Making dieting a fun journey

Is it anything like that?
Diet and fun journey sounds like an oxymoron, going hand in hand with virtual reality.
But can we really make it a fun journey?

I believe we can. Taking an ‘as a matter of fact’ approach is much better than any hard core one.
As a baby boomer, I realized that size matters. And I am referring to food of course. It took me awhile to understand that what was permissible when I was 20 is not anymore. Forgotten are the food with butter along with any culinary abuse.
Now I have to think about making colorful meals, something that will please my eyes, my soul and my stomach. I forgot to mention my liver and the not-so-good-anymore gal bladder.

Why I was mentioning the fun journey? Because every time I tried a strict diet I failed, sooner or later. The more strict the diet, the more frustrated I felt. Soon enough I found myself depressed and craving foods to the verge of obsession.
Recently I have changed the action plan. Now, instead of diet I am using ‘way of eating’. As in ‘I am not on a diet, I changed the way I eat’.
Like many other things in life, changing what you eat in order to be and feel healthier, it’s trial and error.
There is no one size fits all for sure. What works for some people might not work for you.

A clear example: one school of thoughts recommends peanut butter as a wonderful protein source. Guess what? Because of the fat content it triggers horrible migraine in me.
So peanut butter it’s a no-no for me.
Another example: I have read that it’s good for you to eat in the morning toast and butter.
Butter is another food that triggers migraines for me.
Therefore instead of eating as per such and such recommendations and feeling miserable and popping one Tylenol after another, I started changing things one at a time.
As I mentioned before: trial and error. I lost and gained weight based on what I ate, not only how much.

What I found so far as being not good for me are: peanut butter, butter, cereals (made me gain weight) and mayo.
As soon as I manage to organize my thoughts I will come up with a list of foods that helped me loose weight along with simple cooking recipes.
I work full time and I have a four-year old son. I don’t have for sophisticated meals.