It’s this time of the year again. Magazines are writing about the new magic diet that will allow you to lose 5 kg in 2 weeks. At least!
Just think about it. If you want to lose 5 kg of fat in 2 weeks, it’s 45’000 calories. That’s 3’200 per day, which is more than the recommended energy intake for an adult. To achieve your goal, you would have not only to stop eating but also exercise at least one hour per day. Intensively.

Despite this common-sense reasoning, the magic diet promises you weight-loss, back-in-shape, and 10-years-younger-look effects just from eating plenty of food X. Pineapple, beets, or avocado – whatever will be the magic food this time.

Sometimes I wonder: who finances these campaigns? Maybe the local supermarkets guild? Or the farmers? Imagine, you have too many winter vegetables left over, and it’s already February. Let’s say it’s carrots. The new early harvest will be in stores soon. So, you go to a magazine and suggest sponsoring an article if they hype carrots. Your inventory will be gone in a couple of weeks, almost guaranteed.

Over the last decade, I tried lots of different diets. For me, too, it started with getting into shape. Most of my trials were less ‘successful.’ For example, after a high protein diet combined with excessive gym, I tore apart the shoulder portion of my leather jacket when tying my shoes. Or, after a two-week juice fasting, I was too tired to chew my breakfast and needed several days to recover.

The only diet that stuck is ‘no complex carbs.’ In essence, it’s about replacing all grains, potatoes and similar with vegetables. No pizza, pasta, dumplings, rice, fries. This does not only naturally reduce the overall daily calories but also increases the vitamin and fiber intake.

Another benefit of all these trials is my higher awareness and mindfulness with regard to food. I started noticing if my body didn’t ‘like’ certain food. For example, I decommissioned pork from my diet and massively reduced my dairy and eggs intake.

This awareness was also my takeaway from all my experiments: a ‘diet’ is not a two-week effort to get back in shape. It’s you being kind to your body and mind, nourishing it and taking care of it.

You really ‘are what you eat.’ How can you be gorgeous if all you eat is junk?

What is your ‘diet’ strategy?

Take care,
Katya