Retreating from the Main Boards to This Group

justrollme

Oh wow, I'm glad someone bumped this thread, I didn't know it was here!

Rant incoming!!!!

The main forum (particularly the weight loss one) drives me crazy sometimes! I do understand that some people aren't willing to admit that different approaches work for different people, and I get it that CICO is the science behind weight loss, but so many of the "regular" posters are way too willing to throw nutrition out of the equation. To me, that is like throwing the baby out with the bath water.

To those who manage successfully with practicing moderation, congrats! For me, moderation absolutely does not work. Eating less of something that makes me feel unwell does not make me feel any more well. I'm also really tired of reading the overused word "demonize." If I think added sugars and highly processed foods are bad for me, then I think they are bad for me. I'm not pulling sugar out of anyone else's hands. Every time I read "demonize," I think of some crazed fanatic preaching with a bullhorn. Unfortunately, the people who use that word and defend what most of us understand as the definition of "junk food," freely mock and ridicule anyone who even dares to utter the phrase "clean eating." The hypocrisy is rampant.

So many people end up at MFP not JUST for weight loss alone. Those of us who end up being told (sometimes repeatedly) by a doctor that our health is poor or will soon be poor, and that it's diet-related, come here to learn how to lose weight AND become healthier. Supporting doing that with junk food "in moderation" makes me think it is no wonder at all that most people "fail," and end up regaining weight. What does moderation in that context even mean? That answer will differ for everyone! Once a month? Fair enough? Once a week? Ehhh, maybe? Once a day? I am certain there are people who'd define it as that.

The Big Mac & soda pushers are, in my opinion, stuck in a denial stage. They don't want to suggest others establish better and cleaner eating habits because THEY don't want to establish better and cleaner eating habits. That is an individual's choice. But I really do not think their "THIS IS THE ONLY WAY" perspective is a good thing for newcomers to experience. /rant

dawnz75

LOL atm in the main forums there is a thread discussing if an energy bar is really any better than a candy bar. It kind of makes me sad to see so many people defending their "candy addiction", if it fits into my calories for the day then it must be good. It may be better than what they were eating before, but it is in no means moving them towards good health. I think there is a distinction between "healthier" and "healthy". I will eat candy again, but even most energy bars are not much better than candy. I am thankful for the fresh pineapple today that was almost too sweet to eat. If I had an energy bar (mint/chocolate/brownie/mocha) then those chemical sugars would not have allowed me to enjoy my meals as much today. Hope that makes sense. Thanks for a place to come and talk to like minded people.