I don't believe in diet plans (ranty - you have been warned)

UGHHHHHH…

I just got off the phone with a family member. Rather than having a nice conversation I had to listen to her talk about her new diet plan for 30 minutes. She often sells things. She was trying to sell me on this plan. Turns out it is not just a diet plan (which I don’t believe in), it is some kind of diet/pyramid scheme all in one. She gets money if I sign up. I drove about a 1000 miles today in 15 hours. I really did not want to hear a sales pitch.  

I should have realized something was up when my direct questions about the plan were not answered. The tone of voice should have been another clue that this was a sales presentation…

Not only was she trying to sell me on the plan, but she wanted me to post links to the sales site on my various blogs and Facebook. I am now trying to figure out how to tell her that I refuse to post things that I don’t back or believe in… I won’t be linking her site anywhere… Now I have gotten really ranty here and should get on track.

I don’t believe in diets. This phone convo with said family member has opened up a chance for me to really put down my views on health and eating.

1. When I say that I eat gluten free it is NOT because it is trendy right now. I am one of the few people eating gluten free that actually HAVE TO. I have Celiacs Disease and wish all of the posers would quit faking it… (Though more demand is driving down the cost of gluten free products. Maybe the fakers have a use...)
2. When I gave up sugar it was only after researching the harmful long term effects of it and to see how I felt after giving it up. I feel better without it.
3. When I gave up meat a month ago it was on the recommendation of my doctor. The Celiac Disease had kind of ravaged my system and digesting meat is difficult. (He did not recommend it as a permanent thing, but again I feel so good that it might become permanent. I have also been watching food documentaries and if I do eat meat again it is going to have to be organic. The animals are treated horribly and that is something I am not sure I can handle anymore.) 

All of the dietary changes I have made are lifestyle changes that require me to evaluate how I physically feel in response to the changes, they are well researched, some are doctor recommended (demanded) changes, and cause me to really think about what I am eating and why. These things have all been about me taking responsibility for what I eat.

The family member’s plan is a prepackaged sort of deal where you have to buy your food from the company and you eat their prepackaged food until you reach your goal weight... When I talked about not liking this aspect of it the family member got really defensive and spouted off that 20,000 doctors back this plan... Well, experts can be paid off or bought off, or made up.

The bottomline is that this plan may work, but it does not teach you how to eat. In fact it takes all responsibility for your food out of your hands. Your food is handed to you. You don’t have to think about it at all…

Ranty again… I hope I don’t have to listen to this sort of stuff for the next three days. I will leave early or completely book my schedule with friends rather than family members…