Guest blogger, Jessica Grote, is a fitness enthusiast (who recently completed her first triathlon!) and part owner of Southern Hospitality Events (S.H.E.)
The dreaded four-letter word: DIET.
‘Tis the season! With New Years only a week behind us, all my friends are doing it. But honestly, am I the only one who cringes every time I hear about the new diet craze? My current pet peeve is everyone buying gluten-free to loose weight. Do people not realize they’re merely replacing the wheat with corn and rice? The caloric intake is virtually the same. Unless you actually have a gluten problem like our friend Jessica (sorry Jessi!), going gluten-free is not going to help you much.
Tonight my husband told me about the newest fad: “The 8-Hour Diet.” The concept is you eat whatever you want but only between 9am-5pm, then let your body digest and rest in between. Um, ok: