And it's already Friday again folks! It's been a fun and rather quick week. For me, it's been a week of learning, making some amends and a healthy re-evaluation of my lifestyle...am I really doing my best?

On that note, I wanted to see the readers of FitnessGear101.com make amends with a word! Yes, a word that has stricken horror and deep loathing in many, and left many kitchen cupboards vast and tasteless - that word is DIET!!!

Before you run screaming to hide your last bad of Doritos - don't worry - I'm not about to try and wrestle them from your cold, stiff hands. No I just want to clear up the meaning of the word diet. Dr. Lindberg, Oxygen Magazine's resident medical expert says that the word "diet" actually harkens from the Ancient Greek word "dieta," which translates to "way of life". 

And see, all this time you've been associating the word diet with deprivation - tisk, tisk. This weekend I challenge each and every one of you to shake all of the bad connotations you've come to associate with the word "diet" and start approaching it as a lifestyle choice...something wonderful and vital that we all need to partake in to survive.

 I can't wait to hear how it went on Monday.