Confessions!!
 

I thought I'd start this thread because sometimes, not all the time, I fall off the wagon :o .... I thought this would be a good place to vent... I sometimes feel that when certain foods are mentionned on the main thread it just makes me want to go out and eat that certain food :shrug: ... Is that just me?

So if we can keep the food talk to this thread then if one has a weak moment we can come and vent here...

I'll start....

Yesterday I had: 2 Toblerone chocolates and 3 licorice... Not the worse thing I've ever done but I should not have had it just the same...

I totally blew it yesterday and ate 8 servings of store brand doritos. (yes I weighed it LOL, god how pathetic is that? it was in small increments untill I weighed the remainder of the bag...talk about totally avoidable!)

I am not going to list what I've eaten since last Friday because I would run out of room :devil: Just wanted to say this thread's a good idea and I hope not to have to come here to confess too often :)

Ilene~great idea!!!

Yesterday, I started the day off bad--4 slices of sourdough bread topped with velveeta and nuked until the cheese melted. The only good news about this? I didn't get hungry again until lunch.
Then, to top it off, I drank not one but three glasses of wine. If that wasn't enough, DD walked in with 3 boxes (thankfully ONLY 3!) of girl scout cookies and DH and I proceeded to eat more than half of one box.

Today, I've been MUCH, MUCH better......except for that See's sucker I just ate (90 calories).

Just had a Cadbury Creme Egg...I love them, I have such fond memories of them. My cafeteria's had them for almost a month, though, and this is the first one I had. Just had to drop by to confess.

I made the awesome mistake of going to the market hungry. I came back with Cape Cod salt and vinegar potato chips. I don't even eat potato chips normally, but today, almost half the bag. I blame stress over finals and going to the market hungry, that's never ever a good idea.

Thats ok, the other night I had half a bag of cheese puffs and half of a LARGE hersheys with almonds bar. It was yummy though :)

I'm not confessing :no: You can't make me!!! Food's not evil, it's not the enemy, it's just food! But if you want to know the least healthiest thing I ate yesterday was organic ice cream made with double cream! :drool: But I only ate 1/4C. And I was hungry for it, AND it was delicious, so I'm not repenting! :p

Yesterday I ate half a handful of chocolate chips (would have been ok if I hadn't already had dessert of 2 homemade SBD friendly peanut butter cookies) and two bites of a sinfully delicious horrible for you, drenched in butter, cream, and sugar cake. Today will be better.

I did really well yesterday until I found my co-worker's candy jar. The problem is that this candy jar does not have peppermints or gum. It is filled with Hershey's nuggets (toffee & almonds), Reese's Cups, Twix bars, and Hershey's kisses. Needless to say, I had a little bit of everything. The part that bothers me the most is that whenever I do something like that and then go back and add up all the calories, I realize what I could have eaten instead of that junk. For instance, I probably could have had a Chick-Fil-A Chicken Sandwich for all those calories. Sooooo frustrating:tantrum: . I am proud of myself in that I did enter all of those calories into my FitDay totals....I really debated on just pretending it never happened, but I knew that would only be hurting myself.

This is definitely a great thread! Hopefully I won't have to come back too often, though :rolleyes:

I hate coming here :tantrum: ....
- 1 cookie
- wine and walnuts, my favourite evening treat, but it just makes the caloreis add up :faint:

I just have two words: Mexican Restaurant :mad:

Wine.

I had an awards "banquet" to attend last night and last year they didn't have the bar open. This year they did.......The food was fine and I ate lots of cut up veggies with only a little dip, one potato skin that had very, very little stuffing in it, 2 wontons and 2 crackers with a little cheese. Can't complain about that. But that wine! That threw the calories right out the door.

Crackers and jam....not very decadent but that's all that was avail.
They were tasty and I overindulged:(

Today is a new day.

-S

I have a confession to make, you know the tops on the yougurt crunches, like the crunchy chocolate peices or the Recies peices well I ate two of those today, but they are so small I hope it doesn't hurt to much.

Ilene - I hear you on the wine and walnuts!

Yesterday I had three chocolate biscuits at work. I work with a lovely bunch of people and there is always food around that people have brought in, but I have been resisting it all up until now! But yesterday was a long, hard day!!!

I'm home until Monday now, and must start afresh then!

Yesterday, Thursday, I went out with my g/f it's her birthday today.... We did wayyyyyy too much of :cheers: two bottles between the two of us... We had supper out but it was a good healthy supper...

I did very well yesterday with my food, but then that wine was sitting there when I got home from work.
Good news, only half a bottle left.
Bad news, the grocery store is on the way home.

Originally Posted by alinnell:
Good news, only half a bottle left.
Bad news, the grocery store is on the way home.

You're too funny Allison. Good news for you is that at your height and weight you must be looking fairly fantastic now.

Originally Posted by Doughnut:
You're too funny Allison. Good news for you is that at your height and weight you must be looking fairly fantastic now.

Nah, not really. I need to get in shape. Also, the photo in my signature--I weighed 6 pounds less and I felt a lot leaner then. If I make my Easter goal, I'll be back at that weight. But thanks!!!

I just ate too much today arggghhhh!!! I can't seem to stay on track the full day :frypan:

mint milanos...lots of them:doh:

Dang it.....I'm back here again.

Last night - greek souvlaki meal - full on with rice and potato + PITA yeessh.
Then if that was not bad enough I had not one but two pieces of cake (it was a bDay celebration)
Today I was heading back on track and those dam crackers found me again.

Need to zip it up for the night!

Today I had pizza for breakfast. Pizza. For BREAKFAST. TERRIBLE!!!

I made up for it with a lunch of only fresh fruits and veggies!

My mother brought a fancy bread pudding for coffee yesterday and I had forgotten about a birthday party we had to go to last evening!

I was out at my parents last weekend and that is always a disaster for me...so many tempting foods so easily available, right out on the table in front of me. Plus my stepmom makes this stuff called "friendship bread" that is like crack cocaine, it's so addictive. It's like moist cinnamon cake. She gave me the recipe and it has an entire cup of oil, a packet of vanilla pudding mix (she does not use the fat free, sugar free kind), 3 eggs, and a ton of white flour and sugar. She has a different recipe for it that would be healthier (applesauce instead of oil, 3 egg whites instead of eggs, etc.) but, of course, that's not the version she makes. I must have eaten at least half a loaf all by myself. :fr: Not too mention a ton of cookies. At least I avoided the Reeses peanut butter eggs, though, and I did okay at actual meals (it was all the in-between eating that was my downfall). Thank God I was only there for 2 days!

Barbara,

I am the same height as you and have been struggling to lose my last few pounds. I have been as high as 145 in my life but have pretty much stayed between 120-125 the last 5 years. Do you struggle to get down to 115? I eat pretty darn clean, avoid sugar completely and work out quite a bit. Do you have any recommendations for breaking a body weight set point?
Thanks,

azmom

Today, eek, instead of getting a side of fruit like I PROMISED myself I would at my school's cafe, I bought THREE (count 'em, three) HUGE SOFT CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES. They were so buttery I could almost feel my heart stopping from all the fats. And I ate them all in like one milisecond, not only instead of fruit, but BEFORE eating my meal. I'm feeling very discouraged.

Azmom, getting down to 115 has been a real struggle for me and I have to admit that I'm starting to think it might be unrealistic. I got down to 116 last August but then had a few off-plan weeks and quickly worked my way back up to 122.

I exercise every day for at least one hour, including 3 days a week strength-training with a personal trainer, 1 day swimming, and 1 day running 6 miles, and pretty intense cardio the other two days. My eating could probably use a little improvement--when I am on plan, I keep to around 1400-1500 calories per day, but there's stuff I eat that isn't exactly "clean." It's not terrible but it could be better. I am still losing weight (at least when I'm on plan), though, and I'm not really willing to make anymore changes in my diet right now. At this point I'm just keeping on keeping on for the next few months to see how low I can get. I look pretty good so if I can't get down to 115, so be it. I haven't tried to eat at a maintenance level yet, so I have no idea if my ending weight will be sustainable.

When I've gotten stuck at a weight, the things that helped me were to change up either my exercise routine or my diet. At one point I significantly ramped up the intensity of my exercise (increased cardio, new trainer that pushed me a lot harder). Recently I've added the 1 day of swimming and the 1 day of running. Also, increasing my calories helped at one point. I was eating 1200-1300 calories per day and stalled for a while after I changed up my exercise routine. I was also pretty hungry. Someone finally suggested I increase my calories and once I did the weight started coming off again.

So if you've gotten into a routine with your exercise, maybe try something new. My trainer is always after me to change up my cardio routine. If you do the same thing over and over again, your body adjusts to it. If you are able to, consider hiring a personal trainer--my trainer has been a huge factor in my success. Or try eating at a maintenance level for a while and then drop your calories back down again.

The fact that you've maintained at 120-125 for the past five years is fantastic. :carrot: You've been doing this a lot longer than me; I should probably be asking you for advice! And given that you are the same height as me, I have to believe you look great because I know that I do. :trampo:

I fell victim to Chocolate...
 

I am not usually one to eat chocolate, but yesterday was a whole different story! I hate like 5 Andes chocolate mint thingies.
Chocolate is the :devil:.....

I am almost too ashamed to even type it :o .....Mexican Restaurant...again. Those fried chips that they put on the table are just too appealing. I try to resist, but I can't :rolleyes:

I've done so well the last 2 weeks- havent cheated once - until last night, I was helping my daughter make a treat to take to school, graham crackers and icing :( and I just couldn't help myself ! I ate two WHOLE graham crackers and a HUGE spoonful of icing :P ugh then i felt cruddy... tomorrows a better day though right?

Well, I've just come off a couple of bad days. I wouldn't say the "b" word (though some people may have different standards than mine), but definitely overeating - munching on way too may sweets, namely chocolate. I won't bore you all with the details, but I thought if I 'fessed up here and got my butt compassionately kicked, it might help me to get back on track (though my birthday is this week - could be difficult). I've worked out today and made healthy choices, so hopefully I can just continue moving forward from here. Will not weigh in until Monday, just to spare myself the self-torture.

My eating has been just fine. Within calorie limits all weekend and so far this week. But, I've been sipping too much wine.

Coffee
 

Originally Posted by ChocoBroc:
If BluetoBlue reads this she will probably fall back laughing that I really feel guilty for eating the 60 calorie Jello pudding @ 8:30 with a cup of hot tea (w/splenda and skim milk) around 9:45 (I don't like eating after 7:30). I feel like its setting myself up for sabotage when I eat things that tempt my taste buds for something really bad.

Ha, ha. I am laughing (I hope I'm not offending you)! :lol: That's seriously my nightly snack, except make the milk 2% (I don't use skim because...well, it's a long complicated story that's not worth telling) and add in a handfull of chocolate cat cookies from TJ's!

But seriously, everyone is different. I'm fine with the pudding, but I've learned the hard way that I can't have trail mix, mini-chocolate peanut butter cups, or various other snacks. I thought I could eat them in moderation but turns out I couldn't. If the pudding is triggering you to eat more, than skip it. But it would be good to find a small treat that you can eat in moderation; I've read article after article that says that having the occasional treat and not depriving yourself all the time is key to long-term success.

As for the coffee, I just read an article in the March 2007 Cooking Light that caffeine and coffee are not as bad for you as has been touted in the past. According to the article, coffee may even protect against heart disease and Type 2 diabetes and is not a diurectic (it just makes people pee more because they drink a lot of it). I normally drink about one cup a day, but when I'm at a business or social event where there is a lot of tempting food, I drink a lot to prevent myself from eating. I figure 3 or 4 cups of coffee beats a brownie any day.

I feel good...
 

Well, I have to confess that broke down and had a slice of "friendship bread" tonight. It is this evil :devil: concoction involving massive amounts of oil, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla pudding (no, not the fat free, sugar free kind and I swear I think it might be some sort of special extral large packet), and cinnamon. My step mom makes it and gives it to all of her friends (practically all of whom are overweight...hmmm, could it be a coincidence? :dunno: ). She tried to send me home with two loves and I managed to get away with only one and avoided eating that one until now. But I was out of my trusty low cal pudding and every time I opened the fridge, I could hear it calling out in that sugary seductive voice... :fr: I swear, this friendship bread is no friend of mine!

Oh well, back onto plan tomorrow. Hopefully my SO will eat the rest of the loaf before I have another breakdown (got to get some more pudding). :o

I love coffee, and have fallen into the habit of drinking more than I used to, as a substitute for snacking. Which would be OK, except I drink it with cream and sugar. Should cut down, but I figure I'll concentrate on getting the food right for now, and slay the coffee dragon a bit later.