It was either diet, or go broke.
But while most women combat that dissatisfaction by dieting or going to the gym, 27-year-old Nic Green went to a startling extreme.
We have good days and bad days, pick up new hobbies, change our patterns because we're on a diet or are going on vacation or preparing for a big release at work.
We are all inherently competitive and this has been played upon superbly well by most of the leading fitness apps, where competing with friends encourages us to stick to a diet, or keep going to the gym beyond January.
In dieting, getting a tan or going to the gym, choosing a Weimaraner over a rescue mutt, visiting an exhibition or shopping at Westfield, we are trying to acquire beauty to give us a personal competitive advantage.
You can graph how bad your diet is going or all those alcohol units you shouldn't be drinking, or keep track of kilometres you've run (or failed to) or your skyrocketing caffeine intake.
Don't starve yourself or go diet crazy, just get your body moving.
They are just excuses not to diet or find true love or go to graduate school.
Just make sure that you talk to a doctor before making drastic changes to your diet such as going vegetarian or trying a fad diet.
No diet is going to get you healthy or help you lose weight for good.
