Comments on: The “Fuck It” Diet

By: todd

todd — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:57:49 +0000

sounds liberating, but i don’t believe you can totally unburden yourself from the concerns of healthy eating. In the face of so much garbage on the supermarket shelves, in fast food joints, convenience stores…etc, how can you not practice some degree of restraint?

I realize your post is an attack against being obsessively concerned about what you eat and its consequences, but I think it is unwise and quite difficult to return to a sort of blissful, guilt free relationship to foods that you know you should strive to avoid.

Isn’t moderation an outcome of practical restraint?

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:03:36 +0000

Wonderful post, but gotta say… I can only dream I’ll have this much economic security someday. Not to worry about cost, about price, about the future of my family. I can totally see being relaxed enough to not look at the price tag, eat what you want, and let the rest go.

But it feels like a dream to me now.

By: atten

atten — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:13:03 +0000

Huh. I eat the same diet. Instead I call it the rational portion diet. I don’t over stuff myself. Just eat slower, get full with less. Eat whatever I want that doesn’t make me feel crappy.

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Diet Recovery 2013 – 180 Degree Health — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:03:38 +0000

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By: Put it in Your Mouth Monday | What Nice Is

Put it in Your Mouth Monday | What Nice Is — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:22:38 +0000

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Shame & Vulnerability « Rilla's Whole Health — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:17:52 +0000

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By: Aren

Aren — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 05:34:42 +0000

I used to weigh 220 and was on my way to 320. (Up to that time all I though about was dieting for as long as I can remember.) I had the same epiphany after a talk with God. This is the only way to live, and I have maintained my weight doing it since 1984. I eat mostly health food, but basically I eat whatever I want. I wrote a blog for about a year in 2010 which is free to anyone to read: udonthave2Bfat.blogspot.com

Long Live Freedom from the Tyranny of Diets!

By: Shut Up, and Do the F*$# It Diet! « shutupskinnybitches

Shut Up, and Do the F*$# It Diet! « shutupskinnybitches — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:01:54 +0000

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By: catherine b. winchild

catherine b. winchild — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:33:57 +0000

i thought you’d enjoy this similar sentiment!

By: Fillyjonk

Fillyjonk — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:19:19 +0000

You are not getting the point, Dr. What. Margaret Cho isn’t “advocating wasting food”. If you actually read what she says, she talks about taking back her own experiences with food and being creative about how to break its hold. For HER, not eating leftovers was a breakthrough. Your kind of guilt-ridden thinking is exactly what makes dieters so miserable… and then fail. I don’t think anyone could read a manifesto here – it’s personal, which is why it worked for her.