John Y’s Musings from the Middle: The Disgust Diet

In 4 weeks I have lost 11 lbs and started doing light daily workouts.

Several friends have asked me what diet am I on.

My answer is “The disgust diet.” Which means that I have no real methodical diet at the moment– beyond eating less (and healthier) and exercising more—but that I am simply fortified with a personal disgust at how far I let myself go.

My wife and kids have been chiding me for a long time to drop some weight and get in better shape but, through a potent combination of denial and self-delusion, I was able to ignore their suggestions.

Until this picture above was taken of me on Jan 1 this year.

A picture, as they say, is worth a thousand words. And I didn’t like the sound of any of the words I heard in my mind when I looked at this picture of me standing outside the restaurant woofing down the remainder of my lunch from the “carry out” container as my family waited for me to catch up.

It’s enough to make any self-respecting fella to make some changes. And hopefully keep the “disgust diet plan” going for another month. And maybe a lot longer.

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My mind on a diet.

“Ok, but how many calories would the other dish have if I only ate, like, one-third of it?”

“Or just one-fourth?”

“Or just one-fourth of both of them?”