Potato Soup for the Soul

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As a 6 or 7 time alumnus of Weight Watchers, the Weight Watchers potato soup recipe has earned it's own little groove in the neuro pathways of my brain. I haven't made it since the last time I joined Weight Watchers which was maybe 2005 or so. Tuesday, I was exactly half way through my Augmentin prescription for my sinus infection when some side effects hit me massively.

Note to self: Do not eat dense whole grain bread and cole slaw when on Augmentin.

The solution was to abstain from eating for most of the day, a heating pad, sip weak tea, and then eat bland WW potato soup. I've been making and freezing Veggie soup all winter to increase my veg intake . It was different to pull this gem in to the rotation (I added veggies to the recipe). I ate some and I froze some. No biggie. Probably will be another 7 years before I make this again.

The nice thing is , the part that soothes my soul is this. I reflected as I ate that soup that I know I'll never do Weight Watchers again . I don't have to count points. I'll probably never forget what the point counts are for certain food items , but I don't want or need to remember them. I'm not saying I'm at my healthy goal weight. I'll never be at the "appropriate recommended" weight for my height -the last time I weighed that number may have been when I was 11 years old. Always a fat kid.

I'm just saying that I don't think going down that particular path of points and meetings is what works for me. It's baby steps and getting stuck for months on end and then going gung ho and then starting over and then realizing I am out of control again and back at square one. I know in my soul, that it's more about self love and self care. Caring for myself enough to have a conversation with myself. The little food addict still wins sometimes , but it doesn't last long. Not years and years or months and months or weeks and weeks or even days. I'm talking her through that feeling that only food will make it better. Soothing the soul. Funny it was that bland starchy soup that made me think about this.

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