You know you're on a diet when...
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when you deny yourself the food you used to eat on a daily basis... for me it was 2 Double cheeseburgers and a large fry for a meal from mcdonalds everyday along with not eating your favorite candy that only comes out once a year ... REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER EGGS.... the other day I was at right aid to buy milk and there i saw them in their yellow package valued at 88 cents and I DID NOT BUY EM AT ALL.... NOW I KNOW I'M ON A DIET0
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When you are at a restaurant with your family or friends and you are the only one that orders all the small, healthy side dishes and a tall drink of water and the rest of the table is num num numming on greasy food that you'd given up many eons ago.0
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When I realized Im on MFP more than Im on Facebook! And when I bought the counter top food scale. And when it took me double the time to shop cus I compare every label of everything I buy! I when I started noticing the sodium I eat and not just the cals! I will not let water weight sabatoge weigh in day again!!! lol0
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This is so silly, but whenever I go grocery shopping I always stop to "chat" with the treats. Like in the refrigerated aisle right in front of the milk there is a Krispy Kreme doughnut display. I also stop and tell the treats that I don't need them them and that they are just unhealthy. This isn't out loud, of course!
Sometimes I'll read the nutritional label for good measure and mutter to myself about how only fat people eat those and I'm not a fat person. Sometimes being negative works better than being positive.0 -
when you bring a measuring spoon, your own coffee creamer and your spray butter to brunch.
And when you have a food scale at home and one at work.0 -
You know you're on a diet when you buy an extra set of measuring spoons, remove the Tbsp one and carry it with you at all times so that you can measure your half & half when you get coffee... and yes, I actually do that!
That is so me! I have 3 sets of measuring cups and spoons as well as a digital scale and I keep a few at work as well. Nothing goes in my mouth unmeasured!
Size 16 to 6. 2 Years maintaining!0 -
You know you're on a diet when (some double ups here, but this is my list )
* you spend more time on MFP than you do on facebook
* you baggie up portion sizes to stop from over eating a portion
* you log EVERYTHING you put in your mouth!
* you feel flat (and sometimes fat) when you don't exercise
* you push yourself harder than you ever have before, and than you ever thought possible
* you spend FOREVER ordering when eating out because you're working out the calories in each meal
* you spend FOREVER food shopping because you read EVERY SINGLE label and end up putting more than half of it back on the shelf
* most of your food shopping is done in the fruit and veggie section
and the best thing of all (drumroll please)
* you feel happier, healthier and can see and feel the changes all of the above have made!! :happy:
Agree with all of the above, fab post!!!!0 -
this so frustrating lolwhen you find yourself under calories so you decide to reward yourself with chocolate or something...and there isn't a single dessert-like thing to be found in your entire house.0 -
This is so silly, but whenever I go grocery shopping I always stop to "chat" with the treats. Like in the refrigerated aisle right in front of the milk there is a Krispy Kreme doughnut display. I also stop and tell the treats that I don't need them them and that they are just unhealthy. This isn't out loud, of course!
Sometimes I'll read the nutritional label for good measure and mutter to myself about how only fat people eat those and I'm not a fat person. Sometimes being negative works better than being positive.
I'm glad it's not out loud, you'd get some very odd looks lol0 -
this so frustrating lolwhen you find yourself under calories so you decide to reward yourself with chocolate or something...and there isn't a single dessert-like thing to be found in your entire house.
Agreed, but as I live alone I never have sweet things in the house, so have to pre plan these types of treats haha0 -
Keeping the packet of digestive Biscuits away from me when drinking tea...0
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all you can thnk about is a nice cristy baguette.. awwww0
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...when hubby says, "Let's have *insert food item here* for dinner tonight." And you say, "Tomorrow we'll have it, so I can pre-log it and do an extra 10 minutes on the elliptical to make room in my calorie goal for it." All without looking at the label or servings because you KNOW how many calories are in it.
Or when going to a restaurant with family, as everyone is ordering you inadvertently blurt out the calorie counts for each item ordered because you already looked the information up before you got to the restaurant and you know which foods are loaded and which you can squeeze into your goal without having to do 3 hours on the treadmill.0 -
Your workout clothes get washed more than your everyday clothes..
And for us ladies... A regular bra feels weird because you are so used to wearing a sportsbra!!0 -
When you head out for dinner with your friend, then talk her into a four mile run over dessert. An hour later we were out on the road lol0
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I so recognise all these posts. Especially reading the labels in the grocery store and putting more than half of what you picked up back again.0
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LOL...you plan your entire day's worth of food so you know how many calories might be left for dessert. Then, you make sure you get in enough exercise so you CAN safely eat dessert and not stress the enitre day.
LMAO...not that I'VE done that. I've heard other do that sort of thing:laugh:
For "dessert" read "evening snack"......I regularly have to change what I was going to have for something much lighter if I've pigged during the day....0 -
You know you're on a diet when (some double ups here, but this is my list )
* you spend more time on MFP than you do on facebook
* you baggie up portion sizes to stop from over eating a portion
* you log EVERYTHING you put in your mouth!
* you feel flat (and sometimes fat) when you don't exercise
* you push yourself harder than you ever have before, and than you ever thought possible
* you spend FOREVER ordering when eating out because you're working out the calories in each meal
* you spend FOREVER food shopping because you read EVERY SINGLE label and end up putting more than half of it back on the shelf
* most of your food shopping is done in the fruit and veggie section
and the best thing of all (drumroll please)
* you feel happier, healthier and can see and feel the changes all of the above have made!!
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I like to plan - if i know some difficult situation is coming up - i can have my 'no thanks' ready in my head, make sure i am not hungry etc.
However, the other day, i went to an afternoon training session, no need to plan, no food would be involved, when i arrived and signed in a guy was there giving out cakes, for no reason, and i said, without thinking, 'no thanks i have just had lunch!'
I wanted to pat myself on my back - i would never have done that before - and i didnt even plan for the event!0 -
When I buy boxes of snacks, I look at the serving size and split the whole box into little baggies so I don't accidentally eat more than one serving
Done that. I have my snacks all in zip lock bags, weights & calories written on it just so I can easy enter it. I have about 30 bags of each That also means I can have one in my handbag with me in case I skip a meal by being busy 0 -
You look at the trunk of a palm tree as a stack of Rolos.0
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Your workout clothes get washed more than your everyday clothes..
And for us ladies... A regular bra feels weird because you are so used to wearing a sportsbra!!
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You know your diet has become a lifestyle change when you decide not to pre-log for a holiday or birthday and find at the end of the day you ate everything you wanted and still came 20 calories under for the day.0
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When you end up not talking to your Hubby on Valentine's night because he bought you a
wait for it...........Box of Chocolates...........!!!!!!
Yes for the 1st time in the 30 years we have been Married
, I ask him not to buy me any candy :brokenheart: for Valentines day! but bless
his heart , he did make breakfast! :bigsmile:0 -
bump. some great tips here
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..........your boyfriend mockingly waves a large slice of lovely pizza in your face but you take one glance at his beer belly and smile serenly into your salad.0
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haha, i so do tht!x0
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I made a valentines cake for me and my boyfriend to share (out of a box - it was Betty Crocker's devils food cake!) designed to be cut into 8. I however, cut myself a 16th. Half the calories and I didn't even notice the difference in size :happy:
Generally, if it's cake, a chocolate bar or something, I halve the portion size and if it's veg, I double the standard portion size.0 -
Spending time, sometimes up to 30 minutes, on a restaruants website examining the nutritional information so that I can get something I want and at the same time not feel guilty and truly enjoy my meal.
I thought I was the only one that did this...0 -
.... you consider murdering a co-worker who offers you a box of donuts you have to turn down.
Who's with me?? Anyone??
Oh my God! Totally!:explode:0
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