philanddeb's Journal, 04 December 2012

I have seen the movie was really touched by it and am glad you brought it back up today. I started a comment about it but it got so long I was afraid of hijacking your journal entry so I sent you a very long email (pack a lunch!) However, I echo your sentiment about people watching it. I think we are all here because we have chosen to be healthier but it's a great reminder of doing it the right way. 

I've seen the title but didn't know it was a movie. I will check it out. 

Hi - this is the email I referenced in the comments to your Journal Entry about the Movie (Fat... ) I am emailing because I was concerned to share my very lengthy thoughts about it would hijack your journal entry! I watched that documentary a couple of weeks ago and really felt touched by it too. I probably need to watch it again. I remember thinking 'interesting idea, but where can I go to TRY that veggie/fruit drink before shelling out big bucks for my own juicer' but then in retrospect (( AND why I am SO glad you posted this today in your journal because it was a great reminder )) I realized that 'one' veg/fruit drink would not be enough to TRY to determine if I liked it and could do it. Just like I had to forcibly gag down the Oatmeal for breakfast the first few days (as I abandoned the frozen breakfast pizza, frozen biscuit sausage and cheese and donuts etc) and it was probably the third week before I started LOOKING FORWARD to the oatmeal as my tastebuds finally adjusted from 'processed greasy crap' to 'healthy nourishing grains' - well, I can imagine that vegetable juice would require a bit of tastebud retraining as well and would NOT be something for which I could acquire a 'taste for' in one single serving. So I may just shop for a juicer. BY the way - he does have a website about the reboot ( in case you haven't seen it). Interesting. I do NOT think I would want to drink juice ONLY every day ~ but there are times when I am not hungry but know I need to eat or at least nourish my body and I think 'wow, I could really go for a fast nourshing delivery method right now.' So many facets of that documentary touched me. First his decision to stop the madness with the processed foods & pills and try to heal himself ~ mainly because I had already made a similar type decision myself when the doc automatically prescribed meds for diabetes and cholesterol instead of discussing something different. I don't blame 'her' because I'm 51 years old and I'm sure her thoughts were 'hey, if she was going to do it, she'd have done it by now.' In that aspect I think docs often get jaded, bored, burned out with looking at their patients as humans with needs and just want the quick 5 minute office visit, here's a pill, and 'next patient please.' Much like the guy in the documentary who was just more & more RX's. Also, the part that also touched me was the repeated 'I know I need to do this but can't' responses he'd get from people he talked to. Now, the fact that we are 'here' at 'this website' means 'we' were ready to change. Small changes, big changes, didn't matter. We're here. But 'how' or 'why' we arrived 'here' was individual for all of us. For me it was a random internet search for somewhere to record my daily food diary that worked both with a computer & my kindle. But the thing that took me to decide to work on my health by eating better was the diabetes/cholesterol issue. Even though I KNEW what I was doing to my body when I ATE, I still ATE. Badly. So for many of those 'I know I need to but...' maybe the movie will catch their eye, maybe they'll get bad news from a doc, maybe 'something' will be the tipping point that sends them in a new direction. Point? I guess I know personally that all the HINTS or good ADVICE from my friends went ignored. I would fool myself into thinking 'look, we all die anyway, what's the point?' or any other believable rationalization required to get me through the day. It's also very frustrating how expensive fresh food is compared to inexpensive processed food. Mac&Cheese is cheaper than Cauliflower. Canned food packed w/sodium is cheaper than fresh veggies. And in this time of an economic downturn I'm blessed that I can still afford to buy yogurt and veggies instead of having to stretch the same dollars to feed a family of four. And yes, I can say 'well, that's money not being spent on lap-band surgery or required medications' and yes, that is true for me but there are so many people who don't fully realize the END effect of the way they are eating until facing a health issue OR cannot fully rationalize the 'extra' money spent on fresh food UNLESS it is for health. My daughter went food shopping with me one day recently and as I was picking out yogurt and edamame, etc., she was picking up some microwave dinner from the SHELF. My label reading habit resulted in my flipping that box over and looking at it and while I raised my eyebrows I managed NOT to start a lecture about 'are you freaking kidding me? 325cals / 15gr fat / 800mg sodium and 35 carbs for this one little cup of crap because *I* know while it's my job to lead by example I also know she's 37 years old and knows right from wrong. She is starting to look at some of the things I've incorporated (the coconut oil, flax seed) and even TRIED the edamame but I canNOT insist she eat healthier right now without being financially responsible for her grocery bill. Okay - where was I going on that?? Just, my mind returns to the QUANTITY of the vegetables he displayed to make ONE single juice drink ~ and I can imagine the expense of that compared to 3 for $1 CANNED vegetables. And it is SAD that our economy and food has gone to that financial state that eating healthy costs as much as taking pills to be healthy. Ok - sorry, long long rambling. At least I didn't load your journal with this! FB 

FullaBella, please understand that I just had to post your message! And in future...NEVER HOLD BACK! WE ARE ALL LEARNING FROM YOU! God bless you Girl!