I wrote this piece a couple of years ago, and then promptly forgot it existed until a friend of mine pulled it out of some internet black hole. Obviously it's a bit (OK, a lot) tongue-in-cheek, but I think it accurately captures my mental state struggling through various diets and meal plans in my life. Doing better three years later, gladly, and I can honestly say that as frustrating as they were, even these crash-and-burn moments wound up being stepping stones towards improvement and changes i [...]
