But then you click on the image and then beside all the foods under those groups are wee symbols P - protein, F- fibre - S - speed
further along through the books you get to study, they are very clear that you will get best results if you stick to the foods that are speed and protein
The not counting or weighing is rather like the signs on the door of a sale - UP TO 75% off - most is only reduced by 10%
The no limits, that great, its like I say, someone who is obese ( like I was ) with huge portion sizes ( that was me ) , is going to fall off plan the minute they start feeling hungry, you know that which is why you are using WLI, you cant handle the hunger. So they say to you, dont go hungry, eat, eat the pasta and the potatoes till you are full and leave the ruddy donuts alone. So you do, and you lose weight. Not because you are eating unlimited pasta and spuds, its because you have left the donuts alone. Eventually that stops working, you plateaux - everyone does so you speak up in group and what you usually eat in a day looked at and its suggested that you are not having enough speed, that your diet is now too carb heavy. So thats usually when people start cutting the pasta and spuds and picking more foods from the speed ( veg ) and protein. And guess what? They realise they arent dying of hunger pains . Getting that far having lost perhaps 10% body weight, feeling better in themselves, being able to move more, they can handle a few hunger pains in between meals because they see the results each week on the scales and from how their clothes fit
Slowly, and for me it was very slow, portion sizes reduce to normal and those portions are full of the stuff you need to be eating - veg and proteins with enough fibre and dairy for good health
it is not rocket science, its not a diet, its a plan for life and some of us ( me included ) take a while to learn it and realise - this is it. This is how I. have to eat forever to maintain a healthy BMI
I was that person who's meals were mostly carbs. Id have four slices of toast thick with butter in the morning, mid morning the drivers would come in with hot sausage rolls, lunch would be cheese on toast and a chocolate bar, afternoons the crisps would come out in work, came home, cooked a meal, picked around it cos I was a serial veg dodger, then come ten o clock Im back raiding the biscuits or the bread bin. I knew it wasnt healthy, I knew it was making me fat, but I had no will power to resist. I craved bread and pastry. If there was a fresh white fluffy loaf, Id be sat here visualising it, planing on what I was going to have on the next slice, when was I going to get the next slice. If we ate out, I was picking the dish that had chips or the pasta and garlic bread. Hell Id even order chips with a Sunday roast as I wasnt going to eat the veg. Oh believe me when I say I know about food noise, about cravings and binging, but with the help of SW I've turned the tide. I dont crave pastry or bread anymore, indeed now if I do eat them I get an upset tummy and bowels. I cant eat much in the way of a takeaway as the salt and sugar kills me. I now prefer homemade food - veggies included and I am never hungry. Well obviously I get the odd hunger pain as we all do when we are running late on meal times, but I can live with them, I know I dont need to eat until my meal is ready
Im not consumed thinking about food in unhealthy ways. I do have to meal plan, I need to know ahead what plans I have for the week and work around those. Im not saying no to dinners out or birthday parties, or a slice of homemade cake some one brings in to work. But Im aware and I choose wisely around those events
SW is not a diet, They are giving you the tools and support to move from disorganised unhealthy eating to normal healthy eating and they are there every day , 24/7 to keep you at it . We laugh in group that its really AA, and its is very similar . The tools and support, but there is only one person who can do it
Now we can argue on and on for pages and tbh you are never going to change your stance and Im not going to change mine so lets call it quits and go enjoy Christmas. Im spending the day cleaning the house, wrapping the last of the pressies, may even find time to decorate the tree ( ill health in the household has meant thats taken a back seat ) and tonight Im looking forward to mince pies and a glass of baileys cuddled up on the sofa with DH and the dog after my sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice ( of which there will be a rainbow of veg throughout )
Merry Christmas