Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Light bulb moment.......
I went into our local grocery store this morning after dropping off kids. I spy the WW frozen dinners and all the low point treats start jumping out at me as I walk down the isles. I start putting one thing after another into my cart when I realize that most of the "fat free" and "low points" foods are snacks! Here I am buying stuff I never used to buy( frozen dinners, cookies, chocolate bars) but I've got them in my cart because they're "low fat" and they say WW Smart Choice! Here's the thing. My weight gain has never been about the crap I eat because in all honesty, I don't really eat that much crap. I DO have a weakness for Miss Vicki's chips but I don't particularily like ice cream or doughnuts, muffins and I rarely eat cookies. I've had 2 packages of the Cadbury Thins bars in my cupboard for well over 3 months that I forgot about until yesterday!!! We live in a very small town( 12000 people) so there really isn't take out.......other than Subway and I only get a veggie sub which is like $7 and so not worth it. We only eat out about 1 every 2 weeks and that's usually at the golden arches because I have the kids and we've been out all day. My problem is portion control--plain and simple. I eat too much! So... back to my shopping cart. I realize that I STILL don't need these things to help me lose weight and why am I spending all this money on it??!! It's like I'm sabotaging my self. So I put back the WW stuff and the thin Oreos and bought what I actually went in there for in the first place. I'm calling this an NSV.
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2 comments:
honestly, the 0 point things like half a cup of raspberries or carrots are so much more a "treat" than the 100 calorie whatever they're branding today (although I am SO the sucker for them). And although I do like frozen dinners for the convenience factor at lunch @ work, it is so much more filling to make homemade than processed.
great light bulb moment :)
That's a great light bulb moment! I agree...while those things can be nice to have around, nobody really "needs" them to lose weight. In fact, I know for sure that I do better without them :)
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