Intervention.

I recently watched and episode of Intervention that focused on a man in his mid twenties with type 1 diabetes. I have to give credit to the producers for deciding to do an episode with this topic. Typically Intervention follows drug addicts or individuals with eating disorders (only Anorexia and Bulimia from what I have seen) but I think it's important to bring attention to other topics in relation to depression, like this episode. I have yet to see an episode with COE (compulsive over eating), or concentrating on other diseases people aren't treating. But I'm sure Intervention won't let me down.

Obesity please?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH81IPAzvm4

I have mixed feelings about this.

I believe our lives are our own and we should be able to do with them what we want. But in saying that I realize I only believe this to a certain degree. I think it's irresponsible to this woman to be taking such a huge change with her life when she has a child. I think it's very unfair that she is disabling herself from completing to many activities that her daughter would love to do with her mom.

But, I guess maybe she would think that things I would do as a parent are wrong. Like restricting my child to eating certain foods...

Proposed policy change: definition and energy value for dietary fibre.

I haven't completely read this yet, but I will sometime today.

Health Canada dietary fibre definition and energy value

How many minutes a day should you exercise

I posted earlier about the changes that the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and paticipACTION made earlier this week. Specifically I posted a link for a post on Weighty Matters.

The writer of the blog made a new post regarding his opinion.

"So my answer to the question of how many minutes a day should you exercise? As many minutes as you can enjoy, and every single one of them count."

Nutirtion Action Newsletter

My mom purchased me a subscription to this newsletter a couple years ago (and renewed it for me!).

I think most public libraries carry it. It's definitely worth a look.

A little frustration.

It's unfortunate that the rich seem to get rich and the poor seem to get poorer. I mean even in Canada it's hard for many people to access education. I have been lucky enough that my parents co-signed a loan for me so I could attend school. I worked through out university to try and keep my debt down, though 4 years later it is...huge. Even though I have completed my degree I still have a line of credit and OSAP to pay back. Unfortunately, because of this I will likely not complete a dietetic internship within the next few years (until I have paid of my debt and made enough money to support myself without income for a year...). So that sucks. By the point where I can afford to complete it I might need to take a refresher course too. I could go the route of completing a masters, because then I wouldn't have to start paying my debt back (cause I am in school). But I don't really want to, plus I'm not sure if my marks are good enough (I'd love to blame that on the fact that I worked through out school, but I know other people have too).

It sucks that to become a registered dietitian they make it so hard. I don't simply mean that people have to be smart, but you need to have access to money.

But I guess that's how it is for a lot of occupations, and I could be in a much harder position then I am right now. It still is discouraging though.

Maybe there is something hidden in the system that could help me out. Haven't found it yet, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Living with Size Zero