The dreaded D word~ "Diet"
svelte32
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So what do people use in place of the Diet word because to me Diet is kind of negative it's basically the word die? I use to have issues with losing weight so bad, it was all about the numbers and not so much about my health but I'm slowly changing that. I have a feeling there's others out there with similar thoughts on that.
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Lifestyle change.
Really, when you think of it, a "diet" seems temporary while a "lifestyle change" is more permanent.0 -
I don't use either. "Diet" is a noun I use to describe the entirety of what I eat, not what I am doing with my life. I've lost 119lbs and I have never once said "I am on a diet". I also don't say lifestyle change, at least not out loud, because it just sounds weird to me. I am changing my lifestyle, but I don't use that term freely.
When people ask me how I've lost the weight, I tell them calorie counting and getting more active. If they press, I tell them "Magic beans, you know, like Jack and the Beanstalk", which either makes them laugh or look at me like I am mildly mentally deficient.
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I use diet. It's not negative to me. It's what I eat.0
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I just say that I am "practicing new habits".0
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Everyone has a diet. It simply means that you eat.0
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I use diet. As both a verb and a noun. We all have a diet (noun) unless we are consuming nothing at all.
And since I have no intention of eating at a deficit forever, I am also on a diet (verb), which at some point I will end.
It's just a word. Everything else is in your head.0 -
Diet means what you eat. That's all. Nothing to do with death or any such.
Lifestyle change includes activity and a host of other choices. As long as you're talking about a holistic life change, it works.
I hate the phrase "Low-carb lifestyle." (that's the one I see the most, although I'm sure there is a "Low-fat lifestyle" out there somewhere that is similarly annoying) Low carb is a diet. There are no carbs in your activity level, spiritual path, or social affiliations. Please, if you are talking about what you eat, call it a damned diet.0 -
I say "diet" as in "I eat a vegetarian diet". Not as in "I'm doing the Atkins diet to shed christmas weight"0
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I think it depends on the context
i.e I am on a diet = negative vibe
My diet consists of healthy foods/clean eating = more positive vibe
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Everyone says I am on a diet!
Diet as a noun = abstinence from food
dietary
fast
regime
regimen
restriction
starvation
nutritional therapy
weight-reduction plan
take your pick?
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"Diet" is fine.
I cringe a little when I see people post something like "I'm on day 3 of my lifestyle change." They are just using the phrase "lifestyle change" in place of the word "diet".0 -
Lol 3 day lifestyle change? Are they planning on dying at the end???0
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melimomTARDIS wrote: »Lol 3 day lifestyle change? Are they planning on dying at the end???
Is there an alternative to dying? Please let me know.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I use diet. It's not negative to me. It's what I eat.
This.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.0 -
Lol! I'm the same way. Hate "lifestyle change," "weight loss journey" and all of that. I have occasionally used "eating pattern" or "eating habits" instead of "diet" as a noun because people have weird associations with "diet" and I'd rather not have that stupid discussion, but that's as far as I'll go.Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.
I like curmudgeons! (Also HATE weight loss journey and agree about how lifestyle change often gets used.) IMO, "lifestyle" also should apply to something broader than how you eat--I'm more apt to use it to refer to how active I am or how much I focus on doing things (which could include cooking or going to the green market or, yes, even logging or paying attention to what I'm eating, among other things). I'd probably say "I'm on day 3 of my diet change" or "of this new way of eating I'm trying" were I one of those folks.0 -
Oooh, yeah, "weight loss journey"
It's not a journey unless you are traveling somewhere. And, even then, it had better be one heck of a long and/or arduous trip before you crack out "This Journey" about losing weight or appearing on a reality show of any kind.
Unless it's the Amazing Race. They can use "journey," I suppose.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.
I like curmudgeons! (Also HATE weight loss journey and agree about how lifestyle change often gets used.) IMO, "lifestyle" also should apply to something broader than how you eat--I'm more apt to use it to refer to how active I am or how much I focus on doing things (which could include cooking or going to the green market or, yes, even logging or paying attention to what I'm eating, among other things). I'd probably say "I'm on day 3 of my diet change" or "of this new way of eating I'm trying" were I one of those folks.
I think most people that say lifestyle change probably are talking about more than just diet. Exercise for example.
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melimomTARDIS wrote: »Lol 3 day lifestyle change? Are they planning on dying at the end???
Is there an alternative to dying? Please let me know.
You could become a vampire.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.
I like curmudgeons! (Also HATE weight loss journey and agree about how lifestyle change often gets used.) IMO, "lifestyle" also should apply to something broader than how you eat--I'm more apt to use it to refer to how active I am or how much I focus on doing things (which could include cooking or going to the green market or, yes, even logging or paying attention to what I'm eating, among other things). I'd probably say "I'm on day 3 of my diet change" or "of this new way of eating I'm trying" were I one of those folks.
I think most people that say lifestyle change probably are talking about more than just diet. Exercise for example.
Of course, but some use it as a euphemism meaning, well, diet, and that's what was being talked about. Still beats "journey"!
I think the more common usage here is for "weight loss and maintenance plan" and while that's a more reasonable usage (and one I join in, sometimes) it too is really too narrow. Much of my actual lifestyle has nothing to do with weight loss and has not, in fact, changed much. Other factors are tangentially related (such as the struggle not to always rank certain other things above working out). Eh, just thoughts.0 -
Diet. Just because it drives people nuts and starts a conversation on changing behaviors.0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
Correct, and fair enough. I would never want to discourage people from changing their lives for the better.
It just seems to me that people hear "It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change", and therefore just substitute the words "lifestyle change" for the word "diet" in their postings. It looks like circumlocution to me.
But I'm also a curmudgeon who dislikes "weight loss journey" and motivational quotes.
I like curmudgeons! (Also HATE weight loss journey and agree about how lifestyle change often gets used.) IMO, "lifestyle" also should apply to something broader than how you eat--I'm more apt to use it to refer to how active I am or how much I focus on doing things (which could include cooking or going to the green market or, yes, even logging or paying attention to what I'm eating, among other things). I'd probably say "I'm on day 3 of my diet change" or "of this new way of eating I'm trying" were I one of those folks.
Curmudgeon approved! I agree wholeheartedly.0
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