The 9-inch diet is 10 lbs. of crap in a 5. lb bag

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  Posted by Allena Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:56am PDT

  I'm thinking of writing a Waldorf Salad Diet Book. I make it with fat free vanilla yogurt. It satisfies the sweet tooth, is nutritious and helps with eh-hm, "digestive problems." Add a bowl of real oatmeal for breakfast and you're good to go (and go and go:}).

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  Posted by Jezabel Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:01am PDT

  There is some support to this idea of plate size in proportion to how much food you consume as people use an empty plate as a visual clue that you are full, thus a smaller plate emptied will result in lesser calories consumed than on a larger plate. Unfortunatly the idea if probably not a good idea for a diet because:

  1. You can have seconds.

  2. The calories in the food varies per meal.

  3. Not practical outside of home.

  I think a wise man summed it up when he (or she, I forget) said, "Americans don't eat. They snack." So its probably not wise to limit meals provided they are healthy but rather to limit or elimiate snacking between meals. Also excersize.

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  Posted by mabcosmic Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:07pm PDT

  Jezabel, good post and yet more good reasons why the plate isn't a great idea. Although it seems logical to use smaller plates and therefore have smaller portions; people who have a problem overeating may not have a logical relationship with food, but an emotional one. These authors want to cure overeating without all the research and hard work it would take to cure, say, anorexia. They still buy into the idea that overeating is a character flaw, rather than an emotional or physiological issue that needs to be compassionately addressed. If it were that easy for some folks to simply eat less, they would already be doing it. There's other issues going on at work, and these diet industry people are a parasite on America - they are sucking forty billion dollars a year out of the American pocket that could be used for more research and medical answers.

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  Posted by Augie Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:28am PST

  LOLROF! What an awesome group of comments.... but I myself prefer the 9 inch conclusion that mabcosmic uses!!! Something different for these bleak winter days that make me want to stay in bed anyway!!! heheheeee!

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  Posted by Dragonfly Hope Tue Apr 7, 2009 7:47pm PDT

  I have actually read this book. I didn't buy it, but I did read it. And I WOULD buy this book if it wasn't $15.

  You shouldn't talk crap about a book until you read it. I hate it when people assume things. And you know what they say about people who assume...

  This book does deal with the emotional and psychological attachment Americans have with food. And it also explains how our plate sizes (and all our other sizes) got bigger in the past 4 decades.

  It's worth reading.

  And the authors even admit on the first page that it is NOT a diet. It's just a new way of looking and thinking about food, and its connection to American culture.

  I would recommend reading this book.

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