Guest guest Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 Yes Tai, image is a very powerful input on humans. Its the reason TV, ads and other media focus more on pictures than content. The old '1 picture = 1000 words' cliche. But it is each and everyone of us that REALLY makes the decision of what we put in our mouths. The media thrives on keeping us jumping through hoops labeled nutrition, health, body image etc. etc. while on the other hand bombarding us with seductive pictures of tempting foods that are loaded with taste triggering elements. However, we can adopt either a victim posture or embrace the food rebel that has already been fighting on our behalf and train that energy into a positive that works for us, not against ourselves. I feel I do have a strong individualist element in me. Yet as I learned to honor the authority of my parents, so too did I transfer that practice onto any other 'expert'. I too am effected by the media. Happily I have recruited my inner rebel to MY side and employ it to battle with ads and other imposing 'advice' that does NOT work for me. I smile and say (to myself) - Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me! I don't expect us all to join the IE guerrillas (ha ha), but I have found great help in the Power of WAIT - to use a moment of pause to think before being hooked into an action (habit) that does NOT serve me(you)! This little trick can be a BIG turning point from diet to IE. BEST wishes to us ALL. Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I honestly believe, Katcha, that society (call it mass media) has a profound and awful effect on most of us. If that were not true we would not be getting fatter as a human population. Images are powerful. Very powerful. so are thoughts, of course. If fast food restaurants served pure, healthful and delicious foods in proper proportion instead of all the messy junk their laboratories tell them make people eat more, things would be better. I believe that. They send out very persuasive images. I'm not saying this is the reason I'm overweight, but it seems to me that if fast food and other places would serve wholesome and truly delicious foods, it would be easy to make choices. I'd love to understand the mentality of someone who does not worry or think much about what and how they eat. It is hard for me to understand how a carefree thin person thinks. That craving for food is powerful and the problem for me comes when choice time is here. Tai > > > > ________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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