Is it the "holiday atmosphere" of taking a trip, or just the fact that side-dishes are limited in airport restaurants.... The waiter didn't blink when i asked for my bacon-cheeseburger without the bun, but the ONLY side available was fries, and i ended up eating a few. Ah, well, breakfast was only one cup of coffee -- i can probably "afford it." I'll just be extra good at dinner!
Yes, my husband and i are off again. My mother turned 90 a couple of months ago, but since she and my sisters live in the desert southwest, it was opined that the official celebration should be scheduled in a more temperate season.
My mother is one of those "moderation is all you need" believers. Of course, she grew up eating home cooking, drinking raw milk, and eating pre-goat-grass wheat products. In latter years she's had a few significant health issues but for most of her life she's been pretty illness-free. She was slender as a teen and young adult, put on "normal" overweight in mid-life, and now is ... medium-sized i'd say. There aren't a huge number of nonagenarians i know to compare with her! When your experience has been like hers, it's easy to believe in moderation....
She'll be returning with us to St. Louis -- she misses the changing seasons, where she lives now, but come winter is pleased to escape the ice and snow. Here's hoping we have a little fall color to show her when we get back!
Tess, we are more doomed than our parents. My grandma was slightly overweight most of her life while exercising her sweet tooth, however she obviously cooked all her food all her life and didn't eat snacks, my mom avoided sweets, but ate a lot of bread and too much fruits, while doing exercise and dieting, and her max weight before LCarbing was more than her mom's. I should eat even less carbs than my mom. The diet which keeps me weight-stable produces a steady weight-loss for my mom.
ReplyDeleteAccording to a Russian book which is called "Diets for different health conditions", in the chapter about treatment of obesity, there is a table with different "normal weights" for different age groups. If I remember properly, it was considered to be normal to reach your max weight at 65 or 62, then slim down naturally.
our parents simply started out life on a better diet, for the most part -- fewer processed and "altered" foods. i and most of my generation in this country were raised on white bread, margarine and plentiful sugar. then we reached adulthood and the low-fat concept took over. :-( i regret not feeding my kids as well as i could have, but did the best i knew how at the time -- i just hope my recently-won knowledge will be of service to my grandchildren!
DeleteI think the mantra "everything in moderation" starts losing its appeal when the current generation is swamped with low-fat "go-gurt's", "fruit" roll-ups, and "cronuts". There's no moderation with those kind of junk food....
ReplyDeleteHave a nice trip :)
thanks! :-) ... yeah, moderation in "real food" certainly can work in a properly-functioning body, but moderating denatured dairy, modern wheat, high-fructose drinks and omega-six laden stuff isn't going to promote wellness in anybody.
DeleteGlad you can travel to the Southwest at a better time. I made 3 trips to Phoenix this summer and, I'm soooo over the heat there (family emergency).
ReplyDeleteUgh on moderation. It sounds good in theory, but eating clean has really proven effective. It's hard to see others on the moderation path.
:-) i couldn't agree more ... on BOTH your points!
Deletemy eldest sister moved to this state fifty years ago, and has lived in cities in the mountainous north to the "desert-est" south -- i've seen 'em all and ... give me Missouri!