Rejecting Dieting

dandelionclock30

I think the way forward for people is to try and base meals around vegetables and fruit, this way a person unless they eat platefulls is not going to put on loads of weight.Obviously dont fry things and take it easy with sugary things and pastry/bread as well.
Also if you work, shop bought sandwiches and pasties are no good. You have to take something more appropriate from home, like a salad or a chunky soup.
Do some exercize as well, you dont have to go mad and spend loads of money at gyms etc. Just go for a walk for 1/2 an hour or go on a bike ride or have a few swims here and there.
I think the most important thing is being well and healthy, and if your overweight dont beat yourself up theres no point. Being slender is not the be all to life. Just try to get more vegetables/ fruit in and you wont have room for other stuff.

Sharon87

The worst things diets cause is for the person to lose muscle. Which in turn makes a person fatter if they return to their original eating habits, as muscle burns calories, so they won't be burning calories as efficiently than before their diet.

I've just had a personal training session to see what exercises will suit me best. I used to yoyo diet when younger and I've just been getting bigger and bigger and I don't actually eat as much as I used to!

So I won't be on a 'diet' as such, I'll be doing a lot of exercise with healthy eating, but not denying myself.

Diets are evil and 'diet' food is even worse! Replacing fat with sugar, the body needs fat (albeit only a small amount) but the body doesn't need sugar.

terra_ferma

cakeforbrains wrote: »

I just wondered whether anyone else subscribes to the philosophy of rejecting diets and/or health at every size (HAES).

I read Fat is a Feminist Issue a few years ago. It's a book dedicated to the notion that diets essentially make us fatter over time, and the most healthy way to eat is to respond to your body's hunger cues and move away from emotional eating. There are several other books, websites, and blogs centered around this idea.

Anyway, I'm not trying to lecture or cause an argument, but I was just wondering if anyone else rejects dieting and addresses their eating in this way? :beer:

Doesn't look like a lot of people know about HAES in UK, and it's often confused with 'eating healthily' which can mean anything, and if it involves restricting what you eat it's a stealth diet.
Although improving someone's diet is a positive step, doing it with the purpose of losing weight necessarily involves reducing calorie intake, thus making it a diet, although better than any fad diet.
I'm not saying people shouldn't do it if it works for them, just that they should be aware that it's still a diet.
When HAES talks about the negative effect of diets, any eating plan that involves reducing the amount of calories to lose weight, is included.