Wed, Feb-10-16, 11:31
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Attitude is a Choice
Posts: 30,111
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Plan: No sugar, flour, wheat
Stats: 228.4/209.0/170
BF:stl/too/mch
Progress: 33%
Location: NYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Merpig
That makes me think of a story I heard once from a WW instructor or leader or whatever they call themselves. She had one client one time who did not lose any weight and in fact GAINED weight - but she swore up and down she was following the diet to the absolute very letter. So finally the instructor asked her to keep a food diary for a week, until the next meeting, of everything she ate.
Well has anyone seen those cans of green beans - not the small cans, but really GIANT cans of them? It turns out this woman was eating 10-12 GIANT cans of green beans every day - but they were a "free" food and had zero points, so she could not believe they were inhibiting her weight loss.
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Thanks for proving my point, Debbie!
I hate to admit this but I am a 5 time WW failure. At least over the years, I kept trying. I always hated counting their points as it always seemed so fruitless for me, no pun intended. Not to mention that I was always hungry which would account for that women eating all those cans of green beans daily....binge anyone?
Being hungry on low fat diets is not the way to learn to eat a new way. Hunger drives us to eat, it's a survival instinct. Dampen the hunger( with protein and fat) and portion control becomes much easier to accomplish.
I finally realized that I needed to learn about food in general for their own values, not WW's interpretation of them. That led me to learn about low carb eating and I did start out with South Beach. That was 12 years ago. I've learned a whole lot in these years and realize that WW is not doing it's clients any favors with their point system.
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