Emotional BINGE!!!!!

I got FURIOUS (you'd think I still had RED hair!) at one of my students last night. Turns out that she has submitted 10 plagiarized assignments. Supposedly, she is a college faculty member!

Anyway, I am blaming her for my crazy eating binge. Now, I don't even have anything good to binge on!!!! Ate low-carb bread with SF jelly and Smart Balance margarine!!!!!!!!!

Of course, the fact that I ate only 700 calories yesterday (pre-binge) and that most of those were carbs had nothing to do with my binge!

OK - back to the drawing board.

Lynn

Lynn, I think you're just the best! Thanks for that list! And the 700 calories might be why you reacted so strongly to the plagiarist! Good you didn't have the strength to deck her.... What do you teach?

Hi Jess, If you go to the first page and look under "anouncements and forum help" you will see a thread there marked "acronyms" and all of the abbreviations are listed there. Kind of handy to have it there. It is raining here in MO. snowing in Denver??? I just moved here from Florissant, Colorado this summer.

Still can't get into fitday....sigh....DS was fooling around with my computer yesterday and he won't be back until next week. So, I am using a pen and paper. Hahahaha, it was so easy. It all came back to me when I took the pen in my hand.

Glad you're enjoying fitday, Jess.

Lynn, I'd have been furious, too. Wow, a faculty member. What a rotten role model for students. BTW, that list was a good review. I always have to stop and think about some of them. Sometimes I figure them out, sometimes I just can't remember, haha.

Bobbi, sorry about your chicken. I didn't know chickens would do that. I'm no chicken.

DH and I went to visit DS and DIL today. Boy, do they ever have snow piled up on the sides of the road. It's only an hours drive away but what a difference. It was pouring rain by the time we got on the road this morning and it rained all day. I walked this morning and got home just minutes before it started to rain. What a miserable October, weather wise, this has been. It's like we skipped a month and went from September to the end of November. It's going to be a longgggggg winter.

Don't bet on that - remember, I work out EVERY morning:carrot::carrot:! Good for her I teach online;)

I teach Educational Research for the University of Phoenix.

Lynn

Hi all!

The last couple days have been hectic mostly due to my husband's computer crashing. That meant he needed to use mine quite a bit. Because he works at least some of the time out of the house, he needed to get another, so we also did a bit of shopping around. We bought the new computer last night, complete with new (to him) toys like a flat monitor. He's upset about losing all his photos and music, of course (the work stuff is duplicated on the main computer at work). I was able to remind him that most of the photos are also on my computer, which helps. He's now working on uploading his music collection back into iTunes. Anyway, it's been fun.

I had a lovely Sunday, complete with delicious lasagna. Are we permitted to post recipes from other sources? Like cookbooks? This is a GREAT and tasty diet lasagna but it's not my own recipe. I got it from a cookbook called Cook Yourself Thin. Can I post recipes from it so long as I credit the source?

I talked with my SIL, who's no longer being strict about her weight loss program, and she admitted being tired of always keeping track of food, and she doesn't want to do it anymore. That's something I understand very well! All of us do, don't we? We're old pros at this dieting stuff. It's such a pain to always have to watch what we eat, and how much, and how often. I wish with all my heart I didn't have to do it, but I do, because I can practically gain weight just by looking at food. Look at it, eat it, so goes the slippery slope. Anyway, the talk got me thinking about whether I can ever reach that point where I don't have to be conscientious, and there's a little voice saying, "No, Linda. You can't." So I feel good about staying on program today, but am also feeling a little sad because I realize I really will be on a diet forever, no matter how delicious the food I manage to contrive.

Lynn, plagiarism is beyond the pale for that student. You had every reason to be furious! I've taught writing for communication at the college level, and always tell the students right upfront that I will be able to tell if they copy published work. A few have tried to slide it past me, not realizing that really good writing sticks out like a light bulb in a dark room: they'd better be able to repeat that level of work in class. Good for you for catching this gal.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Linda

Good postings today.... Linda, you sound just like me and my friend. We've been bemoaning the same thing. And I did forget that you're small but mighty, Lynn! Good thing for that person that you're teaching online. Can you get her booted from the program, at least? Karen, thanks for the tip... and, yes, Isabella, I'm having SUCH a good time with fitday! Thanks.

Wow - what a short, busy weekend it was! I DID, however, bite the bullet and weigh in on Saturday, and I am (Tah-dahhhhh) only 5 pounds from my Christmas goal of 150! Encouraging, since it seems to be coming from our *new* way of eating - which I guess isn't really all that new anymore, come to think of it - rather than meticulously counting calories. DH has gone down several pants sizes, and it looks like he's ready to drop another one, because his pants have loosened up again to the point of falling off his non-existent rear end. (It was the belly he needed to lose; he's never had any rear end!) I'm happy to be losing right around a pound a week these days, and have been experimenting with receipes that I can make lower-calorie, higher fiber substitutions for the fattening ingredients. I made some (more) apple crisp yesterday - the traditional kind for my daughter and her family, and the healthier, sugar-substitute with added Fiber One cereal kind for DH & I, and it sure was good!
Glad that you regained your skills with a pen, Isabella - sometimes I feel the same way, though. I do all my writing on the computer, and when I actually have to "write" something by hand, seems like I've forgotten that graceful old "palmer method" that we were taught in school. My writing looks like something Bobbi's chickens would scratch out across the chicken coop floor! And speaking of which, Bobbi, I'm awfully sorry about your chicken. I didn't know that sort of thing could happen. Darn - always something, isn't it?
Jess, I thought my DH could maybe take one of those income tax prep courses to give himself something to do - like you said - for a couple of months, at least, but no dice. He's not interested. Darn. Jobs for young retirees certainly aren't around every corner, that's for sure.
Lynn - wow. I think I'd be having a bit of a meltdown, myself over a student like yours. I guess we all might hope that educators are above the fray morally speaking, since they are impacting our children every day in the classroom, but of course they are just as human as the rest of us, and there are good and bad apples out there everywhere. My ex-husband relied on me to do all of his papers for school right up to his CAGS, which is where he was when I divorced him. He couldn't do a research paper - or even write a half-way legible sentence to save his life to be perfectly honest, and he's now a school principal!
How are you doing, Freda? Back to work yet?
We had snow here, Karen - it melted on contact, but it was quite a blizzard, all the same. That was followed by a week of temperatures higher than normal for this time of year. Go figure.
Linda, I'm sorry about your SIL's frustration with dieting. We all feel that way one time or another - many times or others, really, but at the end of the day, it's about health every bit as much as it's about appearance. I had a very sobering experience about six months ago when a co-worker of mine who was significantly overweight, but younger than I am, died. I think that made me more determined than ever to get myself under control.
OKay, Must get ready for work. I missed a few of you, and I apologize, but I just noticed that I'm fifteen minutes behind schedule here... :(

Have a terrific day, all,
:hug:
Z

Hi Zoe,

You know, I do not expect that every student will be able to write well. Some of us have trouble with math, some have problems with directionality, some with interpersonal relationships, and some with writing. I actually encourage all my students with writing problems to post what they have and I will help them get their ideas into passable prose.

However, this woman went into the internet & copied 200+ word essays on topics like "How do you feel about working in Learning Teams?" Some of them were written in the first person and discussed experiences like "living in Japan."

I also found out that in her biography, she claimed to work at a particular college in Montgomery, AL that does not exist. The name she gave is the name of a High School - NOT a college. This is obviously a person with problems.

Anyhow - beautiful day in the Northeast. I plan to meet my DF and go for a walk in a NJ state park.

Have a great day everyone,

Lynn

Good Morning Gals!
I had a terrible night, blew my perfect score for the whole week on the challenge. Last night around 11:30pm. I woke up to 'restless leg syndrome'. This happens once every couple of months. Any of you have that? The only way I got back to sleep was to eat something, therefore going over my 1200 calories. I have to go back and uncheck my 4 to a 3. Lynn...I'm not going to win the challenge either. Speaking of which, I thought the Halloween challenge ended the 31st? I've been seeing the dates you posted but it didn't register in my brain, I just saw the Halloween challenge. It still works for me, posting my goals and I win in the end by losing.
Linda...sorry to tell you dear, but you probably will have to watch you weight the rest of your life. Lynn had a great articles awhile back about this, maybe she can dig it up and post it again. I have no trouble losing weight, the hard part is keeping it off. I think in my tiny brain that I'll never, ever gain it back after all the months of calorie counting. It took toooooooo long and I'm usually sick and tired of writing everything down. HA!, I go right back to my old eating habits and I'm right back up there. I believe that I DESERVE that little bitty piece of cake or cookie. Then I think, I ate one, what's one more? Up and down, up and down. It never ends and I never learn. The one thing I did learn was to get back on the dieting trail before it gets too far out of hand. When my jeans start getting tight, it's time.
Hi everyone else, gotta get going. Have a good one.

Good Morning everyone,

I went back to work this weekend, and while it was hard, I made it through. My foot is very sore this morning, but I don't have to work again untill Friday, so hopefully it will be feeling better by then. 2 of our nurses were "discussing" who made the best pie. So, they both brought in pie's on Sunday. one mixed berry and one apple. And, if that wasn't enough temptation, one of the PCT's brought in a box of those huge muffins from Sam's club. one muffin is enough for a full day's calories. I had 1/4 of a muffin and no pie! Yeah!!!! And to tell the truth, I wasn't overly tempted.

Bobbi, You said it lady!!! If you don't intend to make this a life style change, it's not going to work. There are temptations everywhere. But are they worth not being able to fit into your clothes, and feeling rotten? NO!!

Lynn, The girl must be disturbed. Did she even DREAM you wouldn't catch that?

Linda, I think you can post any recipe. After all, we all got our recipe's from somewhere. Sorry you're starting to feel sad about what you can't have. But, really, you can have anything you want. Just not all you want maybe, and not all the time. Thinking that you can't enjoy the things you love is too depressing. Pick and choose, and have an occasional treat, if that's what it takes to keep you from feeling deprived. I'm lucky, I guess, I love everything!!! I just think about all the things I CAN have, not the things i can't.

Z, Congratulations!!! You are so going to meet that Christmas goal. and I just know Santa is going to know (after all he's knows when we've been good) and you will get some great new clothes, maybe in a smaller size? I play around with my recipes too. Most of them can be altered quite well, with little or no effect on the taste. You didn't mention how you were feeling. I hope you are feeling great by now.

Isabella, I hear you about using paper and hand writting deteriating!! I used to have a nice handwritting (really, I got lots of complements), and now you can hardly read it. After years of writing fast and furiously at work, it's gotten more and more like the Dr.'s that I dispair at all the time.

Donna, Fitday is a real life saver isn't it? It makes life so much simpler!

Freda

Good Morning! Just a quick fly by this morning. It is raining here and I guess is supposed to rain most of the week. I need to get busy and get to the grocery store too.

Linda that recipe looks great! I will print that out to keep and make it. Looks like a good "comfort food" to have on a cold winter night!

Zoe, sorry about your snow....we haven't had any here. Hopefully, here in MO. we won't get the feet that we had in the moutains of Colorado! But I imagine we will still get some. Still haven't sold our house out there and I imagine there will be a trip out there soon to get it Winterized if it doesn't sell soon. Not looking forward to that.

Bobbi, sorry to hear about your chicken. My friend in Colorado has chickens and she is always fighing something with them. This past summer they got mites and she had a time trying to get them healthy again!

I know I missed a bunch of people -- so HI to everyone and I will try to get back later. Got to get some groceries in here.!

Afternoon, everyone! I was out walking this morning just before dinner (lunch time) and got caught in a rain squall. Wow, did it ever come up fast and the wind was wild. Fortunately, I was dressed for any kind of weather and it didn't last long. As I was fighting my way across the old seaplane airbase (left-over from WW II) I was almost air born. DH, was just going by in his bus and beeped and waved.

I finally got into fitday again but I had to go through Internet Explorer instead of Firefox. Don't know what's going on there but I'm happy to be back in. My short time with pen and paper was productive though. I used the calorie counter from 3FC in the Calorie counter forum. It's very comprehensive. Jess, if you ever have trouble getting online at fitday you can always use pen and paper and look up the calories right here at 3FC.

Linda, I can relate to the lifetime commitment to this way of eating. But I'm happier and healthier when I'm not overweight. I do eat just about anything I want but as Freda said it's the amount and the frequency that's important. I have one really good dessert once a week and that makes 52 desserts a year. No one would eat 52 desserts in one sitting so spreading them out makes me feel less deprived. I get to eat about 40 different kinds with a few repeats.

Lynn, sounds like you've got a problem "child" there with that student. I dare say she won't last the course. Hope that walk was nice today.

Bobbi, I sometimes experience RLS, but it's not a regular thing. Like you it's only occasional. I read that some researchers have linked it to low iron levels but there's nothing conclusive about any causes. I usually have to get up. Sometimes taking an Ibuprofen helps but I don't why that is, it just seems to help me. I wonder if it's hereditary as my father had it also.

Freda, glad you made it through your shift with your sore foot and pie and muffins coming at you from all sides. When I was teaching school, occasionally someone would forget their lunch at home but they never went hungry because someone was always bringing in the "goodies" (or "baddies" might be a better term, :D). There was one teacher who made it her mission in life to keep us all well fed.

Hi Karen31. Hope your day is going well.

Oh my, there are three police cars out on the street. My neighbor has been arrested again. Poor man is having so much trouble. His son (who was the same age as my youngest son who got married this summer) committed suicide by hanging himself in their garage a year and a half ago. His parents, my neighbors were holidaying in Florida at the time and they have not recovered from that horrible shock. My neighbor has tried to kill himself, has become violent with close friends and neighbors and with his wife. Every couple of months he's taken away in an ambulance or police car. I feel so sad for the family. He was a successful business man and owned his own company with his wife. I think she's left him as I haven't seen her around for some time. One car is gone with the neighbor and 2 cars and 4 RCMP officers have gone back inside the house. Poor, poor man. I said a prayer for him as the car went by.

Morning everyone..i agree some days you just dont want to deal with diet issues..but feeling guilty is a great motivator :dizzy: we had a really exciting evening here.. my dh let the dogs out late last night befor bed and the commotion started.. the dogs barking(all 3) one in mortal fear..my dh swearing and lots of commotion..it was dark and didnt see the bull moose that had jumped the dog pen fence and was chasing willie(my moms dog we in herited) in circles and he wailing in frieght..daisy the little jack russel chasing and barking at the moose..the retrever on the steps barking and watching(smart dog) and my dh trying to get them back in and stay safe himself..after a lot of noise the moose decided he was getting out of dodge :rofl: and jumped back out and was gone into the night..willie came right in and jumped in my lap.. daisy continued to defend the pen she weighs 6 # lol and my dh waiting for his b/p to come to normal..we are lucky as contakerous(sp?) moose can be dangerous..my dh was about 3 feet from this moose..but up on the deck..alls well now tho..too much excitement :o thought id share the episode with u all..part of alaskan life..have a great monday everyone rosey :wave:

Rosey, we have moose here too and they've been known to come right out in the city. Every year there are 3 or 4 stories about moose in someone's yard or running down a major highway. Moose hunting is big here. When my kids were little our dog would often come home with a piece of moose bone with flesh and skin still on it that someone discarded when cleaning their moose. The boys would always come running in the house to announce the dog's treasure. Lots of our neighbors hunt. Now the boys are married and the dog is long gone. The moose are still here.