A loud 'no' vote on the protein/fast

[Guest guest]

I am very concerned about the 'group' protein fast I've been reading about

here today. I hate to rain on anybody's parade but I think 'fasting' or

restricting the diet to protein only is a very dangerous idea for people with

long term complusive eating problems.

It's always been my personal and professional opinion that post-ops should

aim for STABILITY with food and eating... long term stable practices that

become familiar and easy to follow.  Fasting is a throwback to the dieting

days of yore...those halcyon days that did us all such a world of good and

bought us membership in morbid obesity.  It's tempting, oh so tempting, to

try to UNDO a bit of OVERdoing with a drastic change in consumption (even for

a short time) but it's fool's gold.  It doesn't teach us to make the kind of

small measured changes which we can hold onto over time.  Don't do it.

If your eating is 'out of control' or your pants have become a little too

snug, the answer is not a 'fast' cure.  The answer is a slow deliberate

tweaking AWAY from the higher carbs and poorer choices and TOWARD more

physical activity and more employment of healthy coping strategies.  Make

changes you can keep.  It may also be a good time to explore what's going on

inside your heart and life more carefully to see what is causing you to put

your hard-won precious health in jeopardy. 

Every action has a consequence and certainly all of us on this list has

learned the hard way that restrictive eating inevitably leads to

overindulgence. 

This week it's a two day fast.  Next week it's a binge that gets rationalized

by thinking " I'll just do another two day fast to make up for it.  If you

were out of shape physically you wouldn't expect to catch up by racing to the

gym for a 2 day, non stop, extreme workout. 

The quick fix is always so seductive, isn't it?  But we need to think of our

recovery from morbid obesity like a marathon not a sprint.  We are in this

for the long hall, not the wedding this spring or the date next month, or the

contest online this week. 

Don't trade what you want the most for what you want at the moment.

Just my worried and vehement . 02!

Carol

Shrinkin' in Philly

Carol Signore, MAT, MS, LMFT

Open RNY '98 HUP Phila.

Program Director, My Self Design

Aftercare Program for Bariatric Surgery

www.myselfdesign.com

[Guest guest]

I am very concerned about the 'group' protein fast I've been reading about

here today. I hate to rain on anybody's parade but I think 'fasting' or

restricting the diet to protein only is a very dangerous idea for people with

long term complusive eating problems.

It's always been my personal and professional opinion that post-ops should

aim for STABILITY with food and eating... long term stable practices that

become familiar and easy to follow.  Fasting is a throwback to the dieting

days of yore...those halcyon days that did us all such a world of good and

bought us membership in morbid obesity.  It's tempting, oh so tempting, to

try to UNDO a bit of OVERdoing with a drastic change in consumption (even for

a short time) but it's fool's gold.  It doesn't teach us to make the kind of

small measured changes which we can hold onto over time.  Don't do it.

If your eating is 'out of control' or your pants have become a little too

snug, the answer is not a 'fast' cure.  The answer is a slow deliberate

tweaking AWAY from the higher carbs and poorer choices and TOWARD more

physical activity and more employment of healthy coping strategies.  Make

changes you can keep.  It may also be a good time to explore what's going on

inside your heart and life more carefully to see what is causing you to put

your hard-won precious health in jeopardy. 

Every action has a consequence and certainly all of us on this list has

learned the hard way that restrictive eating inevitably leads to

overindulgence. 

This week it's a two day fast.  Next week it's a binge that gets rationalized

by thinking " I'll just do another two day fast to make up for it.  If you

were out of shape physically you wouldn't expect to catch up by racing to the

gym for a 2 day, non stop, extreme workout. 

The quick fix is always so seductive, isn't it?  But we need to think of our

recovery from morbid obesity like a marathon not a sprint.  We are in this

for the long hall, not the wedding this spring or the date next month, or the

contest online this week. 

Don't trade what you want the most for what you want at the moment.

Just my worried and vehement . 02!

Carol

Shrinkin' in Philly

Carol Signore, MAT, MS, LMFT

Open RNY '98 HUP Phila.

Program Director, My Self Design

Aftercare Program for Bariatric Surgery

www.myselfdesign.com