[Leenie]

Cathy, yes, I figured the path I was on was going to destroy me and well I can do alot of damage in one week (Ash Wednesday) so I figured I better get a grip and start induction again. I don't want to feel as fat as I do now this summer.

Glad you all like this thread, Alterna chicks has some wonderful idea's (yes thats where I got this from lol )

[jdoggmartin]

OK. I posted some of the badness from this weekend, so I figured I'd go ahead and post the rest of the ugly details.

Saturday:
A whole batch of cream cheese pancakes. Yes, a WHOLE batch. Terrible, terrible, terrible!!!

Sunday:
Movie popcorn. Not sure how much. Enough to get a nice coating of grease on the inside of my mouth! I would have eaten more except that my DH, who usually sabatoges my weight-loss efforts, told me to put the popcorn down. Thank goodness for him! It could have been even worse! Of course, I wouldn't have had the problem if he wouldn't have bought the stuff in the first place!

[VanIsle]

Well I havent cheated once in over 4 weeks and then I came home just now after working a overnight shift and found DH had left some Ginger Beef in the fridge.
I couldnt reist and ate about 1.5 cups of it.It was so good though!!!My favorite food ever but........ I did put it back the rest into the fridge unfinished and I will make a vow here and now not to eat anymore of it.

[tjw]

Oh boy, what a thread, lol...well, in addition to my everyday cheating of having too much french vanilla coffeemate with a little bit of coffee I have broke down of late and cheat/treated myself...
Honey Nut Cheerios---have gone through 2 boxes in the past month, but gosh they were good...just been wanting cereal!
Oatmeal---been wanting that too, maybe eat 2 packs a week every couple of weeks...
At least these aren't TOO TERRIBLY bad...
BUT tonight I was very naughty....
4 slices of pizza ('meat lovers' type, thin crust) and I shamelessly enjoyed every single bite...lol...

[Froufy]

Here I am to join in on the fun.....and boy was I bad.

Had to go to Montreal on Friday for my aunt's funeral - not fun....but being from Montreal I know all the good places to eat...made sure to hit town around noon so I could go to the BEST RIB PLACE IN THE WORLD...Bar-b-barn....(Lekker - it was awesome!)....had the ribs (which would not have been that bad altho the sauce is pretty sweet)....but also enjoyed the fries(have not had an order of fries in months!)...and a little bit of the rice/tomato side dish (okay I did not eat the big honking roll)......

After the funeral was invited to dinner at my (rich) cousin's place.....very fancy with a live in maid (who was chopping all the veggies and preparing the meal)......we had challah/egg bread (I had a piece) and I was served coffee with some vanilla coffee mate in it??? We were offered pineapple and strawberries as a snack - I had some strawberries.

Then dinner: salad, some eggplant stuff...chicken (in a sweet sauce)...a piece of potato and spoon of rice......then some CAKE for dessert...and mint tea with SUGAR ALREADY IN IT...YIKES!....what a surprise that was.

Had a great time tho reminiscing with my family and cousins....oh yeah..add a couple of glasses of red wine to that as well....

Sat nite - Valentine's pigout: went to a movie first (cuz we could not get a dinner reservation until 9:30 pm).....we were hungry so of course we had some of the EVIL POPCORN......then a fabulous dinner at a french bistro.

First a Kir Royale (champagne with creme de cassis) to start...and some red wine w/dinner.

Then: Lobster and prawn bisque with XO Cognac and cream mixed in.

Then: FABULOUS salmon and halibut tartar with some dollops of caviar (and the fish was in the shape of a heart - very cute)...with some greens/salad on the side drizzled w/chive oil.

Then: Grilled rib eye steak with shrimp flambeed and veggies (I had the sense to say no potatoes however at this point I am feeling NO PAIN!)

Then: well dessert was included...and I was somewhat inebriated....had the chocolate espresso torte and decaf w/cream..the torte was amazing...like a nice soft solid piece of chocolate....very rich and nice melting in my mouth!

Very bloated and full after this dinner.

Sunday was a write off. (I won't go into the gory details but let's just say I had a run in with some chips and onion dip!)

Today - trying to get back on track!.....I am up like 4 lbs since last week - and we all know why!!!!

Bad Froufy....bad, bad Froufy

[StorybookMama]

I am eating a moon pie.... as we speak.... =(

[StarPrincess]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

Is this thread such a good idea? I'm not sure if we're confessing or triggering each other for more binges.

[Leenie]

Star I think your right I may have created a monster.

My intentions were to get the folks that feel guilty about cheating and not posting because they did to come back and see that they are not alone and they shouldn't feel ashamed of one slip up (or two).

[jdoggmartin]

Leenie: I think it's a good thread. It helps for people to see that no one is perfect. When you're struggling, this helps to see that you're not alone. Maybe we could just be less descriptive about the food we're eating!

[Shimma]

I agree with JDogg, I thought I was the only one who ever got weak.... and then I thought... I must be doing something wrong if I have these cravings.... because no one else seems to have them.... I feel better now that I've seen all of this and I'm more likely to get back on the wagon when I fall off rather than give up!

[Catbird]

I think I GAVE myself a 3 day EATING pass over the weekend!

It started out at lunch Friday; I was good had a salad with marinaded seafood and it was GOOD..and I was so proud of myself. Then starting with DINNER...it was all down hill - had steak, salad, escargot in garlic and then came the BREAD with garlic and then came the triple decker chocolate with crunchy caramel topping ...to die for - I ATE THE ENTIRE HUGE PIECE. I had not eaten bread in MONTHS AND MONTHS!!!!!!


Ok...so thats it for Friday. Starting with breakfast on the way to our weekend away...now keep in mind that Saturday was.... after all Valentine's DAY. . . . . ...I ate a low carb from McD's......hummmm . . so it seems I'm off to a good start - WRONG..lunch a hamburger WITH THE BUN ...and what did I do....??? ate the entire BUN . . I was SO BAD....plus it came with potato salad that was not so good . . so at least I didnt eat the entire helping which was only a small scoop ...LOL - at this point what does it matter???

Let me see, we're at dinner ----wine, and more wine...but afterall it WAS V-Day! . . --ok...off to a good start AGAIN.....crab soup, mushroom and asparagus salad, lamb chops, scalloped sweet potatos -these were so good . . with cheese, etc. . . yummmmmm, OH AND THERE WAS some of those sauteed veggies AND NOW.....DESSERT . . . Well....let me seee. . . . the CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE PIE WON! ALL OF IT! Oppps....forgot about the mounds bar that I got when we stopped for gas!

Sunday, the brakes went on and I started gearing down . . but not until after the homemade breakfast quische plus a HUGE BUTTERY Croissant!!! WHY OH WHY DO WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES???? I guess we are ALL ONLY HUMAN!

Yesterday and SO FAR today, I've managed to be

CHEAT FREE!! YAY!!!

I do exercise at a gym and did go yesterday..plan on going for the rest of the week EVERYDAY. Didn't go today b/c I had lots of CATCH up work to do!

[Leenie]

I agree... Some people including me were ready to give up thinking GOSH AM I THE ONLY ONE? but seeing how everyone isn't so perfect and can still lose weight given persistance not perfection has given me hope.

Shall I rename the thread........ Persistance not Perfection ? lol

Thanks girls

[Spedmom]

I'm loving this thread because of all the reasons already stated. Retitle it, fine. But please let's keep this. It shows us that we have chosen a way of eating and that sometimes we do have bad days (****, even a string of bad days), but that we are all capable of getting back on track. It is not those slip-ups that define us, but our ability to keep our long-range goals in mind and keep working toward them. This just provides a much-needed reality check and lets me see how ridiculous it was for me to feel ashamed to post for days because of a moment of carb-induced insanity.

[Catbird]

I was so happy to post on it earlier today! I think we all need to "confess" about our "Falling off the Wagon" once in a while rather than to keep it to ourselves!!!! !!!!

It certainly made me feel Soooooo much better telling others WHAT I REALLY ATE.... Let's keep this thread up.

It is so easy to tell someone else how you cheated and how bad you feel about yourself, especially when you see others do the same! Most of us are going to "slip" once in a while!(Though I do realize some of you DON'T)! Not slipping, deserves an entire separate thread with AWARDS!
Unfortunately I am not one that can stick to it ALL the time.

This thread is a great IDEA!!!

[lady_adnerb]

I agree. I thought I was the only one having a hard time. I'm glad it's "normal". So the question in my mind is....how do we NOT cheat??