people want a quick fix
other people rip them off. this is also true.

but i maintain that the fads can work IF you accept they are a very short-term kickstart to being healthy, because they give you a beginning boost. eg i wanted to lose a stone after new year. so i did my faddy water diet for a week, lost half a stone, and the other half has come off over the following month with eating healthily and running 3-5 times a week.

if you think they are a magical wand that will make you thin so you can stuff your face, or you think you can do them for more than a couple of weeks, you're an idiot.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 13:57, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 13:58, Reply)

people who say that
haven't just eaten the toasted mushroom, garlic and emmenthal sandwich that i had from paul. mmmm.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 13:59, Reply)

Paul is over rated.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 14:02, Reply)

i never go in there normally for that exact reason
but this sandwich was proper nom
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 14:04, Reply)

well, you would, wouldn't you?
*Wanders off to find the proper psychological term to describe the way people feel compelled to speak in favour of something they's invested time and effort in, even though that secretly know it was a waste of time and money*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 19 Feb 2013, 14:00, Reply)

haha
i measure it by results - i know how much weight i lost, and it's all stayed off, so i consider that a success.

but it never ceases to amaze me that people starve on a diet, then eat like hogs, then blame the diet for putting it all back on.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Feb 2013, 14:05, Reply)