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Susan Carlson

Monday, March 1, 2010

What tempts you?

I was responding to a post on WW when I realised something.


I don't go 'off track' because I am craving cake or chocolate or any specific food.


I am following WW, no food is banned. I have a generous points allowance and can fit a generous number of 'treats' in my day and week. I never feel deprived on WW.


What I crave is being 'off track'. I crave not counting points and weighing food and finding and choosing gluten free low point options. I crave not thinking about losing weight.


So I can sit here with 22 of my 26 point daily allowance still to be eaten and argue with myself about going off track. With 22 points I can eat 170gm of a cadbury's chocolate block. That is a large amount. So I can easily eat say 100gm (13 points) and still have 9 for lunch and dinner (my fave dinner is 5 points). There is NO reason to want to go off track.


But I want to.


When you want to go off track is it because of a specific food or just because you want to be 'off track'? 

(I think I will add a poll if I can work out how!)

9 comments:

-S- said...

Oh, yes, absolutely - the idea of just eating whatever and not having to think and worry about what you are eating is definitely alluring.

I find that I go off track by allowing myself to get to a particular combination of things: hungry, tired, and lazy. Those three things just about definitely then point to going off track. Other than that I generally have no problem staying within my daily points!

Christine said...

chucking my scale out the window tempts me...

Anonymous said...

What a good post. I always thought that I was tempted by food. Maybe it being tempted to be reckless and carefree for a moment??!!
I have thought that I will just keep on track. Emotions are like waves but my tracking will be consistent. At least then I can say it is on track. LOL

Anonymous said...

What a good post. I always thought that I was tempted by food. Maybe it being tempted to be reckless and carefree for a moment??!!
I have thought that I will just keep on track. Emotions are like waves but my tracking will be consistent. At least then I can say it is on track. LOL

Sib said...

Great insight Fiona. One I've often thought of myself. For me it's about control - or maybe it USED to be about control as I haven't felt it this time - yet. I grew up in a super controlled environment. I don't even remember having a personality until I left home, although my school friends assured me I definitely had one at school.

Anyway, I've often thought that I hate others (WW, Jenny Craig, SureSlim, etc) being in control of what I eat, hence I've found it impossible to ever get to goal. But then, I'm now thinking that I could easily turn this thought around... No one else is in control... I am now totally in control because I CHOOSE to be in control and I CHOOSE to be slim and trim and fit and healthy.

Food for thought - excuse the pun (*_*)

Syl said...

the thing that makes me want to go off track are not food realted at all, it's a feeling.

A feeling of being normal, not having to count calories and have a feeling of freedom.

But that feeling last as long as the next gain on the scale, I know I have to be accountable and keep doing what I am doing to get the results I want.

Great post!

Katy said...

I know how you feel, and I often think that way. Sometimes it feels constricting to stick to points, andy ou want to break free - even though you CAN eat whatever you want (in moderation!) with WW, sometimes you just want to be FREE. Hard to really document it, isn't it?!

divad said...

Very interesting question. I think it is craving being off track. Freedom from tracking, weighing etc.

Anne H said...

I think some things are better for us, and some things are worse for us.
Track or no track.
Program, plan, etc.
Maybe it all works out for a higher good?

Monday, March 1, 2010

What tempts you?

I was responding to a post on WW when I realised something.


I don't go 'off track' because I am craving cake or chocolate or any specific food.


I am following WW, no food is banned. I have a generous points allowance and can fit a generous number of 'treats' in my day and week. I never feel deprived on WW.


What I crave is being 'off track'. I crave not counting points and weighing food and finding and choosing gluten free low point options. I crave not thinking about losing weight.


So I can sit here with 22 of my 26 point daily allowance still to be eaten and argue with myself about going off track. With 22 points I can eat 170gm of a cadbury's chocolate block. That is a large amount. So I can easily eat say 100gm (13 points) and still have 9 for lunch and dinner (my fave dinner is 5 points). There is NO reason to want to go off track.


But I want to.


When you want to go off track is it because of a specific food or just because you want to be 'off track'? 

(I think I will add a poll if I can work out how!)

9 comments:

-S- said...

Oh, yes, absolutely - the idea of just eating whatever and not having to think and worry about what you are eating is definitely alluring.

I find that I go off track by allowing myself to get to a particular combination of things: hungry, tired, and lazy. Those three things just about definitely then point to going off track. Other than that I generally have no problem staying within my daily points!

Christine said...

chucking my scale out the window tempts me...

Anonymous said...

What a good post. I always thought that I was tempted by food. Maybe it being tempted to be reckless and carefree for a moment??!!
I have thought that I will just keep on track. Emotions are like waves but my tracking will be consistent. At least then I can say it is on track. LOL

Anonymous said...

What a good post. I always thought that I was tempted by food. Maybe it being tempted to be reckless and carefree for a moment??!!
I have thought that I will just keep on track. Emotions are like waves but my tracking will be consistent. At least then I can say it is on track. LOL

Sib said...

Great insight Fiona. One I've often thought of myself. For me it's about control - or maybe it USED to be about control as I haven't felt it this time - yet. I grew up in a super controlled environment. I don't even remember having a personality until I left home, although my school friends assured me I definitely had one at school.

Anyway, I've often thought that I hate others (WW, Jenny Craig, SureSlim, etc) being in control of what I eat, hence I've found it impossible to ever get to goal. But then, I'm now thinking that I could easily turn this thought around... No one else is in control... I am now totally in control because I CHOOSE to be in control and I CHOOSE to be slim and trim and fit and healthy.

Food for thought - excuse the pun (*_*)

Syl said...

the thing that makes me want to go off track are not food realted at all, it's a feeling.

A feeling of being normal, not having to count calories and have a feeling of freedom.

But that feeling last as long as the next gain on the scale, I know I have to be accountable and keep doing what I am doing to get the results I want.

Great post!

Katy said...

I know how you feel, and I often think that way. Sometimes it feels constricting to stick to points, andy ou want to break free - even though you CAN eat whatever you want (in moderation!) with WW, sometimes you just want to be FREE. Hard to really document it, isn't it?!

divad said...

Very interesting question. I think it is craving being off track. Freedom from tracking, weighing etc.

Anne H said...

I think some things are better for us, and some things are worse for us.
Track or no track.
Program, plan, etc.
Maybe it all works out for a higher good?