Regular K

Two weeks ago, my dad left to Montreal for a Yee Fung Toy Association meeting for the weekend. At the same time, my two brothers left to Kidz Kamp - Justin being a counsellor and Maurice being a camper, of course. Mom was at work all the time, so I was mostly alone at home. With no one to monitor my eating habits. So, I embarked on the Anti-Atkins diet.

Although I don’t particularly have any animosity towards Atkins, his new diet fad or his supporters, I don’t support the vilification of carbohydrates. Even though I have never been an Atkins advocate, I often find myself questioning whether or not I should opt for the new, low-carb option at restaurants. Despite my resistance, the low-carb marketing has gotten to me and I want to stop it.

I still maintain that people lose weight from dieting simply because they believe that it will work. Once one is conditioned to believe that the New! Simple! Just Ten Days! Plan! will work, it most likely will. And although there are hordes of Atkins evangelists who claim that the low-carb diet has revolutionized their lives, but there are high-carb diets that seem to work too.

So, for the past two weeks, I’ve been eating a lot of extra carbohydrates. My mom bought a big bag of cheese buns and I ate them all before my brothers got home. I’ve been working away at my loaves of multigrain bread. I’ve been increasing my pasta and rice consumption too. I had a little hiccup in my diet plan when we went to Memphis Blues and had that huge meat platter, but I’ve been pretty high-carb for most meals. I must stress that I’m not trying to lose weight, but rather, I’m making a political statement of sorts.

My conclusion: I haven’t gained any weight. I think that my high-carb, low-protein diet has been good. Maybe it has something to do with its adherence to Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating? It’s surprising that so many people have thrown out what they’ve known since childhood to jump aboard the low-carb fad.

Does anybody want to buy me a Choose Carbs t-shirt?