Goddess at the Diet Oasis...

Fiddle While Diet Roams

There is a lot of fiddling around in the world today, as daily diets roam free.  A Diet Fiddler sort of closes their eyes to calories and fat, and enjoys feasting for the moment.  

In the back of their mind, they are a lot like those who fear going to the doctor because the doctor might actually discover something bad.  They figure, "What I don't know, won't hurt me."  

Weighty thoughts may go something like this, "If I am not aware of the amount of calories and fat that I am consuming, I cannot possibly gain more weight."

So the individual grabs all those goodies that they like and enjoys their fill.  It may be a platter of cookies, or a pan of brownies, or a rack of ribs.  It may only be one cookie, one slice of cake, and four slices of pan pizza within a few hours of a normally scheduled meal. Grazing is common with Diet Fiddlers.

The individual may even think, "I am too fat to lose all the extra weight."  OR, "Why bother?  I'll worry about losing weight after the holidays OR after I hit the big five-o."  

Unfortunately for the Dieter who is fiddling around and allowing their diet to roam free, what they don't know may cause grief and future health problems.  Ignoring the amount of calories that one eats throughout the day doesn't make them go away - as the Diet Fiddler soon discovers as unwanted weight continues to pack on.

Possible solution:  One of the best solutions to keep a diet on track is to make a list throughout the day of everything that is eaten.  At the end of the day, grab a calorie book and add up all the calories that have been consumed.

This technique will allow the individual to see just how many calories they are consuming, and will help them trim back the amount of calories that are needed to achieve weight loss.