Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))

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  • FroggyBug
    FroggyBug Posts: 4,883 Member
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    pofoster21 wrote: »
    Oh, and I miss Laura... I hope she is loving England!

    Agreed!
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
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    pofoster21 wrote: »
    My confession today is I want to be a 10 year old on summer break and just go back to bed with nothing on the agenda but playing and being bored. Happy Monday all!

    Me too! I'm so over work, and I just want to be doing what I want at home. (while still getting paid, of course)
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
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    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    Ok, so everyone can ignore my earlier whiny post and be proud of me for taking off the cranky pants!

    Despite being lazy and feeling bloated, I did my run- 9 miles and went for our 4ish mile walk. Now, I will go and horrify everyone at the restaurant when they see just how much pizza I can eat at their buffet! Weeeee!!!!

    Um...lol that's 13 miles! Go on and eat your pizza!

    Exactly!!

    Agreed! Tell us how it was, & which pizza was your favorite.
  • ShibaEars
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    MissKalhan wrote: »
    The weekend was amazing, got to see family and play Bubble Soccer! I ate like crap all weekend and I realized I am losing my motivation (a month and a bit before my half amrathon), someone find my motivate please! :/

    My motivation may be in hiding with yours. Please pass along if found!
  • jthurman3
    jthurman3 Posts: 2,121 Member
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    Hi all! I was about 6 pages behind and have just caught up. I'm so glad @Susieq_1994 is feeling better! Are you still pain free today? I hope so!

    I miss Laura, too and hope the trip is going splendidly!

    @quiksylver296 - 9 days is a good streak! Keep it up if you feel like the alcohol is keeping you from your optimal health. I decided that I don't really want to drink my calories, so this is generally not an issue for me personally. But I applaud your effort to make a change that could improve your overall health!

    @pofoster21 How's your recovery going?

    My husband decided that he'd rather do a couch-to-5K running program than start the Strong Lifts program with me at this time. Soooo.. the lifting is on hold for the moment. We are gonna try the Zombies, Run! 5K program with our first night tonight. I got a stride assessment from the local running store so that I could buy the right kind of shoes and we got shoes yesterday. I also splurged and got a HRM! I'm excited to try it out tonight. I blame @pofoster21 for her enthusiastic endorsement of running as "fun" in my current decisiong to try it out again. And, I'll be running from virtual zombies, so it can't be all bad, right?
  • bkhamill
    bkhamill Posts: 1,289 Member
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    nonoelmo wrote: »
    So... After horrible, horrible pain for twelve days and increasingly limited movement, I dragged myself to a doctor this morning. I've been diagnosed with sciatica due to injury, and have been prescribed enough prescription drugs to kill a rhinoceros. I may spend the next week in a drug induced haze, so right here I'm adding a disclaimer that I'm not responsible for anything I may say or do in the next 15 days. >:)

    But hey, I have codeine! Yippee! (I'm seriously stoked, because after an injection, I've had my first horrific-pain free day today! I feel no pain and it's BEAUTIFUL. Spool beautiful. I could kiss that doctor.)

    ETA: Since I've already been quoted and look dumb, uhhh... Spool was supposed to be "soooo". Autocorrect, not drugs, I swear! ;)

    I love a good toradol injection. I don't know if that's what they gave you, but I am super happy whatever it was worked.

    I don't know how toradol is but I hallucinate on codine. I know it is not real but am still distracted by it.

    I hallucinate too, but It also makes me vomit violently! I do not take it. I had it twice, both times very bad. It is now listed as a medication allergy on all my charts.
  • MissKalhan
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    ShibaEars wrote: »
    MissKalhan wrote: »
    The weekend was amazing, got to see family and play Bubble Soccer! I ate like crap all weekend and I realized I am losing my motivation (a month and a bit before my half amrathon), someone find my motivate please! :/

    My motivation may be in hiding with yours. Please pass along if found!

    Haha will do! I'm fairly certain it's hiding under all the bloody paperwork!
  • MoHousdon
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    dindon68 wrote: »
    I made blueberry muffins, and because I knew I wouldn't be able to leave them alone, I took one and put the rest in the boot of my husbands car, rang him when he got to work, and told him to share them out. he wasn't happy because he ate four of them.

    LOL! How many did he have left to share?

    I always take foods I don't enjoy & throw them in the break room. Most of the time it's packages of cookies I wasn't wild about (S'Mores Oreos & Key Lime Pie Oreos), Atkins bars, or other sweet treats I buy & don't care for.

    One day I brought in these

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    I found these utterly repulsive & thought maybe someone else would like them. Everyone who tried them hated them except for one coworker.
    MissSusieQ wrote: »
    Editing to add: I'm jealous that your Q is capitalized. I made my account with a capitalized Q, but back then the username generator would only capitalize the first letter of the name regardless of how you wrote it. I want a capital Q! :angry:

    Jealousy is a curse, other Susieq!!

    @MelissaPhippsFeagins thanks for the kind words. You're right, I shed it once and I can do it again. I'm just so angry at myself.. I didn't even want the food - I felt sick and I was over full and I was sitting there thinking 'this is ruining all my good work and it's not even worth it !'

    I hate when I eat something that I used to like & then realize it wasn't that great to begin with & such a waste of calories. I find that I usually feel this way about donuts, a lot of cheap baked goods (Tastykake, Hostess, Etc.), & milkshakes. I like to eat milkshakes every now & then, but then I realize that for the amount of calories they're a waste & I could've ate more satiating food instead.

    Cheetos are this for me. I used to eat Cheetos, or Doritos, and drink a bottle of pop (Mountain Dew or DP) for lunch in high school. I was SUPER healthy back then. :wink: I haven't been able to eat Doritos since I got pregnant 14 years ago. Every once in a while, I'll give them a try, but I just cannot stomach the taste anymore. I'd much rather eat kettle cooked chips, or plain tortilla chips.

  • MoHousdon
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    pofoster21 wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    I went through my friends list and deleted people that I've had no interaction with. 2 of these people I know in real life. What is the point of being friends with someone if they NEVER comment on anything you post?! I need interactive friends.

    I'm interactive, I swear! Just busy!

    And apparently a bit worried Mo will delete you! :)

    Of course! :'(

    Never gonna happen, quik! I was even talking about you this weekend, referring to you as "my friend who lives in Iowa". I also mentioned @pofoster21, in regards to her taking us horseback riding and on a tour of NYC.

  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,719 Member
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    My confession of today is that I have gone NINE days without alcohol. And I find myself craving it, which is scaring me a little bit. I know a couple of you are recovering alcoholics. I figure if I can do nine days, I can go without completely. It was becoming a bit too much of a crutch. Plus, it was tons of empty calories, right?

    I'm really trying to talk myself into continuing this streak, rather than diving into a margarita or three.

    Skip the margaritas, put the $ in a jar and on day 31, go spend it on something worthwhile.

    ...LIKE SHOES!!!

  • MoHousdon
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    FroggyBug wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    FroggyBug wrote: »
    m1xm0d3 wrote: »
    FroggyBug wrote: »
    I'm still working on getting caught up.

    I went on a walk at lunch yesterday with a co-worker so that was good. I'm thinking about walking again today. :)

    I have today and then half a day tomorrow for work so I'm in vacation mode already. This weekend I have my Red Rocks concerts so I'm really excited (Pretty Lights Friday and Saturday). :) Hopefully no one laughs at me since I'm older but I bought jewels for my face so I'm going to put those on and I have Glowbys for my hair (fiber optic glow barrettes for hair). I'm just going to have fun. I'll try to post a pic in the batcave from my phone later of my trial run of the jewels to see what you guys think.

    Friday morning we are going to Original Pancake house. Strawberry waffles and home fries here I come. Yay.

    Cool! I used to be a raver and did all the decked out gear at one time. I've been an EDM DJ for over 5 years. I remember when Pretty Lights was just an up-and-coming midliner. Now he headlines all of his shows. Do you by chance like Bassnectar? He is always doing shows at RR.

    Yes, I actually like Bassnectar as well but I've never been to their concert yet (I'm determined though!-I need to just go, I need more money haha). This will be my 3rd year going to the Pretty Lights Red Rocks concerts so I'm really excited. I look forward to it every year. Tickets sell out so fast though.

    That is awesome that you are an EDM DJ. We would get along pretty well. That's my favorite type of music. I'm kind of jealous, I always thought being a DJ would be pretty fun!

    This is all very interesting... Froggy, I think that you should skip the counseling and find a new romance. A single guy, with similar interests, who doesn't snore...

    I was thinking THE SAME THING @girldownsouth!!!

    Well the good thing is my boyfriend and I have been getting along A LOT better (had a fun time at the concert and this weekend in general-I'll post more later when I'm caught up).

    We do have our therapy appointment this Thursday. I have made it clear that if nothing changes I will leave though. :)

    Good for you for making yourself a priority, and not a doormat. I'm not saying you WERE a doormat, but you know what I mean. Or at least, I hope you do.

  • donthegeek
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    Ok, confession time. My wife and I went out geocaching in the desert yesterday to get some steps and I got the truck stuck in an arroyo (back east it would be called a wash). Instead of getting in a workout, I banged my knee, and had to swallow my pride and ask my son to drive out and get me out of the sugar sand. I think I'm more embarrassed about getting stuck than the rest of the day but we went to Chili's for lunch (Ribs, Fries, Beer) and Freddy's for dinner (Patty Melt, Fries, and Frozen custard). Not only did we get stuck, but I ate things I shouldn't have eaten.

    Lesson learned -> Getting stuck in the desert leads to overeating!
  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,719 Member
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    FroggyBug wrote: »
    So I have now tried all the Quest bars I wanted to try.

    Cookie dough, chocolate peanut butter and cookies and creme are my faves. White chocolate raspberry was good too. Not a single one was gross and I never felt like I had to choke one down. This is a new staple for me.

    I'm so happy you liked all of them. :) I love the cookie ones too.

    Try the cookies and cream one out of the freezer. Game changer. I will not eat them any other way from now on.

  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,719 Member
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    donthegeek wrote: »
    Ok, confession time. My wife and I went out geocaching in the desert yesterday to get some steps and I got the truck stuck in an arroyo (back east it would be called a wash). Instead of getting in a workout, I banged my knee, and had to swallow my pride and ask my son to drive out and get me out of the sugar sand. I think I'm more embarrassed about getting stuck than the rest of the day but we went to Chili's for lunch (Ribs, Fries, Beer) and Freddy's for dinner (Patty Melt, Fries, and Frozen custard). Not only did we get stuck, but I ate things I shouldn't have eaten.

    Lesson learned -> Getting stuck in the desert leads to overeating!

    I'm unclear as to why these are things you shouldn't have eaten???

  • kelly_c_77
    kelly_c_77 Posts: 5,658 Member
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    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    My confession of today is that I have gone NINE days without alcohol. And I find myself craving it, which is scaring me a little bit. I know a couple of you are recovering alcoholics. I figure if I can do nine days, I can go without completely. It was becoming a bit too much of a crutch. Plus, it was tons of empty calories, right?

    I'm really trying to talk myself into continuing this streak, rather than diving into a margarita or three.

    You can do it! :)
    Also- I love your new picture!

    LOL so do I.

    I also like this one.

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    Yes! I've seen this one before and always laugh!

    There's another that says something about being able to fit into the hoop earrings you wore in high school. I'm awful at remembering exact quotes...and too lazy to look it up.

    I had that as my profile picture a while ago. It says, "Not to make anyone jealous or anything... But I still fit in the earrings I wore in high school." :p

    Yeah, that's it!! Thanks, Susie!
  • kelly_c_77
    kelly_c_77 Posts: 5,658 Member
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    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    Ok, so everyone can ignore my earlier whiny post and be proud of me for taking off the cranky pants!

    Despite being lazy and feeling bloated, I did my run- 9 miles and went for our 4ish mile walk. Now, I will go and horrify everyone at the restaurant when they see just how much pizza I can eat at their buffet! Weeeee!!!!

    Um...lol that's 13 miles! Go on and eat your pizza!

    Exactly!!

    Oh, trust me..I ate an obscene amount of food...definitely got more than my money's worth! One more bite and my husband would have been rolling me out of there!!!
    I'll get one more walk in putting me over 20 miles for the day...but by my guesstimations on the food today, I will still be over my calories!!! :blush:
    That's with a small breakfast..and no plans for dinner because there's no room in this body for anything but water at this point!!!
    ETA: @kellyjellybellyjelly, I'm not sure I could choose a favorite. They're awesome there! I'm vegetarian and they asked me what pizza I wanted them to make for the buffet..because they had so many meat ones prepared!! It was so nice of them to ask...I didn't know what to say so I just told them any veggie ones.
    The ones they made for little ole me included:
    plain cheese
    Portobello mushroom, spinach, & feta
    Tomato, spinach, olive, and feta
    Green peppers and onions

    Out of embarrassment, I refuse to say how many slices I ate...but I also had greek salad and pasta salad!!!
  • kelly_c_77
    kelly_c_77 Posts: 5,658 Member
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    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    FroggyBug wrote: »
    ShibaEars wrote: »
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    Not to make everyone sad, but I read this secret ages ago on Postsecret, and it really stayed with me. Although it would be hard to stay with a pet until the end, after reading this, I could never leave. :'(
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    :cry:

    My brother's girlfriend told me she has never and will never stay with a pet when it is euthanized and... I confess... I lost a lot of respect for her. How you can have a pet for years, say you love it, then walk away right at the end is beyond me. Yes it's hard to stay, but I think if they could pick, they'd prefer to have their favorite person/people there with them.

    Yea this and also when people get rid of pets when the animals are sick or old. :( That makes me so sad.

    The ferret place I sponsor recently had someone bring in a couple of ferrets that had been listed on craigslist for free because the owner didn't want them anymore. One has adrenal gland disease so they just need some meds (their hair falls out). The people who take care of the ferrets hate that animals are treated like old merchandise and given away when the person no longer wants them. I agree.

    I HATE when people get rid of their animals just for being old!!!! It seriously makes me so unbelievably angry!!! It's even worse when they replace the dog/cat with a new puppy/kitten! GRRRRRR!!!!!!! :angry:

    Yup, it's horrible and I really don't understand why or how they could do such a thing. It reminds me of the older men who leave their wives for a "younger model" because their current wife isn't as young and pretty as she used to be. (Not that women don't do this too.) If you really love someone, you love them regardless of aging!

    Yes, yes, yes!
  • TigerNY128
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    MoHousdon wrote: »
    My confession of today is that I have gone NINE days without alcohol. And I find myself craving it, which is scaring me a little bit. I know a couple of you are recovering alcoholics. I figure if I can do nine days, I can go without completely. It was becoming a bit too much of a crutch. Plus, it was tons of empty calories, right?

    I'm really trying to talk myself into continuing this streak, rather than diving into a margarita or three.

    Skip the margaritas, put the $ in a jar and on day 31, go spend it on something worthwhile.

    ...LIKE SHOES!!!

    ...or PURSES!
  • donthegeek
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    MoHousdon wrote: »
    donthegeek wrote: »
    Ok, confession time. My wife and I went out geocaching in the desert yesterday to get some steps and I got the truck stuck in an arroyo (back east it would be called a wash). Instead of getting in a workout, I banged my knee, and had to swallow my pride and ask my son to drive out and get me out of the sugar sand. I think I'm more embarrassed about getting stuck than the rest of the day but we went to Chili's for lunch (Ribs, Fries, Beer) and Freddy's for dinner (Patty Melt, Fries, and Frozen custard). Not only did we get stuck, but I ate things I shouldn't have eaten.

    Lesson learned -> Getting stuck in the desert leads to overeating!

    I'm unclear as to why these are things you shouldn't have eaten???

    Individually, each meal would have been ok. What has bummed me out is the fact that it was so easy to go back to my old habits with just a little push from stress.

    Now that I've got it out there, I can look at it and say - Don, pay attention and focus on the prize.
  • kelly_c_77
    kelly_c_77 Posts: 5,658 Member
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    MoHousdon wrote: »
    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    kelly_c_77 wrote: »
    ythannah wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    ythannah wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    peleroja wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    ythannah wrote: »
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    Not to make everyone sad, but I read this secret ages ago on Postsecret, and it really stayed with me. Although it would be hard to stay with a pet until the end, after reading this, I could never leave. :'(
    h69laalbfct1.jpg

    I've always stayed. I'm Mama, and I am with them to the end, cuddling them until the vet officially pronounces them "gone".

    I also have this weird notion that I have to pretend to be upbeat and cheerful because the dogs have always picked up on my emotions and I don't want them to feel my sadness. Although I guess I've never fooled them.


    peleroja wrote: »
    Will anyone have any sympathy for me if I say that for the first time in my life I'm having trouble keeping weight on?

    Since I've bumped up my exercise with the stairs etc and weights, I've been losing weight again, (slowly but still), although I feel like I'm eating so much more. I'm tracking and even going over what should be maintenance but it's still continuing to drop bit by bit. Eating is a chore at this point, which I never thought in a million years would even be possible.

    I'm worried that it's rendering the exercise pointless if I'm not building muscle. I don't want to be putting in all this working-out, stair-climbing and strength-training effort for nothing so I'm kind of frustrated. And quite frankly, I don't really want to be any thinner at this point. My clothes are getting too big, there's an inch of empty space in my bra cups, and my rings are super loose.

    I have never in my life felt bad for people who claim they can't gain weight (because how hard is it to just eat some more?!) but it turns out that the answer seems to be that it's a lot harder than I thought.

    Loads of sympathy here, I'm having much the same issues.

    Whereas I liked the idea of losing some BF and getting definition, I didn't want to lose flesh off my chest and face, which is where the loss is the most noticeable.

    Last summer I dropped 5 lbs (that I didn't need to lose) because of taking hardcore antibiotics... I digested nothing for two weeks. Right after that I was on vacation and my physical activity increased significantly, plus my eating got a bit erratic just because of weird scheduling, and I only managed to gain 2 lbs back. Dedicated myself to lifting and eating higher protein in January, but it has still taken me a year to return to my normal weight.

    I was hoping that building muscle would ADD some weight, not just shrink my boobs.

    DON'T SAY THAT!!! :o

    LOL, that's about the only good thing about dropping my body fat so low. Losing them makes me positively gleeful, apart from all the extra cup space.

    But you have them to lose, I, however, do not.

    Nor do I. Just for the record.

    I know, we've had this conversation before. I believe that's when I posted my booty pic. :blush:

    I have reached a new snacking low: eating leftover Cool Whip out of the tub (why dirty a dish?) with sprinkles. Yep, I can't be bothered serving it into a dish to eat properly, but I will make the effort to garnish it with sprinkles.

    I've done this...but mixed a bit of peanut butter in there too. Nom nom nom.

    I've tried that Funfetti Cake dip with Cool Whip & it's pretty good.

    I ate Coconut Pecan frosting on graham crackers last night and it was amazing. I might like the frosting more than cookie butter...and I didn't think that was possible.

    Is this the frosting they use for German chocolate cake?! I never thought of putting it on graham crackers. I just eat it out of the can when I have it in the house. Which, I'm sad to say is pretty much never, because both Mr. Mo and Rachael HATE coconut, and Rachael doesn't like pecans. I can't believe I'm related to these people.

    I hate both as well. I shudder when I see that frosting on the shelves... It sounds like bottled nastiness to me!

    Trust me, it IS NOT!!! Very sweet though! Even I was a little like, woah!!
    And also- I will join @riderfangal in her Questlessness!! :)