Yup it’s that time of year again — resolutions and reflections.
At the top of my list is “I will lose weight this year.” I’m not only talking about the pounds I packed on during the feeding frenzy that began with Halloween and lasted through New Year’s Day — I’m also talking about the old pounds that found a home on my thighs and never left.
Which brings me to the point of this week’s column: Oprah Winfrey — the purveyor of all weight-loss regimens such as personal chefs; low-fat, low-carb, and no-food; the liquid diet debacle when Ms O. pranced on stage in her size-10 jeans after losing 67 pounds; and now Weight Watchers (or WW to those of us who are intimately familiar with Jean Nidetch’s brain child).
Since Ms O. bought shares in the weight-reducing giant, it makes perfect sense for her to hawk it as her diet du jour.
Now, Ms O. has professed every diet that she has ever been on as the best, the greatest, and the last diet you will ever need until the last French fry falls off your fork or you throw out every bit of fat clothing you own (whichever comes first), but none lasted long. Unfortunately, like the rest of us — me included — the pounds came home to roost when real life stepped in.
I have had success on the liquid diet, the low-fat, the low-carb, the Atkins, the Paleo, and then some. The weirdest one was the cabbage soup diet. In case you missed that one, you ate cabbage soup until you grew your own cabbage patch. I certainly lost on that one — with all that running back and forth to the bog, there was no way I wouldn’t lose a pound or two.
The down side was when I stopped and returned to my normal eating habits, the weight came back on faster than the Hindenburg went down. Not only did I gain back what I lost, but I added a few extra pounds for good measure. About the only one that really worked — and lasted for a time — was “The Blood Sugar Solution” by Dr. Mark Hyman. But my addiction to Krispy Kremes was greater than my desire to fit into size-10 jeans.
And so another journey begins. Not for Nuthin™, I think I will hop aboard with Ms O. and try Weight Watchers yet again. Yes it will make her richer, but you can never be too rich or too thin. Happy New Year to all, and good luck on your own resolutions.
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