Solutions,
Not Resolutions—2016 Health Commitment.
My dad
was a master of one-liners. “You’ve Come
Along way Baby,” Virginia Slims “Coke
Is It,” “Fly the Friendly Skies of
United” “Go for the Gusto” and “If You Don’t Have Schlitz You Don’t Have Beer.
In a couple of words his iconic ads captured a generation. Quick, Snappy, Memorable, fun
were his mantra’s. He was convinced the same principles should apply to
dieting--often tipping the scale at 450 pounds.
“Quick, Fast, Easy.” So he embarked
on Tape Worm Diet, The Elvis Diet, The Cabbage Soup Diet, The Rice Diet, Ayds
Candy Diet. Whatever diet he was on—my whole family had to be on to support
him. By nine years old I had tried them all—even praying beside him while he
was convinced he found the answer in, I Prayed Myself Slim,”
and supported him by consuming only apples, nothing else while he thought he
found the miracle on the Israeli Army Diet—eating only one kind of food a day.
Each New Year, a new plan, a new resolution.
Many
years later my dad is 210 pounds and vegan and I am a nutritionist and cooking
teacher. In my new book, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with
Recipes, I share our crazy journey, along with my beloved grandmother’s recipes
cards which saved my life – spoonful by spoonful.
And as
a nutritionist I encourage lasting solutions, not unrealistic resolutions.
Make 2016 your best year yet!!!
