Comments on: No food please, I’m a woman!

By: evoTapiwa

evoTapiwa — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:14:30 +0000

How about this from my mother: “Too much of anything is not good”. She says she learnt it in the genuine schools started at least a century ago. Talk about oral tradition that works. Ladies – “Too much of anything is not good”

By: @BoyUninterrupted

@BoyUninterrupted — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:52:21 +0000

“Half of South Africans over 15 are overweight”…and many have joined the South African Police service?

By: Ouch

Ouch — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:27 +0000

Looking at the weight of some of our civil servanrs, and SAPS on duty, I would suggest that they have been very kind to themseleves and enjoyed every last bite!

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:31:17 +0000

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By: Domino2

Domino2 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:26:43 +0000

Thanks Brent! Why do women so readily buy into American TV’s Barbie-clone look?? My golly, how beautiful, bland & utterly boring ! (Good reason to watch BBC, they actually make movies with real people! )Real women like looking like themselves and ARE themselves with confidence. As far as eating goes, food and sport work well together. You can eat what you like and look healthy ….and real.

By: Amanda Sevasti

Amanda Sevasti — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:16:48 +0000

brigs: That is seriously warped. On the flip side, it’s equally warped to make your child eat when they’re not hungry or feed them tons of junk food.

BoyUninterrupted: Eating too much or pretending to be ‘happily fat’ (and I mean seriously overweight, not 5kgs) is just as unhealthy as denying yourself.

Connie Krug: Everyone gets rounder as they get older. Bodies change. I never used to have hips, but have sprouted some over the past two years.

By: Anesh

Anesh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:12:17 +0000

If women put half as much effort into improving their minds and their social status as they do worrying about their bodies… We’d probably be looking at gender equality a lot sooner.

By: X Cepting

X Cepting — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:17:54 +0000

Though I agree with you on the moderation issue I cannot agree on singling woman out in this aspect. I know the “woman’s” magazines push these ideas and in my viewpoint are part of the problem. It also might not be intentional on your side but it somehow conveys the idea that woman are indeed the weaker sex and prone to weaknesses men do not suffer from. I, like you, have never had “weight issues”. Perhaps a little weightier around Christmas when Gran loaded the plate, a little slimmer at times of more physical activity. I do not own a scale. I love Sacher Torte but have it once a month as a treat. (It makes paying the bills so much sweeter). I am so tired of hearing: “but you have a faster metabolism”. I don’t. But then I look at my weightier friend’s lifestyles and wonder: how did they come to the conclusion that a 500g tub of ice cream is a great snack whilst watching TV? That guzzling carbonated cooldrink with the equivalent of nine teaspoons of sugar per glass is good for them? That eating a packet of crisps loaded with MSG every time they feel peckish is part of an excellent diet? Food can be a drug, an emotion controller, like anything else, or it can be just a necessary resource for your body, any body, male or female. Abuse of anything, food included, is a sign of a person ready for therapy.

By: mohale

mohale — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:57:13 +0000

Other ladies says they don’t like more food,but eat when nobody is around to see them.

By: brent

brent — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:11:44 +0000

Great article, ladies relax and enjoy life and yes do/eat what feels good. Real men love real ladies who have confidence and love themselves – inner beauty/excellence always trumps outer/superficial beauty.

Brent