Why would anyone want to DIET??

Why in the world would anyone want to diet?

Whether you are someone who is doing "clean eating" or "paleo" or "vegan" or WHATEVER, I hope that the decisions you are making about your nutrition are based on lifestyle decisions. 

What do I mean by that?

Losing weight, making healthier choices and improving nutrition is a lifestyle....not a fad.  If you are choosing a diet that is a LOT of work for you to stick to....then you probably won't stick to it.

What good is THAT?

Yes, you may get into the bathing suit you bought for your upcoming vacation or wow everyone at your reunion...but what happens one month or one year later?

If you are going to make changes to your diet, you need to make changes that you are happy with.  Could I probably get MUCH better results from my workouts if I cut out the Oreo's and ice cream and didn't eat pasta every other night....  DUH.  But why would I want to deprive myself of things that I really enjoy?  I try to make healthy choices 80% of the time....and give myself a little leeway the other 20%.

Have you seen the Weight Watcher's commercial with Oprah?  The one where she says, "I eat bread everyday" and she says that she still has lost weight?  That's the thing!  You can lose weight by making healthy changes that you can live with and still including the things we just don't want to give up.  If we are going to stick to something, we can't be depriving ourselves!

So, whether you are on Atkins or Weight Watchers or some no processed anything and no sugar diet....I'm not criticizing you.  I'm only asking....is this something you can stick to?  If it is...GREAT!  But if it isn't....why do it at all?