I read this today here in response to this entry about “Weight Watchers co-opting Fat Lib rhetoric” :

…If you’re on weight watchers, you basically come so obsessed with food. Most of the people I know who have done it become really annoying and obnoxious because they’re constantly figuring out their points and talking about what they’re eating.

The problem is, probably the easiest way to eat better is to actually STOP obsessing about your meals.

Spoken like someone who has never had to lose a pound in his life!

I agree, it’s not cool to constantly talk about how many points are in everything - most people aren’t interested, and that’s okay. I understand how it can get on your nerves after a while, and I don’t want to be that girl. That’s why I come here - to get it out of my system.

But I think to achieve my goal I need to obsess over every bite. I know what happens when I don’t obsess over every bite - I end up 5′ 3″ and 161lbs!

People who say things like the quote above don’t understand how easily some of us can inhale an entire bag of potato chips or Reese’s cups when we’re not intently focused on each bite and constantly evaluating, “Do I really need this? Am I really hungry, or just bored?” Hopefully one day it’ll be a no-brainer, and I’ll be so used to making good choices that I’ll do it automatically. But I’m sure it’s going to take a lot of obsessing to retrain myself after a lifetime of being overweight. And I’m going to do that. I’m going to put that much effort into watching what I eat - hopefully without annoying the skinny people around me.