

This is the question I am ready to address. 

 

Several months ago, I purchased a book entitled “The Diet Selector.” This book, I kid you not, outlines every fad diet that’s cropped up over the last half-century. We’re talking Scarsdale to Slimfast. Cabbage Soup to Peanut Butter Diet (I am personally looking forward to this one). Fasting to French Women Don’t Get Fat. 

The best part of the book, my friends–there is a week’s meal plan for every diet imaginable.

By now, you’ve probably assumed what I intend to do. For those of you too dizzy with the thought of this weight-loss bible to guess my plan of action, here’s my mission:

I will try every diet in this book, for one week at a time.

By the end of my journey, I hope to accomplish most or all of these goals:

• Weigh 105 pounds
• Have more stamina and strength than I do now.
• Test and critique each diet so you guys know which ones are for real (and which ones are guaranteed failures-my money is on the cookie diet.)
• Learn what it means to maintain a healthy diet.

I have a history of disordered eating. I hope this journey will enlighten me as to what a normal person ingests on a daily basis. 

Tomorrow, I am going to post pictures of myself, and pictures of the “after” body I hope to have. Every week, I will post a new picture of my progress. I invite you all to comment or follow the diets with me. Every Sunday, I will post the week’s meal plan with the shopping lists. Each new diet will begin on a Monday (the traditional dieting start-up day).

Please let me know if you have any ideas or input about this blog, I’d love feedback! 

P.S. My weaknesses are Peanut Butter and Cereal. I will hate any diet that do not include these things. Just letting you know. 

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