day in the life of a dietee

I was wondering if anyone could could help me with my research paper? I wanted to do it on dieting and eating disorders, so i was wondering if someone could write down what they did during the day while they were on a diet like going grocery shopping and resisting bread and potatoes because you're on a low-carb diet, and what your thoughts were... It'd be an amazing help if someone could help me on this?? I could give you an email address to send it to?

Thanks heaps!!

There is so much scope in dieting - different types of diets, different attitudes toward diet, different attitudes toward self.

It is also silly to try and lump dieting and eating disorders into the same catagory.

What you are asking is far too general, and one persons experience with a diet is going to be unique to them and no one else. 

i would narrow your research paper down to a certain group of people. like middle aged women whose metablolisms are slowing down, teenage girls who are being pressured by their peers, men who are maybe trying to hide that they are dieting. you'll just end up rambling if you don't narrow it down.

Oh my research is primarily based on teenage-late 20s females who have suffered/are suffering from eating disorders. However I'm also doing a small one on dieting and the way society sees it as the norm.

Alright, I hate to be accusatory... but how do I know you're not a 14 year old who WANTS to know eating disorder tips so you can be one yourself? Sorry. I'm a skeptic.

Ah, good point. But i guess if i wanted eating disorder tips i'd surf the net for pro-ana sites (AM NOT ENCOURAGING THIS!!!!)?

The other thing to think about is ... well ... an average day in the life of someone who's not diet-obsessed is kinda boring, at least from the perspective on someone looking at dieting habits.

 My day yesterday, for example (by far the most eventful dieting-day in recent memory) -

 9:30 - Woke up, weighed myself, took dog outside to do doggy things, came in and fixed breakfast (cereal, soymilk, coffee).  Entered calories on food log.

10:15 - Took very long shower.

11:00 - Got out of shower and realized I was running late.  Dressed rapidly, ran to staff meeting for test proctors.

1:00 - Still in staff meeting.  Realized I hadn't brought any lunch, all campus dining outlets were closed, and I wouldn't be done proctoring until 5:30 or so.  Slip out of meeting to vending machine, resign myself to my fate, and buy a bag of chips and a bag of pretzels.  Also, a drink.  Go back to staff meeting.

1:45 - Herd nervous freshmen into placement exam.   Proctor (pass out exams, answer anxious questions, pass out fresh pencils, occasionally glance up to make sure nobody's dumb enough to cheat on a placement exam, refresh my LJ friends page every 2 minutes, collect exams).

5:30 - Walk nervous freshman girl home.  Head to my own home.

6:00 - Collapse at kitchen table.  Pop a bowl of minestrone into the microwave.  Add calories to c-c.  Discover that, even with the vending-machine episode, I'm still under-calories for today.  Shake head in wonderment.

7:00 - Curl up with silly book while partner practices for job interviews and puppy eviscerates a stuffed animal.

7:30 - Clean up guts of stuffed animal.  Make tea.  Attempt to impose order on my filing cabinet.

8:00 - Enter calories for tea (or rather, the milk in tea) into c-c.  Check e-mail.  Assemble new bookcase which has been sitting in the entryway in a box for a week.

9:00 - Wash dishes, 'cause it's my turn tonight.  Take puppy out again.

9:30 - Go back to reading silly book.

10:00 - Fall asleep.

 

Not a thrilling day in general, but especially not thrilling diet-wise.  Is this what you were looking for?