I very rarely talk about matters of weight loss. Having been a person of “normal” weight until reaching my senior year of HS, I don’t know why I still find it difficult to talk about. Name any other subject and I’ll happily discuss it for hours. But my weight and diet struggles and triumphs I usually tend to keep very private. I think growing up watching my mother’s struggles with weight have a lot to do it with it, maybe. My mother owned two copies of a nutritional guide book through the years. One an updated version of the other. I grew up knowing more about nutrition and eating healthy than most children probably do.
That knowledge didn’t stop me from turning into a slowly inflating human balloon as an adult though. I am still reluctant to join any groups. Even free ones such as this free calorie counter. I’ve browsed through their website and typed a few things into their database search and honestly, I think it’s a very smart place for those who don’t know what they are doing to their bodies and want to start learning and keeping track. Their database is full of nutritional label facts for a wide variety of prepared foods. My only wish is that there was a way to put a recipe into their database and see what end results are.
I know that already prepared food is a boon for those of us struggling to lose weight and then maintain that weight-loss once it is achieved. I just can’t bring myself to deal with the preservatives that are packaged along with the food. I think far too many of us are going to end up being well preserved long after death as a result of preservatives. Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t admonish those who eat them now and then. Especially those with families or who are on a tight food budget. I just know that personally, I feel a lot healthier when I’m eating fresh whole foods.
