Interesting blog post: What Do You Eat?

[sockerheel]

Here's an interesting blog post on different types of diets:

www.jencomaskeck.com/2012/06/what-do-you-eat-peek-into-diets-of-some.html

It shows that diet is not a one-size-fits-all situation.

[omalley]

Very interesting read - thanks for sharing. Many of them do several small meals and I find that approach helps me. I was surprised to see a few who "fast" intermittently.

[Brit]

I didn't get through it all, it was very long, but the parts that I read were pretty interesting. They seemed to be all over the spectrum from crazy strict eating rules that I would struggle to follow to schemes that were pretty flexible which I could see fitting into my "normal" non-fitness-buff life. I was surprised by the one girl who fasts for 18 hours per day; I would be unbearable to be around if I did that. I also couldn't believe how many people avoided flour/breads and how many sounded like they ate their weight in protein powder!

[clseale]

Jun 8, 2012 15:20:43 GMT -5 Brit said:

I didn't get through it all, it was very long, but the parts that I read were pretty interesting. They seemed to be all over the spectrum from crazy strict eating rules that I would struggle to follow to schemes that were pretty flexible which I could see fitting into my "normal" non-fitness-buff life. I was surprised by the one girl who fasts for 18 hours per day; I would be unbearable to be around if I did that. I also couldn't believe how many people avoided flour/breads and how many sounded like they ate their weight in protein powder!

I had a look on my face the whole time. I eat 2-3 meals a day...meaning a lot of times just 2?! I would be an unbearable beast. I think Lindsay Capotelli & Kellie Davis has the diets that would most closely mirror mine. They didn't seem as hard core in any one direction as some of the others. I get how someone could maintain those diets.

[MrsE]

Thanks for sharing this, it was a great read. I am also surprised by how many if them fast and avoid gluten. Definitely food for thought.

[victoria21]

Thanks for posting, I thought it was really interesting. Sounds like they are keeping the protein powder companies in business.

I've been thinking about intermittent fasting, though not as long as some of them (roughly 6:30 pm to 11:00 am) because I like to workout fasted. Glad to see some of them get good results with it.

[krista]

I read that yesterday and loved it. I follow Jen and almost all of the athletes/trainers she profiled. It was really interesting. IF is something I will never try, but it definitely works for a lot of people. Interestingly, the women profiled that fast have all had serious issues with disordered eating in the past. So when I read this, I think it's just another way of controlling their eating in an unhealthy way, but they've all addressed this on their blogs and insist that it's working for them.

[krista]

Jun 9, 2012 9:32:23 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

Jun 9, 2012 5:29:50 GMT -5 krista said:

Interestingly, the women profiled that fast have all had serious issues with disordered eating in the past. So when I read this, I think it's just another way of controlling their eating in an unhealthy way, but they've all addressed this on their blogs and insist that it's working for them.

I skimmed so I might be missing something, but what do you find to be unhealthy about these ways of eating?

To the contrary, they seem to have really solid diets full of nutrient dense foods and very minimal junk/nutrient-poor foods.

Maybe I worded that incorrectly. I'm not saying IF is unhealthy. Molly, Nia and Neghar have all admitted to disordered eating caused by obsessive and/or controlling behavior in the past. They all do IF now, and from a reader's perspective, it looks like it's just another method of restriction or control.