The Grizzwells comic strip
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Will Losing Weight Make You Fat?
Will Losing Weight Make You Fat?
An excerpt:
"I often joke that the easiest way to gain 25 lbs is to lose 20!"
"Unfortunately, this may not be much of a joke, as there is mounting evidence that intentional weight loss may indeed be an important driver of long-term weigh gain."
Even though Dr. Sharma is an obesity expert and even proposes WLS for some people, reading through his site is such a breath of fresh air! Just about everything he has said about the effects of dieting rings true in my own life.
An excerpt:
"I often joke that the easiest way to gain 25 lbs is to lose 20!"
"Unfortunately, this may not be much of a joke, as there is mounting evidence that intentional weight loss may indeed be an important driver of long-term weigh gain."
Even though Dr. Sharma is an obesity expert and even proposes WLS for some people, reading through his site is such a breath of fresh air! Just about everything he has said about the effects of dieting rings true in my own life.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Pattie Thomas has a book out called Taking Up Space: How Eating Well and Exercising Regularly Changed My Life. If you click on this link it'll take you to a preview of the book, a place where you can read the book, page by page, as if it's on one of those electronic book readers like Kindle.
I recommend this book for everybody. Great read.
I recommend this book for everybody. Great read.
Friday, August 05, 2011
How It Is
Today's Hagar the Horrible comic shows how life is when on the McDougall food plan, when people continue to gain weight and are told to increase calorie dense foods, i.e. eat more green & yellow veggies, especially salads.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
The Inevitable Effect of Scare Mongering
What did they THINK would happen with the shaming of fat folk of all ages and nearly mandatory bullying of fat kids by not only their peers but people in command positions, such as parents, teachers and doctors?
Could children as young as 5 become anorexic?
While it seems hard to believe that at that age there could be awareness of a link between weight loss and appearance, British health authorities have reported 197 kids 5 to 9 years old have been hospitalized for eating disorders.
Data from 35 hospitals showed that 98 children were age 5 to 7 at the time of treatment and 99 age 8 or 9.
Numbers spiked with approach of adolescence – around 400 were age 10 to 12, with more than 1,500 13 to15, according to Agence France-Presse.
Because many hospitals do not release data on their patients, many experts believe these numbers may underestimate the problem.
Susan Ringwood, chief executive of the eating disorders charity B-eat, said the latest figures reflected "alarming" trends in society, with young children "internalizing" media images that seemed to reward only the thinnest.
"A number of factors combine to trigger eating disorders. Biology and genetics play a large part in their development, but so do cultural pressures, and body image seems to be influencing younger children much more over the past decade," Ringwood said. "The ideal figure promoted for women is that of a girl, not an adult woman. That can leave girls fearful of puberty, and almost trying to stave it off."
In the US, 42% of girls from first to third grade want to be thinner, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Fat fear starts early – 81% of 10-year-olds say they are afraid to put on weight.
Eating disorders are psychologically and physically lethal – they carry the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
Children as young as 5 suffer from eating disorders; 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat
Wednesday, August 3rd 2011, 4:00 AM
Could children as young as 5 become anorexic?
While it seems hard to believe that at that age there could be awareness of a link between weight loss and appearance, British health authorities have reported 197 kids 5 to 9 years old have been hospitalized for eating disorders.
Data from 35 hospitals showed that 98 children were age 5 to 7 at the time of treatment and 99 age 8 or 9.
Numbers spiked with approach of adolescence – around 400 were age 10 to 12, with more than 1,500 13 to15, according to Agence France-Presse.
Because many hospitals do not release data on their patients, many experts believe these numbers may underestimate the problem.
Susan Ringwood, chief executive of the eating disorders charity B-eat, said the latest figures reflected "alarming" trends in society, with young children "internalizing" media images that seemed to reward only the thinnest.
"A number of factors combine to trigger eating disorders. Biology and genetics play a large part in their development, but so do cultural pressures, and body image seems to be influencing younger children much more over the past decade," Ringwood said. "The ideal figure promoted for women is that of a girl, not an adult woman. That can leave girls fearful of puberty, and almost trying to stave it off."
In the US, 42% of girls from first to third grade want to be thinner, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Fat fear starts early – 81% of 10-year-olds say they are afraid to put on weight.
Eating disorders are psychologically and physically lethal – they carry the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
With AFP Relaxnews
Monday, August 01, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
One thing I disagree about in this article is that it's only these rich women doing this. Thousands of women all across America - the WORLD - are being ordered to starve their fetuses by their doctors, and in Great Britain they're being given medication to prevent the absorption of nutrients (metformin), therefore preventing weight gain in both the mother and baby, all in the name of "preventing obesity" in the far future. I DO agree with this doctor that this has to stop, though!
Mommyrexia is 'upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem': 'Today' show's Dr. Nancy Snyderman
Friday, July 29th 2011, 1:10 PM
'Mommyrexia'
Dr. Nancy Snyderman has some advice for pregnant women who can't stop obsessing about exercise and staying skinny: Knock it off.
The "Today" show medical expert got angry on Thursday at the idea of "mommyrexia" and dubbed extreme obsessing about weight during pregnancy an "upper East Side, obnoxious, white girl problem."
Snyderman said that she was tired of the women hating their bodies, especially during the changes of pregnancy.
"It's irritating to me," she continued. "We want perfect babies, we want perfect bodies, we want perfect lives. I just find the whole thing vulgar."
Earlier in the segment, Snyderman said it was normal and healthy to continue to exercise during pregnancy but not to add more workout hours due to pressures to inhibit healthy weight gain.
Not gaining enough weight during pregnancy can cause serious medical problems.
"You're starving your fetus," she said. "At a time when we're talking about Africa's greatest famine in 60 years, I find this particularly vulgar."
"Pregnancy should be nine months of root beer floats and bliss," she continued, angrily. "Then deal with it afterwards."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/07/29/2011-07-29_mommyrexia_is_upper_east_side_obnoxious_white_girl_problem_today_shows_dr_nancy_.html#ixzz1TaFGOjxZ
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