Aw shucks, am I a hypocrite or what?
My last post I talked down about the “all or nothing” folks. I’m eating my words. Having grown tired of logging every morsel I put in my mouth (it’s working alright, I just have better things to do with my time, turns out!), I’m throwing in the Weight Watchers towel for the MWL (McDougall Maximum Weight Loss program), which is the ultimate in strictness. The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that I gravitated to mostly a MWL approach anyway (after all, fruits and vegetables are zero points on WW, thus incentivizing their consumption). I’ve done it before, it also works, in fact it works remarkably well. Lose the weight, never hungry (if you do it right and eat A LOT of vegetables), nutritionally sound, and you’re not combating hunger pangs all day. That said…it means no tortillas, bread, pasta, smoothies, the list goes on. At least for the interim. I just want the weight GONE!
I’m glad I signed up for the online WW and did it for 2 months. I lost weight, and it created the transition period I needed to return to my old ways of eating. I gained greater awareness, and realized how important it is to be AWARE of what the foods I’m eating and why. I also learned that it really is possible to eat only 1/2 cup of ice cream or just one cookie.
One more thing. I have some pictures to share from a trip I took to Portland, OR. I went out to a few veg-friendly restaurants and had a marvelous time. More on that to come.
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