Re: Favorite Dieting Paradox

[Guest guest]

Hi Red,

Dieting is a paradox in and of itself.

People go on diets to lose weight, and yet, in the majority of cases, most

people end up

gaining weight!

We go on diets to shed the fat, but low calorie diets cause our body to make

and store fat.

When we are on a diet, we want to speed up our metabolism to increase the weight

loss,

but dieting decreases our metabolism.

We go on diets with the intention of eating less, but after a period of

restriction, we end up

bingeing and eating larger quantities of food than we did before the diet.

We go on diets so our bodies will look better and so we will be healthier, but

each time we

regain the weight, we regain the weight in our abdominal area, causing our

bodies to

change shape and increasing our risk of heart disease.

We go on diets so we can look and feel better but dieting gives us headaches,

makes us

irritable and depressed, tired, and can cause dry skin, hair loss, and irregular

periods.

EVERYTHING about dieting is a paradox.

B.

[Guest guest]

Ok, not done yet!!! Have to say a big amen to this! " amen! " I

dieted big time before my second pregnancy only to gain it all as soon

as I got pregnant...why? because I had not dealt with the reasons why

I eat, I only memorized and quit eating...that's why I know IE (and

I've come full circle back to it), really is the only way, as it is

the " natural " way...the way God made our bodies to eat. I loved this

post!!! Thank you!

e

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I have been struggling lately with the desire to diet.

[Guest guest]

Dieting is the cause of insanity for me too - lol!!! Katcha (and lets

not forget the man who got away with murder using the 'junk food defense')

>

> Hello Everyone,

>

> I have been struggling lately with the desire to diet. I know it

> won't get me where I want to be but the diet mentality is tough to

> kick.

>

> I started thinking about what it would be like to be on a diet

> again. I remember all the old rules. It suddenly struck me how some

> don't even make sense. Here is my favorite contradiction:

>

> * Weigh and measure every morsel you put in your mouth. Make sure to

> write it down and track your calories. Stay in your calorie range!!

>

> Then, later on as you read more about the diet:

>

> * Try to leave some food on your plate. Let go of the 'clean your

> plate' club.

>

> Whoa! Ok, first of all I've already spent all the time weighing and

> measuring each morsel of food. I know how many calories are in

> them. I'm desparately trying to stay in my calorie range (which

> feels low enough to starve a mouse let alone me) and now you want me

> to LEAVE some on my plate. Dude, I'll be hungry 5 minutes after I

> finish and I'm supposed to leave something?!! Do I get those

> calories later?? How do I calculate how many extra I have?? Let

> see, it looks like I left about 10% of my meal and my meal was 300

> calories so I have 30 extra calories to play with...

>

> I started laughing to myself. This is one of the reasons I don't

> diet anymore. Gosh, it used to drive me crazy.

>

> Anyone else have these thoughts?

>

> --Red

>