[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Some plans (Like Weight Watchers) require you to eat so much of this and that because weight loss is caused by a chemical reaction so certain food combinations trigger it.. is a good thing!

My only issue with WW is that there is SO much focus on food where the brain should be taught to not focus on it so much, I suppose the idea is to catch on then be on automatic with what you eat and how much exercise etc.....therefore not thinking about food all day and measuring, weighing, counting, journaling etc allowing other things to take up mental space!


Also it is very true about the 10 pound rule.. I am 5'1 and a 5 pound gain won't let me in my jeans, BUT it takes me forever to lose that 5 pounds... Which I need to lose currently, plus some!

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I am so there with you! I was doing pretty well on my own, then my knees flared-so I tried WW since it was successful for me when I was young after my babies were born. It was not a good fit for me.

It, to me, was much easier when we weighed and measured food (in the old days, haha) but when I joined this time about 6-8 months ago, it was all about the points. I just could not do the points thing. Even Skinny Cow ice cream has points.

I just need to do my own eating plan. I do make food much less of a focus for myself. I decide each day what I am eating that day, I stick to it to the best of my abilities and try to eat at regular times as best as I can and not think about food the rest of the time.

I can fixate on something to the point I am half-crazed if I do not eat it. I just can't go there. I don't care if an ice cream has 1/2 points-if it has sugar, I am done for. I can make those 1/2 points turn into 50 points very, very easily.

I have made it to lunchtime now. My breakfast was approx. 3/4 cup of oatmeal with about 20 raisins, one peach mid-morning and one cup of coffee with 1 teaspoon of half-and-half (refuse to give that up). For lunch I have 1 wrap with chicken, cabbage, carrots and low-fat Asian dressing.

It is not just one day at a time for me. Sometimes it is an hour at a time.

Hugs all.