I am getting real today, y’all. So real that I am a little nervous to publish this one! But I think a lot of you can relate.
I am struggling with the whole concept of dieting, and I am thinking of trying something totally different.
Links mentioned:
Intuitive Eating book (Amazon affiliate)
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Kathi says
Sorry it took me so long to react to your video, but I JUST got around to watching it. You articulated everything I feel and have felt over the years. Spot on! Now, as for your questions, I achieved LT with Weight Watchers in 2002. This was on the original points program. I transitioned to Points Plus, no problem. Smart Points is a struggle for me too. But none of it has been easy and I really think that maintenance is way harder than the losing part. I have never been able to give up tracking and maintain. While WW has always maintained that, “This is not a DIET, it’s a lifestyle change.”, that right there is the problem. It is SO hard to change our mindset, stop eating when we’re not hungry, stop eating to squelch some other feeling we are having. I LOVE the graphic you put up regarding the cycle. Now I am rambling, but I just want you to know that I support you and I appreciate you sharing. Know that there is at the very least one other person who feels exactly the way you do about food and WW.
Marjorie@APinchOfHealthy says
Thank you so much Kathi! At first I thought it was SmartPoints that was the struggle for me, but no I am realizing that it is so much more than that…it is any diet in general that is making me crazy. I have got so much more to say about this, so stay tuned. Thank you so much for reading and watching!
Staci - The Skinny on Staci says
You should’ve started and ended with a shot of sleeping kids!!! I’ve gotten too used to seeing them. Lol You are so not alone. I agree with everything you said. I am 37 now and really sick of fighting this battle that I have only won twice in the last 17 years. Each time, I was back on the battlefield within 1 year of the losses. I am at a loss now. I am not diabetic or even pre-diabetic, but I picked up a diabetic magazine while in a waiting room last week and I nearly started crying. The diabetic person was talking about the food choices they used to make and it was ALL food that are very common in my life. I feel like I don’t even know HOW to eat anymore. I have low carb, low fat, low point, low calorie, real butter, healthy fat, no aspartame, etc, etc, floating around in my brain and I get confused. I have tried everything, down to Trim Healthy Mama, and I ended up not sticking with anything. I will do good with intuitive eating for a while and feel all excited, but then hormones or a bad mood hit and BAM – I am over eating and not caring again. So best of luck to you because I sure hope SOMEONE figures this weight loss thing out at some point!!! 🙂 I think honesty is definitely more relatable than fake.
Marjorie@APinchOfHealthy says
Oh Staci! I wish I could give you a hug right now. It is the same struggle that so many of us have, and I just totally GET exactly what you mean. I have a theory that the diet advice we have gotten has really just complicated things and/or made things worse for a lot of us. I am going to try this period of just trusting my intuition for a while. The goal right now is not exactly weight loss, although it’d be awesome if that happened. The goal is sanity and really just going back to basics, erasing/rejecting the “diet” mentality, etc. Hugs to you! Thanks for always reading/ watching and commenting. 🙂