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I have tried WW a couple of times. I dont' like it because I have to think about food too much. What not to eat, what to eat, how many points is this, if I eat that I can't eat this later cause it has too many points. I don't have time for it. I don't have time to look in the book everytime I want something or look through it for an hour putting a meal plan together. It does work for a lot of people though Thanks for the advise.
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Not necessarily pushing Weight Watchers itself, but I felt the need to respond to this because I had to have a mind change to arrive at where I am at the moment - you
have to think about food in order to manage your weight. It's a very necessary thing that you have to have every day, and it's important to put thought into what you eat.
When you're at the gas station, do you just grab the first pump on the rack and start filling up without looking at the fuel grade, or the fuel price? No; even though it doesn't take very long, you still look to make sure it's what your car needs and it's what you can afford. The thing is, it's much easier with your car, because typically there are only four choices (if you count diesel).
Food is so diverse, in terms of categorization, processing, additives, and nutritional benefits that it's something you HAVE to think about, at least at first. The way we got as heavy as we have is because we
wouldn't think about food enough. I think many people make the mistake of saying obese people do nothing but think about food - but that's not necessarily true. All we do is think "hungry" or "bored" or "depressed", and all of a sudden we're reaching for the first thing that's tasty, or the first thing that would satisfy our craving. We're actually mindlessly eating, sometimes when we're not even hungry!
If you don't take the time to think about food, how could you even hope to discover new foods or recipes that are both healthy, and that satisfy your tastebuds? They're out there. And even the foods you like now are still available, but you have to learn to measure a real portion and not overeat. I'm a busy person, too, but I had to have a moment where I thought, that's okay. I'll measure out cups and tablespoons if I have to, I'll write down everything I eat (actually, I maintain an online journal, I have an online desk job so that certainly incorporates easily into my day), I'll count points, I'll count calories and watch my sodium intake and try to eat more protein and less fat.
I'll do it because I care enough about myself to get my body back into the shape it was meant to be, and because I care enough about my son and the rest of my family not to put them through the pain of losing me too early due to heart disease or diabetes or stroke.
You really have to decide you want it, and then do whatever it takes. That's really the only way it will ever happen. If your eating is tied to emotion, then again, you have to take care of yourself. Find out what your triggers are, and either seek to deal with them differently, or cut them out of your life altogether. That's where the therapist could help you. But the above still applies - while we'll all have naughty days where we eat too much junk or not enough healthy stuff, we have to make a real effort to make most days good days. I don't consider eating healthy depriving my body of "good stuff" - I consider it loving my body by giving it what it wants. Your body works hard every day to normalize and make itself healthy despite the things you put into it. Eating healthy just makes things much easier for it.