Hallelujah!
moment for me!
From The New York Times:
When The New York Times hired me to write about science and health 52 years ago, I was 40 pounds overweight. I’d spent the previous three years watching my weight rise as I hopped from one diet to the next in a futile attempt to shed the pounds most recently gained.
No amount of exercise, and I did plenty of it, could compensate for how much I ate when I abandoned the latest weight loss scheme. I had become a living example of the adage: A diet is something one goes on to go off.
Even daylong fasting failed me. When I finally ate supper, I couldn’t stop eating until I fell asleep, and sometimes awoke the next morning with partly chewed food in my mouth. I had dieted myself into a binge-eating disorder, and that really scared me. Clearly, something had to change.
I finally regained control when I stopped dieting..……I made a plan to eat three nutritious, satisfying meals every day with one small snack, which helped me overcome the temptation to binge in response to deprivation.
Much to my surprise, a month later I had lost 10 pounds — eating! Eating good food, that is, and plenty of it. I continued the regimen without difficulty because it was not a diet. It was a way to live and a healthy one at that. And I continued to lose, about two pounds a month….
Hi Robin, Wonderful information…thank you very much for posting this.
Hello Robin,
I recently read the column you referenced and it is pointing me to a way to lose the weight that I have gained since I met my husband. I had followed a very sensible, portion control, Weight Watcher plan for 10 years, from 1982 until I met him in 1992. I lost a small amount of weight, but I was able to keep it off for 10 years.
I have a copy of your most recent book and I am going to follow your lead in replacing carbs with vegetables.
I have been (and am!)a follower of Jane–as I am with you,Robin.Both of you have helped and inspired us on our health journey through life.Thank you!
In my 70’s now(oh!where h a s the time gone?)I find trying to maintain good health,and weight, important than ever.(the two seem linked for me).
And!At this stage,sensibility is the course to follow;feeling well truly gives one encouragement to face the day with gladness and thanksgiving.
Agree 100%, Natalia.
Oh wow this has got to be a book for me so silly all this dieting and binging
Hi, Robin – …a brilliant post! I can see why that would be a Hallelujah moment for you – but, to be fair, you did just recently purchase a church. 😉 — Chris
Very funny, Chris! and you are right–though it is deconsecrated.
Very interesting Robin, that is rather like Weight Watcher philosophy. It has to become an enjoyable lifestyle, not a ‘diet’. You have done good things for your health so keep up the good work. I have your cook books and I envy your access to French Market supplies. Love your cats too, as I am too old to have one now. Best regards, Joan
Thanks, Joan. Yes–it’s a way of eating that becomes habitual.