Tremendous Blondette

I am an experienced dieter. As such, I learned that you set yourself up to fail or quit if you start a rigid diet at the wrong time. Actually, I’m not really pro-rigid diet. That whole vegan phase doesn’t count, right? That was a lifestyle! And it sure was easy to get drunk after a month of no sugar, dairy, meat, honey, eggs, or pop.

Here are the worst times to start a diet:

1. The week before your period.
2. The week of your period.
3. When you are poor.
4. When a loved one is in the hospital.
5. When you hate vegetables.
6. When you like lots of bacon. (that’s in there for the Twitterites)
7. When you’re traveling for work (though I did successfully keep vegan on a business trip)
8. When you’re underweight
9. When you work 80 hours a week
10. When you aren’t motivated
11. When you aren’t doing it for the “right” reasons
12. When you like feeling round
13. When you’re content feeling like less of a target for a violent crime because who goes after the fat kid? (Lord of the Flies does not count!)
14. When Easter Candy is on sale.