I have this thing about diet tips and fitness tips. And by thing I really mean hatred for. I am fully aware of how strange that may sound. I’m also sure you’re wondering why. What exactly is my problem? How could a person actually HATE diet and fitness tips? Well, it’s pretty simple. I just happen to hate useless things, and, in my humble opinion, the majority of diet tips and fitness tips are completely useless. Not just useless either… but plain old stupid. That’s a combination of useless and stupid. Can you really blame me for hating them?
So, if diet tips and fitness tips are indeed stupid and useless like I claim, why do they continue to exist? Honestly the only real reason for this that I see is for the purpose of selling something… usually magazines. Go check out the magazine rack at a store and tell me what you see on the covers.
10 Weight Loss Tips!
3 Diet Tips For Getting Sexier Abs!
5 Fitness Tips For Getting Bigger Arms!
20 Calorie Burning Tips From Celebrity Trainers!
People see these headlines and then buy the magazine or read the article. After all, who wouldn’t want to know all of these fantastic tips? The one tiny little problem here is that there are only so many actual pieces of useful diet and fitness advice and information. Come to think of it, there’s probably not even enough to fill one whole magazine, let alone 1000’s of magazines and newspaper articles every single day, week or month. So then, how do they come up with these new useful diet and fitness tips all the time?
The answer is, they don’t.
1) I mean, there will be a heading that includes the words Diet Tips or Fitness Tips, and they’ll probably be in bold.
2) And yeah, underneath that there will be enough words to form some sentences, usually short ones.
3) And sure, the sentences will very likely be on separate lines.
4) And of course there is a 99% chance of those sentences being numbered.
5) But that’s all it is.
6) Nothing useful there.
7) Just a way to fill pages of a magazine or newspaper (or website) in a format that’s appealing to you, the reader.
What, what’s that you say? You don’t believe me? You think I’m making this up? You want to see an example? Ok, you got it. Here’s my personal favorite of all diet tips and fitness tips. Actually, I’m not really sure if it even qualifies as either. All I know is every single weight loss or workout article I’ve ever read always includes this one on its list of tips. Let me know if you’ve heard it before…
“Take the stairs instead of the elevator.”