I do not like to diet. But if you have read my blog for any time now you know that I am always looking for the perfect diet plan. Until I was in my forties I did not have to diet. And that was fine by me. But once I hit my forties it seemed like all I had to do was smell food and I would gain weight. I have tried every diet ever invented. They all work. Really. The problem is you have to follow them. And that is where it seems to break down for me. Because I do not like to diet. I have tried Weight Watchers, Zone, South Beach, Jenny Craig and Paleo. I have dabbled with eating vegetarian. They mostly work. But I quickly get bored and they seem to be a lot of work. Except Jenny Craig. I really like Jenny Craig; however, all the foods are frozen and processed and that is supposed to be bad for you so I’ve been staying away from her for awhile now. So I was intrigued when a new diet came across my Facebook feed. Thanks Lisa. It is called the Badass Body Diet by Christmas Abbott. I quickly downloaded it onto my Kindle to see if it was something I would remotely consider doing. It would have to be something very easy and not complicated because – I don’t like to cook. Left to my own devices I could cheerfully live on rotisserie chicken and steamable veggies and raisin bran. But, alas, I’ve tried that and seem to manage to gain weight on even that combination.

As you can see from the cover of Christmas’ book, the diet has seemed to work very well for her. I want this to work as well for me. Sigh.

Ok. Update. I stated writing this last night. I started the diet today. Today was not a good day to start a diet. Of course, I’m not sure any day is good to start a diet but I always start my diets on Monday. I have usually given up on the diet by Friday which gives me Saturday and Sunday to eat everything I want in order to start my new diet on Monday. I ate a pint of ice cream last night in preparation for today’s diet. Full disclosure and all that. I ordered the Kindle version of the book which is difficult. There are lists of acceptable foods and it can be hard to find what I’m looking for on the Kindle. Last night I spent some time mapping out my meals and writing everything down so it would be easy for me to grab what I needed. After that, I ordered a hard copy of the book from Amazon which should be here mid-week. When my husband asked me why I ordered two copies of the same book, I used the ole “don’t you want me to be successful” approach to spending money. Thank goodness he was tired and went to sleep. Back in the old days if I charged something it took quite a while for the statement to come which gave me plenty of time to think up good excuses. Now the order shows up on his phone. Geesh. Sorry I digress. Anyway, when I got up this morning I was supposed to eat within 45 minutes of waking up. This did not happen. I took my recovery drink to the gym for after the workout. And then the day fell apart. I missed two snacks and lunch. I’m going to a cookout tonight and I spent some time packing food before I go. According to the menu map I am supposed to have a steak tonight; however, there will be hamburgers at the cookout. I am not sure how this is going to work. I hope tomorrow goes a bit better. It is hard to eat two snacks and a meal at one sitting. This is also a very busy week. Looks like there might be quite a bit of food packing happening. My husband did ask me today why I started the diet when the hard copy of the book won’t be delivered to me until mid-week.

He thought I should wait to start the diet until after I had the book. I would try to explain to him that I must start all my diets on Monday but this might be too much for him right now after me trying to get him to understand why I needed two copies of this book to start the diet. Christmas does have rules with her diet like you must eat within the first 45 minutes of waking up. And, as with all good diets, there is nothing really good to eat on this diet. Christmas asks us to give her 21 days. She also says that if you cheat the game is all over and you much start over with the diet. I have figured out that this will probably work for me since I usually end my diets by Friday and then I can start again on Monday. There is no alcohol and no sugar allowed. My husband asked me what makes this diet different from all the other diets I have tried. Frankly I am not sure. Except I keep looking at the picture of Christmas Abbott on the cover of the book. She’s our CrossFit girl. And maybe just maybe if I can keep this up for 21 days I just might ….. nah. Best I can hope for is to lose the pounds I put on during vacation. But I’ll keep you posted just the same.