Comments on: Life Is Uncertain, So Eat Dessert First? http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/ Stress Hardiness, Optimizing Stress, Being Fully Alive Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/comment-page-1/#comment-1395 Jean Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:51:34 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/#comment-1395 <strong>Dina</strong>, I completely understand your aversion to diet slavery. What freed me from the diet trap was a guy who said he never weighed himself because it just made him think about food and gain weight. But if he got involved in other things he had no problem. Oh, yeah. It took me a long time to find things that gave me more pleasure than overeating, but it worked. My approach now is like yours, eat healthy food that makes me feel good and don't worry about it. The main reason I wrote this post was the restaurant's emphasis on the size of the cupcakes. Apparently in the past French women had no problem with weight because they savored their food and ate smaller portions. What I hear now is they're going the same route as we are--having more hurried meals and increasing the portion sizes. It's not at all clear they're enjoying their meals more. :) Anyway, I'm a great advocate of healthy pleasures. Thanks for coming by! I appreciate your taking the time to comment. Dina,
I completely understand your aversion to diet slavery. What freed me from the diet trap was a guy who said he never weighed himself because it just made him think about food and gain weight. But if he got involved in other things he had no problem. Oh, yeah. It took me a long time to find things that gave me more pleasure than overeating, but it worked. My approach now is like yours, eat healthy food that makes me feel good and don’t worry about it.

The main reason I wrote this post was the restaurant’s emphasis on the size of the cupcakes. Apparently in the past French women had no problem with weight because they savored their food and ate smaller portions. What I hear now is they’re going the same route as we are–having more hurried meals and increasing the portion sizes. It’s not at all clear they’re enjoying their meals more.

:) Anyway, I’m a great advocate of healthy pleasures. Thanks for coming by! I appreciate your taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Dina http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Dina Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:07:51 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/#comment-1382 I don't mind being a little overweight but I get really annoyed when I feel the need to smoke more then few cigarettes a week. Maybe it is because I choose to believe that smoking is more stupid than eating, maybe because I have given up many bad habits at least in their addiction extreme that I feel that restricting my eating habits more than I do is to surrender to the normalcy of life. I don't know why I can balance easily the ingredients of my diet but choose to eat what I want as long as my body feels good. Thinking about really controlling my eating makes me feel I join the club of the dieting slavery and I decided to avoid it. I don’t mind being a little overweight but I get really annoyed when I feel the need to smoke more then few cigarettes a week.
Maybe it is because I choose to believe that smoking is more stupid than eating, maybe because I have given up many bad habits at least in their addiction extreme that I feel that restricting my eating habits more than I do is to surrender to the normalcy of life.

I don’t know why I can balance easily the ingredients of my diet but choose to eat what I want as long as my body feels good.

Thinking about really controlling my eating makes me feel I join the club of the dieting slavery and I decided to avoid it.

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Jean Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:56:04 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/#comment-1249 <strong>bikehikebabe</strong>, Or, to put it more positively, the not-so-fat person says I want to be healthy and fit. bikehikebabe,
Or, to put it more positively, the not-so-fat person says I want to be healthy and fit.

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 bikehikebabe Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:53:07 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/01/27/life-is-uncertain-so-eat-dessert-first/#comment-1238 The fat person says,"I don't want to be fat." The not-fat person says, "I will not be fat." The best way for stress-management is exercise which also keeps one not-fat. The fat person says,”I don’t want to be fat.” The not-fat person says, “I will not be fat.”
The best way for stress-management is exercise which also keeps one not-fat.

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