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clevermanka) wrote2010-08-21 09:57 am
clevermanka) wrote2010-08-21 09:57 am
How to influence your family
I was feeling all hot shit about the Whole9 folks posting my carnitas recipe, so I sent the Steal This Meal URL to my parents with a "Look your daughter is internet famous now aren't you so proud" email. Last night, Daddy called me to ask "So tell me how I can eat like you do."
Holy crap. My dad might go Paleo.
My dad has gained and lost and gained (more) and lost and gained (more) weight my whole life. I've watched him get fatter and fatter (and tired, and unhealthy) with something like panic but I try not to think about it because I want my dad to live forever and thinking about him dying from something as stupid as obesity-related illness is simply not in my mental vocabulary.
I talked with him for about fifteen minutes last night and another twenty minutes this morning about advantages, pitfalls, ways to navigate restaurant menus, etc. while eating Paleo. I sent him and Mommy a ton of links for resources and recipes.
Mommy has been tentatively approaching the issue of my food choices (little emails like "what do you eat for breakfast?"), but she's slow to adopt something new, and has a tendency to focus on the difficulties and challenges of any endeavor. I hope that she'll see Daddy's success and choose to get on board. While she doesn't have any weight to lose (she weighs twenty pounds less than I do!), she has multiple health problems and food intolerances that I'm almost certain could be eliminated by ditching her current eating habits.
I am crossing every appendage I have in the hopes that they give this an honest try and that they see equally dramatic results as I've seen in my own body. It makes me feel so happy to think that they could be on a path that could help them live an extra ten or fifteen years. Plus, this will make eating with them when I visit so much easier. =D
Holy crap. My dad might go Paleo.
My dad has gained and lost and gained (more) and lost and gained (more) weight my whole life. I've watched him get fatter and fatter (and tired, and unhealthy) with something like panic but I try not to think about it because I want my dad to live forever and thinking about him dying from something as stupid as obesity-related illness is simply not in my mental vocabulary.
I talked with him for about fifteen minutes last night and another twenty minutes this morning about advantages, pitfalls, ways to navigate restaurant menus, etc. while eating Paleo. I sent him and Mommy a ton of links for resources and recipes.
Mommy has been tentatively approaching the issue of my food choices (little emails like "what do you eat for breakfast?"), but she's slow to adopt something new, and has a tendency to focus on the difficulties and challenges of any endeavor. I hope that she'll see Daddy's success and choose to get on board. While she doesn't have any weight to lose (she weighs twenty pounds less than I do!), she has multiple health problems and food intolerances that I'm almost certain could be eliminated by ditching her current eating habits.
I am crossing every appendage I have in the hopes that they give this an honest try and that they see equally dramatic results as I've seen in my own body. It makes me feel so happy to think that they could be on a path that could help them live an extra ten or fifteen years. Plus, this will make eating with them when I visit so much easier. =D