Comments on: A Fat Talk Free Diet http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/a-fat-talk-free-diet/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caitlin Lauren http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/a-fat-talk-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-153879 Caitlin Lauren Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:11:36 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2206#comment-153879 I have given 3 of my barely touched exercise machines to my friend after hearing her complain for months. I think her problem is the camera is making her look too fat. Funnily you can buy the slimming cameras. However its great to talk about things that are not about food and fat I have given 3 of my barely touched exercise machines to my friend after hearing her complain for months. I think her problem is the camera is making her look too fat.

Funnily you can buy the slimming cameras. However its great to talk about things that are not about food and fat

]]> By: Steve Riddell http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/a-fat-talk-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-150375 Steve Riddell Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:48:16 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2206#comment-150375 Having read the above post I have to make a few comments. Yes, I was considerably overweight. Six foot three inches tall and 270lbs!! Trust me, I know how it feels to be overweight! The point that none of us need to overlook are the psychological reasons for being overweight. A large proportion of us overweight 'Mr Blobby' types suffer from emotional eating. It becomes a downward spiral which very quickly becomes out of control. My wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer when our son was 6 weeks old. I did not deal with it particularly well. I did not talk to those who were there to support me. I bottled up all my emotions, choosing instead to focusing all my energy in supporting my wife. Problem was, the emotions had to show themselves somewhere, somehow. For me it was comfort eating. I ate down my emotions with vigour! Sooner or later the day arrives when you look in the mirror and acknowledge your own creation. At that point logic would dictate that we would take immediate action to rectify the situation. However, the brain has other ideas. We look, we acknowledge and then our self esteem hits an all time low. The feeling of self loathing is so high that the emotional response to the realisation is to EAT MORE. Yes, that's right. Lets just eat down those emotions yet again. Before we know it the downward spiral progresses until the situation is totally out of control. Some 18 months after the death of my wife, I decided it may be nice to date again. Huge step!! Then I looked in the only mirror left in the house and asked myself the question. "who would date this guy I could see in the mirror?" Here at last I found a motivation to change. I discovered the Lifestyle Diet. www.lifestyle-diet.co.uk. I am featured in on the success stories page. I have nothing but praise for this organisation. I would urge anyone inspired to do something different to visit the website. No gimmicks, no food or drink supplements. Just lots of common sense and an excellent diet plan. The support is exceptional and the interactive Forum is a useful way to share experiences with other members and stay motivated. Take a look. It's a breath of fresh air!! Steve Having read the above post I have to make a few comments. Yes, I was considerably overweight. Six foot three inches tall and 270lbs!! Trust me, I know how it feels to be overweight!
The point that none of us need to overlook are the psychological reasons for being overweight. A large proportion of us overweight ‘Mr Blobby’ types suffer from emotional eating. It becomes a downward spiral which very quickly becomes out of control.
My wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer when our son was 6 weeks old. I did not deal with it particularly well. I did not talk to those who were there to support me. I bottled up all my emotions, choosing instead to focusing all my energy in supporting my wife. Problem was, the emotions had to show themselves somewhere, somehow. For me it was comfort eating. I ate down my emotions with vigour! Sooner or later the day arrives when you look in the mirror and acknowledge your own creation. At that point logic would dictate that we would take immediate action to rectify the situation. However, the brain has other ideas. We look, we acknowledge and then our self esteem hits an all time low. The feeling of self loathing is so high that the emotional response to the realisation is to EAT MORE. Yes, that’s right. Lets just eat down those emotions yet again. Before we know it the downward spiral progresses until the situation is totally out of control.
Some 18 months after the death of my wife, I decided it may be nice to date again. Huge step!! Then I looked in the only mirror left in the house and asked myself the question. “who would date this guy I could see in the mirror?” Here at last I found a motivation to change.
I discovered the Lifestyle Diet. http://www.lifestyle-diet.co.uk. I am featured in on the success stories page. I have nothing but praise for this organisation. I would urge anyone inspired to do something different to visit the website. No gimmicks, no food or drink supplements. Just lots of common sense and an excellent diet plan. The support is exceptional and the interactive Forum is a useful way to share experiences with other members and stay motivated.
Take a look. It’s a breath of fresh air!!

Steve

]]> By: cbbrown http://blog.oup.com/2008/10/a-fat-talk-free-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-147608 cbbrown Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:05:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=2206#comment-147608 Hope I wasn't the relative. Hope I wasn’t the relative.

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