Comments on: Be Comfortable in Your Genes

By: Eden

Eden — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:21:34 +0000

Oh yay, I’m glad people are finding it useful! It totally should be a post of its own!

By: kristin

kristin — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:54:46 +0000

Stacy- I didn’t mean to attack your personal food choices, but the question of what can we really eat that doesn’t have some sort of possible negative effect. I guess if one can afford to eat only top quality organic locally grown grass fed hormone free nutrient laden whatever, it might be a little less threatening (except for the pollutants taken up by plants through the water, but that is a whole other discussion). But most people don’t eat like that, since it is extremely expensive and in many places not possible.

By: meatballs

meatballs — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:26:00 +0000

Thank you, I needed to read this just now to recover from a WW leader on another site instructing a woman to eat ~1000 calories a day in order to lose weight.

Please, please, please STOP the madness, people!

(And at least the woman being told to eat 1000 calories a day stated that she wouldn’t be comfortable eating fewer than 1300.)

By: Meowser

Meowser — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:22:42 +0000

That does it, I’m moving to Ontario. Or Nova Scotia. If they’ll have me.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:07:04 +0000

Eden, dang, that deserves a post of its own.

By: hotsauce

hotsauce — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:47:27 +0000

Eden, i could KISS you right now!!! i’ve been looking for that kind of resource online practically all day for work. you’re right, it’s not perfect (i almost spit out my tea at the peer pressure cartoon), but it’s totally what i’m looking for. thank you : )

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:20:41 +0000

Hey Wanda, one more of these and I’m sending you to spam! Cheers!

I think it’s possible that you actually want to contribute, but you should start doing that by reading and responding, not via zealotry. Like, now.

By: Wanda Gaa

Wanda Gaa — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:45:18 +0000

With a genetic heritage exquisitely tuned to the food scarcity of the Paleolithic era, a bonanza of cheap, high-calorie 21st-century food, and a society designed to minimize physical exertion, some believe it’s a wonder we’re not all obese.

By: Eden

Eden — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:36:29 +0000

This is not QUITE on topic but I am really excited about it and wanted to spread the word -

Ontario and Nova Scotia have put together a teacher training module designed to prevent kids and teenagers from dieting and to promote body acceptance – and they specifically use the phrase Health At Every Size!

http://research.aboutkidshealth.ca/thestudentbody/home.asp

It’s not perfect but it’s pretty awesome.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:04:09 +0000

I just wanted to say that I try to put my food on a smaller plate because sometimes I have trouble realising when I’m full. This is probably also partially because I eat too quickly, but that’s being dealt with too.

The other thing is, I always feel /extremely/ guilty about leaving food on my plate, because I grew up with – as most other people seem to have – the mentality of “eat everything on your plate”. It took me a while to not make myself eat that extra bit of food, and this is one of the reasons I am pro-smaller plate.

If I’m still hungry when I’ve finished my plate full of food, don’t get me wrong, I will go back and serve up some more. Smaller initial portions just work for me from my guilt and not-recognising-fullness.