Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I think the diet culture is so ingrained in our psyches it's hard not to automatically go back to diet mode talk. I do it too. I think it's just good to observe non judgmentally and maybe not indulge in the diet talk anymore. I'm finding it annoying how I go onto the running forum I sued to post on and find lots and lots of diet talk, wanting to lose weight, calories, exercising to lose weight...I think to myself, maybe their bodies don't want to lose any more weight and that's why exercising isn't and dieting isn't working and that they should just run for fun, because it feels good. It makes so much sense to me now. Maybe when you hear diet talk you can mention positive things about eating? Anyway, I hope your week is going well so far! J > > Regularly I find myself getting very angry or annoyed when I read or witness > typical " diet " rhetoric in the world, e.g. women joking about being " bad " > when eating a food considered unhealthy, people using the describer " fat, " > etc. But, recently I've noticed myself buying in to this when speaking with > other people. For example, today I was joking with a girl in our office's > fitness room, which is usually doesn't get much use but was especially busy > today, about how everyone must have had a very " indulgent " weekend. I will > sometimes say similar things that I find objectionable, and wonder why I do > this. I can only imagine it's a way to " fit in, " to buy in to the methods we > all use to communicate with one another. But I can't help but feel like a > sell out whenever I catch myself doing this. Have any of you noticed > yourselves doing things like thisr? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 I think the diet culture is so ingrained in our psyches it's hard not to automatically go back to diet mode talk. I do it too. I think it's just good to observe non judgmentally and maybe not indulge in the diet talk anymore. I'm finding it annoying how I go onto the running forum I sued to post on and find lots and lots of diet talk, wanting to lose weight, calories, exercising to lose weight...I think to myself, maybe their bodies don't want to lose any more weight and that's why exercising isn't and dieting isn't working and that they should just run for fun, because it feels good. It makes so much sense to me now. Maybe when you hear diet talk you can mention positive things about eating? Anyway, I hope your week is going well so far! J > > Regularly I find myself getting very angry or annoyed when I read or witness > typical " diet " rhetoric in the world, e.g. women joking about being " bad " > when eating a food considered unhealthy, people using the describer " fat, " > etc. But, recently I've noticed myself buying in to this when speaking with > other people. For example, today I was joking with a girl in our office's > fitness room, which is usually doesn't get much use but was especially busy > today, about how everyone must have had a very " indulgent " weekend. I will > sometimes say similar things that I find objectionable, and wonder why I do > this. I can only imagine it's a way to " fit in, " to buy in to the methods we > all use to communicate with one another. But I can't help but feel like a > sell out whenever I catch myself doing this. Have any of you noticed > yourselves doing things like thisr? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Thanks Joy, that's a really good perspective for me to try and think about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Casey, Yes, I think this is a very typical reaction once you have gotten off the diet treadmill, it feels like you have taken the "blue pill" and everyone is still asleep. Its crazy making for sure. I blogged about this on my blog, feel free to catch up on my experience and the comments I think you will find them relevant.http://www.axisoffat.com/2010/10/note-to-women-please-think-about-something-other-than-dieting-to-talk-about.htmlFrom: Casey Anne To: Intuitive Eating Group <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:32:11 PMSubject: Selling Out? Regularly I find myself getting very angry or annoyed when I read or witness typical "diet" rhetoric in the world, e.g. women joking about being "bad" when eating a food considered unhealthy, people using the describer "fat," etc. But, recently I've noticed myself buying in to this when speaking with other people. For example, today I was joking with a girl in our office's fitness room, which is usually doesn't get much use but was especially busy today, about how everyone must have had a very "indulgent" weekend. I will sometimes say similar things that I find objectionable, and wonder why I do this. I can only imagine it's a way to "fit in," to buy in to the methods we all use to communicate with one another. But I can't help but feel like a sell out whenever I catch myself doing this. Have any of you noticed yourselves doing things like thisr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Casey, Yes, I think this is a very typical reaction once you have gotten off the diet treadmill, it feels like you have taken the "blue pill" and everyone is still asleep. Its crazy making for sure. I blogged about this on my blog, feel free to catch up on my experience and the comments I think you will find them relevant.http://www.axisoffat.com/2010/10/note-to-women-please-think-about-something-other-than-dieting-to-talk-about.htmlFrom: Casey Anne To: Intuitive Eating Group <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:32:11 PMSubject: Selling Out? Regularly I find myself getting very angry or annoyed when I read or witness typical "diet" rhetoric in the world, e.g. women joking about being "bad" when eating a food considered unhealthy, people using the describer "fat," etc. But, recently I've noticed myself buying in to this when speaking with other people. For example, today I was joking with a girl in our office's fitness room, which is usually doesn't get much use but was especially busy today, about how everyone must have had a very "indulgent" weekend. I will sometimes say similar things that I find objectionable, and wonder why I do this. I can only imagine it's a way to "fit in," to buy in to the methods we all use to communicate with one another. But I can't help but feel like a sell out whenever I catch myself doing this. Have any of you noticed yourselves doing things like thisr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2011 Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Casey, Yes, I think this is a very typical reaction once you have gotten off the diet treadmill, it feels like you have taken the "blue pill" and everyone is still asleep. Its crazy making for sure. I blogged about this on my blog, feel free to catch up on my experience and the comments I think you will find them relevant.http://www.axisoffat.com/2010/10/note-to-women-please-think-about-something-other-than-dieting-to-talk-about.htmlFrom: Casey Anne To: Intuitive Eating Group <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 12:32:11 PMSubject: Selling Out? Regularly I find myself getting very angry or annoyed when I read or witness typical "diet" rhetoric in the world, e.g. women joking about being "bad" when eating a food considered unhealthy, people using the describer "fat," etc. But, recently I've noticed myself buying in to this when speaking with other people. For example, today I was joking with a girl in our office's fitness room, which is usually doesn't get much use but was especially busy today, about how everyone must have had a very "indulgent" weekend. I will sometimes say similar things that I find objectionable, and wonder why I do this. I can only imagine it's a way to "fit in," to buy in to the methods we all use to communicate with one another. But I can't help but feel like a sell out whenever I catch myself doing this. Have any of you noticed yourselves doing things like thisr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Alana, you post made me smile and I really needed that today too. I swear the word dieter has become synonymous with saint! Or maybe martyr?!? (either way - a big wet raspberry!! lol) I'm with you all the way on keeping IE in focus. I feel its how we humans really are intended to eat. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Oh boy, can I relate to what everyone is saying around the diet mentality. There seems to be the idea that it is only women that talk about diets and their bodies and how much weight they've lost etc. But I am here to tell you that it can be men also. > My boss (a male) is doing the Atkins - AGAIN! Every year he goes on the Atkins, not eating any carbs and counting all carbs including those in lettuce and sugarless gum! And this monday he came and touted about how he had lost another 2 pounds. And I get triggered every year he goes on this friggin' diet! And my rebel comes out and I carb overload! I probably eat his share of carbs for him! And then all of my bad thoughts start creeping in - thoughts of how fat I am, how bloated I feel, that I'm lazy, that I'm not good enough - ENOUGH ALREADY! In reality it is him that has the complex - NOT ME! He is the one that doesn't like himself so he has to go on this self-abusing diet - a diet that as soon as he goes off of it, he gains the weight back plus some. And in the meantime he makes all those around him miserable because he is so cranky to be around! > We are so on the right path with IE! Lets keep plugging away and keep supporting each other. Thank goodness for this group and all the support it gives and also to all the IE authors out there. > > Alana > (thanks for letting me vent - It's been one heck of day dealing with this moron of a boss!) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Alana, you post made me smile and I really needed that today too. I swear the word dieter has become synonymous with saint! Or maybe martyr?!? (either way - a big wet raspberry!! lol) I'm with you all the way on keeping IE in focus. I feel its how we humans really are intended to eat. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Oh boy, can I relate to what everyone is saying around the diet mentality. There seems to be the idea that it is only women that talk about diets and their bodies and how much weight they've lost etc. But I am here to tell you that it can be men also. > My boss (a male) is doing the Atkins - AGAIN! Every year he goes on the Atkins, not eating any carbs and counting all carbs including those in lettuce and sugarless gum! And this monday he came and touted about how he had lost another 2 pounds. And I get triggered every year he goes on this friggin' diet! And my rebel comes out and I carb overload! I probably eat his share of carbs for him! And then all of my bad thoughts start creeping in - thoughts of how fat I am, how bloated I feel, that I'm lazy, that I'm not good enough - ENOUGH ALREADY! In reality it is him that has the complex - NOT ME! He is the one that doesn't like himself so he has to go on this self-abusing diet - a diet that as soon as he goes off of it, he gains the weight back plus some. And in the meantime he makes all those around him miserable because he is so cranky to be around! > We are so on the right path with IE! Lets keep plugging away and keep supporting each other. Thank goodness for this group and all the support it gives and also to all the IE authors out there. > > Alana > (thanks for letting me vent - It's been one heck of day dealing with this moron of a boss!) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 Alana, you post made me smile and I really needed that today too. I swear the word dieter has become synonymous with saint! Or maybe martyr?!? (either way - a big wet raspberry!! lol) I'm with you all the way on keeping IE in focus. I feel its how we humans really are intended to eat. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Oh boy, can I relate to what everyone is saying around the diet mentality. There seems to be the idea that it is only women that talk about diets and their bodies and how much weight they've lost etc. But I am here to tell you that it can be men also. > My boss (a male) is doing the Atkins - AGAIN! Every year he goes on the Atkins, not eating any carbs and counting all carbs including those in lettuce and sugarless gum! And this monday he came and touted about how he had lost another 2 pounds. And I get triggered every year he goes on this friggin' diet! And my rebel comes out and I carb overload! I probably eat his share of carbs for him! And then all of my bad thoughts start creeping in - thoughts of how fat I am, how bloated I feel, that I'm lazy, that I'm not good enough - ENOUGH ALREADY! In reality it is him that has the complex - NOT ME! He is the one that doesn't like himself so he has to go on this self-abusing diet - a diet that as soon as he goes off of it, he gains the weight back plus some. And in the meantime he makes all those around him miserable because he is so cranky to be around! > We are so on the right path with IE! Lets keep plugging away and keep supporting each other. Thank goodness for this group and all the support it gives and also to all the IE authors out there. > > Alana > (thanks for letting me vent - It's been one heck of day dealing with this moron of a boss!) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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