I know the feeling.
From the extremes of 'Ten Years Younger' and 'You are what you eat' through to the no effort eat-whatever-you-like methods of Paul McKenna (who incidentally I think is fab) they are all at it, telling us to lose weight. Sometimes by eating the most bizarre combinations possible - sprouty things that taste of nothing and wallpaper paste porridge. I prefer my porridge with maple syrup or brown sugar, actually...
Sometimes the diets are subtle - like 'Cook yourself thin' which is actually not a bad thing. Just slightly altering the ingredients of a Chicken Tikka Masala can turn it from artery-clogging no-go area to a nutritious spicy plate of yumminess.
But it's still all about YOU. The diet is something that you have to do, and if you don't, you have no willpower and you are a failure...and you should be beaten about the head with a large tub of Haagen Dazs until you go off the idea of ever eating any again...
So, if that style of dieting is beginning to get on your wick, the realisation that none of them actually seem to work is dawning , but to be honest, you quite fancy losing a bit of extra poundage, say 'Hello Girls' - or boys - to the Food Philosophy.
The Food Philosophy is a bit different. not just a 'diets; don't work but here's an EATING PLAN' type of thing, but a 'diets don't work because you are programmed to overeat as soon as you go on one - so just stop it!' sort of thing.
The brains behind the outfit, Sue Thomason, has a fantastic blog, which gives you a flavour of the course. It's worked for people who thought they'd be overeaters for good...and it works by stopping the need for overeating at it's source, and as soon as you stop over eating, you'll lose weight. I'm going to give it a try - watch this space!
