Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))

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  • orangesmartie
    orangesmartie Posts: 1,870 Member
    At my heaviest, I used to sit on the remote unknowingly. I know what you're thinking, how do you sit on a remote and not know or see it? The answer is, I've got NO flipping clue. Seriously, I would sit down without looking down. Then I look for the remote and find out I was sitting on it. I was so dang heavy I didn't feel it! I laugh at this now but back then it was an eye opener to lose weight!

    This still happens to me :(

  • orangesmartie
    orangesmartie Posts: 1,870 Member
    Oh, I don't do it for anybody else--it would bother ME if I didn't shave my legs. I only need to do it twice a week or so to keep up.

    Between swimming a couple of times a week, doing dance fitness in capris about three times a week, dance practicas in capris, and wearing dresses, I guess I am bare-legged a lot, even in Winter.

    I also do it for me. All year round, whether I'm seeing someone or single. I'd feel gross if I didn't do any hair maintenance all Winter. Is it just legs people let go or is everything left to grow wild?

    I shave everything, all year round. Those ounces add up ;)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited March 2015
    -Someone left an almost full bottle of shampoo in the shower at my gym, I threw it in my gym bag and have been using it for the past several weeks... I justify it by telling myself the staff would've thrown it out anyway. Happy to have it since they frequently run out of soap in the dispenser and don't keep it refilled.

    -A frequent breakfast of mine is 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped up and mixed with Louisiana hot sauce. It makes a sort of paste like consistency. I eat it at work and definitely get some strange looks.

    -I've been lurking in this thread for a long time

    My breakfast almost every day is cottage cheese drowned in Louisiana hot sauce!! definitely get some weird looks at work (I go through a bottle every couple weeks), but nom nom nom!

    I love pepperoncinis (no spellcheck, I don't mean peppercorns), and on occasion still will just grab a few off a salad and eat them. Up through the first few months of my weight loss (and starting well before), I would buy a jar and just snack on them while watching TV. It would take me maybe three nights to get through a small jar. (If that was all I'd snacked on, I might not have gotten fat, of course.) One of my favorite things--which I've mostly lost the taste for--was to eat them with some cottage cheese. I'd eat the peppers, shake the juice from the extra juicy ones into the cottage cheese, and then finish with the cottage cheese mixed with the pepper juice.

    (I've never told anyone this before.)
  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    -Someone left an almost full bottle of shampoo in the shower at my gym, I threw it in my gym bag and have been using it for the past several weeks... I justify it by telling myself the staff would've thrown it out anyway. Happy to have it since they frequently run out of soap in the dispenser and don't keep it refilled.

    -A frequent breakfast of mine is 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped up and mixed with Louisiana hot sauce. It makes a sort of paste like consistency. I eat it at work and definitely get some strange looks.

    -I've been lurking in this thread for a long time

    My breakfast almost every day is cottage cheese drowned in Louisiana hot sauce!! definitely get some weird looks at work (I go through a bottle every couple weeks), but nom nom nom!

    I love pepperoncinis (no spellcheck, I don't mean peppercorns), and on occasion still will just grab a few off a salad and eat them. Up through the first few months of my weight loss (and starting well before), I would buy a jar and just snack on them while watching TV. It would take me maybe three nights to get through a small jar. (If that was all I'd snacked on, I might not have gotten fat, of course.) One of my favorite things--which I've mostly lost the taste for--was to eat them with some cottage cheese. I'd eat the peppers, shake the juice from the extra juicy ones into the cottage cheese, and then finish with the cottage cheese mixed with the pepper juice.

    (I've never told anyone this before.)

    I may have to try this next time I get cottage cheese. Don't have pepperoncini, but I try to keep giardiniera in the house.
  • 52cardpickup
    52cardpickup Posts: 379 Member
    edited March 2015
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    ShibaEars wrote: »
    xMrBunglex wrote: »
    Bulls_23 wrote: »
    Tincan, who are some of your favorite authors? (Fellow English major!)
    Steven King (pre-1995) - I think a lot of people overlook King. Especially for English majors and writes, I really believe there's merit in examining his character development.

    Speaking of books that got thrown across the room, I was furious at the ending of Needful Things...it was like he said "Screw it, gotta wrap this thing up!"

    It was all downhill for King after that. Although I've heard good things about Dr. Sleep.

    This has been my biggest complaint about Stephen King. He has amazing ideas and stories, but it's like he gets bored at the end and just wants to finish it quickly. The Stand was awesome, but I didn't think the ending was great. And I've only seen the movie Dreamcatcher, but I loved it - until the end. I've avoided his books for the most part, until now. My dad has convinced me to read the Dark Tower books, even though I've heard several times the ending is (again) terrible.

    His early work was great, including the endings, and I think he's at his best when he's writing short stories.
    Agree 100%. The compilation Everything's Eventual is one of my comfort reads.
    Don't get me started about the ending of Under the Dome.

    Ughhh the worst. It makes me cringe to think about the ending of Under the Dome. It was such a fabulous study of what happens when people think that no one is watching/judging their behavior, and then... the ending.

    I am also a huge fan of older King books, but gave up on his newer stuff years ago....therefore, I have never read Under The Dome, someone please tell me how it ends, now I am curious!

    ancient-aliens-guy-1024x896.jpg

    ETA: no, seriously though, actually aliens.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
    -Someone left an almost full bottle of shampoo in the shower at my gym, I threw it in my gym bag and have been using it for the past several weeks... I justify it by telling myself the staff would've thrown it out anyway. Happy to have it since they frequently run out of soap in the dispenser and don't keep it refilled.

    -A frequent breakfast of mine is 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped up and mixed with Louisiana hot sauce. It makes a sort of paste like consistency. I eat it at work and definitely get some strange looks.

    -I've been lurking in this thread for a long time

    Dat breakfast tho...

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  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,723 Member
    I HATE being judged for wanting to eat healthier or for weighing my food by overweight coworkers. DON'T JUDGE ME BECAUSE YOU'RE LAZY AND DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!!!

    Rant over.
  • kourjenn
    kourjenn Posts: 3 Member
    I just had breakfast at home and then bought an oar fudge bar from starbucks.
  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,723 Member
    crfischer4 wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Another confession: There's a guy in my office, Mr. Foot Shuffler, the guy I want to throat punch, that pronounces Missouri, Miss er uh. Like with an "a" at the end. It irks me a lot more than it should but every time he says it, the throat punch urge becomes really strong with me.

    Much like @tincanonastring‌ I overreact to insignificant things.

    Everyone I work with says ECK-specially. When they say it, I quit listening.

    I made fun of my mom 2 weeks ago for saying "pacifically" instead of "specifically". My response..."Oh instead of Atlantically?!" She didn't appreciate my witty comeback.

    Confession: I am a terrible person that makes fun of my mother's grammar.

  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
    Talkradio wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    ShibaEars wrote: »
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    Now I want to know which one it was! Hope you can smooth things out with the fiance. Have you resolved the problem? Kind of hard to get over it until then.

    The problem, sadly, isn't one that can be resolved in a night. I don't know if anyone else is in an interracial relationship, and normally, I don't even think about it, but issues have come up recently with his friends not appreciating my whiteness being involved with him. And I've finally had a tiny taste of what he has had to deal with for a very long time, and it's opened up my eyes, and makes me realize how selfish I can be about some things. But the issue for me, is I don't bring that stuff home. I never make racial jokes, or comment, but he is forever joking around every time we have a difference in opinion and says it is because I am white. I feel like he is putting a big space between us by bringing those types of comments into our relationships. Like he is highlighting a meaningless difference. (Not meaningless in the world in general it seems, but in terms of our relationship)

    And that was a whole lot more personal and ranting than I wanted it to be. SORRY! To stay on topic, confession wise: Sometimes I think I would be happier if I just stayed huge. Because when you're bigger people don't notice anything about you except your weight. And that is comfortable, because it is like a disguise.


    I was in a relationship with a guy of another race and he was forever pointing out differences & making comments about it, things I never would've even noticed or thought of. I felt the same way you do, like he was putting a big space between us over something that shouldn't have mattered. We weren't together for a long time so I'll never know if it would've become an issue (he had some other major issues that led to us breaking up!) but it was eye opening for me.

    I hope you two can work it out!

    That sucks.
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I confess that I haven't read the most recent Stephen King books, even though I've read all the others (agreed about the Stand... end kinda sucked, but I still loved that book). To be honest, I read them all pretty much in a year when I was 14 so I've forgotten most of them...

    I did like Firehouse Sub, but a medium was not enough for me (I got the New York Steamer without mayo on wheat). So I went home and finished last night's shepherd's pie too. That's what happens I guess when you're up at 4.30am and have breakfast at 6am because you're starving.

    Confession - I actually feel sad for people who are so proud to be 'clean eating'. I kinda pity them because they deprive themselves of delicious foods for no reason. I always feel obligated to reply that I've lost 80 pounds eating 'bad' food.

    I'm glad you got to try it. I really like it. Would you go back? Maybe try something different, the hero, or hook and ladder. I never finish my whole sandwich because I devour my chips and most of my 32 oz. Dr. Pepper. Glad you tried it and like it though. :smile:

    I might go back. I don't know. I'm a bread snob and I'd rather have a good old baguette on my subs I guess... plus it would probably be more filling.


    My confession is that someone mentioned on another thread that grilled cheese sandwiches is the first thing they learned how to cook... I have no idea how to make a grilled cheese. Quite sure that when I tried, it was burned outside and the cheese wasn't melted enough.

    Grilled cheese was literally the first thing all 4 of my kids learned to cook and I can remember my oldest cooking the thing on like 8 out of 10 heat. Just like you described, black outside, half-melted cheese at best inside. On our electric range, the perfect heat is 4-5 out of 10 (medium heat) and it takes about 4 minutes the first side, 2.5-3 on the second to make perfect, golden brown grilled cheese. The kids like theirs less toasted, so it's more like 3 and 3 minutes.

    That was me. I used to babysit my younger sister in the summers and I'd make grilled cheese for her and several of her friends (and myself, of course). Loved it. We had a perfect square pan for making 4 at a time.

    My dad taught me how to make grilled cheese. I didn't realize until I was an adult that most people don't butter the inside on the sandwich. He would layer it butter, bread, cheese, butter, cheese, bread, butter. It makes me feel queasy thinking about it now... But every now and then I am tempted to make it that way.

    That's exactly why I rarely eat grilled cheese anymore. It's no good without ALL THE BUTTER! I also probably learned that from my Dad, who died at 59 from complications due to diabetes and heart disease.
  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
    annette_15 wrote: »
    I confess that I hate reading and I'm sad this thread has turned into a conversation about books and ppl I couldnt care less about
    I love how this thread morphs into a new conversation regularly. Hang around, the topic will change.
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    I hate Taylor Swift's music.

    Me too....She is SOFA KING annoying.
  • orangesmartie
    orangesmartie Posts: 1,870 Member
    JPW1990 wrote: »
    Confession: I keep telling my 4-year old that all the cars and trucks with Transformers stickers are either Autobots or Decepticons and actually transform into giant robots to fight each other. He's starting to give those cars a wide berth when we walk by. Sometimes I'm an evil dad.

    Now I'm sad there aren't more cars around us with those stickers. Our neighbors tend to go the stick figure family route or the truck nads. *sigh*

    I totally judge people with truck nads. Crude rednecks.

    What are truck nads?

    <~~~unenlightened Brit

  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    JPW1990 wrote: »
    Confession: I keep telling my 4-year old that all the cars and trucks with Transformers stickers are either Autobots or Decepticons and actually transform into giant robots to fight each other. He's starting to give those cars a wide berth when we walk by. Sometimes I'm an evil dad.

    Now I'm sad there aren't more cars around us with those stickers. Our neighbors tend to go the stick figure family route or the truck nads. *sigh*

    I totally judge people with truck nads. Crude rednecks.

    What are truck nads?

    <~~~unenlightened Brit

    This probably qualifies as NSFW for people, despite them being on the backs of pickups all over the place.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    I had McDonalds for dinner... a more moderate serving than I usually would have... but the guilt after is still awful!! :s:s

    i eat mcdonalds once a week because of the play place they have, I have a standing playdate with a friend of mine there. I never feel guilty, they post the calories right on the menu! easy squeezy!
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    Confession: Went out dancing on a Tuesday night, had three guys ask for my number even though I was wearing an ugly dress. Two of them spent most of the night sort of competing for my attention. I'm pretty sure they didn't know each other, it was just random. If that has ever happened to me before, it has been a very long time.

    Ended up making out with a guy half my age behind the wine barrels...maybe won't be going back to my favorite wine bar for a few weeks.

    It's the strangest thing, every time I drop below 215 I suddenly start to get tons more attention from Latinos. Below 210 and even American guys start following me around. Obviously I am still huge. Maybe I am prettier than I realized? I don't know what the deal is lately, but it is both flattering and slightly terrifying.

    I swear, I dress really conservatively for a salsa dancer...I had on a slip (in case of skirt flying up) and a dress that shows absolutely zero cleavage.

    You Go Girl!

    p.s. I love Salsa dancing!
  • Slashnl
    Slashnl Posts: 339 Member
    -Someone left an almost full bottle of shampoo in the shower at my gym, I threw it in my gym bag and have been using it for the past several weeks... I justify it by telling myself the staff would've thrown it out anyway. Happy to have it since they frequently run out of soap in the dispenser and don't keep it refilled.

    -A frequent breakfast of mine is 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped up and mixed with Louisiana hot sauce. It makes a sort of paste like consistency. I eat it at work and definitely get some strange looks.

    -I've been lurking in this thread for a long time

    My breakfast almost every day is cottage cheese drowned in Louisiana hot sauce!! definitely get some weird looks at work (I go through a bottle every couple weeks), but nom nom nom!

    Sounds good. I have to try this!!
  • spamarie
    spamarie Posts: 2,825 Member
    I have nicknames for the people I regularly see at my swimming pool (I don't know their names even though we always say hello). Some of them are:

    Flower Power (she has an awesome flowery swimming costume)
    Annoying breast stroke man (likes to cut in front of people and then SLOW DOWN)
    Dave 1
    Dave 2 (looks so similar to Dave 1 at first I was wondering how he could swim so fast until I realised they were two different people).
    Fast and Furious
    Macho Splashy man
    Staring man
    Penelope Perfect

    I wonder what they have nicknamed me? It's probably 'spluttering lady' or 'guess who got distracted halfway through her shower and only shaved one armpit'. That only happened once.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Another confession: There's a guy in my office, Mr. Foot Shuffler, the guy I want to throat punch, that pronounces Missouri, Miss er uh. Like with an "a" at the end. It irks me a lot more than it should but every time he says it, the throat punch urge becomes really strong with me.

    Much like @tincanonastring‌ I overreact to insignificant things.

    Ditto. This is the story of my life. Big, huge crisis? Fine. I can handle it. Pen clicker? I will stab your eyeballs out with the pen. Popping gum on the treadmill next to me? I will shove you off the machine. (good thing this is the confession thread; I sound terrible!)

    You would murder me then...I do both of those things. I used to get in trouble all the time by an old boss for popping or snapping my gum. She'd make me go spit it out. I don't do it on purpose, it's just a habit.

    Logically, I understand that people aren't doing it to intentionally annoy me and that they probably don't even realize they are doing it and those are the only thoughts that keep me from going into a rage. I fully realize this is a "me" issue. Working on it, but not been very successful.

    Also, wanted to add to the "annoying word usage" conversation: saying "prolly" instead of "probably". Grates on my nerves.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Today is my 12th anniversary and I picked the restaurant a week ago (we have to go for lunch, as we don't have a babysitter). I've been looking at the menu every day and thinking about it and I logged my meal 3 days ago... and for all I know I'm going to get the special and mess it all up. And maybe an appetizer too. I'm hungry.

    I think going back on a cut the last 3 weeks has been taking its toll on me but I still feel bad at the idea of going over maintenance today (which I might).
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    IAmTheGlue wrote: »
    Confessions:



    I cannot stand touching wet skin. (Not my own but I avoid touching other people's wet skin if possible as it makes me nauseous.) I also can't stand touching aluminum foil and cardboard. *gag*




    Interesting....

    I CANNOT touch wood!

    I just giggled at this like a teenage boy.
  • Bulls_23
    Bulls_23 Posts: 199 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Today is my 12th anniversary and I picked the restaurant a week ago (we have to go for lunch, as we don't have a babysitter). I've been looking at the menu every day and thinking about it and I logged my meal 3 days ago... and for all I know I'm going to get the special and mess it all up. And maybe an appetizer too. I'm hungry.

    I think going back on a cut the last 3 weeks has been taking its toll on me but I still feel bad at the idea of going over maintenance today (which I might).


    Happy anniversary! I would worry one bit about what you eat today!

    Eating healthy and getting into better shape is great and all that, but if you can't order what you want on special occasions, then what's the point! As long as your not doing that every week, it probably won't matter that much!

    Have fun!
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    landfish wrote: »
    IAmTheGlue wrote: »
    Confessions:

    Whenever someone notices my weight loss and asks me how I did it, I'm going to say "I eat a pinecone every day."

    (slow claps) you are a genius.

    Agreed! That is a fantastic response. As a matter of fact, I think we need to propose this on MFP and have everyone post their results: when people ask you how you've lost weight answer with the MOST ridiculous thing you can come up with. Should be highly entertaining!
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    I do that eggs and hot sauce thing too. Sometimes a bit of mustard. Totally gross and I don't care. I'll put both of those things on pretty much anything at all. I think it's the vinegar that I'm so into because I also love pickle juice.
  • JSurita2
    JSurita2 Posts: 1,304 Member
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    landfish wrote: »
    IAmTheGlue wrote: »
    Confessions:

    Whenever someone notices my weight loss and asks me how I did it, I'm going to say "I eat a pinecone every day."

    (slow claps) you are a genius.

    Agreed! That is a fantastic response. As a matter of fact, I think we need to propose this on MFP and have everyone post their results: when people ask you how you've lost weight answer with the MOST ridiculous thing you can come up with. Should be highly entertaining!

    Indeed I think this would be a hoot. I'm already thinking of ridiculous responses.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    I haven't been on much today, but I took a quick look at the boards earlier and THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Low Crab Diet thread.

    Now I can't find it. Sadness.

    At first I was all happy to be the first responder to that OP, but then I read all the witty responses and felt really lame. Wish I could come up with some of that stuff!
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    crfischer4 wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Another confession: There's a guy in my office, Mr. Foot Shuffler, the guy I want to throat punch, that pronounces Missouri, Miss er uh. Like with an "a" at the end. It irks me a lot more than it should but every time he says it, the throat punch urge becomes really strong with me.

    Much like @tincanonastring‌ I overreact to insignificant things.

    Everyone I work with says ECK-specially. When they say it, I quit listening.

    I made fun of my mom 2 weeks ago for saying "pacifically" instead of "specifically". My response..."Oh instead of Atlantically?!" She didn't appreciate my witty comeback.

    Confession: I am a terrible person that makes fun of my mother's grammar.

    Then I am a terrible person too. My mom messes up so many words I just have to laugh. She can't say "manila" or "millennium". Crashed Ice was here last weekend and she kept calling it Crushed Ice, and she was convinced the phrase was "nip it in the butt".

  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,839 Member
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    landfish wrote: »
    IAmTheGlue wrote: »
    Confessions:

    Whenever someone notices my weight loss and asks me how I did it, I'm going to say "I eat a pinecone every day."

    (slow claps) you are a genius.

    Agreed! That is a fantastic response. As a matter of fact, I think we need to propose this on MFP and have everyone post their results: when people ask you how you've lost weight answer with the MOST ridiculous thing you can come up with. Should be highly entertaining!

    I tell people it's magic beans, like "Jack and the Beanstalk."

  • kecmw25
    kecmw25 Posts: 2,743 Member
    IAmTheGlue wrote: »
    Confessions:

    I have read this entire thread on my phone while walking laps around my kitchen, dining room and foyer. It's addictive and I've got 18k steps in the past couple days.

    I cannot stand touching wet skin. (Not my own but I avoid touching other people's wet skin if possible as it makes me nauseous.) I also can't stand touching aluminum foil and cardboard. *gag*
    I have consumed more calories today in Whiskey than food (medicinal reasons). I feel better & I'm still under my goal. I log everything religiously.

    Whenever someone notices my weight loss and asks me how I did it, I'm going to say "I eat a pinecone every day."

    You all know if I say " I watch what I eat and exercise" they will be sad so... I am really just bringing more joy to the world. I will straighten them out so I'm not to blame when somebody chokes to death on a pinecone but for a brief moment, they will have the secret knowledge of an ancient magical weight loss cure. And I will have the satisfaction of knowing that many people would rather eat a pinecone than count calories. ;)


    I hate touching microfiber towels

  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,741 Member
    -Someone left an almost full bottle of shampoo in the shower at my gym, I threw it in my gym bag and have been using it for the past several weeks... I justify it by telling myself the staff would've thrown it out anyway. Happy to have it since they frequently run out of soap in the dispenser and don't keep it refilled.

    -A frequent breakfast of mine is 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped up and mixed with Louisiana hot sauce. It makes a sort of paste like consistency. I eat it at work and definitely get some strange looks.

    -I've been lurking in this thread for a long time

    My breakfast almost every day is cottage cheese drowned in Louisiana hot sauce!! definitely get some weird looks at work (I go through a bottle every couple weeks), but nom nom nom!

    It's also good with Sriracha. (pretty sure I'm misspelling that for some reason)