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thanks for all the input.
tsayonah <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Plus I am a child of the typical
> American culture and was taught to invest a lot of emotion
> into my food. I suspect your parents are either very like
> me or either of my parents or a combination of us.
Yes, emotional eating plays a big part in this.
> Here's what I would suggest: Find out exactly what diet
> they are being given. No doubt it will be the typical
> "diabetic" or "weightloss" diet that restricts everything
> :) A few weeks more or less of this diet isn't going to do
> any more harm than they have already got going on, so spend
> some time seeing how they do with it. LISTEN to what they
> say, especially their complaints. Don't try to teach now;
> simply establish rapport. Now, take the things they are
> griping about most and try to come up with something close
> that is also nearly paleo. Make up the food yourself and
> take it as a gift. Do they miss ice cream? Make them some
> frozen fruit smoothie. That kind of thing. Just remember
> that these folk are like the rest of us were - ADDICTED to
> the foods that are hurting them.
I found this really really useful, thanks!
Also thanks to those who recommended the Shwartzbein Principle, I
haven't seen this book yet and will go check it out.
Jana
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