Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))

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  • IAmTheGlue
    IAmTheGlue Posts: 701 Member
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    @MoHousdon , I am very sorry. :(
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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    I actually had 3 pieces of pizza last night.... Only logged 2 but then logged one today so I don't feel as bad. I'm still under my calories today...
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    I actually had 3 pieces of pizza last night.... Only logged 2 but then logged one today so I don't feel as bad. I'm still under my calories today...

    Is Asher Ethan your son's name? So cute!
  • qn4bx9pzg8aifd
    qn4bx9pzg8aifd Posts: 258 Member
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    jlnoble513 wrote: »
    I love ice cream but for some reason it just doesn't set right in my stomach and I have to throw it up less than 20 mins after I eat it. I assume its some kind of strange lactose intolerance only to ice cream (I don't drink milk BTW) well anyways I can't eat ice cream around my boyfriend because he accuses me of having an eating disorder and doing it on purpose.

    jlnoble513, have you ever tried lactose-free ice cream? Nowadays, there are several kinds available.

    That'd be worth 'testing' (so to speak)... for those who are lactose-intolerant, vomiting within 30 minutes of consuming dairy is one of the various potential symptoms (and given that you don't drink milk, there's no way to really 'test' the possible milk-inclusive nature of the vomiting aspect (without drinking milk))...

    Was there a specific 'reaction' to milk, at some point in the past, that resulted in your no longer drinking it?
  • xMrBunglex
    xMrBunglex Posts: 1,121 Member
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    I confess that back when I started getting healthy & posting on message boards like this one, I would get p*ssed at the healthy people & their snarky comments like "cheat days are a bad idea", "calories in vs calories out is the only solution" & "you didn't gain in 2 weeks, why are you expecting to lose it in 2 weeks?" "you really should exercise 6 days a week" etc. etc. etc.

    And now I'm one of them - I find myself reading some posts from new people and having pretty crappy responses pop into my head...and occasionally in the reply box!

    lawl
  • AgentOrangeJuice
    AgentOrangeJuice Posts: 1,069 Member
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    I think I'm going to stop notifications on this thread and check in when it gets bumped to the first page.
  • IAmTheGlue
    IAmTheGlue Posts: 701 Member
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    Mo brought up her step-daughter's miscarriage and that set me thinking.

    When I was trying to get pregnant, I had a early miscarriage (12 weeks in, but doctor thought baby stopped developing at 6 weeks). I had no idea how many women actually experienced miscarriages until I had one. Then everyone told me about theirs. I was shocked. It is much more common than I had thought.

    My confession: I wasn't that upset about the miscarriage even though we had been trying to get pregnant. I figured the baby was not right somehow, and I had dodged a bullet of a handicapped child. NO JUDGMENT!

    I have had several very early miscarriages but I also have beautiful, healthy living children. My husband and I are both of the same mind as you. We do okay when we experience loss because we assume something just didn't match up quite right genetically.

    I did a term paper for a loss and grief class on the father of a baby who was miscarried at 11 weeks. He was absolutely shattered. I cried way more for his loss than my own. I was never so happy for anyone as when his wife gave birth to their healthy son 2 years later. Grief is a very personal thing and definitely doesn't effect everyone the same.
  • Kalici
    Kalici Posts: 685 Member
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    MissLaaber wrote: »
    I'm currently laughing at my coworker who is dying laughing at those Autocorrect fails, like she's crying laughing and repeating my tummy hurts make it stop.

    Your co-worker is like me then. I end up completely hysterical. You know where your face is bright red, you're not making any noises anymore and you're clapping like a seal, whilst boneless and trying not to slide out of your chair. I have to get up and leave my computer because I am seriously worried I will not be able to stop laughing. I don't even know why they strike me as that funny either!
  • fitfatty88
    fitfatty88 Posts: 273 Member
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    Finally caught up. Maybe I should start reading these not just when I'm at work...

    So I'm doing this health and wellness challenge at work. They issued out an email on things you can do at your desk to better your health. Is it bad that my only reaction would be to make fun of someone using a stapler for arm curls or doing high knees in the middle of a conference call? Like...I find excuses to get up and walk around, maybe do some stretches when I'm in the breakout rooms for calls...but I'm not busting out the thigh master at my desk.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    xMrBunglex wrote: »
    I confess that back when I started getting healthy & posting on message boards like this one, I would get p*ssed at the healthy people & their snarky comments like "cheat days are a bad idea", "calories in vs calories out is the only solution" & "you didn't gain in 2 weeks, why are you expecting to lose it in 2 weeks?" "you really should exercise 6 days a week" etc. etc. etc.

    And now I'm one of them - I find myself reading some posts from new people and having pretty crappy responses pop into my head...and occasionally in the reply box!

    lawl

    I still hate the 'you didn't gain in 2 weeks, you can't expect to lose it in 2 weeks' crap. Because let me tell you, I could gain 10 pounds in 2 weeks easily, but good luck losing 10 pounds in 2 weeks. Seriously gets me worked out every time I see it.

    Oh yeah, and people giving nuts as a good source of protein. I'm going to start telling people just to eat ice cream, after all there's often about the same amount of protein for 200 calories of ice cream than for 200 calories of nuts...
  • berlynnwall
    berlynnwall Posts: 669 Member
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    Talkradio wrote: »
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    BZAH10 wrote: »
    tiona83 wrote: »
    MoHousdon wrote: »
    I feel like a loser because I don't ever really have any GOOD confessions for this oh, so worthy thread, but here goes.

    Confession 1: I packed an awesome lunch today and wanted to devour it before 11 this morning. I don't take lunch until 1. I managed to make it until noon, but now I'm sad because my food is over. I often get sad when my food is over.

    Confession 2: I totally had Dr. Pepper last night with my Auntie Anne's pretzel bites and didn't log it. Oops. >:)

    My youngest (8) has a bad habit of taking bites out of her lunch why she packs it. The school policy is no junk food (crisps/chips, chocolate, cookies/biscuits) so it's not like it's something sweet. Came down stairs yesterday and she had half her sandwich gone. This was after her breakfast.

    Errrrr, what?! How is that even enforced and why? I'm all for encouraging healthy habits, but this seems a bit extreme.

    My children's school is the same. I'm used to it now.

    my kids school does this too. sort of. The meal must be "balanced" so you cant send a bag of chips and a can of pop and call it lunch. You can send a snack sized bag of chips along with a sandwich and an apple.

    If the lunch you packed is not a "balanced" lunch, they will give your child a sack lunch from the kitchen, which is a cheese sandwich on wholegrain bread, a fruit, a carton of milk, and a oatmeal cookie.

    Then you get a nasty note about the inadequate lunch you packed. So that is how they enforce it. I know this because I asked the school at length about it.

    My son has a sensory disorder, so basically his lunches are the same thing, everyday, with no variation. I was worried I would get nasty notes about it, but they assured me that was not the case! Thank goodness.

    Thank you all who have explained this lunch policy. It makes me wonder what would've happened if that was enforced in my elementary school because from 1st - 3rd grade I suffered extreme anxiety which led to stomach issues and the only thing I could keep down for lunch for three years was a single chocolate pudding. That was it. In 4th & 5th grade I managed 1 plain tuna sandwich. (and I'm still lagging behind on this thread; been super busy at work)

    I had anxiety as a child, too, which also resulted in me throwing up very frequently. Looking back, it's odd my parents never seemed to worry about it. Did you eventually outgrew it? I still have anxiety, but grade school was the only time period I threw up from it habitually.

    My 7yo has been doing this since she was about 3. Even at home. We are thankful when we can get through a whole week without her throwing up at the supper table. She has been to several specialists and they all agreed that it was definitely psychological and not physical. Do you remember how old you were when you grew out of it?

    I had a friend with a child who frequently threw up, and although he did suffer from anxiety, he also had some texture issues, like a sensory processing disorder. If the food was too big or felt the "wrong" way in his mouth, he threw up. He had some luck with some specialized therapy. Not saying that's what's going on with your daughter, but it may be worth looking into.
  • qn4bx9pzg8aifd
    qn4bx9pzg8aifd Posts: 258 Member
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    BZAH10 wrote: »
    Hey, are we on page 420 on 04/20???

    ...and at precisely 4:20pm, something amazing *must* happen...

    ...even if that means that we'll all need to consume 420 calories of at least one of our favorite foods at that specific moment in time...!

    ...and even if *that* means that people need to consume partial Peeps, candy bar fragments, cake crumbs, broken M&Ms, unscraped 'wisps' of Talenti (as it futilely 'clings' to the walls of its clear plastic 'viewing rotunda' ;) ), leftover pizza 'debris', or just over 2 molecules of peanut butter (sorry! ;) )...

    ...stake out your 420-calorie 'claims', people! :)
  • berlynnwall
    berlynnwall Posts: 669 Member
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    I live in Washington, and even though it's legal now, I still feel weird about smoking weed. (or eating it). I haven't done it yet, although I think it could really help my anxiety/sleep issues. Those D.A.R.E. guys got me good! :D
  • jlnoble513
    jlnoble513 Posts: 18 Member
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    qn4bx9pzg8aifd Ben and jerrys and cold stone creameries don't have a lactose free version of ice cream in my area.
    So here I am left eating ice cream in Secret. Like some kind of ice cream out law lol. Milk always made me sickly as a kid so I just stopped drinking it. But it's odd, I can eat all the cheese and yogurt in the world. No problems.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,714 Member
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    Kalici wrote: »
    MissLaaber wrote: »
    I'm currently laughing at my coworker who is dying laughing at those Autocorrect fails, like she's crying laughing and repeating my tummy hurts make it stop.

    Your co-worker is like me then. I end up completely hysterical. You know where your face is bright red, you're not making any noises anymore and you're clapping like a seal, whilst boneless and trying not to slide out of your chair. I have to get up and leave my computer because I am seriously worried I will not be able to stop laughing. I don't even know why they strike me as that funny either!

    While I could have never come up with such a descriptive response, yes, I am the same way. For some reason those autocorrect things just kill me every time.
  • mysticlizard
    mysticlizard Posts: 896 Member
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    Mo brought up her step-daughter's miscarriage and that set me thinking.

    When I was trying to get pregnant, I had a early miscarriage (12 weeks in, but doctor thought baby stopped developing at 6 weeks). I had no idea how many women actually experienced miscarriages until I had one. Then everyone told me about theirs. I was shocked. It is much more common than I had thought.

    My confession: I wasn't that upset about the miscarriage even though we had been trying to get pregnant. I figured the baby was not right somehow, and I had dodged a bullet of a handicapped child. NO JUDGMENT!

    That is what my mom told me when I miscarried.
  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,722 Member
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    MoHousdon wrote: »
    For as much as I hate the "breathers", the "foot shufflers" are even worse. There are two people in particular here at work that cannot seem to master the heel-toe aspect of walking. Pick up your feet, woman!

    I posted about foot shufflers a couple hundred pages back. There 2 people in my office that I want to stab in the throat with a pen every time I hear them dragging their feet like Walkers.

    On the upside, if they happened to be choking on something at the same time (while dragging their feet)... and if performing a Heimlich maneuver subsequently failed... you could then engage in performing an emergency tracheotomy -- with a pen -- such that a choking, Heimlich-resistant foot-dragger could then be stabbed in the throat with a pen FOR ALTRUISTIC REASONS! (heck, to save their life! -- it doesn't GET more altruistic than that!)

    This freaky pen-used-for-emergency-tracheotomy measure has been 'showcased' on several medical dramas (I remember when they did it on ER! (and when watching that episode, all those years ago, I thought, "OUCH!!!")).


    In fact, here it is IRL --

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2431813/Doctor-saves-womans-life-restaurant-performing-emergency-tracheotomy-knife-pen-choked-piece-steak.html

    [ Note: I just had to say, I absolutely love it when a URL is detailed enough that one doesn't even need to click on the link to know relevant details of the associated 'news item'... this one answers the questions what? who? where? why? and how?, all in one fell swoop! ;) ]


    Mo, review the 'training' videos (they're on you-know-who-tube!), and 'practice', so that you're ready whenever the 'opportunity' might happen to present itself... ;P

    Will do! :smiley:

  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,714 Member
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    BZAH10 wrote: »
    Hey, are we on page 420 on 04/20???

    ...and at precisely 4:20pm, something amazing *must* happen...

    ...even if that means that we'll all need to consume 420 calories of at least one of our favorite foods at that specific moment in time...!

    ...and even if *that* means that people need to consume partial Peeps, candy bar fragments, cake crumbs, broken M&Ms, unscraped 'wisps' of Talenti (as it futilely 'clings' to the walls of its clear plastic 'viewing rotunda' ;) ), leftover pizza 'debris', or just over 2 molecules of peanut butter (sorry! ;) )...

    ...stake out your 420-calorie 'claims', people! :)

    Not shooting down your idea, but I believe I will go to the opposite spectrum on this one: at 4:20 PM here today I'll be at the gym, so I will try to counter your ingested calories by burning 420 calories. Deal?
  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,722 Member
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    MoHousdon wrote: »
    Not to ruin the vibe or anything, but my husband texted me a little while ago and told me my step-daughter had a miscarriage. I am really sad for her and especially sad for my husband. He was so looking forward to becoming a grandpa. I am a little sad too as I had just started warming up to the idea of being MoNana or GrandMo. :(

    MoHousdon, I'm so sorry for your family's loss.

    Thank you.

  • MoHousdon
    MoHousdon Posts: 8,722 Member
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    Mo, hugs to you and your family. I have had six miscarriages and, though I have four kids, I still feel the loss.

    Thanks, ladybug. I'm sorry for your losses as well. I have a very good friend that miscarried a long time ago and she still celebrates (no party) her daughter's birthday. It's sweet and heartbreaking at the same time.