hahaha, "lead us not into temptation" was the first thing I said to myself. I find it much easier to ask someone to hide food from me (except my brother- he always says he'll help me "hide" it... in HIS STOMACH).

That's fine VEGGIE as long as you and him ar siamese twins!

If you aren't....well...he is "sneaky" and that's PITY!!

Hello PITY PARTY-ERS!

Yesterday, and in a couple of hours, Angie and I worked at the Viking Festival. We have done this for a few years, helping my ex-wife as she is a member of The Sons Of Norway. It is a lot of fun and work! We do the BBQ booth, my kids and their spouses, my brother, my daughter in law's high school dancers help out too.

We sell polska kielbasa, about 280 calories per sandwich, and big pretzels, I think they were close to 200 with the cheese dip. Anyway for us they are free since we volunteer all our time to the event. The crepe vendor is on one side of us and the dessert folks are on the other side. As is the custom for these events....neighboring booths share.

Can you see where I am going with this? Not only that, in the kitchen where my ex was working, and many members of our church, there is free meatballs, mashed potatoes, fish cakes, cream puffs ricream and lefse.

Oh the PAIN! All that free food!

I woke up yesterday morning and weighed in at 177 for the 5th day in a row. I changed my avatar number so I guess you could say I was stuck...stuckin trying to maintain.

Angie and I ended up working the morning, afternoon and the evening with a stop at a martial arts show at church in between...of which by the way I passed up the free hot dogs and the (potato salad and beans) that Angie and I provided for 150 people...had to get back to Viking Fest.

The PITY in all this free food? Well, I passed on everything except 1/2 a pretzel, one kielbasa w/o the roll, I had a veggie crepe, NO desserts and.....are you ready for this?...........only 2 beers! ~ TA-DA!

All that free food wasted....what a PITY!

this morning I weighed in at 176.0......man I coulda ate a pound of free stuff and weighed the same as yesterday...what a pity.....

It probably wasn't even wasted! Everyone else ate it

You are a man of steel. I couldn't have passed up all that free food. No way. It would have been a free-for-all.

I need a pity party because I don't know what happened, but I totally blew it all weekend. It started Friday night when we went downtown and had drinks and watched a band. 3 cosmos later, we went to Sammy's Woodfire Pizza where I chose something rather "light" for their menu: a salad made of roasted beets, walnuts, goat cheese, spinach and vinaigrette. It was an appetizer sized portion. I thought I had been fairly okay on friday. Saturday was bad. I had hummus for breakfast, hummus and 1/2 a turkey burger for lunch and homemade chicken chimichangas with a green sauce for dinner. DID I MENTION THE 3/4 BAG OF CHIPS AND 3/4 CONTAINER OF FRENCH ONION DIP that I managed to polish off by Sunday at 2??? Yes. THAT'S a true pity. Where were my senses? Don't know. They took a vacation. I had heartburn for the first time in months (and i used to get it every day, I have all sorts of problems with that) on Sunday. Pity. My problem lies when we have company over. It's like when a little kid acts up when company comes because they know their parents won't be too hard of them in front fo the company. But I just gotta get right back on the wagon, huh? Pity pity pity.

No VEGGIE ~ the food wasn't wasted....but I sure was...I did forget to mention the beer for the volunteers was free too!

Chips will do US in every single time TROO! Did you make it to Croce's?

We went to Croce's this past Friday. We only stayed for one drink though because there wasn't enough seating for both couples, so we went to this place called "Patricks II" and watched a blues band. That was perfect, it was kind of a dive bar but still fun. I did only have 3 cosmos though, I could have had a couple of more...they were small.

OK...here is the PITY!....our Pity Party has dropped to page 3! At the bottom.

I'm LIKE...WHAT?!

OK, so I haven't been it he partying mood with the passing of my mom last Sunday....but it is time to kick it up a notch!

Angie and I went out for fish last night at a local fish restaraunt. It was very good, I had halibut and she had mahi-mahi.

I made the mistake of ordering the twice backed potatoes with romano cheese, instead of rice pilaf. I figured that it was quite all right. I was down a pound yesterday morning, I had traveled 6 miles on the treadmill earlier in the day, I had only 1 beer before we left for dinner and the beer I ordered there was a Coors Light.........I really think that after drinking Coors light you actually lose calories! There can't be anything of value in it! What a pity!

Anyway the plate comes with the halibut...excellent by the way, a boat load of steamed carrots so far so good.......oh, by the way I only ate 2 small pieces of the sourdough bread...I attempted to tackle the waiter and grab 2 loaves out of his hand....it was soooo good...but I refrained...

So far so good...looking at the potatoes you would think they were delicious....but nooooo....they were heavy and dry....the PITY?...I ate the suckers anyway! Boy was I mad at myself for first getting them...second ~ eating them even though the were lousy and third...just because I have been doing so well with NOT getting that stuff!

OH well....life goes on...and that is not a PITY!

Hehehehehe, I'm glad you didn't try .

One of the funniest moments in the history of my eating out experiences was this one time when the waiter came by to bring us our loaf of bread- on his way to our table, he must've stepped it up a notch because he walked to fast that the bread just SLID and flew off the cutting board by the time he stood in front of our booth. "And here is your..... [looks down at the bread cutting board and then over where the bread flew].... invisible bread... I will be back with a visible one."

Oh I just can't stand it when I order something i really shouldn't have and it turns out to be a little under my already low expectations. What a pity indeed. Good choice with the halibut and carrots, I would've had that too.

Gary, if you ever go to outback steakhouse, make sure you try their grilled salmon and steamed veggies- I LOVED it so much, t was the best fish and vegetable combo I've ever had!

Oh Gary, I feel your pain as far as eating the wrong thing goes. Actually, I'm sure everyone that reads this thread feels your pain. I had a really rough week as far as school/depression/anxiety goes and all I wanted to do was eat eat eat. One day, I was so hungry, and it wasn't that I was physically hungry...my soul was hungry. I soooo wanted some chips and dip to "smooth" things over, but I talked things through with my husband and decided to "try" some 100-cal popcorn + a laughing cow cheese wedge instead. I put butter spray, cajun seasoning and cheddar sprinkles on the popcorn (still was around 120 cals at most) and it seemed to do the trick. The combo of the food and the talking with my hubby fed the hungry heart. Do you think that the eating the wrong thing had to do with the emotional things you have been dealing with? I'm sorry if that is too personal, you don't have to answer it, maybe it is just something to consider so that you don't have another meal like that. to you.

I have never been a fan of Outback, but then I have always ordered steak...I will give the salmon a try, I love salmon and Angie and I have gift cards there!

I see where you might get that, and NO it is not too personal, it would be difficult to ask me anything too personal. Actually TROO, I have been making solid attempts to make "good choices". I thought (although I am not positive) that the rice pilaf was a btter choice than the potatoes, so I had that in mind to order. When Angie asked the waiter about the potatoes, I changed my mind becasue they sounded delicious. What I should have done, after realizing they weren't that tasty, was to order some more vegetables and taken the potatoes home for nephew. There was nothing wrong with them, I just didn't like them that much and I should have just stopped...like I have been doing when I get full...I just stop...instead of keep on going because there is food left!

I am not an emotional eater, so thank God I don't have that issue. Although I did make a big pot of chili, in honor of my mom this week, but I don't think that really counts.

My problem has always been poor "choices"....mostly not eating balanced meals! When I was young I burned the calories at work and could pull it off...as I get older, starting at a little over 40, the weight decided to live in my belly!

I'm glad you aren't an emotional eater, I know I am and it's tough to break the habit. Your mom loved chili, huh? That is nice that you made some chili in her honor. I love chili, too. I just wish it wasn't so high in cals. I make mine with ground turkey, but with the beans, it still adds up to more than I would like.

It sounds like you had a good plan, and now you have a good plan on what to do if it happens in the future. I see you've exceeded your goal...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Oh woe is me

Today is Day 90 of my "Life of Better Choices"...(if I counted right...that's always a risk...me counting... w/o a calculator)

I started this journey July 23rd ~ I weighed in at 201.2, today, 90 days later, I weigh in at 173.2....now that is a total loss of 28 pounds

Now I am in NO WAY making light of the fact that I have lost 28 pounds in 90 days....NO WAY! I know how many of you would LOVE to have that loss.....but....this is MY THREAD and it's ALL....

ABOUT ME!!

So, here is my sad/blue story of the week. I am down 28 pounds...but I was looking for 30! I got so close...I was at 172 TWICE this week...instead of going down 1...I went up 1... NOT FAIR!

Ok, so maybe...just maybe....OH ALL RIGHT...I had too many beers this week....started out last Saturday watching the USC game with my son...then Pastor's party at church....the week wasn't too bad...except for the 4 days I went over my 2 beer limit by 1...ahem...or 2.

Now I knew Angie and I had date night ...after all GHOST WHISPERER was on last night, so I had only one Coors Light before we went to dinner. We ate at Stuart Anderson's Black Angus. We had bread...I had one small piece...OK already! 2 small pieces...we had the sampler plate of appetizers... I ate 2 zucchini's...breaded...not my fault that is how they made 'em....1 potato skin...2 shrimp...ok here, because they were not breaded...2 celery stalks with dip and 1 hot chicken wing.

For dinner I ordered the salad, oil and vinegar, salmon with rice pilaf and veggies. Angie had the clam chowder, filet mignon with potatoes and veggies. She got dessert....nothing for me ~ THANK-YOU! ...****-oooo I am on a journey here of "better choices!".....that probably explains WHY I didn't want ANOTHER beer when the waiter asked....or....maybe since the one I already had was a 25 ouncer!...it was a light beer though! Oh yeah...not many calories in that one....

So there you have it....salad, fish, veggies and one beer...on date night

At least we got home in time for Ghost Whisperer all was not lost......

Not even those 2 pounds!....that I was sooo looking forward to...and that my friends is a

PITY!

Gee, EZ, there are times when I am just overwhelmed by your sad tale of deprivation! Here is an extra dose of

P I T Y
from me.

Jay

Thank you JAY!

For me ~ it is always....A HARD KNOCK LIFE!