An Unhealthy Relationship With Food

I found this website:  Eating Well and it is loaded with information and recipes.  They have recipes for any type of diet you could be on and even meal plans!

Today I tried:  Raspberry-Banana Yogurt Parfait (except I used strawberries instead of raspberries and I used vanilla non-fat greek yogurt instead of plain, but it says I can do that).  It was very good and will probably be breakfast for the week.

I have an unhealthy relationship with food.  Which is why this website was a goldmine for me.

When I started WW way back when (during the last version of the original point plan); it taught me the importance of portion sizes, weighing & measuring.  I ate more vegetables because of their low point values; and I began eating lower fat/sugar (or fat/sugar free) versions of items that otherwise would of been high in points.

That lower fat/sugar (or free) would follow me for years.  I allowed points to point me towards them - it gave me points for other things.  It helped me save points.

If you've ever read the nutrition label of a food that is fat free or sugar free (or a reduced version); you'll find that to make that happen, a lot of chemicals become involved.  That's not healthy.

Realizing that WW provided me with helpful information but also harmful ones is a realization that comes hard.  As WW has been involving into more than just points (you can track just about any nutritional value you want along with points); I found myself relying less on points and more on the other values.  I could be well within those values and way over in points - so what is right???

We know what is right.....we know what we should be eating and what we shouldn't be.  I don't ever think I could be a health food nut; but I do know I should and can eat healthier and enjoy a treat now and then.  

It's a long and hard progress, but I don't want food to be the boss of me.