Dieting do's and dont's

This weekend I was watching some Today Show type program (have no idea what it was as I do not watch TV very often). The only time I really watch TV is when I am up skiing and turn it on when I am vegging after a hard day of skiing.

So there I am eating my french bread, cheese, and egg sandwich that I made which was Oh SO Yummy, listening to these two very very very thin women talk about diets.

This is what they said:
Have a yogurt in the morning and a fruit for a snack and then a half a sandwich for lunch with a salad. Dinner? a salad with some chicken on top and if you are still really hungry-a dessert like sugar free pudding.

But here's the really scary part, they said this was a plan you could stick with! Not something crazy like no sugar or no carbs or what ever else you might have tried. And yes-if you wanted a treat-every once in a while-have it. But just not every week. EVERY WEEK???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are they nuts? Yes, these women are clearly a size 0 and this is what they are telling women they should do for the rest of their lives to be a size 0.

Oh, and that glass of wine? Forget it-it contains 150 fat producing, willpower reducing calories. Just say no. So say no to food, wine, dessert, anything that might make you happy and reasonable. But you'll be a size 0!

Honestly, I don't want to be a size 0 and I certainly don't want to only eat something fun once a week! Also, I have no desire to walk around in a perpetually starved state of mind. I think this is a great way to keep women down. If your mind is not your own, if all you are focused on is losing weight and fighting that "I am totally starved right now but I can't eat so I can lose weight" feeling-how are you going to give 100% to what ever it is that is really important in your life?

I am not advocating gluttony or over eating-but I am really sick of how women get on TV and talk about being thin as the single most important thing a woman can do. Healthy yes, thin to bony-disturbing and counterproductive.

I finished my egg sandwich, licked the egg off my finger and changed the channel. I advise you to do the same.