Deflating the Big Fat Lie with Big Fat Facts

[the_gabih]

Yesterday Anna Soubry, Minister for Public Health, made some comments. As is the fashion these days, they were directed at poor people. Or rather, they were directed at rich people, who like to read about poor people and nod along

Comments

[tabaqui]

Ah ha ha, ha ha, ha. Fuck you, lady. Jayzus. Who cares *where* you eat so long as you *get* to eat? We eat in front of the tv sometimes - we turn on Rachel Maddow or whoever and force Elf to watch and listen to our political rants.

Then she goes and informed opinions about stuff!

Teh horror.

[lollycunt]

People tend to overeat when they are distracted. Knowing the right portion size is already a challenge for most people, so mindlessly eating huge portions = weight gain.

[tabaqui]

If you put portions on your plate, you can only at what's on your plate. So unless you're already serving yourself too-big portions, you're only going to eat what's there. That's how it works at my house, at least. The only thing anybody generally goes back for is another biscuit or to finish off the broccoli.

I mean - the food's in the kitchen, not the living room, so....
*shrug*

[lollycunt]

People do serve themselves oversized portions, and distracting themselves while they eat stops people from stopping eating when they're satisfied.

Also going back for another biscuit makes it pretty easy to overeat, it's not exactly low-cal.

[aviv]

Fuck her. I'm not eating at my table because we have one chair and 3 plastic stools and my back is killing me, so fuck her.

[dagnirovanaliel]

I like eating on my bed because I can recline on pillows and it puts less pressure on my hips and back. Chronic pain is fun. Of course, then I end up getting crumbs everywhere.

Also, I tend to eat while watching TV or blogging, because thanks to years of fat-shaming and disordered eating, I feel horrifically uncomfortable focusing on food.

[idemandjustice]

I eat in front of my computer a lot. And as for that ridiculous wank up above, I put the same amount of food on my plate whether I'm sitting at the computer or the kitchen table. I'm not eating a different amount of food either way.