I Cheat

Let me start by saying this: Weight Watchers is an awesome program. I would recommend it to anyone who really wants to lose weight.

Now, let me tell you about my cheating.

1) I did not get fat eating fruit. I am not a big fruit eater and really hate having to use 2 points to eat a banana. So my cheat with fruit is this: Any fruit I eat is 1 point. When I put it in my journal, I use whatever serving size equals 1 point. I remember a former poster on the 100+ Board that lost all of her weight but never counted points for fruit. Of course I haven't seen her on there for a while. Maybe she got fat again by eating fruit.

2) Not sure that this is an actual cheat because there are differing schools of thought. I'm of the belief that yes indeed, potatoes are a vegetable. However, I only count potatoes as 1 serving. 1/2 cup of potatoes = 1 serving and 1 point. 3 cups of potatoes = 1 serving and 7.5 points

3) Lettuce, on the other hand, is indeed a vegetable. There is no argument there. But iceberg lettuce, my lettuce of choice, has no nutritional value at all. WW says that 1 cup of lettuce is a vegetable serving. I agree. However, 3 cups of lettuce in my world is also 1 vegetable serving.

Okay, not the worst cheats in the world and none involve brownies (darn it). But I feel better having confessed that.