Let's face it. We all hate to diet. Well, at least I do. I hate to join groups and pay them to tell me what to eat. I hate to count calories and keep food journals. None of the nutritional shakes work because I'm allergic to everything healthy. I figured out that if I'm given a system to follow, I spend all my time figuring out how to work the system to still get what I want. So, I've given up on systems. No more Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, calorie counting. I'm just going to eat less. Yeah, right. But there are products out there that force you to eat less. My personal favorite, Lean Cuisine.
Lean Cuisine is made by Stouffers. That's a good start. I mean, anyone who can perfect Macaroni and Cheese in a frozen meal can't be all bad, right? Lean Cuisine has about 255 different types of frozen meals, all of which are right around 300 calories per meal. Perfect. That is, until you eat it. The descriptions are scrumptious. "Succulent shrimp with angel hair pasta in a creamy vegetable sauce." Translation: Four tiny tough shrimp with soggy pasta in a chemically reproduced cream sauce with pieces of red pepper and carrots. Yum. It's actually not too bad, but the problem is, you just get to the point of starting to enjoy it and it's gone. If there were four frozen dinners of succulent shrimp all sitting in a row waiting for me to eat up, then we might have success, but four dinners would equal 1200 calories and that would be all I should eat for the whole day.
I'll keep fighting the good fight, and eating healthy when I can, but until they can make a 300 calorie hamburger and fries that fills me up and tastes delicious, I will eventually lose a few battles. The question becomes will I ever win the war, and what does winning the war look like?
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