Those are words (in the tittle) written on Dr. Cliff Sheats’ Lean Bodies web site. The complete statement says, “You are not on a diet, you are on an “eating and exercise program” for life … designed to build your “metabolic furnace”.

I don’t quite believe all his claims but there is a point to what he says. You are on a life time plan. What ever you do, planned or unplanned is your dietary plan. Ask yourself this question, “Why do I eat?”.

You should have multiple reasons for eating as an action. Now another question, “What do I eat and why do I eat it?”. That is actually two questions but they are closely related. Do you eat to live or eat to live? Do you know how many calories you need to eat to maintain your weight? What do you want your diet to do for you in the next day, week, month and year? Ever thought about it? Probably if you are reading this you have and do think about it.

Do you think your diet is successfully taking you to where you want to go? My personal diet is intended to keep me healthy, energetic, and help me to fuel my body for work, play and rejuvenation. I have taken some time to develop a system of eating that keeps me away form things I am allergic to, foods that contain lots of sugar, and highly processed foods.

You can tell about your diet by your solid waste products. Is your solid waste soft, easy to pass, light brown and coil up in the toilet like rope? No! Well, you need a dietary adjustment for more vegetables and fruits and more fiber. If yo make changes expect it to take some time before you see changes - weeks of time - not just a day or two. Just like an exercise program yields results slowly but steadily, so will your eating program.

Here are a few dietary tips:

• Get 35 grams of fiber per day
• Eat 14 ounces of fruits and vegetables per day
• don’t eat protein more than twice a day
• your meat serving should be the size of the palm of your hand
• drink more unsweetened low caffeine fluids
• Eat some protein and carbs within 30-45 minutes of working out - 8 ounces of beer is good and so is chocolate milk.

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