I can’t get over how much food I’m eating now that I’m eating in a “healthy way”. It’s not that I haven’t been on Weight Watchers before, for I have, but every time I give this program a go (and I’m hoping this is the last beginning), I am amazed anew at the quantity of food that I can pack away, while still remaining on “The Plan”.
I am equally amazed at how I have a true knack for finding high calorie foods without even trying. As part of re-learning to eat better, I have become a label reader again, and as I read the labels I realize that it’s no wonder I’ve been packing on the pounds over the last few years. It seems like so many, many things that I really like to eat have a billion, zillion calories in them. This is not really a big surprise, and yet who could imagine that one individually sized California Pizza Kitchen pizza with BBQ chicken on it, would be almost 1000 calores? I had some illusion that the chicken topping would help to make it not so fattening. Hah! It’s as bad as, or worse, than regular old pizza.
And take those frozen Jimmy Dean sausage and eggs biscuits. Really handy little breakfast items that you can prepare in a couple of minutes and take with you as you run out the door. I can, and have, easily polished off a couple of those for breakfast on a given morning. Now that I’m a label reader again, I read and was again horrified. As a WW, I count foods on a point system and two of those biscuits can neatly polish off almost an entire days worth of points before 8 AM!!
I am once again learning the joys of home cooking. Somehow, I slid off the path of good cooking and onto the merry-go-round that is fast food, convenience food and restaurant food. Lots of that "easy eat" stuff is really good and you can surely get hooked, but, as I tell myself regularly, they sure as hell don’t care about my health like I do. They care about my money.
Nobody loves me like I do. Nobody can take care of me like I can. That’s the mantra of the day.
Excuse me, I have to go. I hear my stove calling my name.
I am equally amazed at how I have a true knack for finding high calorie foods without even trying. As part of re-learning to eat better, I have become a label reader again, and as I read the labels I realize that it’s no wonder I’ve been packing on the pounds over the last few years. It seems like so many, many things that I really like to eat have a billion, zillion calories in them. This is not really a big surprise, and yet who could imagine that one individually sized California Pizza Kitchen pizza with BBQ chicken on it, would be almost 1000 calores? I had some illusion that the chicken topping would help to make it not so fattening. Hah! It’s as bad as, or worse, than regular old pizza.
And take those frozen Jimmy Dean sausage and eggs biscuits. Really handy little breakfast items that you can prepare in a couple of minutes and take with you as you run out the door. I can, and have, easily polished off a couple of those for breakfast on a given morning. Now that I’m a label reader again, I read and was again horrified. As a WW, I count foods on a point system and two of those biscuits can neatly polish off almost an entire days worth of points before 8 AM!!
I am once again learning the joys of home cooking. Somehow, I slid off the path of good cooking and onto the merry-go-round that is fast food, convenience food and restaurant food. Lots of that "easy eat" stuff is really good and you can surely get hooked, but, as I tell myself regularly, they sure as hell don’t care about my health like I do. They care about my money.
Nobody loves me like I do. Nobody can take care of me like I can. That’s the mantra of the day.
Excuse me, I have to go. I hear my stove calling my name.
2 comments:
You are so right about everything you say. Did you know the walnuts on the fruit/yogurt/walnut plate at McDonald's are 4 points? The fruit/yogurt are 2, but the walnuts add on 4 points!!! You really have to be so aware of everything you eat. I was casual about keeping track of my points last week and I didn't lose weight. I have a post about some food ideas for WW that I will post tomorrow. They may help. They have helped me. We can do this together!!!
10 POUNDS! Bravo!! You're doing it right! I think fast food is the worst! Eat one Big Mac and I've used more than my daily points! It's really crazy when you become aware of how much you're eating compared to how much you need. Thank goodness to WW!!
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