Thanks to Social Media Dieting Trends, Binging Surges as Healthiness is Purged
- Pandora's Ink
- Aug 22
- 5 min read
Written by Eric Wu from Washington, USA
Welcome back to our weekly blog post by Fox Schmooze. Today, we have brought to you a special 2025 New Year’s edition blog. As we move closer to the turn of a new year, we remind you: New Year, New You, New Diet! Let’s take a look at some diets that some of our readers have started doing recently.
Betty Baconsborough (Boise, Idaho): Binging Bad
Betty’s desire to lose twenty pounds has been a constant in her 43 years of life, and she believes that she’s finally found the perfect way to achieve her goal! Thanks to the information posted willy-nilly on social media, Betty has discovered the power of intermittent fasting.
After two weeks of eating only after 3:00pm, Betty claimed that she was feeling “much lighter,” although she never gave an exact report of her weight. Unfortunately, sources from people around her seem to suggest otherwise.
In an interview with Betty’s husband, Bob Baconsborough, her bemoaning beau, complained, “It was aggravating! Because Betty refused to eat lunch with the rest of us, she bullied us into not cooking at all. She said when we did, it ‘made her hungry.’”
Betty’s daughter chimed in to argue that, “Mom’s diet will never work! She drinks Coca-Cola and she eats fast food with a tub of ice cream every day at exactly 3:01pm. To make things worse - she eats NONSTOP until midnight! She sleeps in the saturated fats of her snacks.”
She continued to disclose information, causing her father to become visibly stressed before he shushed his daughter, saying, “That’s enough; stop being mean to mom.”
He then proceeded to turn to our reporter with worried eyes and requested: “Please don’t put the last minute of our conversation onto the blog.”
End of interview.
Through careful analysis by our experts, Betty’s caloric intake seems to be increasing because of her binge-eating habits, a phenomenon induced by the need for a reward after not eating anything in the morning. We’ve recommended her admittance to an Eating Disorder Facility offered by her local hospital.
David Delidova (Dallas, Texas): Shouldn’t have eaten that broccoli-
He’s always felt insecure about his body, particularly with his lack of “leanness” and his weak calf muscles. As a teenage boy, he feels the necessity to build more muscle and keep up with fitness influencers, so he has adopted the “Raw Food Diet” promoted virally online.
We conducted an interview with David to gain a deeper understanding of how his diet works. Reporters started by asking him the most important question: Why?
“Well, obviously, cooking food takes all the protein out of it, so why bother?”
When we mentioned the possible diseases and health concerns that might result from eating raw meat, David simply rolled his eyes and smirked.
“The Inuit people and other Native tribes have been eating raw meat for as long as they’ve existed! Look at how healthy and strong they are. It’s not like I’m going to get sick from eating raw beef and fish…”
Before David could finish, he suddenly gasped and tightly grasped his stomach, to the concern of our reporters.
“I’m fine, it must’ve been the cooked broccoli I ate at school today. Please don’t call an ambulance!” he grunted, before collapsing to the ground in pain.
Our dutiful reporters immediately dialed an ambulance, and to David’s dismay, it was declared by the Denver hospital that he’d been diagnosed with severe salmonella. Experts deduced that he most likely contracted the disease through eating an assortment of undercooked foods, including raw chicken and beef. Luckily, David was discharged after a few hours of treatment, and doctors say that he will fully recover within a few days (assuming he doesn’t continue to consume raw foods).
Disclaimer: It was at this point that I was advised by our producers to add a warning to our readers. We do not condone the consumption of raw or undercooked foods, nor do we believe that following the diets aforementioned will help lose weight in any way.
Patricia (Pattie) Pizzarro (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania): “Breaks are pivotal to success.”
Pattie has never been proud of her body, so she agreed with her dietitian to turn the key to weight loss: the keto diet.
“It’s going great. I’m feeling so much healthier, and I’ve been strictly keeping to the diet requirements,” Pattie explained.
We continued by asking Pattie what she consumes on a normal day. “Well, I usually start the morning by eating some nuts and cheese. Now that I think about it, I have around half a cup of cream cheese every meal. It tastes amazing and it’s keto-friendly. What more can you ask for?”
Pattie’s dietitian jumped into the interview and added, “Pattie’s been doing great, but of course, the keto diet is very hard to follow. To reward her hard work, we made a plan that involved many rest days.”
“And how many rest days have you scheduled?”
“Currently, I think we arranged for Tuesdays, Thursdays, and of course, Sundays to be rest days, where Pattie can eat anything she wants. Also, Pattie doesn’t have to follow the diet on holidays or the whole month of December,” the dietitian elaborated. Her ear-to-ear grin reflected her confidence in the matter.
“Wait, what about Friday?” Pattie asked.
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Friday’s an off-day too.”
End of interview.
A few weeks later, we checked in with Pattie and her dietitian, or rather, former dietitian (she was fired). “I really don’t know why I’m not seeing any results!”
Cathie Caramella (Chicago, Illinois): Enemy number one: carbohydrates
She’s eighty years young, and she’s still going strong in the dieting game. At first, we doubted Cathie’s need to diet, but according to her, she’s just trying to “keep up with the youngins’ trends.”
At her limited physical state, it is difficult for her to achieve her ambitious body goals, so under the advice of her kin, she chose to adopt the Atkins diet.
According to Mrs. Caramella, her children and grandchildren often buy her Atkins Indulge chocolate caramel squares, her favorite, along with other delectable snacks from the Atkins online shop.
“Aren’t they so sweet, always buying me treats,” she said lovingly.
When we told her about the possible health drawbacks of caramel and other sweets, she responded by saying, “Honey, don’t you worry, they’re Atkins-friendly! You know what that means? NO CARBS!”
Wanting to know more about her opinions and limits on carbohydrates, we asked her about her daily macronutrient intake.
“Macro-what?”
“Macronutrients, ma’am. For example, proteins, carbs, and-”
“Oh right! I remember hearing something about that. I don’t keep track of other macronutrients, I only care about carbs. I never eat foods like bread or rice because they have carbs. Carbs are obviously terrible for you; they’re the reason why I haven’t been in the best shape all these years.”
We were aware that the Atkins diet limited carbohydrate consumption, but eating too little carbohydrates can be dangerous, so we reached out to our experts. When they heard this, they were concerned and reached out to Mrs. Caramella’s family to tell them to get her checked for kidney disease at the hospital.
As we conclude this week’s special edition blog, we express our sincerest gratitude to Mrs. Baconsborough, Mr. Delidova, Ms. Pizzarro, and Mrs. Caramella for providing us with their personal dieting experiences.
Diets can be hard to follow, as proven by the stories above, but with enough determination and self-control, anybody can succeed in their fitness journey with the right plan. Hopefully this blog was helpful for you to find the perfect diet for your New Year’s resolution.
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