Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))

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  • JPW1990
    JPW1990 Posts: 2,424 Member
    Eating my 2nd dinner tonight. Went out with a friend for the first one, and the food was so bad, we debated whether it would be ethical to give her leftovers to her dog. They smelled like dogfood, so it was a reasonable debate.
  • almondbutterbay
    almondbutterbay Posts: 221 Member
    I don't understand people my age who don't get excited about things. Like I was talking to one of my friends today who is turning 21 on Friday and I was asking if he was going to go drink or do anything fun for his birthday and he told me he didn't know and honestly couldn't care less and I found it super confusing. Even when I've been depressed I found things super exciting - even little things like riding the T around Boston, jumping on my friend's trampoline, going to see a new movie, or meeting someone new. I find everything super exciting to the point where it annoys people. I don't think life would be survivable if I didn't find the little things exciting. The thing I'm excited about most is that the carousel in my town is opening up in a few weeks!
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    pofoster21 wrote: »
    pofoster21 wrote: »
    sydkins432 wrote: »
    I haven't gone over my calorie intake in over 50 days. My fitbit says i burn between 2300 and 3000 calories a day and I have only lost 5 pounds. I think they're is something wrong with me, but I am afraid to go to the doctor.

    How much weight do you have to lose? Are you tracking your food on a digital food scale to make sure you're eating the correct portion?

    Are you sure your fitbit is correct? I ran a marathon yesterday and only burned 2673 calories (46K steps). Unless you are running marathons every day or doing some other extended extreme exercise, your fitbit might be giving you inaccurate information...

    @pofoster21 are you sure your FitBit is correct? I know different people burn differently, but I average 12K steps a day and maintain at 2100 a day (33, 5'5'', 130-135) and I'm really not doing much more than walking now. I would think a marathon would get you a lot more than 2700...

    ETA: grammar is hard

    I don't use a Fitbit. I use a gps tracking device. And on average a 10 min mile burns 100 calories. In addition MFP returned a similar number on mile per hour times time ran. So, yes I am fairly sure it's close to accurate.

    The fitbit measures all day calorie burn, not just the physical activity. I think that's why your numbers are so different.
  • Talkradio
    Talkradio Posts: 388 Member
    I don't feel well, and I've got the hungries. I know I just want to eat because I associate it with good feelings... But logic is not always helpful when you want to stuff your face. I'm actively talking myself out of a late night fast food run. I should just go to bed...
  • ladybuggnorris
    ladybuggnorris Posts: 276 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Does anyone binge on "walking dead" ? I think me and my daughter have a million times lol mostly my daughter , she controls the remote.

    Totally! It's one of my favorite shows. I watch every episode as it airs, and then when they go on hiatus, I binge-watch all the seasons at some point so I can get my fix :)

    I'm doing that right now. When the most recent season ended, my husband and I started watching from the beginning. We're currently on season 4. Love that show so much. I now want a samurai sword so I can be a badass zombie slayer like Michonne. B)

    I have a sword on my Amazon wish list specifically for this purpose :) However, I'm fairly certain that in the event of an actual zombie apocalypse, I will either a) step out of my house strapped to the hilt with weapons and a kicka$$ attitude only to be bitten 10 seconds later; or b) I will be Otis - too slow to run away and left behind as walker bait.

    That made me laugh. Otis was only walker bait because Shane was a piece of human garbage and sacrificed him to save his own sorry butt. I'm glad Rick took him out. Too bad he was a zombie when it happened.



    Very true. Interesting that Rick has kind of been turning into Shane lately, no? I hope that the reappearance of Morgan and his zen attitude will bring Rick back from the edge a little.

    Yeah, Rick has kind of lost it. So has Shasha. She's bonkers now. This is really mean and I feel terrible for saying it, but I wish Carl would just die already. I'm surprised he's still around.

    I'm glad Glen made it. :smile:

    Glen is the only character left that I really like :/

    I LOVE GLEN!!! But how do you not like Daryl or Carol?! They'd definitely be in my zombie apocalypse traveling gang.

    I cannot STAND Daryl.....Carol I feel indifferent about

    You can't stand Darryl? :open_mouth: I think he is the most loyal member of the group and is the one I would want to have my back.
  • Susieq_1994
    Susieq_1994 Posts: 5,361 Member
    Talkradio wrote: »
    I don't feel well, and I've got the hungries. I know I just want to eat because I associate it with good feelings... But logic is not always helpful when you want to stuff your face. I'm actively talking myself out of a late night fast food run. I should just go to bed...

    You can do it, don't let the hungries win! The evil things got me yesterday, don't let them get you, too! ;)
  • ShannonMK9
    ShannonMK9 Posts: 65 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    sigh...When I found that I couldn't eat peanut butter in moderation, and had to get it out of my apartment ASAP, I not only threw it away-I drowned the jar in water first so I wouldn't be tempted...

    I can't believe I shared that.

    If you love peanut butter, try the PB2 it tastes just like peanut butter but only has about 40 calories to 2 tbs.
  • iluvchu3
    iluvchu3 Posts: 24 Member
    I ate an entire 8oz. package of Philly cream cheese early this week (with a spoon, too LOL). Logged 2oz. a day over the next several days, as to hide my shameful binge.

    Haha awww that's smart tho :smiley:
  • dmiivanov
    dmiivanov Posts: 49 Member
    I know I'd had nice abs if I only lost that annoying 10lb of fat.. but won't do it- too concerned bench press will fall from 245 back to 185 .. Ego's in the way
  • Italian_Buju
    Italian_Buju Posts: 8,030 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Does anyone binge on "walking dead" ? I think me and my daughter have a million times lol mostly my daughter , she controls the remote.

    Totally! It's one of my favorite shows. I watch every episode as it airs, and then when they go on hiatus, I binge-watch all the seasons at some point so I can get my fix :)

    I'm doing that right now. When the most recent season ended, my husband and I started watching from the beginning. We're currently on season 4. Love that show so much. I now want a samurai sword so I can be a badass zombie slayer like Michonne. B)

    I have a sword on my Amazon wish list specifically for this purpose :) However, I'm fairly certain that in the event of an actual zombie apocalypse, I will either a) step out of my house strapped to the hilt with weapons and a kicka$$ attitude only to be bitten 10 seconds later; or b) I will be Otis - too slow to run away and left behind as walker bait.

    That made me laugh. Otis was only walker bait because Shane was a piece of human garbage and sacrificed him to save his own sorry butt. I'm glad Rick took him out. Too bad he was a zombie when it happened.



    Very true. Interesting that Rick has kind of been turning into Shane lately, no? I hope that the reappearance of Morgan and his zen attitude will bring Rick back from the edge a little.

    Yeah, Rick has kind of lost it. So has Shasha. She's bonkers now. This is really mean and I feel terrible for saying it, but I wish Carl would just die already. I'm surprised he's still around.

    I'm glad Glen made it. :smile:

    Glen is the only character left that I really like :/

    I LOVE GLEN!!! But how do you not like Daryl or Carol?! They'd definitely be in my zombie apocalypse traveling gang.

    I cannot STAND Daryl.....Carol I feel indifferent about

    You can't stand Darryl? :open_mouth: I think he is the most loyal member of the group and is the one I would want to have my back.

    Quite frankly, he did too much crap in the early seasons to ever redeem himself in my eyes.....he is a nasty racist redneck, and that makes me not like him.

    I cannot STAND Carl, he is a nasty little puke.

    I think Rick treats a lot of people very poorly and he is unstable at times.

    I feel indifferent about Carol, Maggie, Sasha, Michonne and most of the others.

    I loved Noah, I am so sad he died. I am also interested in seeing Morgan now that he is back.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,226 Member
    I don't understand people my age who don't get excited about things. Like I was talking to one of my friends today who is turning 21 on Friday and I was asking if he was going to go drink or do anything fun for his birthday and he told me he didn't know and honestly couldn't care less and I found it super confusing. Even when I've been depressed I found things super exciting - even little things like riding the T around Boston, jumping on my friend's trampoline, going to see a new movie, or meeting someone new. I find everything super exciting to the point where it annoys people. I don't think life would be survivable if I didn't find the little things exciting. The thing I'm excited about most is that the carousel in my town is opening up in a few weeks!

    I'm 35 and get way more excited about things than my 14 year old step-daughter does or even did when she was 12. I get excited about going to the Royal Show (kind of like a County Fair), I get excited about going to the movies, I get excited about going to the waterslides, I get super excited about going to live theatre or concerts or conventions...
  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,723 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Does anyone binge on "walking dead" ? I think me and my daughter have a million times lol mostly my daughter , she controls the remote.

    Totally! It's one of my favorite shows. I watch every episode as it airs, and then when they go on hiatus, I binge-watch all the seasons at some point so I can get my fix :)

    I'm doing that right now. When the most recent season ended, my husband and I started watching from the beginning. We're currently on season 4. Love that show so much. I now want a samurai sword so I can be a badass zombie slayer like Michonne. B)

    I have a sword on my Amazon wish list specifically for this purpose :) However, I'm fairly certain that in the event of an actual zombie apocalypse, I will either a) step out of my house strapped to the hilt with weapons and a kicka$$ attitude only to be bitten 10 seconds later; or b) I will be Otis - too slow to run away and left behind as walker bait.

    That made me laugh. Otis was only walker bait because Shane was a piece of human garbage and sacrificed him to save his own sorry butt. I'm glad Rick took him out. Too bad he was a zombie when it happened.



    Very true. Interesting that Rick has kind of been turning into Shane lately, no? I hope that the reappearance of Morgan and his zen attitude will bring Rick back from the edge a little.

    Yeah, Rick has kind of lost it. So has Shasha. She's bonkers now. This is really mean and I feel terrible for saying it, but I wish Carl would just die already. I'm surprised he's still around.

    I'm glad Glen made it. :smile:

    Glen is the only character left that I really like :/

    I LOVE GLEN!!! But how do you not like Daryl or Carol?! They'd definitely be in my zombie apocalypse traveling gang.

    I cannot STAND Daryl.....Carol I feel indifferent about

    You can't stand Darryl? :open_mouth: I think he is the most loyal member of the group and is the one I would want to have my back.

    Word! I was so mad at him when he chose stupid Merle over the group. I was also overly happy when he went back. I cried when Merle died but not because HE was dead, but because how heartbroken Daryl was. There is something about a man who isn't ashamed to cry. Sexy.

  • shannonbun
    shannonbun Posts: 168 Member
    All this talk about the Walking Dead and I feel like the outlier who liked the games better... Clementine breaks your heart in the best and worst way
  • ohgeeque
    ohgeeque Posts: 224 Member
    I still miss Hershel. I cried when he died. He would have been my imaginary Zombie Apocalypse boyfriend. What can I say? I have a weakness for a man with a strong moral center, principles, kindness and the ability to admit his mistakes. Ok, so he was kinda old but truly, appearances are a persons least important characteristic and if you can't value someone for what is inside, you are a jerk. Which brings me to...

    BFs who call their girls names are jerks and should be unloaded like the dead weight they are. While it is true that we shouldn't let the names people call us bother us, we shouldn't have to wear that armor around the people who are supposed to defend and protect us.

    I guess being in a relationship is similar to surviving the ZA - you have know who has got your back.
  • smashley_mashley
    smashley_mashley Posts: 589 Member
    edited April 2015
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Does anyone binge on "walking dead" ? I think me and my daughter have a million times lol mostly my daughter , she controls the remote.

    Totally! It's one of my favorite shows. I watch every episode as it airs, and then when they go on hiatus, I binge-watch all the seasons at some point so I can get my fix :)

    I'm doing that right now. When the most recent season ended, my husband and I started watching from the beginning. We're currently on season 4. Love that show so much. I now want a samurai sword so I can be a badass zombie slayer like Michonne. B)

    I have a sword on my Amazon wish list specifically for this purpose :) However, I'm fairly certain that in the event of an actual zombie apocalypse, I will either a) step out of my house strapped to the hilt with weapons and a kicka$$ attitude only to be bitten 10 seconds later; or b) I will be Otis - too slow to run away and left behind as walker bait.

    That made me laugh. Otis was only walker bait because Shane was a piece of human garbage and sacrificed him to save his own sorry butt. I'm glad Rick took him out. Too bad he was a zombie when it happened.



    Very true. Interesting that Rick has kind of been turning into Shane lately, no? I hope that the reappearance of Morgan and his zen attitude will bring Rick back from the edge a little.

    Yeah, Rick has kind of lost it. So has Shasha. She's bonkers now. This is really mean and I feel terrible for saying it, but I wish Carl would just die already. I'm surprised he's still around.

    I'm glad Glen made it. :smile:

    Glen is the only character left that I really like :/

    For me it is Daryl....he is wicked with the crossbow, can survive in the woods, kill and cook me dinner, and has a soft spot for those that are loyal to him (Carol and Beth). He is also easy on the eyes! I love him (Norman Reedus) in the movie "The Boondock Saints".

    I miss Beth. My jaw hit the floor the way she went out. I thought she and Daryl were going to hook up before she was taken.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I was walking on the treadmill on the front row earlier just to cool down for 5 mins after my elliptical workout, and i let out a REALLY smelly one by accident. I bet the guy on the treadmill behind me was very unhappy...oops
  • WestCoastJo82
    WestCoastJo82 Posts: 2,304 Member
    pofoster21 wrote: »
    pofoster21 wrote: »
    sydkins432 wrote: »
    I haven't gone over my calorie intake in over 50 days. My fitbit says i burn between 2300 and 3000 calories a day and I have only lost 5 pounds. I think they're is something wrong with me, but I am afraid to go to the doctor.

    How much weight do you have to lose? Are you tracking your food on a digital food scale to make sure you're eating the correct portion?

    Are you sure your fitbit is correct? I ran a marathon yesterday and only burned 2673 calories (46K steps). Unless you are running marathons every day or doing some other extended extreme exercise, your fitbit might be giving you inaccurate information...

    @pofoster21 are you sure your FitBit is correct? I know different people burn differently, but I average 12K steps a day and maintain at 2100 a day (33, 5'5'', 130-135) and I'm really not doing much more than walking now. I would think a marathon would get you a lot more than 2700...

    ETA: grammar is hard

    I don't use a Fitbit. I use a gps tracking device. And on average a 10 min mile burns 100 calories. In addition MFP returned a similar number on mile per hour times time ran. So, yes I am fairly sure it's close to accurate.

    Ahhh, that was your burn for the marathon, not the whole day. Sorry, I'm picking up what you're putting down now.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I confess that I was extremely happy to see so many more posts to read this morning!!!!!

    On another note, it was unbelievably awesome to run into my ex's girlfriend yesterday. She is a lot bigger than me. I got a perverse inner chuckle to hear him say to her that he should never have left me for her... when we broke up i was extremely overweight and she was a twig

    Catty and bitchy I know but mwahahahaha sucked in

    Hahahaha awesome!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,226 Member
    annette_15 wrote: »
    I confess that I was extremely happy to see so many more posts to read this morning!!!!!

    On another note, it was unbelievably awesome to run into my ex's girlfriend yesterday. She is a lot bigger than me. I got a perverse inner chuckle to hear him say to her that he should never have left me for her... when we broke up i was extremely overweight and she was a twig

    Catty and bitchy I know but mwahahahaha sucked in

    Hahahaha awesome!

    He actually said that to her??? I say you're well shot of him, and she would be to!
  • karen_fitzgibbon
    karen_fitzgibbon Posts: 736 Member
    I don't understand people my age who don't get excited about things. Like I was talking to one of my friends today who is turning 21 on Friday and I was asking if he was going to go drink or do anything fun for his birthday and he told me he didn't know and honestly couldn't care less and I found it super confusing. Even when I've been depressed I found things super exciting - even little things like riding the T around Boston, jumping on my friend's trampoline, going to see a new movie, or meeting someone new. I find everything super exciting to the point where it annoys people. I don't think life would be survivable if I didn't find the little things exciting. The thing I'm excited about most is that the carousel in my town is opening up in a few weeks!

    I'm too excitable too
  • smashley_mashley
    smashley_mashley Posts: 589 Member
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Seriously looking forward to our zombie apocalypse.
    We don't have cable just Netflix/Amazon prime/Roku channels. I binge watch everything, then get annoyed when there is nothing left to watch.

    ^^this^^

    I do not think it is humanly possible for that to happen.....my DVR is always so full, plus I always have series on the go online and a never ending list of movies, most of which I will most likely never get to watch because it keeps growing! How does one run out of stuff to watch?!?!?!?!


    I don't get out much. Work/gym and that is about it. Also, it is me being the introvert. It is kind of like reading a book series, once you are done, it takes time before you find another one that is worth your time. right now I am letting The Following and Vikings just run its course so I can binge watch them...I find it easier to follow the storyline that way. most other shows that I watch I am all caught up on... there are still lots I haven't seen but am not sure if they are worth the time.

    Barbs2222 wrote: »
    We don't have cable just Netflix/Amazon prime/Roku channels. I binge watch everything, then get annoyed when there is nothing left to watch.

    ^^this^^

    I do not think it is humanly possible for that to happen.....my DVR is always so full, plus I always have series on the go online and a never ending list of movies, most of which I will most likely never get to watch because it keeps growing! How does one run out of stuff to watch?!?!?!?!

    If you have a DVR you have cable right? I only have Roku too, just this week the new season of Son's of Anarchy came out and I'm up to episode 6.

    Finished season 7 (which, sadly is the end).... just wait for the end of season 6.

    I binge watched the crap out of that show. Jax Teller was my imaginary boyfriend and my husband knows it.

    I probably would have seen Fifty Shades of Grey had Charlie Hunnam (Jax) not dropped out. I think he would have played the role of Christian really well because I see quite a bit of Jax in Christian. That said, it probably would have been career suicide.
  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
    shannonbun wrote: »
    All this talk about the Walking Dead and I feel like the outlier who liked the games better... Clementine breaks your heart in the best and worst way

    I can't wait for the third season to come out!

  • karen_fitzgibbon
    karen_fitzgibbon Posts: 736 Member
    annette_15 wrote: »
    I confess that I was extremely happy to see so many more posts to read this morning!!!!!

    On another note, it was unbelievably awesome to run into my ex's girlfriend yesterday. She is a lot bigger than me. I got a perverse inner chuckle to hear him say to her that he should never have left me for her... when we broke up i was extremely overweight and she was a twig

    Catty and bitchy I know but mwahahahaha sucked in

    Hahahaha awesome!

    He actually said that to her??? I say you're well shot of him, and she would be to!

    Yep. He used to pick on me about my weight too. Actually about everything. I almost feel sorry for her, but she figure out herself that he's a butthead
  • nonoelmo
    nonoelmo Posts: 3,941 Member
    Rashmi411 wrote: »
    I am now 170lbs I spent 2 years going from 191 to 123. I had the help of a fabulous online trainer. I ate 2 cinnabons yesterday with at least 64 grams of carbs each. My exercise has been off. I;ve been feeling sad that my ex died. My current boyfriend calls me names. We broke up when I was 135lbs. I started going out with him again at 151. He calls me fatty or fat *kitten*, thunder thighs. I know I am responsible for my weight. My exercising was so strong when I lost weight the first time. Many days I get hungry and eat over the limit. My preparation isn't the best. Plus I am drinking 2-3 glasses of water. I know I can turn this around. My fitnesspal helped me once but its so easy to gain weight back. The biggest thing I've said is I'll start tomorrow. That's BS. I will not say that again to let me be unhealthy today. I got this...

    And he is responsible for his behavior.....why do you put up with this??

    I have literally almost doubled in weight since I have been with my SO, who, has never said anything, ever about it....if I was ever called a name like that,ever once, that would be the last time.......

    For whatever it is worth to you, I agree so very strongly with all those who say you deserve better. For many reasons I stayed way too long with a man who was mean verbally and emotionally to me. I gave him plenty (years) of warning for him to change and then, finally, when he would not give me a hug when my grandfather had a heart attack because that was me "dictating how to give his emotion" I decided I would much rather be really alone than alone in a relationship. I didn't want my kids to think that this was a normal or healthy relationship. Of course things are far more complex than that, but that was the defining moment for me. It was a divorce and I loved discovering myself again. I had not realized how unhappy I was from years of this stuff. I don't want you to wait so long to say, enough! You are a wonderful human being. If your SO is calling you names then he has issues that you can't fix no matter how hard you try. The problem is his. Only he can fix himself just as the only person you can change is you. I believe in you!
  • Russandol
    Russandol Posts: 71 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Russandol wrote: »
    I love reading while I eat, though, mainly because I want some kind of mental stimulation. Sadly, it often ends up being the distracting kind that makes me overeat...

    I've struggled with similar things, and I think it's because I have strong associations with "eating" being a time when I could just take a break from everything, a time out, and escape from the world. Not sure why, but I remember when I was young even reading while I ate and dragging out the meal by eating more just so I'd have an excuse to keep reading more. When I had a horrible stressful job in my late 20s (and first got fat), I'd similarly see eating lunch or dinner (at work) as my one time to take a break and read or (later) surf the internet at the same time, and similarly that's when I started adding dessert on to my meals routinely, since it would drag it out. It really was a "while I'm eating I don't have to think about these other things."

    My confession is that while I was losing it was really easy to focus on all the exciting things about losing and the goals and such and have that outweigh the screwed up emotional ways I use food. But since I've basically decided to maintain for a while it's gotten a lot harder when the same sorts of stresses come up, such that I think I really need to work on some of the underlying stuff more. Which of course I don't want to!
    Mine's a little bit different from that, but I do recognize parts of it, especially the escape bit. It's really interesting - I've never thought about it like that, that it's a kind of me time when I don't have to think about other things.

    Talkradio wrote: »
    Confession: I have always wanted to buy ONE car brand new. I know it doesn't make economic sense, but I still wanted to. The confession is that we did that last September, a 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage. 100 miles on it. I'm ticked off because we bought the car as a commuter car for my new job - it gets almost 50 miles to the gallon. But it has zero cool factor. It is a stick shift and has no luxury features. That is NOT what I planned on wasting my one new car buy on.

    Confession: I judge people who don't know how to drive a stick shift. I feel internally smug and superior towards them.
    Confession: I don't know how to drive. Full stop. :disappointed: I'm 34, and I've never even attempted driving lessons because I'm scared shitless of failing and of being too dumb/inept to drive. Ditto for the theory part. Nope. I'll fail that too, says the malicious little voice in my head. Luckily I live in a small town where I can bike almost anywhere, and I do, all year round. Though I have to admit biking in winter sucks horribly. The chains and gears get really stiff once you go down past -25°C...

    pofoster21 wrote: »
    I love your fox!
    Thank you! :) Sadly, I've forgot the name of the artist and Google is of no help. :/ I'd like to credit them properly.
  • nonoelmo
    nonoelmo Posts: 3,941 Member
    So I've had to do some soul-searching since bring up my daughter here (you all are terrific, thanks). There are enough symptoms to indicate a possible eating disorder and some that indicate a physical problem. Her doctor and I will keep sorting through them and get her whatever she needs. But... assuming she does have an eating disorder, does it make any sense for me to be watching my weight on here? I really asked myself that and didn't log food/exercise for a few days. I'm still thinking about it. I'm at a healthy, normal weight. I met my initial goal (in my head) of losing the 2 - 3 pound creep up I gained in the last year. But I thought I'd build in a little cushion as I'm at the "high" weight of the three weights I like. We are not talking big numbers (five pounds to eight pounds depending on what end of what fluctuation you measure from...but at my leisurely rate it could be a year to do it...fine with me, just slow movement in the right direction). What I've tentatively decided (and I didn't tell her I was recording my foods, etc.) is to keep recording and keep adding in more exercises to my daily routine. My weekends are non-stop moving working on my house and landscape or being out and about with my SO. My weekdays I'm getting more and more built in. I figure that by keeping on track and adding in more activity I'll slowly inch down without it being a "thing". It just seems weird for me to lose weight when she is ordered not to, I know we're different people, I just want to be supportive of her health when I don't "need" to lose. UGH. I'm rambling.
  • Mbiceo
    Mbiceo Posts: 9 Member
    nonoelmo, it's really important that you keep a positive, self-image for yourself and of yourself, because if your daughter has an eating disorder, it's going to be very important that you show her a healthy, self-image includes taking care of yourself in every way you can. Most young girls have no role models, particularly with self-esteem, this would be a good way for you to help her. (It's OK to ramble :smile: )
  • nonoelmo
    nonoelmo Posts: 3,941 Member
    Russandol wrote: »

    Confession: I don't know how to drive. Full stop. :disappointed: I'm 34, and I've never even attempted driving lessons because I'm scared shitless of failing and of being too dumb/inept to drive. Ditto for the theory part. Nope. I'll fail that too, says the malicious little voice in my head. Luckily I live in a small town where I can bike almost anywhere, and I do, all year round. Though I have to admit biking in winter sucks horribly. The chains and gears get really stiff once you go down past -25°C...

    Not possible. If you want to learn you absolutely can. I'd even be willing to give a shot a teaching you but it never gets -25 C here so I don't think we live near each other. :wink:

    You ride a bike - you already know a lot of the skills of driving and the rules of the road. You are already used to seeing things in motion and planning for them. Heck, you can balance and steer and pedal all at the same time, a car is different than that but all you have to do is steer and apply either brakes or gas as needed...no balancing or providing the power. I bike and was a bike commuter for years, but I also drive.

    Confession: I drive a six speed. I like the extra control the manual transition gives over an automatic.
  • nonoelmo
    nonoelmo Posts: 3,941 Member
    Mbiceo wrote: »
    nonoelmo, it's really important that you keep a positive, self-image for yourself and of yourself, because if your daughter has an eating disorder, it's going to be very important that you show her a healthy, self-image includes taking care of yourself in every way you can. Most young girls have no role models, particularly with self-esteem, this would be a good way for you to help her. (It's OK to ramble :smile: )

    Thank you very much.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,226 Member
    My husband doesn't drive, so I have to do all the driving. I like driving, so this doesn't bother me at all, but I've recently discovered that I'm not a HORRIBLE passenger and I get anxious when I'm in a car I'm not driving. It happens so rarely, and generally only for short periods of time, so it was a shock when I went for a long drive with a friend (who is a perfectly good driver) to find that I now truly don't like being a passenger.

    I also drive a manual, always have.