Do-Nothing Diet
Follow along as I explore how to lose weight by actually doing nothing. I won’t tell myself what to eat or how much to eat. I won’t add in hours of exercise every day to offset my calories. The only thing I will actively be doing is being mindful of how I eat — how does that food get into my mouth in the first place? I could call this the Mindfulness Diet, but that doesn’t sound nearly as much fun as the Do-Nothing Diet. Besides, I actually want to turn this all into a habit, so I don’t even have to think about it. I literally want to do nothing.
Calling this my weight loss journey is a cliché — and it is not the type of adventure I long for — but it is chock-full of life lessons. How I lost 45 pounds of fat, gained 5 pounds of muscle, and surprisingly, took a big dent out of my depression.
Did I miss the most obvious rule on my Do-Nothing Diet? Maybe I don’t even need to diet. Perhaps I need to accept myself the way I am.
Time for an update on my progress of losing weight while literally doing nothing. A sad update leads to renewed motivation. I also added a few new rules to try, like: Put down the spoon in between bites.
My first life experiment will be about a topic that seems commonplace: how to lose weight. Here I try a variation of a mindfulness diet. I call it the Do-Nothing Diet. Can I lose weight by literally doing nothing?
Ever imagine eating chocolate malt after chocolate malt, mounds of pizza, piles of french fries? Do you envision eating an entire box of Cocoa Pebbles and a quart of whole milk for breakfast, or perhaps you prefer platters of eggs and bacon? And snacking all day long? If so, this could be you!