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Category Archives: Diets
Slim Chance Awards and the joys of skepticism.
So, while I’m still on hiatus (I know, it’s the most internet-ey internet hiatus in modern history), I’ve found myself thinking a lot about what I’ve come to call “diet apocrypha.” Apocrypha includes scammy fad diets, folk remedies, superstitious beliefs about food/eating, old wives’ tales, and that mysterious “American Heart Association Diet” that was faxed [...]
Just so you know.
January’s a crazy month schoolwise for me (and if you hadn’t already guessed, I was on holiday for the bulk of December), but I will be back plugging away at the old routine come February. I’ve actually got several posts in the pipe right now, but no time to finish them off to my satisfaction.
That [...]
Also posted in Random Shit 49 Comments
What’s all this, then?
It’s my blog about normal eating. You’re reading it.
So, I’m working on this thing I like to call my Unified Theory of Kicking Ass. What that means is, I’m reading and learning stuff about normal eating and nutrition and how people change their behaviour.
I have a pretty decent understanding of this stuff already, since [...]
Also posted in Fatness, Liking Yourself, Moving, Random Shit, Unified Theory, eating 9 Comments
Dear dieting friends,
I was reading The Rotund’s post about grey areas and lines in the sand, and I could feel the wheels in my brain slowly clunking into action. (They’ve been very relaxed brain-wheels for the last while.) I started thinking about how I feel about having friends who go on diets or whatnot. And I realized [...]
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Willy Wonka and the chocolate fantasy.
A famous actress was quoted in the newspaper regarding a role that required her to gain weight. Something about the quote struck me as odd. To paraphrase, she said, “Sure, it sounds great to gain weight. You can indulge all your fantasies of endless chocolate, unlimited pasta and garlic bread…but after a while your blood [...]
Why diets are stupid.
If you don’t already know, I’m going to be the one to break it to you…and you can trust me on this. Diets are stupid.
The word ‘diet’ has become terribly perverted from its original, life-affirming definition. In the original sense, diet meant: “food and drink regularly provided or consumed; habitual nourishment.” [...]
Also posted in eating 4 Comments
Some lines on reading a Weight Watchers study.