When a Diet Does a Fat Lot of Good
not surprisingly perhaps,
he just knew
it would be a good day
when she eventually
stopped asking herself
whether or not
it mattered that much,
if the all too
familiar thread veins
and weight
gain she had packed on
during winter ..
which was perhaps not
surprisingly,
a poor excuse, could not
somehow be
halted, sucked away and
worked off ..
or at least, spread around
a little bit then
redistributed and shed ..
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I imagine they do . Yet there is help for them . I guess some people can struggle with their food when feeling certain ways .
sadly its an all too familiar problem with multifactoral causes .. and can have such an adverse impact on both males and females and their friends and families ..
Yeah , it’s sad .
KP's got fat lately. She will go all baggy when she has fat-removing treatment! lol.
I would be inclined to start looking after her .. those things that are so often said in jest can have such an awful & long lasting negative impact .. 🐭
Thanks N. Yes, I can understand folk with eating disorders, but not KP. She just scoffs her face, with her motto of 'me, me, me'. You ever seen a trout eating?! lol.
Yep, we gotta love our enemies too, in my 'spiritual' themed poems - even KP. She's my enemy for sure. lol.
This is so true and in my house we struggle with it all! My wife has to lose it and I can never put it on and I have found over all these years many don't see both sides. Not much help to gain weight or people think I'm lucky but if only then knew...
Great writing my friend
Yes Dan .. far more complex and widespread than many might imagine .. one never really knows what goes on behind closed doors, or beneath thick woolly jumpers and overcoats .. ta for taking some time out with me mate .. Neville
My dear Neville, there are so many reasons people have eating disorders you bring a great discussion. 💖
thanks awfully my very dearest of Teddy's 💖
'Hesitate to engage with you on this topic, Neville as I’m sure you could run rings around me with respect to clinical expertise.
However, here’s my two penn'orth:
Not talking anorexia here (far too complicated) but the other end of the eating disorder spectrum.
My POV is that of one who is diabetic, dependent on insulin.
Forget diets. They exist to fill column inches and sell glossy magazines. Straight advice to those who feel they need it: reduce each meal by a quarter a third or a half as necessary. This is a long-term discipline.
I could not possibly agree more sir Dog .. thanks for your penn'orth too mate 👍.. Neville
so true Hyung, gotta find a way
to laugh about it
sadly, having experiencing it
close up
has changed my perspective
these days, I see anyone who survives an eating disorder
as a genuine hero
that vicious cycle of psychological
and physical, toxic self comparisons
is so hard to break
just like most debilitating addictions
25 years sober, is no guarantee
this is a war they have to fight
all their lives
only without diabetes injections
to support their weaknesses
one slip, and it all starts again
horrid, horrid plague for a person
to try and overcome
they're all heroes in my book
and those helping them
tantamount to saints
they both need so much empathetic stamina..
I yet again, concur entirely .. cheers my friend ..
Maybe
...................... Why?
So many people have eating problems, I am very fortunate in that I will eat anything place in front of me but not overeat.
"Everything in moderation."
Andy
lucky you .. is it still true that Trill make a budgie bounce with health .. just askin for another bird I know 🙂
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