WW without guilt or poison notices

I ditched guilt about 33 years ago, when I was about sixteen and skinny.
I found it easier to apologize if I did something wrong than carry the
guilt. I don't feel guilty about eating food, especially not about
chocolate and ice cream. They are faaaaaar to nice to feel guilty
about! Enjoy and move on, I say.

I don't do 'bad' foods: no food is bad, though some 'foods' are pretty
poor stuff (like guar gum and artificial colours and flavours, and a few
artificial sweetners, mechanically extracted 'bollockburgers' [thank you
Jamie Oliver!], and whole wheat pasta!) and I avoid them.

I avoid others because they have certain unfortunate effects! Excessive
fats can be disastrous, but only because of medical conditions: I can no
longer digest large amounts of fat after gall bladder disease, and I
prefer the taste of things without it. I always did cut every scrap off
meat because it feels revolting to me when I eat it. As do fried eggs!
And okra!

I do miss red wine: loved it once, but like large amounts of coffee, it
affects my innards adversely, so I just avoid it. You go ahead and
enjoy them: there's enough good stuff here for me, so I don't feel
deprived or jealous.

I eat wholemeal bread, porridge, and brown rice because I prefer them to
the white stuff and breakfast cereals: the only ones of those I really
like are Wheetabix and shredded Wheat (and occasionally Shreddies - but
I prefer to eat them dry as a snack than with milk for breakfast).

I don't need to wean myself off coke or diet drinks: to me they are all
revolting and fizzy and bleargh, and I never did drink them much. I'd
much rather have a bottle of chilled spring water on a hot day, and a
cup of tea at any time. Since I had to cut down drastically on the
chocolate when I was ill, I don't crave that any more, so even though
the son and heir to the family debts has some in the house, I don't go
pinching his!

I don't do food treats when I lose or have a celebration: a Fat Quarter
of quilting fabric or a new reel of stripy thread will do me fine, and
you can bring flowers any time! I love flowers! For special feast
days I do lower fat and sugar versions of things and eat smaller
portions than I used to. If I go over my points allowance, so what? I
may put a pound or two on, but I can get it off again. I know how.
Nice zero point vegetable soups work wonders! I love vegetables,
and any excuse for more is a good one!

I do the exercise that I enjoy: I have swum 3 times this week (a total
of 130+ lengths since Thursday), and I walk. I shall walk quite a bit
this week, come sun, storm, or rain of herring, as DH is working away
from home and I shall have to collect the lad from school on foot.

I have lost 62.5 lbs by watching what I snack on and switching from one
food I loved (cookies and cake) to another (raw veggies), watching
portions and getting them right (I weigh potatoes, rice, and meat
portions) and filling up on vegetables rather than bread and cheese.

I avoid large chunks of cheddar, Wensleydale, Stilton, and the like
because of what they do to tie my intestines in knots! I cook with low
fat cheddar, and other less fatty cheeses, and eat a little real cheese
occasionally, when the mood strikes. I want it far less than I used to!

I occasionally get a yearning for something rich and delicious: I
indulge,I treat myself, and a very little goes a long way. Where once
it was a bar of chocolate every day, now I have one or two squares a
month. Where once I'd sit down to a mug of tea and half a packet of
chocolate digestives, now I'll have one Go Ahead Bake, or a banana.

The nice thing with WW is that it has made this unbelievably easy!
Things are counted and portions are spelled out, so it's easy to get it
right. The food (almost all home cooked in my case) is delicious,
leaves me feeling satisfied without feeling bogged down, and there are
plenty of recipes for special occasions. I plan meals for a week or
10 days in advance, and then I don't bother about it. No need to obsess
or worry - it's reduced the 'what's for dinner' stress to zero!

The only time I stress about food is when we are traveling: I hate to
get stuck somewhere that the only food available is deep fried and mass
produced burgers - none of which I liked BEFORE WW! If I'm going to
bust my points quota or have a day off, I want NICE food! We'll stop at
the pub rather than MacDeadstuff! Give me a prawn filled jacket spud
and a mountain of salad rather than a plate of burger and chips. Good
quality burgers and chips are fine for those who like them and don't get
tied in knots by the fat, but I prefer the spud and prawns!

62.5 lbs gone: can't be bad!
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Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
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