{"id":2628,"date":"2009-01-21T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/how-to-screw-up-your-diet.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:24:52","slug":"how-to-screw-up-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2628","title":{"rendered":"How To Screw Up Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SXc-O8s6pKI\/AAAAAAAABTU\/wvuJZwmeo8I\/s1600-h\/ObesityInAmericaMap.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=739703713  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293768313530918050\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SXc-O8s6pKI\/AAAAAAAABTU\/wvuJZwmeo8I\/s320\/ObesityInAmericaMap.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Americans face every January with renewed resolutions to fight the fat, battle the bulge, handle the love handles. And yet, every year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tell us that our obesity rates are increasing.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s wrong with this picture?<\/p>\n<p>We are either the very definition of insane \u2013 doing the same thing each year and expecting a different result \u2013 or perhaps we just need to turn our thinking upside down regarding these annual New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>Think about this logically. We subscribe to the new \u201cTop Ten Tips\u201d for living a healthy life every single year, and fail and flail each time. So for 2009, let\u2019s apply a little reverse psychology. This year, let\u2019s try to really screw up our diets. If we \u2013 in typical fashion \u2013 fail to keep these resolutions, we\u2019ll mess up \u201cthe screw up\u201d and, voila, end up healthy!!<\/p>\n<p>I love logic.<\/p>\n<p>So over the next 10 days, I&#8217;m going to give you my \u201cTop Ten Tips\u201d for royally screwing up your diet in the coming year, with my deepest hopes for you that you will give them your very best efforts \u2026 and fail miserably!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans face every January with renewed resolutions to fight the fat, battle the bulge, handle the love handles. 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