WBM, Shelby, Robin OMG how I can relate to that stress/boredom eating!!! You don't even realize how much you've eaten until it's ALL GONE! UGH!

Food ****'s, I was with you Stresseater, I thought I was going to pee in my pants. And who are they when they are not in shape to preach . . . drives me up a wall.

I too am new here, about a week and afraid to weigh myself. So when I get brave I'll hop on that scale.

Stresseater :m: :m:'s are my friend, with a Pepsi . . . Oh my . . . have I found my soulmate for weaknesses . . . hmmmmmmm I love chocolate, any kind any time of day . . . oh my.

I too do not have a "plan" no WW or anything. I am just trying to plan a bit more and have foods around that won't add 15,000,000 calories in one shot. :m: will do that !!!! I am trying to have a variety of things I can eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And very important for me . . . snacks throughout the day and a large variety. I don't think I could eat oatmeal 7 times a week . . . I like the variety. I need to have things on hand that are quick and easy for my snacks.

I bought peanuts the other day (12 oz can) and got 12 baggies and divided them up evenly (more or less, I didn't count the nuts, just guessed) I have also done that type of thing with other things. Jennie O turkey breast (sliced in the deli) was on sale for 4.59/lb. Then when I got home I divided each lb into 8 bags and threw them in the freezer. Great for sandwiches or to put on my muffin with egg in the AM.

I also ate :m: everyday until they were gone <sniffle> but I still have my dark chocolate which I have one or two squares every day!!! LOVE THAT CHOCOLATE (chips I can take or leave, thank goodness) I think it keeps me from eating 3-4 chocolate bars.

I don't know if it's doing any good yet . . . but I feel much better, more energy, blah, blah, blah . . . I ramble too, have you noticed . . .

Either way the people here have been GREAT!!! So supportive, lots of ideas . . . I know with everyone's help and a bit of sweat from me I can make it, and SO CAN YOU!!!

Everyone have a great day!! It's the weekend, so hang tough!

S. Diane

OMG~ I feel like I cheating on my family... look what this site has done to me!:dizzy: so nothing too long..

SHELBY~ you are ME! What the **** is the deal... not only am I starving my 10 if i eat breakfast... I am out of control the entire day!..:hungry: . and the pizza thing. just did that myslef now, after lunch... a couple of scoops of luck left in the pan.., not enough to save for a meal, hate to waste it.. oh,yeah I could have been a meal for two.... :moo: :moo:

WBM5~ I don;t like people dreeping around in my underwear drawer either... way not a touchy feely kid.. although I am Italian.. and physically hug everything! YOU TOTALLY have what it takes~ you are planning and doing it.. with all the excerise you are going you are going to get to your goal! ME on the other hand, have absolutely no clue.. of what I want... my goal is day at a time .. lots of water intake and get that mile done.. which isn't done yet today.... :woops:

my girlfirend stopped by.. she lives an hour away... so something was up, she stayed for couple hours and left.. still don;t know what is going on... hmmmm....my husband, Mr Wonderful... made lunch for us and the kids... doctored up hamburger helper...... well you know that went straight to the bum!

:welcome3: LostBombera/ S Diane~ I certainly hope that is a REGULAR WITH CAFFIENE PEPSI???? with those lovable Ms:m: :m: :m: :m: :m: :m: HAVE YOU TRIED THE DARK CHOCOLATE ONES??? OMG>>>> ok , not exactly the direction this conversation should go.... I KINDA LIKE YOUR mini packagign idea.. I grap a handful or a bite...not too accutate....and YES< THE DAR CHOCOLATE BAR SQUARE.. I actually have myself convinced that I am taking it for medicial purposes! :lol: :lol:

OVERALL SINCE I HAVE STARTED THIS>>> WEDNESDAY? THURSDAY... I am feeling better... although I was spending way too much time surfing this sight and not getting stuff done ( SHELBY!) ~then I have to kick butt:kickbutt: to make it appear that I was doing something!

I may not be able to get back here for a few days will miss ya.... be good and have a great weekend!:exercise: :exercise:

Just dropping in and hoping everyone is having an excellent weekend. I do better during the week, because i go to the gym everyday, I have to say exercise makes me not want to eat -- but two lazy days at home over the weekend are tough. But, when I get tempted, I just think of everyone on here and how much combined effort we all have -- we can't let each other down!!

Hey rockinrobin,

I can relate to your "rewired" brain. At least I think I can- tomorrow is day one for Fat Smashers Diet! I have learned so much recently about the food we eat and how it impacts our bodies. I'm not too bad on fruits, but the veggies will be difficult. However, I have mentally reached that point where NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW! I am going to make the vegetable soup in the book for Phase I. I have 2 sisters (yes that is right-2!) with stomach cancer. I am scared to tell the truth- is this also my fate?? I also have a brother and sister with colon cancer. My immediate family got a little ripped in the gene pool if you ask me. I am a single mom of 2 active kids (15 and 12) - lots of sports etc...so we eat a lot on the run. No more for me! It is time to eat well and get healthy! So - I also feel "rewired". I don't crave the chips or chocolate right now. I am hoping that Phase I will be easy for me! Good luck to everyone!

fatBgone07 -- I think the first two weeks of a diet seem to be the hardest and then once you get into the routine it gets easier, so stick with it!! Eating on the run is tough, but I guess it's time to start packing a little cooler from home! I do that alot when I know I'll have to take the kids out to eat, I'll throw a sandwich and some fruit in my little cooler with some water. Once in a while I'll pack a bag of popped popcorn to snack on, and wait until I get home to eat my meal. I also found some packets at the grocery store that have spices in them, you add water and veg's and steam it in the microwave, it's pretty good (and I hate veg's!!) I'm not familiar with the diet you are doing, but I hope it allows you the flexibility we all need. Good luck, I'm sure you can do this!!

Okay Stress Eater, I think you are working too hard on your diet when the school bus looks like a twinkie (but I will have to check it out when my son gets off the bus!!!). Hope you are doing well. I'm having a great day, which I needed after the horrible three day weekend.

OMG FatBgone 07... Welcome:welcome: . I was so wrapped up in the the week... sorry.. I have never heard of Fat Smashers either... but let me know... maybe it will be a winner for me too!

I have been very invovled with ACS for many years.. and you know that Colorectal screening are imparative for somebody with your family history....this is one of the most treatable cancers... you have to stay on top of it EARLY DETECTION!:smug:

Shelby~ NEED TO know what spices help you eat veggies.. they are so boring... and make me erpy all day... :p

SO< all is well in the barn.... for now, anywhow... It is nasy cold here and I really do not feel like drinking my water... cause then ya gotta pee.. and well that exposed quite a bit of bum... brrrrrr....

REALLY suited up well for the weather... and reminded myself how much better things would be if I could move after being bundled up ..... :coffee: :coffee: chug a lung... 16 oz... and belch, and on we go...

MY official re evaluation...

SO I am modifiying my 3FC thing... I was on too many threads and too many chats, and wrote too long in the journal... again EVERYTHING IN MODERATION>>>
SO I will post here, eliminating threads.. journal once a week, and only one chat a day MAX.... now that is the easy part!:comp:

STILL NO DIET PLAN~
Still going ot drink my water 64 oz before 1400, and walk a mile daily. and no carbs before noon... :swim: 16 oz to go today.. I AM WATERLOGGED

I am not a weekly shopper... I shop for a couple of weeks at a time... so that is probably why the fresh fruit and veggie thing doesn;t work for me....

I will make it a point ot shop for fresh produce.. I am not promising how many times....I hate going out! I like the suggestion to repack some snacks ( nuts in small bags) have emergency snack in car ( which will beat a Micky D burger)

IF I eat something I that I blantantly know is not good and eat it anyhow, I will do an extra lap on the treadmill AKA the BEAST..:woops:

IF I am on one of those LONG telephone calls.. I do a mumble and stumble on the treadmil..

WEll that is more that I thought I was going to add.... lets see where this takes me.. Good Luck again, to each one you, :coolsnow:

OH and I am going to figure out how to make one of those cute goal charts in my signature AFTER I convience the scale to be kinder!:goodscale

Yucky vegetables
 

Stress eater -- Hope this helps, I shop once a week, so I can kind of understand veg's going bad -- I found Green Giant frozen vegetables with schzuwan (sp?) sauce or terriaki (sp?), broccoli with zesty cheese sauce, etc. My nutritionist gave them a thumbs up -- you can even eat the whole package and it's only about 120 calories or so. I hate fresh vegs with nothing on them!!

I also found a packet for veg steaming in the microwave. It's one of those plastic bags like they make for turkeys, roasts, etc. and a packet of spices attached. I really love this one for fresh vegs.

I don't know about you, but when I have to be out in the cold weather, it makes me wish I was a man and had "limited exposure" if I had to pee!!! How is it that I can drink two gallons of soda and nothing but two glasses of water and I have to pee for an hour??? I also end up at the grocery store a couple of times a week for something, so I get their salad bar for lunch as a treat and try to fill it with broccoli, carrotts, etc.

I have been on here way too much myself -- I'm actually behind in my work because after everyone goes to bed at night I just can't stop reading this stuff!! I think I'm still just surfing around here, looking for my "home".

Made it to the gym today for a good workout and haven't eaten a single treat (maybe because I finished them all up over my horrible weekend), but I'll take it!! Have a great day everyone.

SHELBY,

REFERENCE the webiste surfin' thing... what are you looking for... because I have not idea what I am looking for.... I wanted a relgular buddy system thing.. however... I just don't see that happening.. and the CHAT thing... glues me to the computer.. not alot of calorie burn up there.. OH THE PORK FINGGIES are still just that... they only thing I have lost is my hair.. had a haircut last week and donated to locks of love... so that was a feel good..but not much of a weight loss...

My teenage son... is on wrestling :sumo: and has AMAZING sefl control... as he need to stay in his weigh range.. THE ONLY TRAIT THAT HE HAS THAT I DONT>>> other than that we are two peas in a pod....

I am goind to have totry the season packet thing... are the packets just for veggies.. or are they for example pot roast and you just exclude the mea?


I get so frustrated becasue I do so well during the day... but at night I am so tired... all I want to to is eat and sleep!:stars:

WELL KIDS>> GOING TO THE BARN, CHECK ON YA LATER!

HI AGAIN>>> OK SHELBY>>> in from the barn.. and frozen... yep wish I had outdoor plumbng like a man sometimes too! I get to start my water intake now! YEAH....

Glad to here you got yourself to the gym... you are way more motivated than I... I never semm to FIT IN at the gym...... you know there is the regulars.. trim & well muscled.. the afterwork group...stress releaser...and then the ones who go for weightloss, and those are broken into subgroups.. the ones who really work out and the others who go for social interaction... which is ok...but those are the people that I run across and take away from me working out... then, because the are such a fun group.. go out to eat with them... TOTALLY not a cool way to wasts a gym membership... so no more gyms for me unless my husband goes!:lifter:


KEEP ON KEEPIN AT THE GYM>>> DRINK THAT WATER>>> AND EAT DEM VEGGIES!:carrot: :carrot:

Co cold!
 

I am finding that when I drink a lot of water my body temp drops. Making me cold. I also don't drink tea or coffee. I do like hot chocolate but 160 calories adds up over the day.

I had a great weekend but somewhat of a lousy one. I ate too many naughty things and not enough water and veggies. I didn't feel well for part of it.


But I did cook a couple of real meals which I haven't done in a while. Hubby does most of the cooking and by the time I get home and cook I don't feel like doing to much work.

Anyway, one of my sons even brought over the girlfriend and she stayed and had dinner. And we played games. I almost forgot I made a chocolate cake from scratch and only a small sliver about the size of 2 stamps. But then the next day I had a big piece for breakfast. I justified it by doing housework.

Well I am going to the gym today and will step up to the scale then. I will post a short letter later.

Pool closed
 

the pool has been closed I found out due to a broken light. And they are fighting over who is going to fix it. It just reopened after renovations and the contractor and the person putting in the light are battling it out. Of course the university I work at doesn't want to pay either and they shouldn't. Maybe they could split the costs.

Well. I am doing the yoga and pilates during work . We actually get paid to work out 3 hours a week. So I can go any time during the week I want. Plus I go can go more than 3 hours as long as I have nothing else to do. It is often very slow here. But I have a lot to do. I have to get several departments up to OSHA standards and I have a huge project going on to. One of my coworkers goes to the gym every day for about 1.5 - 2 hours and does crossword puzzle in the morning and soduko every afternoon. I don't think he really does any work most days. I have to keep busy. He is a bum!