Comments on: Fad Diets: Normalizing Disordered Behavior

By: Emm

Emm — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:22:59 +0000

You’ve completely rocked my world with trying to deal with my PCOS. My mind is blown. I’m soaking up all your articles. I’ve been dealing with it so wrongly the whole time! Thank you thank you! What is your opinion on “weight watchers” to try to relearn how to eat portions? I have damaged my relationship with food over the past 20 years from fad dieting and quite frankly, orthorexia at this point. Do you think a program like that could help someone to eat normally again, or is that just another way to obsess about food in your opinion?

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Go Kaleo — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:14:23 +0000

Agreed, I usually incorporate activity into my vacations for the same reason.

Which is why I included the part about these behaviors not being inherently disordered.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:12:09 +0000

Hum, I run whenever I can when on vacation. Cause I like to run. Sometimes when folks exercise it is cause they like it, not cause they are obsessed about it.

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By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:34:39 +0000

I really admire your serenity and maturity, Amber! I don’t have nearly as much self control as you do when dealing with belligerent people with poor reading comprehension skills. Subscribing

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By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:12:03 +0000

Very interesting article!
I tend to focus on the end result/motivation to determine if something is good and healthy for someone (or myself). There seems to be a range of motivations from people who may have diabetes and need to lose weight to be healthier physically; to people who would be considered healthy by the average doctor but want to be thinner which is not health based as many may claim, and their motivation is vanity. It’s sad physical strength can so easily be sacrificed for looking thinner.
One thing you highlighted that I’d like to point out is that it’s dangerous in the mental sense, anorexia is also physically harmful but it is a mental disorder. It involves extreme negative thinking, no self worth and destroys a happy and peaceful lifestyle. These things are certainly evident in people who may not be diagnosed anorexic. I’ve been both possibly anorexic and overweight, neither spectrum is healthy for the body or mind.

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Go Kaleo — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:45:54 +0000

Good insights VEML, thank you!