You Know When You're in the MFP "Zone" When...

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  • Luvzy
    Luvzy Posts: 30 Member
    When I go pick up food for the office and don't order anything for myself, because I already carefully prepared/weighed my lunch the night before. Then I live vicariously through them while they eat their McAlister's.
  • TamLam99
    TamLam99 Posts: 247 Member
    when you start having conversations with your bathroom scale, scary I know.
  • Welshgem84
    Welshgem84 Posts: 45 Member
    This has made me laugh so much! I do pretty much all of these and everyone I know thinks I am crazy!!

    ps i get the "how many grams do you want?" question all the time.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Welshgem84 wrote: »
    This has made me laugh so much! I do pretty much all of these and everyone I know thinks I am crazy!!

    ps i get the "how many grams do you want?" question all the time.

    I'm jealous. My husband would never weigh my stuff, so now I don't even ask him to get me anything anymore (except coffee, as I drink it black anyway).
  • khhregister
    khhregister Posts: 229 Member
    cld111 wrote: »
    When you have a notebook next to your digital scale with all kinds of mathematical equations written on it.

    Hee! I just put a pretty notebook and pen next to my scale so I don't have to remember everything...

  • musthavescentscanada
    musthavescentscanada Posts: 27 Member
    That strange look you get when you place your palm over your chicken breast on your plate to make sure it totally IS the size of a deck of cards, and explaining your not actually trying to bless your chicken or do some weird mind meld thing. Lol
    Rach
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    HappyCampr1 wrote: »
    cld111 wrote: »
    When you have a notebook next to your digital scale with all kinds of mathematical equations written on it.

    I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I used to use the notepads from hotels and I finally caved and bought a little 3x5 wire bound notebook

    I was doing that until my husband complained about the notes. Now I have a small whiteboard with magnets attached to it so it's always on the fridge. It means I can also write passive-aggressive notes to him when he eats my yoghurt.
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    secretly knowing theres a massive silver lining to having the squits ( caught it off my daughters) knowing it will do nothing but positive things on those scales come weigh in day :wink:
  • kazminchu
    kazminchu Posts: 250 Member
    leahcollett1 wrote: »
    secretly knowing theres a massive silver lining to having the squits ( caught it off my daughters) knowing it will do nothing but positive things on those scales come weigh in day :wink:

    Yep. Anxiety messes with my stomach so on days I have to do scary things I often find myself wondering if maybe I should only log half of that bowl of yoghurt because it only lasted 10 minutes.

    And that dodgy protein bar? I definitely only absorbed 0.4 of a serving's calories.
  • LaceyBirds
    LaceyBirds Posts: 451 Member
    mangrothian wrote: »
    HappyCampr1 wrote: »
    cld111 wrote: »
    When you have a notebook next to your digital scale with all kinds of mathematical equations written on it.

    I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I used to use the notepads from hotels and I finally caved and bought a little 3x5 wire bound notebook

    I was doing that until my husband complained about the notes. Now I have a small whiteboard with magnets attached to it so it's always on the fridge. It means I can also write passive-aggressive notes to him when he eats my yoghurt.

    I did the same thing - I bought these: amazon.com/Quartet-ReWritables-Dry-Erase-Magnets-Marker/dp/B00X6IWMJU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1439300121&sr=8-2&keywords=quartet+rewritables

    I have one magnet attached to the range hood over my stove and use it all the time now. It saves paper and is very convenient.

  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    This is too funny, I can relate to so many of these!
    And when you automatically count up the amount of calories in the food items that your family or friends are eating. Or worse, you're out at a restaurant and start assessing the calories of the strangers at the table sitting next to you!
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    spacequiztime wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Regarding Fitbit, the charging part and getting upset when I forgot to wear it is one of the reasons I stopped using it. That, and in Summer when you're only wearing dresses, it's tough to find a place to clip it on.
    I just clip it on to my underwear. :wink:

    Dang...it just occurred to me that if I wear a dress without a bra, finding a place to clip my Zip is going to be very difficult. I can't just forfeit all of the steps I would earn from a night of dancing!

    Oh totally!
    I love, love, love to dance and since I got my Fitbit it's so much better now! :smile:
  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    When you leave your house and realise that your activity tracker needs to be charged :neutral: Or worse, when you forget to wear it (which never happens), it's as if I'm missing my arm for the day! haha
  • c_leeee
    c_leeee Posts: 144 Member
    kingnarsis wrote: »
    When you see food items as numbers... Banana is no longer banana but "90"

    OMG I love you
  • rune1990
    rune1990 Posts: 543 Member
    When I know I have a solid deficit for the week and I could pretty much eat anything I want and still loose a little that week, but instead l choose to PASS!
  • Mistapholeezkat
    Mistapholeezkat Posts: 80 Member
    msf74 wrote: »
    When you weigh yourself before and after pooping and you weigh more...

    ....after

    I've actually experienced this and would like to know how the devil that works.
  • Domicinator
    Domicinator Posts: 261 Member
    When you are digging boxes and bags out of the garbage so that you can scan them into your log. (I recently did this at a funeral luncheon.)
  • punkrockgoth
    punkrockgoth Posts: 534 Member
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    When you weigh yourself before and after pooping and you weigh more...

    ....after

    I've actually experienced this and would like to know how the devil that works.

    Me too! Like wth?

  • Domicinator
    Domicinator Posts: 261 Member
    punkrockgoth wrote: »
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    When you weigh yourself before and after pooping and you weigh more...

    ....after

    I've actually experienced this and would like to know how the devil that works.

    Me too! Like wth?

    I once lost a full pound between the time I got in the shower and the time I got back out. Witchcraft!
  • Nuke_64
    Nuke_64 Posts: 406 Member
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    When you weigh yourself before and after pooping and you weigh more...

    ....after

    I've actually experienced this and would like to know how the devil that works.

    Scale accuracy.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Domicinator wrote: »
    punkrockgoth wrote: »
    Mistapholeezkat wrote: »
    msf74 wrote: »
    When you weigh yourself before and after pooping and you weigh more...

    ....after

    I've actually experienced this and would like to know how the devil that works.

    Me too! Like wth?

    I once lost a full pound between the time I got in the shower and the time I got back out. Witchcraft!

    You must have been very dirty LOL.
  • Mistraal1981
    Mistraal1981 Posts: 453 Member
    edited August 2015
    When you start eating things you always passed on before. Like those knobbly bits on the end of chicken bones...if its counted in the calories for the weight I am eating it!!
  • MondayJune22nd2015
    MondayJune22nd2015 Posts: 876 Member
    I just made Shake 'N Bake chicken, normally when/if there is any of the coating mix left after I am done coating the chicken; I always sprinkle the rest on top but don't anymore! I'm actually willing to waste food, to save Calories instead & I am shockingly proud of it too!
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    musthavescentscanada wrote: »
    That strange look you get when you place your palm over your chicken breast on your plate to make sure it totally IS the size of a deck of cards, and explaining your not actually trying to bless your chicken or do some weird mind meld thing. Lol
    Rach

    LOL!
  • plumsparkle
    plumsparkle Posts: 203 Member
    britishswenglish wrote: »
    I had friends visiting last week and allowed myself a bit of freedom with my food, but I wanted to make sure I at least tracked one meal each day. Broke my heart when I forgot to do it one day and my log-in streak reset... :(

    There used to be a way you could reset your streak, because I did it once. Unfortunately, I can't actually remember what it was, because it was a couple of years ago!
  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    MondayJune22nd2015 wrote: »
    I just made Shake 'N Bake chicken, normally when/if there is any of the coating mix left after I am done coating the chicken; I always sprinkle the rest on top but don't anymore! I'm actually willing to waste food, to save Calories instead & I am shockingly proud of it too!

    Yes! It's still hard for me but I can do it now. I tell myself that my stomach is not a trash can!

  • IILikeToMoveItMoveIt
    IILikeToMoveItMoveIt Posts: 1,172 Member
    When you glance at non-food packaging half expecting to see nutritional facts...
  • GETU1N
    GETU1N Posts: 1,811 Member
    When everyone's a flirt on form but not off form
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    When you weigh something that you already divided up and weighed before freezing it.
  • AlphaHowls
    AlphaHowls Posts: 1,993 Member
    Sigh, so many of these, yes...but my recent...at church...communion...Yes, you know what I thought...how many calories are in that wafer and juice...

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