Diets

I’m not going to sit here and preach to you about how you should always stick to your diet plan and eat everything the doctor tells you to eat. I think the diets given to us are unrealistic. I can honestly and shamelessly say that I have never stuck to a diet 100% and not always because I didn’t want to, but because its hard to live a semi-normal life while only being able to eat certain things.

There was this one time I was put on a low-fat diet because I had a feeding tube. Yes it makes sense, but I like fatty foods. The day I got my first feeding tube the child life specialist told me I should I have one last fatty thing being starting my diet. Of course being at Georgetown Hospital all I wanted was a cupcake from Georgetown Cupcake. The lovely ladies of Georgetown Cupcake sent over a box of delicious cupcakes just for me. So I picked out the one I wanted, a chocolate cupcake with a gooey inside and cream cheese icing. I take my first bite and my doctor rushes into my hospital room screaming at me. The only thing I caught at the time was, “YOU BETTER ONLY EAT HALF SAMANTHA!” At that point I was already halfway done with it. So I looked at her, looked at my parents, then back at my cupcake and did what any person in my situation would do, I shoved the rest of the cupcake in my mouth before she could get to me. It was totally worth the 15-20 minute lecture after.

After that I did do my best to stick to the diet. I learned the hard way that some diets just don’t work. With everything I have going on with me (the lack of organs and diabetes) some things that are on one diet plan either weren’t good for me or go against another diet that I’m suggested to follow. I also learned that my lifestyle doesn’t always allow for the “good choices” that my diets suggest. I am a full-time college student, I work multiple jobs, and I am an active member of a sorority so time and money are often lacking which doesn’t help dieting at all. I’m a strong believer that you need to try diets to see what will work for you. You’ll find that changing a few things can actually do wonders for your health and energy level because you won’t always feel horrible. It takes some time, but try things out and once you find something that works stick with it. It really does help in the long run.