I am not very happy!!!

Maggie1960
Maggie1960 Posts: 322
edited September 21 in Health and Weight Loss
I got in from work after a 12 hour shift, and very carefully prepared my lunch for tomorrow - everything carefully weighed and calorie counted.
Then I sat down with a cup of tea to watch The Big Fat Challenge on TV (a UK reality show about the fattest family in the country and their feeble attempts to lose weight and failing).
A few minutes ago, my daughter came in with my tupperware lunch box in her hand. It was not only empty but had teeth marks in it:grumble:
.And Phoebe the dog was looking guilty as she licked her lips.:sad:
Ah well, I hope she enjoyed all 262 calories of it:laugh:
Now I need to make another lunch - and there's no tuna left now.:frown:
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  • AnnaPixie
    AnnaPixie Posts: 7,439 Member
    :sad: I feel your pain!

    :laugh: but funny too! :bigsmile:

    Tuna is highly overated anyhow :wink:
  • missboriken
    missboriken Posts: 52 Member
    I don't have dogs, but I am always hiding my healthy pre-packed (that, like you, make for work) snacks from my teenager daughters!
  • kfdbuddy
    kfdbuddy Posts: 3
    it's not about the bad times it's about how we handle them,,,keep your head up
  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    Oh no! My dog is the same way though! Can't leave anything too close to the edge of any counter tops!
  • gnrshelton
    gnrshelton Posts: 358 Member
    Darn that Dog.:grumble: Oh well maybe you can think of something even tastier.
  • DancingDreamer
    DancingDreamer Posts: 520
    maybe its a blessing in disguise and you'll end up making *intro musical fanfare* THE MOST DELICIOUS LOW CALORIE LUNCH IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF EVER!!! *ending musical fanfare*


    :laugh:
  • DizzieLittleLifter
    DizzieLittleLifter Posts: 1,020 Member
    oooohhh bummer!!!!
  • tesha30
    tesha30 Posts: 72 Member
    I feel your pain also! when i make something for myself.. whether its dinner or a snack.. I am usually sharing it with someone. My 1 year old son or my boyfriend always wants to eat what I am eating! No biggy though.. keeps me from eating all of it!

    Too bad about the dog! I had one that would not stop begging and he would grab for the food if he got an opportunity to do so! and many times... I would lose tons of food cause he was such a pig,... and this is a chihuahua I am talking about.
  • JustBeckyV
    JustBeckyV Posts: 182
    Yikes - dang dog anyway! Hope you found something!
  • jac2lyn
    jac2lyn Posts: 90
    HAHA! My dogs will not do that, well my golden wont, my puppy would if he had the option (hes a boxer and very suspicious)
  • Maggie1960
    Maggie1960 Posts: 322
    Phoebe's a rescue dog and has some terrible habits - I think it's because she was half-starved when we got her and as a puppy, she never had enough to eat. However she's been a member of our family for five years now and should know by now that she gets top quality dog food twice a day!:laugh: But I guess a bowl of Chappie just isn't as tasty as my home-made tuna salad.:wink:
  • tradle
    tradle Posts: 38 Member
    Lol naughty puppy! We have a rescue dog too and she lives for food and attention. Had her 2 years now and she's gorgeous but she still acts like she is starving 24/7. Hope you found something nice for your lunch.
  • Beth720
    Beth720 Posts: 661 Member
    Aww!!! I can sympathize. Though my bird can't get into things like tupperware containers, if I have food on a plate or in a bowl and turn my head for even a few seconds, he's all over it trying to steal food. He just tried to steal about a third of my bread that went with my dinner. Grr!!
  • KerryB1977
    KerryB1977 Posts: 86 Member
    Ouch that's harsh!!! She thinks she's helping you on your weight loss journey too. Well hope you can find something to fix that is even tastier.:happy:
  • dvlpup69
    dvlpup69 Posts: 39
    I know where you at...for me, it is not the dog but three crumb snatchers called child 1, 2 and/or 3 that get my food! Hang in there, I'm sure you will think of something
  • millerll
    millerll Posts: 873 Member
    "And Phoebe the dog was looking guilty as she licked her lips.
    Ah well, I hope she enjoyed all 262 calories of it
    Now I need to make another lunch - and there's no tuna left now."

    Barbecued Phoebe over rice would be my vote. :devil:

    I'm just kidding! :tongue: Good luck on your lunch!
  • jodie_t
    jodie_t Posts: 287 Member
    Every time I think about getting a dog someone comes up with a story like this! hmmmmmm!
  • allie7383
    allie7383 Posts: 865 Member
    aww sorry! though i can def relate. our one dog, an italian greyhound, can jump rather high, so no leaving things at the edge of the counter. thanks to our other dog's affinity for going through the garbage, we've now implemented a garbage can that locks, in addition to putting a brick at the bottom... even still, she'll grab onto the garbage bag and try her hardest to knock the thing over and get into it.. def no fun to come home to a kitchen full of chewed up napkins, coffee grinds and egg shells! :grumble:
  • clarkecolin
    clarkecolin Posts: 34 Member
    I sorry to laugh, but that was just so funny, priceless really. Thats put the biggest smile on my face...thank you.

    By the way now that I've stopped laughing I feel sorry that you've to do it all again, but feel good that you've made people smile with that post.

    PS I have a dog too, so I know only too well.

    Colin.
  • fat_forever
    fat_forever Posts: 56
    Next time put some hot peppers in it.<g> I'd suggest keeping some "Lean Cuisine" or some "Healthy Choices" in the freezer, that way you always have something you can grab and take to work.
  • Maggie1960
    Maggie1960 Posts: 322
    Next time put some hot peppers in it.<g> I'd suggest keeping some "Lean Cuisine" or some "Healthy Choices" in the freezer, that way you always have something you can grab and take to work.

    She'd still have eaten it with hot peppers in it! Nothing seems to faze her, she'll chow down on curry and chilli if she can get some!!!
    I've got a Weightwatcher's microwave meal for lunch now.
  • Roboguy
    Roboguy Posts: 25 Member
    Funny! But sad...

    I have to be extra careful when bringing in groceries because we have a stray cat in my neighborhood who will jump into my opened car trunk and find food. I caught him one day snatching a pack of hotdogs from one of the bags.

    I really had to admire his tenacity. You can see a photo of the little thief at the link below.

    http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss191/RobAsbell/Fluffytoeshotdogs2.jpg
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member
    Nutritional Value of Dog Meat

    Dog meat contains high-quality protein. When dog meat is boiled, its fiber becomes loose, which is good for digestion. So eating pork in summer season sometimes causes digestive problems, but dog meat doesn't do any harm, and its fat can be digested several times more easily than beef. The fat contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acid with little cholesterol, which is preventive for high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis.

    The nutritional value of dog meat (in 100g)


    Cal 116.7

    Protein 19.0 g

    Fat 20 g

    Sugar 3.4 g

    Fiber 0.7 g

    Calcium 40 mg

    Iron 2.7 mg

    Sodium 72 mg

    Potassium 270 mg
  • Maggie1960
    Maggie1960 Posts: 322
    Nutritional Value of Dog Meat

    Dog meat contains high-quality protein. When dog meat is boiled, its fiber becomes loose, which is good for digestion. So eating pork in summer season sometimes causes digestive problems, but dog meat doesn't do any harm, and its fat can be digested several times more easily than beef. The fat contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acid with little cholesterol, which is preventive for high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis.

    The nutritional value of dog meat (in 100g)


    Cal 116.7

    Protein 19.0 g

    Fat 20 g

    Sugar 3.4 g

    Fiber 0.7 g

    Calcium 40 mg

    Iron 2.7 mg

    Sodium 72 mg

    Potassium 270 mg

    Are you suggesting I should have got my revenge on Phoebe by stealing one of her cans of food for my lunch?:laugh:
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member

    Are you suggesting I should have got my revenge on Phoebe by stealing one of her cans of food for my lunch?:laugh:

    I was giving you the nutritional value of dog meat; not dog food.
  • Maggie1960
    Maggie1960 Posts: 322

    Are you suggesting I should have got my revenge on Phoebe by stealing one of her cans of food for my lunch?:laugh:

    I was giving you the nutritional value of dog meat; not dog food.

    Dog meat as in cooked dog?:noway:
  • RoadDog
    RoadDog Posts: 2,946 Member


    Dog meat as in cooked dog?:noway:

    As unconventional as it may sound, having travelled extensively, I have learned that one culture's revered pet is another culture's sustenance.

    But, Maggie, I was only kidding. I would never seriously suggest such a thing. Maybe just a swat on the nose -- THIS TIME!
  • Maggie1960
    Maggie1960 Posts: 322
    Now I know how nutritional she is, I shall bear it in mind next time she steals my lunch!:smile:
  • lesliekae
    lesliekae Posts: 57 Member
    Haha or he's telling you to eat the little s*@t for eating your meal. That's preposterously hilarious.
  • weaklink109
    weaklink109 Posts: 2,831 Member
    I also feel your pain. I live with three little food snatchers, a Lhasa Apso, a Shih tzu, and a Yorkshire "Terror" who I think is part goat!!:noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: He is also part acrobat, and perfectly capable of opening cupboards, or jumping high enough to knock things off the kitchen counter--and he is FOURTEEN!!!:noway:

    In the 10 months I have had him, I have lost more than one package of Orowheat Sandwich thins, left too close to the counter's edge, or stolen from the tote bag I carried to work. My other two were never food snatchers until the Yorkie joined us.

    The little Yorkie pirate SHARES, too. Last Thanksgiving, about 6 weeks after he joined my household, I came home from having dinner elsewhere to a cupboard door that was open. An empty bag of doggy chew bones was lying on the floor in front of it, with a hole chewed in one end. In the living room, I found "The Three Little Pigs," looking very thankful--each happily gnawing on their own bone!!!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh:

    More recently, last Monday evening, the Shih tzu cost me $83 and a nervous trip to the doggie ER. I was giving the Lhasa some pain meds, since she had tweaked her back, and just as she took the pill pocket I gave her with the meds inside, my Shih tzu came running in the room and startled the Lhasa, who dropped the pill pocket,. Before I could move, the Shih tzu grabbed it and inhaled 75 mg of Tramadol:noway: --WAAAAY too much for a dog his size.

    I called the 24-hour vet clinic near my home, and they induced vomiting. When the process was complete, he came bouncing out of the exam room as though he had just been to the spa--acting just like the little character that he is. They sent him home with instructions to wake him once or twice during the night to make sure he was acting normally. At 3:30a in the morning, I woke him up and HE wanted to PLAY!!:laugh: :laugh: :ohwell:

    I am glad you found another option for your lunch. Dogs, you gotta love 'em!!!:heart::heart:
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