I am an experienced dieter. As such, I learned that you set yourself up to fail or quit if you start a rigid diet at the wrong time. Actually, I’m not really pro-rigid diet. That whole vegan phase doesn’t count, right? That was a lifestyle! And it sure was easy to get drunk after a month of no sugar, dairy, meat, honey, eggs, or pop.
Here are the worst times to start a diet:
- The week before your period.
- The week of your period.
- When you are poor.
- When a loved one is in the hospital.
- When you hate vegetables.
- When you like lots of bacon. (that’s in there for the Twitterites)
- When you’re traveling for work (though I did successfully keep vegan on a business trip)
- When you’re underweight
- When you work 80 hours a week
- When you aren’t motivated
- When you aren’t doing it for the “right” reasons
- When you like feeling round
- When you’re content feeling like less of a target for a violent crime because who goes after the fat kid? (Lord of the Flies does not count!)
- When Easter Candy is on sale.
