Comments on: Living in a happier reality (with sex orgies)

By: Marti

Marti — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:44:48 +0000

I agree, wholeheartedly. We have to take responsibility for what we put into our heads, but I also think we should have those close to us that we trust to keep our thoughts, delusions, fantasies in check. A place to be safe, knowing we won’t be judged and at the same time will stop us from driving our cars off the cliff.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:53:27 +0000

I read the article you are afraid of, and it said that replacement leptin can help reverse the changes caused by falling leptin levels. Knowing this can help scientists create strategies that will make it easier for people to lose weight and keep it off in the future. They are exploring that now. That’s another way of seeing this in a positive light.

By: sl

sl — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:31:27 +0000

I really enjoyed this post because I find myself thinking about this topic a lot. On one hand, you do own this blog completely and can do whatever you want with it. On the other hand, a part of me is screaming because I’m the type of person who HAS TO KNOW EVERYTHING. I have to know the good, the bad, and dig into every dark little corner. So I visit war museums, memorial parks, watch documentaries, read, read, read everything. Because, after looking at all the tragedies that’s happened due to ignorance, I can’t not look. I have to feel the shame of every tragedy so that I will never let myself look the other way.

Translated to dieting terms: I have to look at every package label, weight myself every morning…etc. I actually found this post interesting because I LOVE your post (one of your first) about looking at yourself in photos and videos, because as humans we rarely see our true selves (physically and figuratively).

By: Flora

Flora — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:55:20 +0000

That reminds me of my husband’s story about backpacking through Eastern Europe with a friend of his when they were students. One day they met another American student in their hostel and spent the evening partying with him. The next day they were rushing to make their train out of town, it wasn’t looking good, and all their new friend could say was “You’re never gonna maaaaaaaake iiiiit!” Well, they did make the train, and that line is now our little in-joke for dealing with pointless naysaying like that leptin article. Good for you for ignoring it. Rock on, PastaQueen.

By: RG

RG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:39:42 +0000

I’ve spent a few days mulling over this article. It’s an interesting point of view, and not one I can completely agree with. We’ve been having a similar kind of debate about a different issue; I’m in a profession where 10% “succeed” at reaching a certain level; not clear where people who don’t succeed land. Very few (if any) people entering realize what their odds are. The debate has been about publicizing those odds.

We don’t want to lose qualified candidates because of the scary stat, but I’ve personally seen people waste time/energy on this career with very little chance of success. It’s years of their lives that would better be spent elsewhere. And yet, I’ve also seen people who, don’t want to hear what they see as pessimism. There’s some realistic data that I think would help them, like the 10% number or time-frames for intermediate steps. If the process is expected to take 10 years but you take 2 years to do the initial step that most do in 2 months, are you prepared to step up your effort level?

By: Kendra

Kendra — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:27:21 +0000

I think it’s admirable that you even browse all the comments left on your blog, that’s a big pile of email you must go through!

Editing what we read through and focus on is a really important thing and something I am trying to be better at. The key to being open minded is not stopping to read through every single opinion, it’s knowing when it’s important to listen so that you can do the right thing in real life. I think that reading a lot of negative material will more likely just put a person in a negative mood.

So cheers to you— I too think that optimism is a key to success.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:33:41 +0000

I do that in my everyday life too. The other day I was thinking about something while I was paying at a cash register. When I realized I wasn’t paying attention I said to the saleslady “I’m sorry, I sort of live in my own little world sometimes”.

She smiled at me and said “Lucky you!”

Do whatever makes you happiest. Certainly ignoring negative comments has to be in the top ten.

By: Rene

Rene — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:10:15 +0000

You rock! I think that this is a really good idea! I myself find that the times I choose to live in MY fantasy world are the times I am a much happier and optomistic person. And the world needs happier oprtimistic people. ;-)

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:02:59 +0000

Excellent post!!!!!!!!!

Now, I’m wondering if you read my comments when you first started running but were never going to be one of those “runners” that you sure were… because I was right. :D

By: BB

BB — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:26:42 +0000

After reading your blog I realized that I guess I’ve been doing the same thing with bad news or even very negative people. It didn’t even dawn on me until I read your story. Well, good for all of us that are trying to maintain some kind of happy world. We can edit our own lives as we see fit.

PS Loving the book!