I used to feel guilty for eating a whole banana

ChristineinMA
ChristineinMA Posts: 312 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Back when I first joined Weight Watchers, I lost weight using their Selections plan.

Selections were units of food in different categories. You consulted your list of selections to see what fit in each, and into your day. For instance, being a woman in weight loss phase, I would have 2 Milks, 2 Fruits, 3 or more Vegetables, 2 Fats, etc etc.

It was calorie counting, but not - each Fruit was equivalent to about 50-60 calories so you could have a cup and half of strawberries, but only 2 T of raisins.

Every time I wanted a banana, I had to figure out what to do with the other half. I remember trying to pawn it off on others or saving it in the freezer for a future smoothie (if I remembered it was there).

Now I just eat the damn banana!

What kind of "food fears" did you develop from dieting??

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  • rumplesnat
    rumplesnat Posts: 372
    Fruit in general seems to get a bad rap from many fad diets. It's about as natural as it gets, just like vegetables and whole grains! Yes, it has sugar and carbs, but it's NATURAL!!! :wink:
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    Potatoes. They are really good for you if you don't smother them in garbage.
  • RAGGEDYANN1970
    RAGGEDYANN1970 Posts: 115 Member
    Potatoes. They are really good for you if you don't smother them in garbage.

    ^^ i agree with the potatoes
  • mrmagee3
    mrmagee3 Posts: 518 Member
    Fruit in general seems to get a bad rap from many fad diets. It's about as natural as it gets, just like vegetables and whole grains! Yes, it has sugar and carbs, but it's NATURAL!!! :wink:

    Glucose, fructose, etc., are the same, regardless of whether they come from natural sources or not.
  • simsburyjet
    simsburyjet Posts: 999 Member
    Potatoes, Bananas, and Watermelon is all I need to live on.. I guess peanuts need to be added.
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    Nuts! Everyone always tells you that nuts are fattening...
    At that point in my life I had cut almost all fat out of my diet. I didn't know it then, but it was what kept me so hungry and irritable.

    When I started counting calories and recording my meals, I realized that I needed more fat.
    It seemed gross at first and I felt so guilty and dirty to eat olive oil, egg yolks, avocados, almond butter...

    I'm totally done with that nonsense now though, and I feel so much better!
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    It is hard to unlearn choosing fat free foods.

    Regular food tastes better and is better for you... but that's not what you're taught.

    Oh and cheese. Cheese is so good.
  • suv_hater
    suv_hater Posts: 374 Member
    Fruit in general seems to get a bad rap from many fad diets. It's about as natural as it gets, just like vegetables and whole grains! Yes, it has sugar and carbs, but it's NATURAL!!! :wink:

    Glucose, fructose, etc., are the same, regardless of whether they come from natural sources or not.
    What about fiber and water content?

    Are you saying corn syrup is the same as a banana?
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    what is going on here?
  • ChristineinMA
    ChristineinMA Posts: 312 Member
    Nuts! Everyone always tells you that nuts are fattening...
    At that point in my life I had cut almost all fat out of my diet. I didn't know it then, but it was what kept me so hungry and irritable.

    When I started counting calories and recording my meals, I realized that I needed more fat.
    It seemed gross at first and I felt so guilty and dirty to eat olive oil, egg yolks, avocados, almond butter...

    I'm totally done with that nonsense now though, and I feel so much better!

    Agreed! Nuts and avocados were scary to me too!
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    I also avoided most fats. I'd get fat free cottage cheese, skim milk, reduced fat peanut butter (helllooooooo added sugar and salt)...things that iust don't have to be reduced. The calorie difference is easy to adjust to and I'm no longer cheating myself out of flavor.

    I also avoided bananas. But...yum!

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