Comments on: 3 Steps to Win the Duel Against The Ruthless Chocolate Cake

By: win money

win money — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:09:39 +0000

Cool debate over scientific studies and chocolate cake! Great blog Param!

By: Jasvin

Jasvin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:49:29 +0000

Hi Louisa,
I honestly believe that the first and foremost rule of having any sort of debate with anyone is to first get their name right. I notice you writing PARMJIT in all your comments but the authors name is PARAMJIT. It would be nice of you to get that right.
Beyond that, it is perfectly acceptable for any woman in this day and age to have an opinion. It would be polite though to have that opinion in a civilised manner. Writing anything when incensed usually does not come across very well. Your emotions can always be felt by the reader.
And as to your blog, its really not for us to say which topics you should focus on. I am sure a post about the connection between weight loss and Strawson’s first and second order desire’s will be appreciated by your readers.
Cheers!

By: kksidh

kksidh — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:44:26 +0000

and she came back with her nonsense AGAIN!! Stop Louisa ….u sound quite desperate and dont make any sense ! For someone who claims to know the ART of arguing, u seem out of topic and very ignorant !

Firstly, you have not inspired any interest, infact you are being BLASTED for your rubbish…

Secondly, there is no argument to put forward …you disagree with the 1 to 10 counting method and we disagree with you ….THATS IT ! Simply because we tried it and it works ie we are living proof !

Thirdly, you closed your blog to comments simply because you are afraid to face the reality of things.To me, it is ur comments that are banal!!! Open it and let the readers decide whose blog is ‘banal’, Louisa.

FINALLY, THIS IS ONE WOMEN TO ANOTHER …..have the guts to defend ur comments on your own blog and not on someone elses. Says who that a women cant voice her OPINION in this day and age ….???? Funny though, that coming from someone who refused to let the voice of other women be heard on her own blog.

By: Paramjit Sidhu

Paramjit Sidhu — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:16:21 +0000

Dear Louisa. I thought I will never hear from you again. I hope blog comments did not scare you too much. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in trying to inspire an otherwise dull post.
The readers have spoken their mind. If you stand by what you say, you should be able to defend your argument with the readers. Why don’t you open up the comments on your blog and let the discussion be continued there. The internet age is all about transparency. You should allow the voice of the readers to be heard. Its not fair to only publish the nice comments and suppress the others as you are doing.
Also a word of advise. If you are brave enough to face the readers on your site, please be polite and refrain from name calling. As you can see, the others are not as forgiving and diplomatic as I am. Hope you have the courage to face the people. All the best.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:22:12 +0000

Parmjit, you should really be thanking me for the interest I’ve inspired in your otherwise dull and uninspired post! I closed the comments because this is not the direction I wanted to take my blog. None of you put an arguement forward, you just attacked me for having an opinion. I mean, how DARE a woman in this day and age speak her mind? I didn’t think the post was a rant at all although I do admit to writing it very quickly after being incensed by the banality of this blog.

I want you to be focused on the interesting things I have to say such as try learning to drum as a form of exercise. Top drummers are better athletes than footballers.

How about I write a philosophical post about Strawson’s first and second order desires and how I can loosely relate that to weight loss?

By: Paramjit Sidhu

Paramjit Sidhu — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:58:20 +0000

Dear Louisa, I believe the readers have spoken their mind. You finally revealed that you are speaking from the extreme end of someone being anorexic. As such your feedback is suiting anorexics and I empathize with you.. You could be out of touch with the average person looking to lose weight. It would had been good if you had allowed the debate to continue on your site. I have seen some complaints that comments have been closed. Seems a little unusual to close comments 3 days after posting the article. Why in particular close the comments for this article when your older articles posted 2 months ago still enable comments.

I urge you to open up the comments to allow the robust discussion to continue there. In the future, while I welcome professional debate and differences of opinion, I sincerely hope that you will conduct yourself with the dignity that would be befitting someone with “Postgraduate Studies” under her belt.

By: Yana

Yana — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:49:49 +0000

Hi Paramjit
Thank you for all your positive, informative and factual articles till date. Some of the articles have worked wonders for my weight loss.
I particularly like this one because it emphasizes on how it’s possible for us to use our mind for self control.
I suppose only some ignorant people who do not understand the very basic rule of how the mind control works can arrogantly come in here and condemn this research with absolutely NO FACTS.

Kudos to you on your professionalism in handling such ignorant people who ridicule the research of others by pretending to help but in reality only want to dictate to others what they believe with a closed mind.

Louisa, you should not have closed the comments on your blog, instead u should stop posting rubbish on other informative blogs. Simple rule, if you are not open to criticism, then in the future pls keep your criticizing opinions to your self. Or if you have an opinion, at least put it across in a more mature manner.
Sushil, I agree with your comment where people like Louisa should just stay in their little own blog bubble.
Paramjit, pls keep the research going

By: Sushil

Sushil — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:54:33 +0000

Louisa,

I am interested in permanent weight loss and not some of the “QUICK FIXES “. I can say the same for most of the readers of this blog. This is my body and I want to do the best for it….and I feel the only way is to EXERCISE and maintain a HEALTHY DIET. We can’t run away from that, everything else will only be temporary…..and that is not my goal. I had a look at your blog and sorry to say, absolutely nothing in there interest me…….for someone who uses some pills to loose weight??????? I am not interested in a skinny figure; I want a beautiful “Hour-Glass figure” and I don’t think you will be able to advice on how to achieve that.

It is amazing that my comment was not posted on your blog as you so conveniently removed it. IF you only accept positive comments on your blog, I suggest you don’t step out of your own “Blog Bubble”.

Paramjit, I really enjoy your articles. Some of the tips given are so simple, yet when used correctly, it gives tremendous results. Keep up the good work.

By: Christy

Christy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:27:50 +0000

wow… looks like a lot of people’s ire has been raised over the “DEBATE” above. The really good thing about people is that the really stick up for you if they feel you have been wronged. Chin up Paramjit! You have the support of your readers behind you.

By: kksidh

kksidh — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:49:56 +0000

This is what I like about this blog…you publish ALL the feedback …may it be positive and negative.You do not close the blog just because someone posts an opinion which is not in your favour. That itself increases the credibility of your blog.Bravo.

I had posted my comments on Louisa’s blog but she didnt publish it and according to her she gets “a lot of private feedback and it is ALL positive. If that is true, Louisa why dont you post all our feedback on your ridiculous comments and see what your fellow ‘disgusted and horrified’ followers have to say. Or maybe, all this was just made up ????

To me ultimately, weight loss boils down to one thing ….ME!!! Thats it …how bad do i want it, how much i wanna loose, what kind of body do i want, what i do to get the results, ….all comes back to ME…I am in control of what I eat, when i eat …..even how far I drive to eat it!!!! Blaming it on cravings is just a way of saying …”I have no control of myself”….Yes Louisa….ITS THAT SIMPLE !!!!

I guess Louisa, when you churn out such rubbish comments, a backlash is expected. I had noticed that you promote Diet Pills for weight loss…Is that the kind of advice for weight loss that you give?…We all know that there is no “Magic Pill” …..So what false hopes are you giving ur readers ….and you can turn around and say that the above disgusts you ????? Dont you realise that you are insulting the intelligence of your readers by even suggesting that fix…Looks to me like “There really are lots of Idiots out there” I rest my case.