tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449641905298601952.post5447565454956223168..comments2024-03-04T00:43:25.831-08:00Comments on Drop It and Eat: Drop the Diet, Manage Your Weight: The Google diet. No need to keep searching.HikerRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15170145903147301280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449641905298601952.post-40421583508932667802014-11-21T07:57:04.757-08:002014-11-21T07:57:04.757-08:00Restricting doesn't work. I was always a bigge...Restricting doesn't work. I was always a bigger girl - thanks to my german farmer girl heritage. And my parents started criticising me me and having me diet. I was always hungry in my teen year, I was very very active and I started bad habits that have haunted me all my life and I have struggled with my weight all my life. ( Looking back on pictures from that time I was in no way overweight - I was just broad and sturdy built ). I love your column, I don't diet anymore ( I will occasionally count up my calories and I stopped doing crazy gym stuff that was killing my joints and now do more enjoyable things at the gym ) I never want my kids to struggle like I have with weight and self esteem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449641905298601952.post-6500727373340532962014-11-21T07:29:41.345-08:002014-11-21T07:29:41.345-08:00Such a smart parent! I'd love to see this post...Such a smart parent! I'd love to see this post and the calorie counting one that preceded it shared with schools so maybe there'd be some change! Really, I thnk they simply don't get it.HikerRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170145903147301280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449641905298601952.post-77428750051983170942014-11-21T07:25:46.126-08:002014-11-21T07:25:46.126-08:00Great topic , makes wonderful sense.
I live in M...Great topic , makes wonderful sense. <br /><br />I live in Massachusetts and it bothers me that the time for lunch in the high schools is extremely short. So kids have to eat fast and make choices about what is quick to eat in order to get their lunch in. They learn to eat in a hurry and then to grab food whnever they can. <br /><br /> I have a son who runs track - distance and xcountry. He loves it, lives for it and logs 50 - 60 miles a week. I pack him a very large lunch every day - 2 very large sandwiches, 1 various meats and cheese on a sub roll and 1 PB& J, fruit, nuts, multiple snacks ( chips, m&M's crackers - whatever ). He eats this between meals or during class and then also buys school lunch. The calorie restrictions on school lunches are tough on the athletes who need the fuel and for any of the kids who are growing. Thankfully teachers allow moderate snacking or my son would not be performing as well he does both in sports and school. Could you really concentrate on chemistry if you were hungry ? <br /><br />Even with the large amount of eating he does, he is extremely fit and healthy ( and one the top runners for his age group in Mass ) and is at an appropriate weight. I let him he whatever he wants and whenever he wants. Some days it endless eating, some day 3 or 4 large meals, other days little or nothing. I never want him to restrict or limit what he needs for fuel in any way. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1449641905298601952.post-65052490458532516202014-11-20T06:40:20.071-08:002014-11-20T06:40:20.071-08:00Well done, nice food for thought (pun intended!)....Well done, nice food for thought (pun intended!).<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com