In article >,
"Peter Aitken" > wrote:

> "Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
> news:S2bSb.138114$5V2.708815@attbi_s53...
> >
> >
> > I'm someone who finds it hard to overeat. Show me one slice of
> > cheesecake, and I'll tell you it looks delicious. I'll eat it and enjoy
> > it. If you show me a second slice of cheesecake when I'm done with the
> > first, I'll find it literally nauseating. I can't imagine eating it. I
> > don't want it and would find it hard to eat. Nevermind that it is the
> > same cheesecake that I found so appealing only moments before.
> >
> >
> > Someone else might have to stop after one bite or wouldn't be able to
> > handle even that. Another might find 2 slices delicious before
> > getting full. A fourth person might be able to eat the whole 9" pie
> > without ever getting sick of it. I'm not exhibiting self control when I
> > turn down the second slice. The person who can eat the whole pie is
> > genuinely hungry for more.
> >
> >
> > It is terribly unfair to blame the ability to eat in moderation or stick
> > to a diet on character. On another list, a woman said that she's lost
> > 80 pounds by being gnawingly hungry all the time. She's keeping the
> > weight off by being hungry. I know I could never do that. I don't have
> > anywhere near that kind of self control. I don't love fast food, but if
> > I'm hungry and have no other reasonable choices, I'll stop at Burger
> > King and be glad of it.
> >
> >
>
> Bravo! The idea that character has anything to do with eating habits or
> weight is pitifully ridiculous yet all too wide spread. I suspect it has its
> origins in the Puritan notions that pleasure is bad and self-denial is good.
> CHrist-on-crutches, what nonsense! I know quite a few chubby gourmands who
> are intelligent, educated, hard working, honest, and reliable. I have also
> met numerous slender folks who are stupid, dishonest, conniving, and petty.
> These are real measures of character, not eating or weight.

Yep. Pain and self deprivation are virtuous...

What a crock. ;-)

K.

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