I find that I've always dismissed diet as a pointless exercise. I consider dieting as a whole a fad, and will continue to do so.

Most people want to sit in front of the TV and lose weight. Let me make this perfectly clear:



This is what I expect from not giving a **** about my diet and riding my bike to work. Okay, and maybe some jackknifes.

This is what SlimFast tells you will happen if you sit on your ass for 16 hours a day, as long as you have 2 SlimFast shakes every day. This is what the Atkins fad is about (Atkins was a brilliant man, and he pointed out that overconsumption of starch leads to mass storage of fat; people are stupid and surmised that eliminating all starch would make them skinny without negative health effects). This is what the celebrity juice detox whatever diet crap is about. This is what Weight Watchers is about. This is what that mail-order month-of-meals is about.

It's all a farce.

On a side note, I've noticed that when I started biking my food intake tripled; but now that I've built some muscle mass and gained massive endurance, my food intake has gone way down. I think I eat less than I used to. I binged on half a 12 inch pizza and couldn't drink down a glass of Tang ... too full. Normally I'd just sit and eat the whole thing, biking or not. 1/4 slice is enough.

Likewise, I don't eat huge lunches, and I don't get hungry as fast anymore. Don't know why, but eh, don't care. I eat when I'm hungry and I eat what I want to eat.