Mercy! Mercy! That Dang Nabed PERCY!

Percy on Dieting

Do you ever feel that your gas tank is almost empty?

Around ten O'clock in the evening I definitely feel that way. Especially on the days I have Cardiac Rehab. I feel dry and wrung out inside.

My "Eat Less Food Diet" is working. I told the therapist about it today and she looked at me as if I was from the planet Mars. "Isn't eating less and dieting the same thing?" she inquired.

That made me think and for me thinking is not always a good thing.

I suspect a nutritionist would say they are apples and oranges, making the case that what you eat and how much you eat do not share a direct linear relationship when it comes to weight gain.

I take the old school approach. If you shovel a pound of dirt into a bucket it weighs a pound more. If you shovel less the bucket weighs less.

I know, I know... it isn't quite that simple but you know what? I'm convinced that it is.

"How about exercise?" you ask.

I don't know about you but when I exercise my appetite goes into overdrive and I wind up gaining more weight than I lose.

So here again is the "Eat Less Food Diet." Eat three meals a day but for two, only half of what you ordinarily eat. Cut out soda's and munchies. (Maybe a little treat at bedtime if your acid reflux lets you.)