Why does everyone call it a diet?

Let's face it, there is nothing cool about a guy on a diet. Yet, that's what everyone seems to insist on calling it. I know it's just a word, but words hold power. It must mean something to me after all since I took the time to write about it.

I don't like to call what I'm doing a diet. That word, at least to me, tends to conjure up negative connotations. High school girls who want to fit into their prom dresses a month out to prom go on diets. That same diet might be thrown out well before graduation rolls around. Diets don't suggest a change in long-term behavioral change.

Weight Watchers Online doesn't feel like a quick fix to me. It's a long-term strategy for stopping the progression of my unhealthy ways and weight gain.

I was thinking the other day about how the program is a lot like the bumpers used in the gutters at bowling alleys. Without the bumpers, the worst case scenario would be rolling a gutter ball. But with the bumpers, the ball will always stay in play.

EveryDiet.org lists Weight Watchers as one of its most popular. WebMD also evaluates a variety of programs. I took a look at a few other options out there, and I feel like I made the right choice for myself.