tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post7849500345204460010..comments2023-12-18T07:59:16.525-05:00Comments on Hats and Rabbits: Shark on a LeashChris Matarazzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-84184289416998882352013-02-06T17:32:44.361-05:002013-02-06T17:32:44.361-05:00Well, sister-o-mine, they key is certainly in what...Well, sister-o-mine, they key is certainly in what you said: "I have learned to understand my self." Me, too. In the end, we're all "dieters" -- we all have to have a diet. WW will keep e in the zone. BUt I also agree with never acting as if my diet was ruined. You just go back to eating well after you do badly for a night. Ah, well -- as long as I can get into my bikini this summer...Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-53939192857330189412013-02-06T15:31:09.036-05:002013-02-06T15:31:09.036-05:00First of all, the shark thing – hysterical.
When...First of all, the shark thing – hysterical. <br /><br />When I said perhaps WW was missing something, I meant really that there was something in you that resists it for some reason. No doubt that WW works. The reasons I left the WW bandwagon were many. I didn't want to be "a dieter" anymore. I didn't want to have to measure food and write things down and notify books the rest of my life or be afraid to go out to eat or go to a party. BUT and this is a BIG BUT...I watch what I eat ALL OF THE TIME. EVERY DAY. No – "I'll eat better tomorrow or Monday" because I "ruined" my diet. If I mess up today, I make up for it tonight. I go to bed "hungry" mostly every day. It's constant work, because I am blessed, unfortunately, with a large fat man's appetite. Sometimes Matt will say while we're eating: "Did you have enough to eat?" And I say yes, but laugh inside, because no, I really could eat a ton more, but I choose not to. I was glad to see you write "...But the way I see it, I am slated for a life of keeping track of "points." That really is key. And just because I don't use a measuring cup or a scale to weigh my food, doesn't mean I don't keep track. I keep mental track and keep portions under control. I have learned to understand myself and my eating habits and how I enjoy my food. For example, if I go to a party, I'll likely skip a dessert or goodie. Not because it's not delicious, but because I know that when I get home later, I'll want a little treat. And I'll enjoy my little treat much more mindfully at home than at a party talking with other people. Sounds silly, but you get the idea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-32144266813774821272013-02-06T13:16:33.523-05:002013-02-06T13:16:33.523-05:00I guess my point is that when I am on the diet, I ...I guess my point is that when I am on the diet, I am forced to think about what I eat -- something I would not otherwise do. <br /><br />Please provide a 15 point dinner for me tonight and keep your hands and feet (and those of our children) away from my gaping maw.Chris Matarazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17885109959459471509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693471143220681808.post-24332772781557733982013-02-06T12:55:39.429-05:002013-02-06T12:55:39.429-05:00But... but...
You are not mindless. And you philo...But... but...<br /><br />You are not mindless. And you philosophize about EVERYTHING else in life. You are the Constant Philsophizer.<br /><br />Why can't you do it with food? You use logic to to temper many automatic/reflexive/reactive/emotional things in life. Why not food?<br /><br />I was going to say that using WW is like using logic, but it isn't. It's like using a template so you can go on NOT thinking about what you eat. Perhaps, that is indeed, what is missing. The very fact that you are not bending you mind, your logic, to your will when it comes to food.<br /><br />You said yourself: you don't think about what you eat and that it the problem. Continuing to not think about it is not going to fix anything.<br /><br />Sorry. Not trying to be argumentative.<br />If you are happy measuring and weighing, I will shut up.<br />But I will continue to wonder...Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655593942753389395noreply@blogger.com