Points vs. Calories a la Snorkie
11/22/05 07:12 PM
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Snorkie
Reged: 02/15/05
Posts: 1999
Loc: Northern Illinois, USA
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You know, I have no idea how many calories I eat a day. Some time before I joined Weight Watchers, I recall trying to just count calories, and I had a heck of a time. However, I fully admit that may just be because I have a heck of a time losing weight all by my lonesome. I'm also a research junkie. I LOVE looking stuff up. Looking up points in the book and using the little slide calculator was loads of fun when it was all new (and I still like it).
I was the child who looked stuff up in the encyclopedia for fun. I am STILL that child in my 30s. 
Counting points was easier for me, at any rate.
By the way, 100 calories roughly equals 1 point.
Finally, just like with the IBS diet, you can't think of WW as a diet, as a temporary thing that you can drop as soon as you get to where you want to be...because if you go back to your old ways, you'll eventually go back to your "old weigh." As a point of comparison, with IBS, sure, some of us can have a piece of cheese now and then, but if we did it everyday, we'd be back to the big D and having Pepto for breakfast daily. It is learning what is the right diet for a healthy lifestyle, as in the right way to eat. Besides the fruits and veggies and water, it's learning portion control but also not to deprive yourself. Moderation in all things, in a phrase. 
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