Intro: Why I Don't Diet

So here’s why I don’t diet; I love to eat, drink and workout! All of which I genuinely feel cannot be accomplished by DIETING. I grew up with a mother who spent the better part of her life fixating on her weight. Thankfully, she drilled it into my head I could never consider myself fat and also exemplified why dieting is a tremendous pitfall in which I would never want to find myself.  What I witnessed in watching her and loved ones around me go on low-fat, low-carb, cleanse, and/ or point/ calorie counting crazes were utterly futile. The dieter, it seems, adheres to a regimen that is too strict, does not satiate them and is not sustainable. The result? An inevitable binge followed by feelings of failure. Falling off the diet "wagon" can become very cyclical and actually lead people to diet to a  themselves to a heavier weight.

This is my big disclaimer: I have no medical background; I am not a nutritionist. Everything in this blog is a product of a little bit of university on nutrition combined with a whole lot of my own experience and biases.

My current situation is as follows; I have just had my first baby.  Two months after my c-section, I am roughly 18 lbs heavier than usual. My baby is strictly breastfed. I don’t have a heck of a lot of time to cook elaborate recipes, nor do I have a lot of uninterrupted, baby free work-out time. I am passionate about being healthy but will not forsake flavour, satisfaction, or my sanity in the name of losing weight.

My goal? To chronicle my journey back to pre-baby weight WITHOUT DIETING and share research on achieving and maintaing a healthy weight, recipes, and work-outs along the way! Follow me on Twitter @YogaPace :)

Please feel free to share your own thoughts, experience and health recommendations throughout!