Comments on: Sweets and scales: trading one high for another http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cookie Diet http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-11924 Cookie Diet Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:11:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-11924 I love your story, and I am glad you have been able to get really close to your solution. I have recently found my solution as well. Let me know if you are interested in it. I love your story, and I am glad you have been able to get really close to your solution. I have recently found my solution as well. Let me know if you are interested in it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10940 Anonymous Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:59:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10940 Like you, I'm a bit addicted to highs, especially food-induced highs. I love food, and that's pretty obvious to tell by looking at me.<br/><br/>I think you're right, though. Ultimately, you have to choose your real love here; food or God? <br/><br/>Even the methods of losing weight or the attitude you have in the process can get in the way, clearly. So what's better? Losing weight for your glory and self-satisfaction, or because it is what your Father wants for you, for the good of you, your family, and your relationship with Him?<br/><br/>Whew, now that I've re-read your post and said what I did, I know I don't have any excuse not to put it into practice! There are definitely some responsibilities to this whole faith thing!<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Marissa Like you, I’m a bit addicted to highs, especially food-induced highs. I love food, and that’s pretty obvious to tell by looking at me.

I think you’re right, though. Ultimately, you have to choose your real love here; food or God?

Even the methods of losing weight or the attitude you have in the process can get in the way, clearly. So what’s better? Losing weight for your glory and self-satisfaction, or because it is what your Father wants for you, for the good of you, your family, and your relationship with Him?

Whew, now that I’ve re-read your post and said what I did, I know I don’t have any excuse not to put it into practice! There are definitely some responsibilities to this whole faith thing!

Cheers,
Marissa

]]> By: Jen http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10926 Jen Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:36:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10926 I haven't had a chance to read this whole post, but I know where you're coming from. After the birth of my third baby in three years, I couldn't use my old tricks to lose weight because I was breastfeeding (I didn't nurse my first two). For a long time I was angry about my weight, like it was something that happened to me not of my own doing. The more I thought about it, I would contemplate about Jesus, and how he ate, and didn't use Weight Watchers. He wasn't fat, so it must be in His will somewhere that I was not fat. Then, I started noticing friends who had either just as many kids as me, had them as close together as me, or had more, and seemed to not exercise every single day or diet and still maintain their weight. I realized, when a friend told me about healing through contemplative prayer, that my answer lay in Him. That I laid in Him. My true self. Not the "false" self I was trying to be. Just a thought...gotta go catch them troops to give them a bath. :-) I haven’t had a chance to read this whole post, but I know where you’re coming from. After the birth of my third baby in three years, I couldn’t use my old tricks to lose weight because I was breastfeeding (I didn’t nurse my first two). For a long time I was angry about my weight, like it was something that happened to me not of my own doing. The more I thought about it, I would contemplate about Jesus, and how he ate, and didn’t use Weight Watchers. He wasn’t fat, so it must be in His will somewhere that I was not fat. Then, I started noticing friends who had either just as many kids as me, had them as close together as me, or had more, and seemed to not exercise every single day or diet and still maintain their weight. I realized, when a friend told me about healing through contemplative prayer, that my answer lay in Him. That I laid in Him. My true self. Not the “false” self I was trying to be. Just a thought…gotta go catch them troops to give them a bath. :-)

]]> By: Marissa http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10880 Marissa Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:36:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10880 Ok! Glad I gave you a post idea, especially since you threw your other ones away. *grins*<br/><br/>Thank you so much for your blog! I've really enjoyed reading through it. You've basically been the gateway through which I started seriously investigating Catholic Christianity instead of listening to anti-Catholics. I think I was led here at the right time.<br/><br/>Often what happens to me is the thought-that-isn't-mine comes and goes so quickly that I'm like "Waitaminute, what?" before I realize what it 'said.' Should it be like that? I'm usually still a bit skeptical of the answer, because I don't know if it was some part of my subconscious answering for me or not. <br/><br/>Like I asked yesterday who I should choose for a patron saint, and I got "Thomas Aquinas" in a flash. I've admired him for a long time. Did I get that answer because my subconscious answered for me, or because that was God's answer?<br/><br/>Or, more personally, a friend of mine recently died. I asked if he was in Purgatory or Heaven, and got "yes," and then felt, if not peaceful, less emotionally wrecked. Obviously, I deeply desire that to be true, so how do I know I'm not fooling myself here? Ok! Glad I gave you a post idea, especially since you threw your other ones away. *grins*

Thank you so much for your blog! I’ve really enjoyed reading through it. You’ve basically been the gateway through which I started seriously investigating Catholic Christianity instead of listening to anti-Catholics. I think I was led here at the right time.

Often what happens to me is the thought-that-isn’t-mine comes and goes so quickly that I’m like “Waitaminute, what?” before I realize what it ‘said.’ Should it be like that? I’m usually still a bit skeptical of the answer, because I don’t know if it was some part of my subconscious answering for me or not.

Like I asked yesterday who I should choose for a patron saint, and I got “Thomas Aquinas” in a flash. I’ve admired him for a long time. Did I get that answer because my subconscious answered for me, or because that was God’s answer?

Or, more personally, a friend of mine recently died. I asked if he was in Purgatory or Heaven, and got “yes,” and then felt, if not peaceful, less emotionally wrecked. Obviously, I deeply desire that to be true, so how do I know I’m not fooling myself here?

]]> By: Jennifer @ Conversion Diary http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10879 Jennifer @ Conversion Diary Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:01:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10879 Kacy - I have his soups cookbook and LOVE it. I need to get the other one as well.<br/><br/>Marissa - I love questions like that. Your guesses are correct, though it would probably be helpful if I elaborated a bit. I think I'll do a post about it -- thanks for the idea! Kacy – I have his soups cookbook and LOVE it. I need to get the other one as well.

Marissa – I love questions like that. Your guesses are correct, though it would probably be helpful if I elaborated a bit. I think I’ll do a post about it — thanks for the idea!

]]> By: Kacy http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10877 Kacy Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:51:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10877 I would say that a cookbook such as this is essential to your Saint Diet:<br/><br/>http://www.amazon.com/Monastery-Kitchen-Victor-DAvila-Latourrette/dp/0517206390/ref=pd_sim_b_3 I would say that a cookbook such as this is essential to your Saint Diet:

http://www.amazon.com/Monastery-Kitchen-Victor-DAvila-Latourrette/dp/0517206390/ref=pd_sim_b_3

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10876 Anonymous Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10876 I have a question, though it's not related to food. I'm also a former atheist. I've been going "solo" for a while in regards to religion, but now I'm leaning towards Catholicism.<br/><br/>Anyway, you said you "heard" an answer during prayer. What is that like? Is it like a thought in your head that didn't come from you? (as weird as that sounds) Do you hear another voice in your head that isn't the sound of your own thinking? Is it different for everyone and you just have to figure it out for yourself? I'm a bit flummoxed by all this, after years of atheism.<br/><br/>I would much appreciate any guidance anyone can give on this!<br/><br/>Marissa I have a question, though it’s not related to food. I’m also a former atheist. I’ve been going “solo” for a while in regards to religion, but now I’m leaning towards Catholicism.

Anyway, you said you “heard” an answer during prayer. What is that like? Is it like a thought in your head that didn’t come from you? (as weird as that sounds) Do you hear another voice in your head that isn’t the sound of your own thinking? Is it different for everyone and you just have to figure it out for yourself? I’m a bit flummoxed by all this, after years of atheism.

I would much appreciate any guidance anyone can give on this!

Marissa

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10875 Anonymous Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:04:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10875 Food can really only be bad insofar as one's attachment to it is immoderate or gluttonous. Celebrating with food is a good thing. Using food to help us be festive on a holiday (such as Christmas or Easter) is a GOOD thing. It should also, of course, be temporary. Using food to help us be penitent (as during Lent, when we fast or give up certain foods that give us pleasure) is also a good thing. This should also be temporary. Most of our food should be simple and nutritious. But white flour is no more evil than watching an entertaining film is evil. <br/><br/>Eating merely and exclusively to live and with no enjoyment of food is like having sex ONLY in order to reproduce, with no desire to create or enjoy pleasure. <br/><br/>The virtue is a mean between two extremes. Most of us are more tempted to be gluttonous than to be overly-ascetic, but temptations to both extremes can exist. Just my thoughts.<br/><br/>--Elizabeth B. Food can really only be bad insofar as one’s attachment to it is immoderate or gluttonous. Celebrating with food is a good thing. Using food to help us be festive on a holiday (such as Christmas or Easter) is a GOOD thing. It should also, of course, be temporary. Using food to help us be penitent (as during Lent, when we fast or give up certain foods that give us pleasure) is also a good thing. This should also be temporary. Most of our food should be simple and nutritious. But white flour is no more evil than watching an entertaining film is evil.

Eating merely and exclusively to live and with no enjoyment of food is like having sex ONLY in order to reproduce, with no desire to create or enjoy pleasure.

The virtue is a mean between two extremes. Most of us are more tempted to be gluttonous than to be overly-ascetic, but temptations to both extremes can exist. Just my thoughts.

–Elizabeth B.

]]> By: Carrien http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10874 Carrien Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:25:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10874 Before I was pregnant every attempt to get healthier was tainted by the suspicion that it was vanity. And, there was the rebellious part of me that wanted to insist that people like me as I was not to change myself to be accepted.<br/><br/>Being pregnant for the first time changed all that. What I ate was building the cells of my baby, and I ate better than I ever had in my life. And I was really skinny after when nursing because I kept it up.<br/><br/>It's when I'm not pregnant or nursing tht I add another 10 pounds or so because I have less of an urgent reason to eat well. Like this past year since my youngest turned one. I relaxed, a lot. And I gained 10 pounds. Before I was pregnant every attempt to get healthier was tainted by the suspicion that it was vanity. And, there was the rebellious part of me that wanted to insist that people like me as I was not to change myself to be accepted.

Being pregnant for the first time changed all that. What I ate was building the cells of my baby, and I ate better than I ever had in my life. And I was really skinny after when nursing because I kept it up.

It’s when I’m not pregnant or nursing tht I add another 10 pounds or so because I have less of an urgent reason to eat well. Like this past year since my youngest turned one. I relaxed, a lot. And I gained 10 pounds.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.conversiondiary.com/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html/comment-page-1#comment-10873 Charlotte Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2009/01/sweets-and-scales-trading-one-high-for-another.html#comment-10873 I would love to be over my body issues. It is happening slowly, but I'm accepting that it may always be an area of struggle for me.<br/><br/>With regards to losing weight, it has been freeing to not view any certain foods as "bad" or completely off-limits. With this view, I usually end up preferring healthier, more nutritious foods. But when I want some fries or chocolate or ice cream, I have some. The key for me has been to eat mindfully--eating when I'm hungry & stopping when I'm not hungry & paying attention to what my body needs. This was a new thing for me. It sounds simple, but I was just accustomed to eating when it was meal-time & eating until I felt "full." Sometimes I only need a few bites of whatever I'm eating & sometimes I need a couple of servings. I've lost the 25 pounds I gained last year after some health issues without depriving myself & while enjoying food. Every now and then I still eat to comfort myself or I over-eat because whatever I'm having is just too good and I want to have more. I try to recognize this when it happens & address the root issue. I forgive myself & move forward. Then I don't eat again until I'm hungry. I've learned that I feel better--I'm more alert & more energetic when I eat more protein, reduce the amount of sugar & carbs I'm consuming, and exercise regularly. So most of the time when I choose those healthier foods and choose to work-out, it's because I know it's what my body needs & because I ultimately want to feel good. Of course, there are times when I really want a piece of cheesecake & having energy just doesn't seem as important. So I eat it & try to make sure I don't have anything else to eat until I'm hungry again.<br/><br/>This may not be the best way for everyone to approach food and eating, but it has been great for me. I would love to be over my body issues. It is happening slowly, but I'm accepting that it may always be an area of struggle for me.

With regards to losing weight, it has been freeing to not view any certain foods as "bad" or completely off-limits. With this view, I usually end up preferring healthier, more nutritious foods. But when I want some fries or chocolate or ice cream, I have some. The key for me has been to eat mindfully–eating when I'm hungry & stopping when I'm not hungry & paying attention to what my body needs. This was a new thing for me. It sounds simple, but I was just accustomed to eating when it was meal-time & eating until I felt "full." Sometimes I only need a few bites of whatever I'm eating & sometimes I need a couple of servings. I've lost the 25 pounds I gained last year after some health issues without depriving myself & while enjoying food. Every now and then I still eat to comfort myself or I over-eat because whatever I'm having is just too good and I want to have more. I try to recognize this when it happens & address the root issue. I forgive myself & move forward. Then I don't eat again until I'm hungry. I've learned that I feel better–I'm more alert & more energetic when I eat more protein, reduce the amount of sugar & carbs I'm consuming, and exercise regularly. So most of the time when I choose those healthier foods and choose to work-out, it's because I know it's what my body needs & because I ultimately want to feel good. Of course, there are times when I really want a piece of cheesecake & having energy just doesn't seem as important. So I eat it & try to make sure I don't have anything else to eat until I'm hungry again.

This may not be the best way for everyone to approach food and eating, but it has been great for me.

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