Stop The Diet, I Want To Get Off!!

A recent discussion with a friend made me realize that I have been dieting for over 15 years. Yet through all those years of dieting, my weight has remained the same. It's not that I have lost weight, and regained it over and over again, (or even once for that matter!). We all know how bad Yo-Yo dieting is, but I haven't been through the ups and downs of yo-yo dieting. I have never been successful at any of the diets I've tried and I've never lost more than 10 pounds or so.

You might be asking yourself the same question I ask myself almost every day: If I've been dieting for so many years, why haven't I lost any significant amount of weight? I wish I knew the answer. I do not attribute my dieting failures to the diets I have tried, but rather to my own lack of will power. I can never manage to stay on a diet long enough to see results.

Of course I always start off a diet with good intentions - I shop for what I need, I plan my meals ahead of time, I have a positive outlook and believe that THIS diet will be the one that works! THIS attempt will be successful! Unfortunately, after a few days, sometimes even as long as a few weeks, I get tired of dieting and eventually I give up.

This brings me to a point where I begin to wonder, should I give up dieting all together? Why diet when it doesn't bring me positive results? Why suffer and sacrifice through dieting for no reason? Dieting is a vicious cycle of sacrifice, deprivation and binging. Giving up dieting would be giving up this vicious cycle. I would be able to eat whatever I want, whenever I want it and I would be able to enjoy the foods I like. Doesn't sound like too bad of a trade off right? Then why can't I seem to be able to get off the diet merry go round?

Since I've been dieting for over a decade it's become a way of life for me. It's hard for me to imagine life without a diet. Sure, there have been times when I've been off a diet, but the next diet waited right around the corner. I've never actually just not dieted.

What would life without dieting be like? If I were to give up dieting for good would I immediately gain 100 pounds? Would I suddenly abandon all my good eating habits? I don't think so. After all, I've maintained my current weight for over 15 years without the benefits of successful dieting. Or was it the structure of dieting, even a failed diet, that kept me within the current weight range?

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