The Amish Diet
- Alex
So I found a link this weekend, and now of course I can't find it anywhere on the 'net. Isn't that just always how it goes? Ah well, I remember
it well enough not to have to link it. Anyway the headline for this thing said something about a diet program that let you eat anything you want,
and it start with an A, but it wasn't Atkins, it was...
Amish.
"'Tis a fine barn, English, but sure 'tis no pool."
Oops, sorry about that. My brain does that sometimes. I should make that, apologies to everyone but the three of you that got that. In any case
my initial thought before reading was that it was gonna make perfect sense, and that a very very low percentage of fat lazy Americans were gonna want
to do it.
Turns out, I was dead right. For once. I have forgotten the exact numbers, but it was solely activity-based. Something like 10 hours a week of
vigorous activity, and another 30 of... (I don't know, some word that indicated mid-level activity). In any case, a lot of workin' out. Being
charitable with the numbers, I'd put myself at 7 and 12-15 in those categories. Speaking of numbers, the really funny bit in the article was that
it said the Amish number was roughly double what the average American works out.
Yeah, right. I wanna see a study on that average American. The average American on TV, maybe... not the one watching.
In any case, before I babble too much more, I have to say that I think the Amish diet is perfect - if you want to eat whatever you want, get off
your lazy ass and make sure you work off those calories. I'm out.
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