Changing Our Vocabulary

My Dear Fellow Calorie Counters,

I would like to start a new campaign; a campaign to eliminate the word and thinking involved with "CHEAT"!!!  I can't begin to count the number of times I've seen that word on this site in the past year and every time I do it makes me cringe.  We are Calorie Counters NOT! cheaters!!! We are Calorie Counters NOT! liars!!! We are Calorie Counters NOT! committment breakers!!!

We have got to learn and understand that we are what we say we are and we will act accordingly.  So if we continue to say we "cheat" what are we speaking over ourselves? 

Eat what you want and count it.  Be responsible for it and move on.  It makes no difference if you spend your calories on oatmeal or fried chicken, salad or chocolate chip cookies.  A calorie is just a calorie, nothing more, nothing less. Let's stop beating ourselves up and commit to enjoying all of the food choices we have.

Are you with me?