tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775992547950018841.post4300339358050971871..comments2023-12-11T15:48:08.149-08:00Comments on Redeemed from the Pit of Bulimia®: Yoplait Commercials Encouraging Eating Disorders?Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411152395819469453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775992547950018841.post-40664763475321040252011-06-25T21:16:00.721-07:002011-06-25T21:16:00.721-07:00Marie.. thank you for taking the time to answer my...Marie.. thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I now understand what you meant. I am trying to break so many of my own list of legalistic rules. I can't wait until your book is out even though I'm not a bulimic or anorexia .. I am a binger so it sounds like I'll find help in it's pages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775992547950018841.post-43370103486970312902011-06-23T04:53:54.900-07:002011-06-23T04:53:54.900-07:00I saw this commercial a couple of days ago. I don&...I saw this commercial a couple of days ago. I don't think they actually pulled it!Ms. Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144623447936427522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775992547950018841.post-76359178200690775392011-06-18T05:44:28.381-07:002011-06-18T05:44:28.381-07:00Because eating a slice o cheesecake is not a sin. ...Because eating a slice o cheesecake is not a sin. Eating anything in moderation is not a sin (Col. 2:21; 1 Tim. 4:3-4:4) and I resent the media's attempts to make it look as if having dessert is some sort of moral failing. Biblically, it is not.<br /><br />Even as a small child, I remember being inundated (by both the media and my mother) with the idea that food restriction is stoic, noble, and "morally superior" to the "weakness", "temptation" and "sin" of eating carbohydrates. I do not believe for a second that the use of spiritual, moralistic language is accidental. There is NO reason, short of it being detrimental to someone's health (ie if she were diabetic, or clinically overweight and needing to lose weight for health reasons) she should have been putting herself through that mental torment over a slice of cheesecake. <br /><br />The lady in the picture was along way from overweight, and not evidently diabetic. People who are not obsessed with food, calories and their weight do not think this way. I firmly believe, both on biblical grounds and from personal experience, that "all things in moderation" in regards to eating is the best policy, and it definitely leads to a decrease in cravings (such as this woman was exhibiting) and obsessive thinking about food. <br /><br />Guilt should be reserved for moral failings - true sin before a holy God. Not for eating a slice of cake, and breaking one's own perfectionistic, legalistic set of rules. (I wrote a chapter on the role of perfectionism in developing eating disorders in my book.)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411152395819469453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775992547950018841.post-26814969044298318302011-06-17T23:57:30.299-07:002011-06-17T23:57:30.299-07:00I've learned a lot this past year but I have a...I've learned a lot this past year but I have a lot more to learn. I do understand your point that her obsessing is not setting her mind on things above. But, as I was watching that commercial I was also thinking of the battle that rages within to resist temptation. So, I'm wondering why you said to eat the cheesecake if she feels guilty instead of resist the temptation and get back to work? Do you mind sharing?A Woman that Fears the Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028148446621304362noreply@blogger.com