Deprivation is Not an Option!
I had a really good message in my inbox this morning. One of my BS Buddies was worried because she had eaten something most of us on a healthy eating plan feel we cannot have, even in moderation. I have been there and that is why I have failed at reaching my ideal weight so many times before. She is such an inspiration because she had what she wanted but had the smallest portioon. She satisfied her craving without going overboard. Yet she felt guilty. Why is it we get that all or nothing mentality when we attempt a life change? Only to feel like such failures when we “cheat” that we blow it and just eat everything in sight? What a terrible cycle we get ourselves into. I know; I’ve been there.
That is what I am exploring today as I eat, exercise, and enjoy my daughter playing a softball doubleheader in a neighboring town. I am going to talk to some friends on the same journey as me and see what they think. I am going to really monitor my own feelings when I get a craving.
Weight Watchers tells me that I can eat whatever I want as long as I count it in my daily points value. It is working for me, but I still get that uncomfortable gnawing when I eat something that I traditionally would not have touched when I was on other diets. I know that deprivation is not an option for me, and I know I am much happier eating what I want.
Thanks to my BS Buddie’s message this morning, I am going to epxlore the guilt associated with eating so I can actually enjoy having a real life on a healthy eating plan instead of a life on a “diet”.
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Way to go…. I keep telling everyone, don’t diet. It almost always fails. For me it has only ended with a bigger gain and more guilt. I finally decided it was to late for me to get ‘thin enough’ and just decided to concentrate on learning to eat healthy and increase my activity level. (I couldn’t say “exercise” any more than I could say “diet”) Finally, my body is responding with a slow, steady weight loss. I average about 2 lbs a month and I am content with that. I know I’m stronger, healthier and look better than I have in years. My only regret is that I didn’t discover this about 30 years ago! Oh well, it’s really never too late. Take my word for it!
I happened to stumble upon your blog, and just wanted to tell you how much I can relate. I am an “all or nothing” weight watcher. I have to be eating totally by the plan and exercising all the time or else I feel unsuccessful and just give up.