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Looking to regain (or hang on to) the trim figure
you had in your teens? Forget about Atkins and South
Beach. Don’t sign up for costly gym memberships
or trendy exercise classes you don’t have time
to attend. Instead, try Bus Chick’s Diet Plan.
My plan is simple (no counting of carbs, fats, “points,”
or even calories), free, and (judging from all the sexy
bus riders I know) effective. You can eat ice cream,
nachos, or a Dick’s Deluxe, and you never even
have to look at a treadmill — unless, of course,
you happen to like them. All you have to do, folks,
is drop that other dead weight you’ve been lugging
around: your car.
Here’s why the plan works (it’s not rocket
science, but indulge me):
1. You will exercise more.
You will walk to and from bus stops and run to catch
buses when you are late. You will walk with grocery
bags and shopping bags. (If you’re a hard core,
slightly insane bus chick like me, you’ll walk
carrying athletic equipment, heavy bags of coins to
trade in at the credit union, and sometimes, small pieces
of furniture.) You will walk up hills. You will walk
up stairs. When you get a late-evening craving, you
will be forced to walk to the corner store to find that
food you are ahankerin’ for.
2. You will eat less.
More often than not, you will decide that your late-night
craving is not worth the effort of walking to that corner
store. Your desire for fast food will also be significantly
reduced, since you will no longer have the option of
drive-throughs. (Does anyone actually sit in those places
to eat?) You are less likely to have a lot of junk food
in your house, as grocery shopping trips require effort
and planning ( “To Market, to Market” Nov.
22, 2006), and each item purchased must be carried —
and therefore carefully considered.
People of Seattle, stop spending so much money, time,
and effort on diets that don’t work and try my
plan. While I can’t promise that you’ll
end up with the body of a swimsuit model, I can guarantee
that you’ll lose at least a ton.
Got something to say about public transportation
in Seattle? Email Bus Chick at: buschick@gmail.com
or blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/buschick. |
