Food obsessed, always feeling guilty

I know what you mean Antonia, you have to watch your diet because of your weight problems but although I am 5'6'' and a size 12 with no health issues I feel guilty when I read about something else that isn't good for me. Everything seems to give us something!
I have had to lose weight in the past, not masses but about 2 stone just to keep me on the right path. I once had a conversation with a huge woman (I was massaging her ) she told me she'd never noticed it going on. When I was young I didn't believe her but now I know that 2 lbs a year adds up.
I eat proper food, no low fat or sugar for me, most of my fat friends eat fat free. However, I gave up sugar in tea and coffee years ago and don't eat huge portions of anything. I wish cafes would do tiny portions of cake because I really only want a taste- not a whole slice.
Now wine, that's another subject.

Antonia, if you are unwilling to eat flavourless food and must avoid salt, try lemon juice. It will buck up the flavour of pretty much anything and you don't really taste the lemon. All veg, fish and chicken, strawberries as well.

Fran0251 I had a peek at the "Breakfast is a dangerous meal" book. (Using the Amazon 'look inside' feature). The author had a fasting blood sugar level of over 19 when he was diagnosed with diabetes, which is very high. Mine is usually in the 5.6 to 6.5 range, depending on what I have eaten the night before. The limit for a normal reading is 5.9, so that puts me in the prediabetic range. I see the author's point though. If you I don't eat then your blood sugar doesn't rise, and he obviously needed to do something pretty drastic to control his very high levels. For me breakfast is almost always eggs in some form or another, plus a little toast. I don't eat much lunch, usually yoghurt, cheese and nuts, so I couldn't function without breakfast. Flutt thank you for your suggestion of lemon juice. I will try it.

Antonia can't believe your DH has lived in France 17 years and not mastered the language.
Anyway sucessive government bodies have indeed brainwashed us into
thinking we must eat this we can't eat that. I had an issue with what constitutes a salad. Years ago for me it consisted of tomatoes lettuce and cucumber. Over time I felt, due to pressure I must buy practically every salad vegetable going. Along with this I hoped it would build my immunity against coughs and colds to which I am very prone. I even tried juicing so I could ram down as much of this stuff as possible using a liquid form. Needless to say, despite my best efforts the cough and cold still showed up a couple of times a year. I have now gone back to the salad veg I enjoy which is tomatoes cue lettuce and bell peppers.
As for salt I love it and one train of thought is we need it and to deprive ourselves of it is harmful.