What I Won't Say

There are two words I won't say on my blog, or at least I won't say them much. 

These words, diet and exercise, are wrought with much negative energy and uncomfortable feelings for me, and I believe for many people. 

I use substitute words.  For diet, words like eating healthy.  That seems more positive and certainly less restrictive that the word "diet."  So, I'll be using "diet" when talking about the past and sometimes in its traditional sense, about a way of eating.  But most of the time, I'll use other language.

Exercise isn't quite as charged a word, but for me it evokes unfulfilled promises to myself.  It also seems narrow in scope.  I'll instead use words like moving my body.  That can mean everything from traditional exercise like running or the gym to helping unload boxes at work as I did a week ago.  I might use "exercise" in the same way I may use "diet," and I also might use it to indicate equipment or videos.  But again, most of the time, I'll use other language.

These may seem simple semantics, but in this endeavor to change my life and my health, I won't underestimate the power of words.