Diets can be useful - an interesting paradox

[Guest guest]

Yes, I said it. I'm changing the way I'm thinking and it was after seeing a

commercial for Chantix - a quit smoking pill.

I watched the woman on the Chantix commercial. She said something that stayed

with me - " I loved to smoke. "

And for some reason I thought about how hard it is for someone to quit smoking.

Dont we always hear of how so many who try to quit do so and then pick it right

back up again? How humiliated they must feel - how powerless. So this pill -

is really only a TOOL I thought to myself. And when the person is really ready

in their mind, they will quit smoking. The pill is only a TOOL.

So then I started thinking about diets. I've come to think of diets as TOOLS as

well. Craig didnt really NOT WORK for me. I just wasnt ready - it's only

a tool.

So I no longer think of diets as evil. They serve a purpose like Chantix does

for smokers. The problem with having an eating disorder is that I was using a

TOOL as the FIX when the answer and change had to come from within me. I also

needed professional help. Yeah, and I'm worth every penny.

Now that I've made up my mind that I no longer need to diet, I can use any TOOL

I wish to use and the result will be different.

Deb