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Old April 7th, 2009, 04:01 PM posted to alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Willow Herself
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Default Are there successful Core losers out there?

Being on a "Diet" implies that it has an end.

If I'm following a diet to lose weight, that means I will eat a certain way
until I get to my goal weight, and then it'll be over.

That has been proven over and over again to be self defeating. What Weight
Watchers is trying to bring, is a new way to live, a new way to approach
foods, to exercise, and to the way to deal with one's feelings without food.

Successful members get that, they get to the point where it's not so much
about "getting to goal" but about living in a healthy manner.

If you live a healthy lifestyle, eat right, exercise all of it in a
reasonable, livable manner, then your weight will go down, and stay down.

The "rules" of the program, is simply a way to teach you what living healthy
is like, because obviously, we never learned, or we forgot, or we wouldn't
be here.

I found long term success when I realized that it wasn't so much about
bringing down my weight, but about taking care of my body, my mind and my
emotions. That goes far beyond counting points, or eating Core foods.

Will~

"douglerner" wrote in message
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On Apr 7, 12:14 pm, "Willow Herself"
wrote:


That's what WW is teaching. The diet mentality is strongly discouraged.


This last part I still don't get though.

OK. I know people need whatever psychological "bag of tricks" and
system (be it points, calories, cutting back on carbs to reduce
appetite and hope the rest falls in to place, limited lists of
"filling foods", complicated rations of protein-fat-carbs, weekly
bonuses, whatever) to create some way to lose weight and maintain a
healthy lifestyle.

I call that a diet though. To me that's what it is. I *need* the rules
or I simply won't lose. The rules are, to me, constitute a diet. It's
a useful English word and I don't see a reason to avoid it.

Of course, as with most things, everybody feels differently about this
- and that is fine. If somebody finds the word "diet" bothersome or
burdensome and they prefer to call it a plan or a lifestyle that's
fine. But I think the English word for a plan or lifestyle that
determines what you eat is called a "diet" and the word doesn't bother
me at all.

In fact, saying that I am sticking to my "diet" sounds upbeat and
positive to me.

doug