I recently joined Weight Watchers with a couple
friends. We refer to it as WW it
makes me think of World War I & II.
I guess in a way we have declared war on our middle-aged bodies that
continue to change. So our daily
conversations now consist of counting points, exchanging recipes and finding
ways to keep our vegetables from spoiling.
Dieting is nothing new to me; I have been doing it since I
can remember. In fact my mother
had her own stash of Pepsi Light in the refrigerator, you take one and you lose
a hand so I guess it runs in my family. I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s. It was the wonder bread years. A meal filled with vegetables would
consist of Tator Tot hot dish layered with a can of mixed veggies, cream of
mushroom soup, hamburger topped of with Tator Tots. Eggplant
to me was just another shade of purple.
Chinese was Chow Mein in a can with those tasty little brown crunchy
noodles. That’s how we all ate and
not a McDonalds in sight.
I have tried it all remember the liquid protein diet? Not sure why we thought 2 tablespoons
of a horrific tasting substance in place of a meal could keep us satisfied for
an entire day? I still see Oprah
dragging a wagon with 50 pounds of lard on stage sporting her new body. Well we all know how well that worked
for her. When the low carb diet
came out by day 3, I was considering eating the cushion from my office
chair. Another diet had me so
hungry, I remember feeding the dog his Kibbles and Bits and thinking it looked
really tasty.
So here I go again.
I do know this about myself I need control of what goes into my mouth
each and every day. Last year I
realized I had hit a breaking point when Rich and I ended up at Old Country Buffet. This year I caught myself eating chips
while cooking dinner. I know I am not
alone in this struggle so it helps to have the support of my friends and even
people I don’t know.
As my friend Karen said while waiting for the meeting to
start and staring at a picture on the wall of beautiful skinny Jennifer Hudson
“when we are all done with this do you think we will be able to sing too”? Goals we got goals-
