Girl Bonding!

Thanks to The F-Word for this post, talking about the collective club of “who can eat less.” The New Thirteen recently also had a post about her own experiences regarding the eat less= be feminine and good thing we’ve got going on.

I thank my lucky stars, that despite being familiar with the behavior of competative dieting, I’ve really turned that stuff around. I no longer feel the same overt pressure to “eat less” or even equally with the women around me. I can see my thoughts regarding this, sometimes that little voice will pipe up with the suggestion that I eat more, or less, depending on those around me, and generally  I can laugh it off. It’s liberating, listening to your own body, determining your own food intake. Woooo.

The other day, I went to lunch, and we all ordered the same thing. I didn’t think anything of it (even with my over analytical brain!) I also ate the most, and didn’t think much of it, though I was happy and had energy (except to notice that I had eaten the most, which is in fact the only remnance of my old habits. Wonder if it’ll ever fade away….)

On a related topic, I’ve really stopped engagin in, encouraging, or even tolerating the body hate and diet talk with the women, and men, I consider peers and friends. I refuse to denegrate my body, or anyone elses. Its just LAME. People try to go there, and I think they get it, I just don’t take the bait (ususally…haha)

Again, its refreshing. I remember that diet, body hating bonding, and IT SUCKED. No more of that nonsense for me. Yeeeeehaw.