Will the government, policy makers and the food industry take notice this time?" Fortunately, the people behind the Dietary Guidelines understand that. The limit on total fat is an outdated concept, an obstacle to sensible change that promotes harmful low-fat foods, undermines efforts to limit refined grains and added sugars, and discourages the food industry from developing products higher in healthy fats. Instead, the committee encouraged consumption according to healthful food-based diet patterns In addition, reduced-fat foods were specifically not recommended for obesity prevention. ".Recognizing this new evidence, the scientists on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, for the first time in 35 years have sent recommendations to the government without any upper limit on total fat. Then I read this interesting article in the NYT Article, which agreed with me and essentially said… When it comes to weight loss, simple is the only thing that has ever worked for me. So, while counting points works for some people, so does counting counting calories or food groups, and I think it's a whole lot simpler, which is important when you are prone to laziness the way I am. With exchanges you never forget that you are talking about FOOD. There's nothing sexy, flashy or trendy about them, but they work. It was "clean eating" back before such a term even existed.įood exchange programs like this have been around for decades and are well tested. This way of eating was first developed for diabetics as a way to keep their blood sugar stable. Once you learn serving sizes and number of servings, it's easy to stay on track. You are allotted so many servings from each food group every day. You eat real food from all the food groups: starch, protein, fat, fruits, vegetables, and dairy. What I learned way way back in that early 1990s Weight Watchers exchange plan has stuck with me all these years. Recently, I had a lightbulb moment: While I learned the Weight Watchers Points and Points Plus systems, and know how to calculate them, I don't think in terms of Points, I think in terms of numbers of servings of food groups. Martha McKinnon's Weight Watchers Story: Part 3 How I Came to the Conclusion that WW Food Exchanges Was Better than Points Martha McKinnon's Weight Watchers Story: Part 2 Martha McKinnon's Weight Watchers Story: Part 1 I now know that I need systems, discipline, accountability and support to maintain a happy healthy weight. I thought I'd be able to go it alone-a big mistake in retrospect. Naive and cocky, I failed to take maintenance seriously. I followed the plan, learned a ton about healthy balanced eating and portion control and consistently lost weight week after week. I did lose weight and become a lifetime member following, Quick Success, Weight Watchers food based exchange program, long before they switched over to Points. This would be quickly followed by: "How could that be?" "You're nuts." "Weight Watchers is a huge public company that knows a lot more than you do." "It's so retro." "It's just because you learned it first, it's the plan you had initial success with and became a lifetime member following." "You're being nostalgic." The WW Points Based Programsĭid you ever have a nagging thought that you just couldn't get out of your head? Here's one that I've been wrestling with for a while now: "The old Weight Watchers food based exchange program (Quick Success) from the late 1980s / early 1990s was better for my personal weight loss than counting Points" My Experience with WeightWatchers Old Food Based Exchange Plan VS.
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