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[which_chick]

I like food. It's not like quitting other things, where you can just totally stop. I quit smoking six years ago, totally done now. I quit drinking soda sometime in the mid-nineties. Done now. I have the occasional slork of Dad's diet Coke but the last time I had a whole full-sugar soda to myself is a distant, years-ago memory. I just don't drink the stuff anymore. Food, though, you gotta eat some food every day... just less food than you used to eat.



And that, that sucks. I like food. A lot. I'm pretty good at quitting things entirely, but having smaller amounts of things I like, that's not typically a workable regimen for me. If it were, I'd be having six cigarettes a week, bank on it. (There exist people in this world who can have six cigarettes a week but I am not one of them.)

I can eliminate entire groups of food. That works okay. I have removed rice, white pastas (spaghetti, macaroni, etc.) and mostly whole wheat pastas (but I still occasionally eat soba noodles). Breads don't make much of an appearance at my house these days but I eat them at lunch during the week. I do not eat very many potatoes at all, have been making an effort on that front since last winter. Those are the easy things, the blank white carbs without any nutritional value, the half-a-cup-for-300-calories foods. (Do not tell me how good potatoes are for me. I realize that they contain a certain amount of nutrition. However, I adore potatoes. They are calorific. I cannot eat "one serving" of potato. Potatoes are therefore not a useful food item for me. I can eat regular vegetables instead.)

The stuff that I still eat is mostly pretty good for me. I could, I suppose, eliminate butter, eggs, cheese. (I could also shoot myself in the head, which would be less painful.) No, the thing that's left is not eliminate the low-hanging fruit because I've already done that. The thing that's left is eat less. I hate that choice. It sucks. Stupid choice. Sucky stupid choice. I hatez it. I so totally suck at this. Damn it.

Comments

[ladyivy.livejournal.com]

I read a piece of diet advice this week that I haven't tried yet but looks interesting - do every other day. So one day keep yourself to under 1000 calories or whatnot, be really really good, and the next day eat whatever you want. Go back and forth like that.

The theory being that your body doesn't reset to deal with a consistently lower level of calories the way it does when you eat less food every day, and you don't feel deprived because every other day you are eating what you want.

It sounding interesting, and I was thinking of trying it starting next week (wanted to plan out some meals for the "keep it low cal" days and I will need to grocery shop accordingly).

[cousinsue.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it would work for me.

The spouse and I were caught on camera for Service Electric polkaing at Music Fest. Granted the camera puts on 5 pounds, but it was awful.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

*hugs* You're beautiful!

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a great plan. What worked for me when I started losing weight was simply cutting down on portion sizes and eliminating the really naughty snacks (like candy bars). Nowadays, my basic philosophy is that Monday through Friday I try to eat a very careful diet of mostly healthy foods. Saturday and Sunday (when there are parties and such) I give myself a little more leeway. You have to give yourself some time to splurge a little or it is emotionally difficult to handle!