Thursday, July 28, 2011

Right eating


We're back!!
I don't have a whole lot of time to go over every single meal since May. Most have been "good." Some have not been. Some Waffle House eating has occurred, but they send me coupons for my birthday and it would be rude not to use them. ;b
Right now we are making good choices ~80-85% of the time.
Many of you know we were at Campmeeting last month, and the cafeteria food is not exactly up to Lalanne standards. But we did the best we could, and we may have had 2 desserts the whole week. We exercised too! The campground is a great place to run. I love it early in the morning.

But, speaking of making "good" and "bad" food choices, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthorexia

Orthorexia nervosa (also known as orthorexia) is a term used by Dr. Steven Bratman to describe people who have developed a fixation with healthy or righteous eating and has been referred to as a mental disorder. It is not a medically recognized term. Bratman claims that in rare cases, this focus may turn into a fixation so extreme that it can lead to severe malnutrition or even death. Even in less severe cases, the attempt to follow a diet that cannot provide adequate nourishment is said to lower self-esteem as the orthorexics blame themselves rather than their diets for their constant hunger and the resulting cravings for forbidden foods.

I've seen this term in a book (non-medical) I'm reading right now, and Denise saw it today in her Shape Magazine. Interesting. Can't help but think of Jack...