Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

weezl74 · 24 June 2010 at 9:42PM

HowlinWolf wrote: »

mmmm doughnuts, I'd love to try the doughnuts but have a fear of deep fat frying (fire related)

on a separate note someone has found us on facebook and is concerned about the five a day in some of the days on the menu planner. I have asked them to say which days so that we can address this.

thanks howlin

aless02 · 24 June 2010 at 9:44PM

mmmm doughnuts! I know they are far too delicious to be properly portioned in this household (i.e. we will eat them all in like 2 days

) so I shall, shockingly, be intentionally not making them.

weezl, I'm still :rotfl: at your "raisin" story from the other day!! We have those nasties all around our house too

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HowlinWolf · 24 June 2010 at 9:47PM

if anyone wants to put doughnuts in the post to me...

domesticgoddess789 · 24 June 2010 at 9:56PM

Pinkhayley789- Good at writing things but bad at maths and even worse at spreadsheets

Confident at editing and proofreading, a positive and enthusiastic individual who welcomes a challenge. Likes trying new food, stuffing her face and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

weezl74 · 24 June 2010 at 9:57PM

HowlinWolf wrote: »

mmmm doughnuts, I'd love to try the doughnuts but have a fear of deep fat frying (fire related)

on a separate note someone has found us on facebook and is concerned about the five a day in some of the days on the menu planner. I have asked them to say which days so that we can address this.

aless sorry I responded rather than you, but I notice you've rectified that now, must look weird if the spokesman for CFR is fergie in his dinosaur suit

Howlin once fergie is whizzing about I don't think I'll do the doughnuts cos I'm so scared he'd rush in and knock the pan :eek::eek::eek:

weezl74 · 24 June 2010 at 9:58PM

pinkhayley789 wrote: »

Pinkhayley789- Good at writing things but bad at maths and even worse at spreadsheets Confident at editing and proofreading, a positive and enthusiastic individual who welcomes a challenge. Likes trying new food, stuffing her face and cooking up a storm in the kitchen.

:T:T:T:TIndeed you are

SusanC_2 · 24 June 2010 at 9:58PM

Ambersuccubus wrote: »

It is every Shirley's right to hate her body if she wants to, and to treat it as she wishes, to get engaged in the endless cycle (of which you are aware) of dieting, loss, regain, and misery (often caused by muscle loss due to very low calorie/no exercise plans); I would not wish to be involved in a project which suggested that this was either normal, or to be expected, which catering to dieter would automatically do.

I'm glad you wrote this explanation because it explains much more clearly what you object to and why. I have a few related questions:

I'd be interested to know (as you say you have read up a lot on the subject) what proportion of women are dieting because they hate their bodies and what proportion are doing it because they are actually overweight (or heading in that direction) and need to lose weight for the benefit of their health. Given the amount of media coverage given to how bad various actresses/models etc. supposedly look purely for being thin and how "big is beautiful" I find it hard to believe that more than a minority of people are hating their body just because they are heavier than they should be.

Since more than half of men and more than half of women are overweight presumably that means that a large proportion of adults do need to lose weight so how should they be doing it? Do you think they shouldn't or just that only certian methods are suitable? (I appreciate that some people who are officially overweight aren't really but am assuming that the majority are.) Surely if most people are overweight then "dieting" is normal?