So it has been brought to my attention that I have referred to my current eating plan as a "diet" instead of a "lifestyle." I thought I would take the time to differentiate the two. What I am currently on is a diet. In my mind, a diet is a temporary measure to limit the intake of food and calories for the express purpose of losing weight. Right now, as a challenge from my wife and a suggestion from my sister-in-law, I have started a 21-day weight loss challenge using a diet developed for body builders called the "Cut Diet."
Just so you all know, "cut" is the new way to say "buff." Buff was the word we used when I was a kid to talk about people that had a body that looked like an ancient Greek. Some time in the early 2000s, people started using the term chiseled, which I personally really liked (more than buff anyway). Now, people say cut. In fact, I was talking with a guy the other day trying to sell me some health supplement, and he kept telling me I was going to be cut taking his product. I really did not want to be cut, so I did not buy the product. It was only after the fact that I realized he was talking about being "chiseled" or buff, not having someone come at me with a knife.
Anyway, the Cut Diet is really not all that different from Live the Life, except Life the Life is a lifestyle. A lifestyle is the way one lives his or her life on a day-to-day basis. Importantly, lifestyle reflects the habits, attitudes and moral views one espouses. So, before anyone says I have "changed" diets or anything, let me be clear: I have started a diet. This diet is a three-week jump start to help me get back on track. Once I am on track, I fully intend to ease back into my regular lifestyle and continuing to make choices that will make me happy both in the short-term and the long-term.
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Are you in danger of gaining weight back after you finish the cut diet and go back to Living the Life?
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