Fasting

leeny13

My 63 y/o single friend said she eats her main meal in the morning (4:30 - 6 am) and "can be done with food for the day by noon" if she has a lot to do. She is also unhappy that when with her siblings, "EVERY social event involves food". She finds their need to feed her "oppressive". She has always maintained a healthy weight.
What are your thoughts?

snowflake954

If your friend keeps a healthy weight, I guess I don't see a problem. Of COURSE every social event involves food, she just needs to chill out and develop a coping strategy for social times. It's no big deal--don't make it one.

AnnPT77

Any eating style that fosters healthy body weight and good overall health is a wonderful thing, for the person involved. For some, one meal a day (OMAD) or other reasonable forms of intermittent fasting (IF) can be that style.

What works best differs by person, within a range, because we all have different tastes and preferences. (Nutrition has some commonalities, of course.)

People who complain about others' eating preferences and styles, implying that everyone else ought to eat in a way that maximizes the complainer's happiness and convenience?

Hmm. How to put this? They need to stay in their lane, let 3rd parties swim happily in theirs.

If the other family members push and badger her to eat when they eat, and she complains that they're "oppressive" . . . well, that's kind of reciprocal, seems like. If the rest of the family are overweight, then it's up to them to change that, if they want to. (If she wants to influence them in a healthier direction, calling them "oppressive" sounds like a dysfunctional tactic, not an expression of care or concern.) Families know how to push our buttons, because they installed them? 😉

If she were my friend, I'd probably tell her to sort out her issues with her family, leave me out of it. 🤷‍♀️ I hate drama.