Perpetual Healthy Eating and Fitness Rant & Rave thread

Mom of Scooby · May 10, 2012, 08:38:35 AM

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2012, 08:12:50 AM
great job, MoS!!!! When I lived by myself it was MUCH easier. I have a hard time with not finishing DD's food, snacks, etc. Like the other day she ate 1/3 of a granola bar, i took a bite and tossed the rest, usually i would eat the whole thing.

Oh and the Panera box, DD wanted danish, i do not particularly care for danish, so i only ate the bite she forced me to eat. My neighbors and her enjoyed it as did DH later on. I did get bread for DH, but have not touched it. I did eat a bite of cookie when I picked her up. Not too bad though. I just made DD choc chip cookies though, so trying not to eat any, they are still in the oven.

When my kids were little I always finished their food.. that's why I ballooned up! I hate waste..

I had to make brownies last night for work and now they are sitting in a pan... There are a lot of broken ones.. I need to just chuck them!

merigayle · May 10, 2012, 08:46:06 AM

i think i am pretty good to not eat the cookies, but brownies? i would be like, oooh let me just take a teeny slice, and then next time thru the kitchen, just another teeny little slice, until i ate like a ton of them

the cookies look realllllly good! LOL.

As a spin off on the thread in yammering, i rarely ever binge eat, but i think about food 24/7, what will i eat next? what did i eat so far? how many calories have i eaten today? it's constant chatter in my head.

triciaflower · May 10, 2012, 08:58:20 AM

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2012, 08:46:06 AM
i rarely ever binge eat, but i think about food 24/7, what will i eat next? what did i eat so far? how many calories have i eaten today? it's constant chatter in my head.

YES! Me too. I don't binge either, but I constantly think about food. It may be my slightly OCD personality. Once something gets in my head, I think about it constantly.

triciaflower · May 10, 2012, 08:59:54 AM

Quote from: Mom of Scooby on May 10, 2012, 07:55:41 AM
I feel so good these days! Last night at track some of the woman I was running with in my group commented about how strong I looked running..

You are inspiring me!

Mom of Scooby · May 10, 2012, 09:10:23 AM

Quote from: triciaflower on May 10, 2012, 08:59:54 AM
You are inspiring me!

Not sure I'm "bow down to inspiring" but glad I can! That's what this thread is for. Others in here have inspired me to pay it forward!

merigayle · May 10, 2012, 09:11:33 AM

Quote from: triciaflower on May 10, 2012, 08:58:20 AM
YES! Me too. I don't binge either, but I constantly think about food. It may be my slightly OCD personality. Once something gets in my head, I think about it constantly.

yep, and i totally have OCD tendencies. I never thought about food actually until I started dieting with WW the first time in grad school, then it became something that really overtook my mental space. Before that, I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, without though, hence why i gained weight. It was not binge eating, but just portion control. I could easily drink an entire carton of OJ in one day, bowls of cereal and pasta were HUGE, etc.

My roommate who i went to WW with was a food addict, severely. She would go to the pizza place across the street and order a pizza and a couple subs and get 4 or 5 different sodas so it seemed like it was for her and her friends, when it was just for her. So I have totally witnessed first hand some of the behaviors others have talked about in the other thread.

Mom of Scooby · May 10, 2012, 09:12:22 AM

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2012, 08:46:06 AM
i think i am pretty good to not eat the cookies, but brownies? i would be like, oooh let me just take a teeny slice, and then next time thru the kitchen, just another teeny little slice, until i ate like a ton of them the cookies look realllllly good! LOL.

As a spin off on the thread in yammering, i rarely ever binge eat, but i think about food 24/7, what will i eat next? what did i eat so far? how many calories have i eaten today? it's constant chatter in my head.

Actually.. I promised to save some brownies for someone

But not sure I'll be able to get them to him before they go stale!

Mom of Scooby · May 10, 2012, 09:14:35 AM

Quote from: merigayle on May 10, 2012, 09:11:33 AM
yep, and i totally have OCD tendencies. I never thought about food actually until I started dieting with WW the first time in grad school, then it became something that really overtook my mental space. Before that, I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, without though, hence why i gained weight. It was not binge eating, but just portion control. I could easily drink an entire carton of OJ in one day, bowls of cereal and pasta were HUGE, etc.

My roommate who i went to WW with was a food addict, severely. She would go to the pizza place across the street and order a pizza and a couple subs and get 4 or 5 different sodas so it seemed like it was for her and her friends, when it was just for her. So I have totally witnessed first hand some of the behaviors others have talked about in the other thread.

I have done something similar with Chinese food! Well, when I asked for chopsticks I increased the # I would need. I am pretty sure I have a problem with addiction to food.. like alcoholics have with alcohol. That's why I can't keep certain stuff in the house. I wonder if that's why my not logging lately is working better for me? Since it's not in my mind how much more I can eat for the day I'm not obsessing over it, yet I am still mindfully eating and being careful?

debbatx · May 10, 2012, 10:02:34 AM

I should have gotten up this morning, but, well, I didn't. Oh well. It's supposed to rain all night tonight into tomorrow, so I don't know quite what I'm going to do yet. Maybe yoga. Maybe sleep. Tomorrow's going to be a very long day at work - it's the college's graduation ceremony tomorrow night, and I have to work at it. This sounds awful, but hopefully not too many graduates show up so it won't take too long.

witchypoo · May 10, 2012, 10:41:42 AM

Quote from: Magic Microbe on May 09, 2012, 01:48:34 PM
It is really getting to me too.

Shit like that really makes me feel like crap. I mean I guess I know people judge me but to have the fact that people that I like and I respect are probably judging me based on the fact that I am not as skinny as them makes me want to cry. Because if they judge people they care about you know they are judging the rest of us.

with all due respect...
i have no investment in you; therefore, were i to pass you on the street, your size/appearance/etc. probably wouldn't even register with me. i don't make a habit of judging people based on their physical bodies. particularly women i don't know.

i am way too busy critiquing shoes to do that.

hally · May 10, 2012, 11:31:44 AM

Hi ladies. Long time no keep up here. I have not opened the Yammering thread...is that the packing on pounds one?
Meri, any progress since getting the Mirena out?

I see MOS is doing great! And ^5 Tricia getting your running mojo back.

I was up 3 pounds but it's slowly coming back off. 1.2 off today at WI. Freaking way harder to get off then it was to put on!! Cripes I wasn't all that far off program.
Yes Bolloxed, it's a journey and I am at least proud that I am sticking with it no matter that the weight isn't falling off the way I'd like.

In other news I am going to an ortho on Monday to get a diagnosis on my knee. Not running sucks but at least I can ride, been doing that the last two weekends. And elliptical in the mornings. I hate not being outside but walking just doesn't get my HR up and I tend to want to break into a jog and that isn't going to help my knee.

Magic Microbe · May 10, 2012, 12:58:39 PM

So I went out to chinease last night even though I should know better. Now I am paying the price as there must have been soy in the sauces.

mango · May 10, 2012, 01:23:30 PM

Quote from: Magic Microbe on May 10, 2012, 12:58:39 PM
there must have been soy in the sauces.

Soy sauce?

Sorry and feel better soon.

debbatx · May 10, 2012, 01:34:38 PM

The sodium would have had me like 5 pounds up on the scale this morning. Hope you feel better soon, MM.

Magic Microbe · May 10, 2012, 01:57:18 PM

Quote from: mango on May 10, 2012, 01:23:30 PM
Soy sauce?

Sorry and feel better soon.

well maybe. They didnt indicate that they were soy based sauces and I kinda said what the hell...I want it dammit. I know I cannot eat soy though.

Magic Microbe · May 10, 2012, 01:57:43 PM

Quote from: debbatx on May 10, 2012, 01:34:38 PM
The sodium would have had me like 5 pounds up on the scale this morning. Hope you feel better soon, MM.

Well I was up like 1.5...but I am sure that will go away.

debbatx · May 10, 2012, 02:06:06 PM

I'm just sensitive to sodium. I'm always up a considerable amount the day after I eat anything with too much sodium.

merigayle · May 10, 2012, 02:49:16 PM

Quote from: debbatx on May 10, 2012, 01:34:38 PM
The sodium would have had me like 5 pounds up on the scale this morning. Hope you feel better soon, MM.

that is me too! Chinese food = up many pounds for 1-3 days!

Mom of Scooby · May 10, 2012, 02:58:39 PM

Quote from: debbatx on May 10, 2012, 01:34:38 PM
The sodium would have had me like 5 pounds up on the scale this morning. Hope you feel better soon, MM.

Oh me too.. 5 lbs easy!

debbatx · May 10, 2012, 03:04:40 PM

That's why I'm nervous about tomorrow. Work is providing dinner for us, but it's Jason's Deli, and even though I'm getting a turkey wrap, it's almost guaranteed to be over-sodium-ed. And Saturday is my WW weigh-in day.

And I can't pump myself full of water after I eat, either, because I have to work throughout the graduation ceremony, so no running away to pee.