Comments for Spoonforkfuls

Comment on Just a Regular Girl. . . by spoonfork38

spoonfork38 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:04:33 +0000

It was even more surreal to hear it live from a real human being . . .

Comment on Just a Regular Girl. . . by the fat nutritionist

the fat nutritionist — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:49:33 +0000

I lol’d and hurt myself at the Salacious Crumb thing.

Comment on Just a Regular Girl. . . by leezaya

leezaya — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:09:34 +0000

Awe! Thank you. It makes me so happy to hear that!

Comment on Older Daughter’s Question by spoonfork38

spoonfork38 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:29:41 +0000

You’re very welcome, although I want to state that I don’t know what I’m doing a large percentage of the time, and moments like these are the miracle, not the norm!

I’m also frightened that I will give my kids my food issues–or that they’ll absorb them from the media and their peers. It’s easier for me to work on size-acceptance, though, since I know my children are both beautiful, and I mean to help establish this in their own core beliefs.

Comment on Older Daughter’s Question by Erin

Erin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:36:31 +0000

as a recoviering bulima who suddenly has 2 girls aged 6-7 i am scared shitless i am going to somehow give them my eating disorder. (as if it were catching) This sounds so …NORMAL!

Kudos and thanks for the “advice”

Comment on Older Daughter’s Question by Trabb's Boy

Trabb's Boy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:50:26 +0000

I agree with Steve. That was lovely. Just like in your book — fatness is as big a deal as lip balm. Utterly unFRAUGHT.

I also love that you include “strong” in your answer. I was just thinking this morning about the fat people I know and how absolutely none of them are greedy or lazy or slobby (except me on the last one). Growing up, I associated fatness with strength, arrogance, bigger-than-life-ness, based on the people I happened to know that were fat. I didn’t learn until my teen years that fat people were supposed to be so pathetic. There’s a lot to learn from people who don’t know so much.

Comment on Older Daughter’s Question by Steve

Steve — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:36:28 +0000

That was lovely.

Comment on Older Daughter’s Question by Cleric at Large

Cleric at Large — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:13:10 +0000

It’s never, ever just one questions is it?

Your older daughter sounds delightful. Blessings on you both as you navigate towards adulthood.

Comment on Food Choices, Lying, and the Diabetes Question by Cassi

Cassi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:10:51 +0000

Dammit… I have no idea why my reply came out in the wrong place…. #@$!

Comment on Food Choices, Lying, and the Diabetes Question by Cassi

Cassi — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:10:06 +0000

Right, lying is perhaps not the optimum choice and getting to the point where “no thanks” is sufficient might be a good and healthy goal, but if you ain’t there yet, you ain’t there yet and in my opinion lying as self-protection is just fine. (of course, I happen to have no religious, moral or ethical objections to basically any behavior that doesn’t cause injury to a fellow human being, so saying, “oh it was delicious” wouldn’t cause me personally to lose any sleep). If, once YOU are at peace with this stuff, you still felt the need to lie to those closest to you to protect yourself, I might start to think you should question those relationships, but right now? Eh, I say, protect the process. YMMV.