tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post4380080008147490926..comments2024-03-28T16:58:03.030-04:00Comments on Success Along the Weigh: Don't Pass It OnAnele @ Success Along the Weighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-53880534354484045392017-05-15T17:26:19.495-04:002017-05-15T17:26:19.495-04:00Oh yes, I remember these commercials well! I went...Oh yes, I remember these commercials well! I went to my first "diet doctor" when I was 9 years old...then was taken out to Portillo's afterwards. 1200 calories was the be all/end all for how much you could consume not matter what year it was. Avoiding sugary snacks was stressed, but no limits on bread, rice, pasta apparently. And I was criticized for weighing myself on Mondays because "why would you do that to yourself?" And oh, the comments when I stayed on track...those were even worse because, you know, "now you're just trying to make others look bad." Yeah, it was definitely a no-win. Pfft. dalbador1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09877799102438622117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-9488999295290599952017-05-15T13:16:16.775-04:002017-05-15T13:16:16.775-04:00Yep, I think about this a lot. I watched my grand...Yep, I think about this a lot. I watched my grandma constantly yo-yo diet throughout my childhood which had a big impact on me. My mom was the opposite of my grandma: when she would get stressed, she couldn't eat. Since there was a lot of stress in my house (my dad was a bipolar mess who yelled and hit a lot), I would watch my mom go for days without eating. Those two examples on opposite, extreme ends of the nourishment spectrum kinda messed me up about food. I'm just now learning to view food as fuel which has helped me tremendously with portion control and eating healthy foods.Jennifer Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06848201953191810867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-60481842562067809092017-05-15T11:48:39.342-04:002017-05-15T11:48:39.342-04:00Excellent post - you've perfectly described th...Excellent post - you've perfectly described things I absorbed as a kid. We rarely ate out also - my mom cooked all our meals. We didn't get dessert every night - usually just Sundays and special occasions. We weren't allowed to drink soda - drank milk or water with our meals and had Kool-Aid for a treat in the summers. <br /><br />But when I started babysitting - all those families had TONS of junk food! And I was told to help myself....um, yes please! And then I'd go home and eat supper and thus began my love affair with food. My mother couldn't understand it since my sister and brother stayed thin, but I kept gaining weight no matter what she did (diets, doctors, AIDS candy - anyone remember those?). I don't know why I couldn't tell her I was gorging myself while babysitting, but I just couldn't. But she must have known what was happening. But that bad behavior led to worse behavior. When we could drive, my friends always wanted to go out to eat. But I had to eat at home and bless her heart, my mom thought if she made sure I ate at home, I wouldn't eat at Micky D's. Wrong. It took many years and many tears, but I finally overcame my addiction to food. I don't deprive myself, but I don't go overboard at all. Moderation is the key to my happiness at this point.Donna Steely Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287040071982563335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-45647576648459933592017-05-15T08:51:04.257-04:002017-05-15T08:51:04.257-04:00My parents actually modeled pretty good behavior a...My parents actually modeled pretty good behavior all around, including in terms of food. We went out to eat pretty rarely and didn't have much junk food around the house. As I got older though and had my own money, I kind of threw those good behaviors out and started buying my own junk food. I try to model reasonable behavior, and have discussions with my son about why certain foods are healthier than others, but that moderation is the key rather than complete restriction of food groups. He also knows how to read a nutrition label. The problem I run into that I'm constantly working on is that when I run short on time or energy we eat way too much fast food and I want to do better by him than teach him that habit. another layerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756727485274694135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-19140338279850440852017-05-15T07:23:12.074-04:002017-05-15T07:23:12.074-04:00Diet yes! Lots of pepsi, lots of salt, only veggie...Diet yes! Lots of pepsi, lots of salt, only veggie was iceberg lettuce. Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818785860858381950noreply@blogger.com