Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))

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  • crosbylee
    crosbylee Posts: 3,450 Member
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    There were several for me. I did Phen-Fen, I did WW, I tried several fad diets (cabbage soup, etc.). I even did Quick Weight Loss...twice.
  • tobistatler
    tobistatler Posts: 940 Member
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    I tried them in 91 after my first baby. They were gross! Lol I only tried it for a week. But then I started doing a workout everyday on espn, Bodies in Motion with Gilad and got in pretty good shape.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
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    The only time I've really tried to diet before MFP, was back in 2004-ish when hubby and I did the South Beach diet. As far as diets go, it's not really full of woo, but I didn't really get why I was losing weight. I assumed it was the carbs.

    Mostly I'm just guilty of not having understood calorie deficit and how to create one.
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,406 Member
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    In my teens I fell for ACV and detox drinks. Mum also put me on weight watchers with her.
  • Oberon21
    Oberon21 Posts: 13,235 Member
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    What should we confess for Thursday? How about the biggest woo you ever bought into?

    I did the HCG pills with B12 injections. It was freaking expensive, like $1000. And what made me lose weight was eating 500 calories per day. :s

    I did HCG sublingual multiple times. The first 2 times it worked great. The next few not so good. The last 2 times trying it vegan I couldn't last.

    Slimfast
    Dexatrim when it worked
    What is the one where you eat all fat?
    Other crazy random ones
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    I can honestly say that I have never fallen for diet woo. I did go through a few years where I ate 800-1000 calories a day, dance class a hour a day and walked miles all over campus. I knew what I was doing, and I did it anyway. I was tired of doctors telling me that I should weigh 130 pounds instead of 165. At 138, I had 7.5% body fat, no periods and my hair was falling out and I was dying of malnutrition. My mom had "come to Jesus meetings" with at least three different doctors and an administrator at my school to make sure that I was at least buying 2000 calories of food every day. My mother was a sight to behold when she was mad about one of her kids. So that's my woo story.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    Confession: it's dangerous for me to make peanut butter cookies. But, I have owed a friend in IT cookies for almost a year - he did me a solid and I promised him cookies. He has asked me about them at least once a month. Tomorrow, he is having an endoscopy, so he needs peanut butter chocolate chip cookies to help him recover. He is coming to get his share before the procedure. :) ( I was baking today anyway because they are moving four people out of our department tomorrow and we're having a going away party.)
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
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    allisonlane161 wrote: »
    My weight loss is very slow because I refuse to eat like I'm on a diet or "sacrifice" too much. Then I complain about how slowly I lose.

    That's awesome that you're doing it this way, because you're setting yourself up for sustainable goals once you get to maintenance. Just look at it as like slow & steady sets the pace.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    So glad it's Friday! B)

    Hmmmmm, Friday confession - I went to bed at 6:30 last night. :o
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    Friday confessions:
    1. My manager is off today and I am taking advantage of her absence to get all of the easy stuff off my desk.
    2. I have eaten almost half of my alloted calories for the day and only 9 grams of protein. I see a shake in my future. And chicken breast for dinner.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    Today's ref was better at the rules, but color blind. My kid's team were in gray jerseys and he kept calling them red. Tie game. Good play by both sides.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
    edited May 2018
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    So my son sprained his wrist yesterday at school. I confess I was not sad to not have to get him to his appointment with my trainer at 7 AM.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    So my son sprained his wrist yesterday at school. I confess I was not sad to not have to get him to his appointment with my trainer at 7 AM.

    7am. Even *I* was asleep at 7am. I am usually an earlier riser, I must have been exhausted. I did make it to my qui gong class on time, 9:30. Several regulars didn't show, there was a 10k downtown today and I suspect they were running.
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
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    Confession: I planned a snack today of a faux meatball sub: meatless meatballs on sourdough bread with marinara. I forgot to thaw the marinara, so I used ketchup.

    It was so good I ate 3, burned through a ton of calories and had to work out to make room for dinner. And at that, dinner is going to be plain boiled lentils over romaine lettuce and a sparkling water. Maybe. We'll see if my resolve lasts that long.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
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    nickssweetheart wrote: »
    Confession: I planned a snack today of a faux meatball sub: meatless meatballs on sourdough bread with marinara. I forgot to thaw the marinara, so I used ketchup.

    It was so good I ate 3, burned through a ton of calories and had to work out to make room for dinner. And at that, dinner is going to be plain boiled lentils over romaine lettuce and a sparkling water. Maybe. We'll see if my resolve lasts that long.

    I would probably just not eat again, but I hate Lentils.
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
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    nickssweetheart wrote: »
    Confession: I planned a snack today of a faux meatball sub: meatless meatballs on sourdough bread with marinara. I forgot to thaw the marinara, so I used ketchup.

    It was so good I ate 3, burned through a ton of calories and had to work out to make room for dinner. And at that, dinner is going to be plain boiled lentils over romaine lettuce and a sparkling water. Maybe. We'll see if my resolve lasts that long.

    What did you end up doing?

    Personally I would have tried to spread some of the calories over the next few days to even out throughout the week & left enough calories in those days so I wouldn't feel ravenous enough to want to binge.
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
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    I had the lentils and romaine with a squeeze of lemon and a delicious black cherry water. Still hit my calories and macros for the day, despite my 800 calorie "snack". So I was pretty happy. And I love lentils with lemon so it wasn't that much of a hardship.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    Monday, Monday. My next meet is this Saturday! Woo hoo, I'm excited. It's gonna be fun.

    Confession to kick off our Monday: When I was about 8, I stole a Barbie doll dress from daycare. It's the first thing I remember stealing, but not the last. :#:o
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,406 Member
    edited May 2018
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Monday, Monday. My next meet is this Saturday! Woo hoo, I'm excited. It's gonna be fun.

    Confession to kick off our Monday: When I was about 8, I stole a Barbie doll dress from daycare. It's the first thing I remember stealing, but not the last. :#:o

    If we are going down the stealing route, I stole a silver ring from my first job in a shop because I felt I was being under paid (I was), that same day I lost a bracelet my mum and dad brought me on a holiday in Mexico. I never stole anything ever again. I even give money back when someone gives me too much change.

    ETA the ring was worth far less than the bracelet, about £20?

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