I've fallen off the blog wagon for a bit, here - busy, busy, busy!
Here's a clip from a news segment I was interviewed for on the Suddenly Slimmer Lemonmade diet, which is a new version of the old Master Cleanse diet - my bottom line: this will ultimately make you gain weight.
You know, the reason I became a dietitian in the first place is because I was deeply entrenched in the diet mentality, trying to figure out the magic formula to being skinny. I was game for anything, including starvation (although never slipping into a full-blown eating disorder, I definitely dwelled in disordered eating).
So, I spent a lot of time pouring over magazines looking for "diet tricks". Here are some of the most annoying of all time:
1. If you are craving potato chips, try munching on carrot sticks (uhh, not even close)
2. Keep a log on your refrigerator, and log how often you open the refrigerator (why?)
3. Keep a scale by your refrigerator - check to see your weight before you dive into food (hello - that's what your hunger pangs afer for!)
4. Never eat past Xpm at night (how random!)
5. If you are hungry past Xpm at night, brush your teeth instead (mmmm, toothpaste)
6. Put a picture of a celebrity you admire on your refrigerator, to inspire you (will that bring their personal chef, personal trainer, and bank account into my life, too?)
7. Chew each bite 100 times (let's bore that weight off)
8. When you order out at a restaurant, ask the waiter to bag half of your entree before they even serve it to you (or, how to tick off your waiter)
9. When you're craving ice cream, ask for a sample at an ice cream shop, then leave (or, how to tick off the local ice cream shop)
10. To feel decadent when you're dieting, bathe in cream (yes, I read this once as diet advice)
Do you have any annoying diet advice you'd like to share?
Here is an actual quote from someone posting a recipe review on allrecipes.com, one of my favorite recipe websites - it's a review for a dish called Cod with Italian Bread Crumb Topping:
"I'm cooking low carb, so I substituted crushed pork rinds for the breadcrumbs"
Ick.
It's wrong on so many levels......
