DUH
How could I have forgotten the most fundamental principle of losing weight? Undereating! It hit me as I counted the almonds in the little packets I buy from Trader Joe's, one of my years-long portion control tricks. Weight Watchers assigns 5 points to 23 almonds. My "handful of almonds" packets contain 44 almonds, which equate to 10 points--nearly half of my entire days allotment by WW's standards! What? I think of those "handfuls" of almonds as healthy and practically calorie-less. They're a mere whisper in my day. Sometimes I even have two of those whispers, with barely a thought. The road is narrowing. Relinguishing my comfort foods is not going to be enough, at least not in the short run. Melodramatic reflections at the end of the day.