Comments on: BYU professor touts the “Eat whatever you feel like eating” diet http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:10:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Geoff J http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2422 Geoff J Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:53:01 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2422 I'm with you Sue and Laura. This isn't the approach for anyone with serious weight issues. But it seems that it could help all those folks that are just a bit overweight and have had trouble figuring out a good ongoing eating strategy. This idea of his certainly isn't earth-shattering but perhaps the perspective will help some people who have been dazed and confused by all the food and dieting marketing messages we are constantly bombarded with nowadays. I’m with you Sue and Laura. This isn’t the approach for anyone with serious weight issues. But it seems that it could help all those folks that are just a bit overweight and have had trouble figuring out a good ongoing eating strategy. This idea of his certainly isn’t earth-shattering but perhaps the perspective will help some people who have been dazed and confused by all the food and dieting marketing messages we are constantly bombarded with nowadays.

]]> By: Laura http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2419 Laura Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:14:15 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2419 What Sue said. I don't see how this is a new idea. It's implementing it that would be tough for people who already have a weight issue. What Sue said.

I don’t see how this is a new idea. It’s implementing it that would be tough for people who already have a weight issue.

]]> By: Sue http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2239 Sue Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:10:09 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2239 I guess I don't see what all the media hype is about. Isn't everything he is saying pretty obvious? I have no idea what his credentials are, but this "diet" he's come up with is nothing more than common sense. It won't work for most people though. If fat people could stop eating as soon as they were no longer hungry, there wouldn't be fat people. For most fat people (and I've been fat, thin, and everything in between), eating doesn't have much to do with hunger. It has to do with appetite (which is different), cravings, enjoyment of the act of eating, emotions - all kinds of things. And speaking as someone with major food issues, there are many people who are basically food addicts. Trouble with food "addictions" (so to speak) is that you can't just quit eating. (Actually, that's not true. In fact, I'm great at fasting. I can fast forever, but that becomes a problem. Or I can binge for days and days. It's trying to find moderation that is hard.) I guess I don’t see what all the media hype is about. Isn’t everything he is saying pretty obvious? I have no idea what his credentials are, but this “diet” he’s come up with is nothing more than common sense. It won’t work for most people though. If fat people could stop eating as soon as they were no longer hungry, there wouldn’t be fat people. For most fat people (and I’ve been fat, thin, and everything in between), eating doesn’t have much to do with hunger. It has to do with appetite (which is different), cravings, enjoyment of the act of eating, emotions – all kinds of things.

And speaking as someone with major food issues, there are many people who are basically food addicts. Trouble with food “addictions” (so to speak) is that you can’t just quit eating. (Actually, that’s not true. In fact, I’m great at fasting. I can fast forever, but that becomes a problem. Or I can binge for days and days. It’s trying to find moderation that is hard.)

]]> By: meems http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2233 meems Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:57:50 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2233 Sorry for the typo in "chocolate." I was eating at the keyboard and my fingers slipped. Sorry for the typo in “chocolate.” I was eating at the keyboard and my fingers slipped.

]]> By: meems http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2232 meems Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:52:52 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2232 Christian, I've tried that with chocoloate chip cookies. It doesn't work. Christian, I’ve tried that with chocoloate chip cookies. It doesn’t work.

]]> By: Christian Y. Cardall http://www.bloggernacle.org/byu-professor-touts-the-%e2%80%9ceat-whatever-you-feel-like-eating%e2%80%9d-diet/#comment-2231 Christian Y. Cardall Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:09:45 +0000 http://www.bloggernacle.org/?p=229#comment-2231 I wonder if this would work with sexual appetites too. Okay, that was a joke. But I do remember learning in World Religions class at BYU that some version of some eastern religion used something beyond this to get over sinful desires: give in without restraint until you were so sick of it that you never wanted to do it again. I wonder if this would work with sexual appetites too.

Okay, that was a joke. But I do remember learning in World Religions class at BYU that some version of some eastern religion used something beyond this to get over sinful desires: give in without restraint until you were so sick of it that you never wanted to do it again.

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