Cookies taste better than skinny feels

AmyP619 · February 2014

I love you.

The end.

rosebette · February 2014

27 lbs. in 280 days is a good weight loss. Losing more slowly means you're more likely to keep it off, so I'd be proud of your progress. My husband lost 18 lbs. in 6 weeks on South Beach Diet. Guess what, it all came back. I followed a modified form of the diet and lost .5 to 1 lb. a week and kept most of it off. People who lose these tremendous amounts either have a great deal to lose and so it comes off faster, or they are "crash" dieting.

Your pictures also show you are changing your body shape by your fitness program. About cookies tasting better than skinny, I have the same problem with dark chocolate. I was just diagnosed with high cholesterol and I've cut back on animal fats and am trying to lose about 12 lbs. However, I eat one chocolate a day from a box of high-end chocolates I got for XMAS. In fact, I got 2 boxes, and I still haven't opened the second yet. I am not throwing that candy out, but I am eating only one (or two if I really work out hard that day). If my doctor or my fitness program says to stop eating that every day, or if that's going to slow my weight loss down a bit, I feel like screw it, you have to enjoy life a little. I eat my treat slowly, sitting down, with a cup of tea, so I really know what I'm eating and enjoy it.

LadyoftheDisc · February 2014

Yesss!! That was a great read but most important you look fantastic and strong!!!! Thanks for sharing!!! aaaaannd now I want cookies...

butterfli7o · February 2014

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Achrya · February 2014

Ahem. Scooose me.

:runsawaywithallthecookies:

Wut? Nuuu!!

And again thanks everyone for taking the time to read and all the kind and encouraging words. I'm glad to see so many other people believe you can have your health/weight loss/nice body and eat your cookies too. :drinker:

And someone asked so I just want to confirm: always whole milk. Always

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3dogsrunning · February 2014

Girl...you're awesome!

And do you have the recipe for those chocolate whoopie pie lookin' things in your OP?

She posted it here
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1194631-mfp-cookie-swap

Achrya · February 2014

????I think you would need to tidy your apartment????

But you do look awesome and your cookies I will have to try when I have reached maintenance!

My apartment is a gamer pad; we build towers by our rigs with soda cans and make little dolls out of candy wrappers. Laundry hangs out on the floor until it becomes bothersome.

We don't tidy here. Too busy saying dragons.

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RivenV · February 2014

????I think you would need to tidy your apartment????

But you do look awesome and your cookies I will have to try when I have reached maintenance!

My apartment is a gamer pad; we build towers by our rigs with soda cans and make little dolls out of candy wrappers. Laundry hangs out on the floor until it becomes bothersome.

We don't tidy here. Too busy saying dragons.

This is why we're friends.

randomtai · February 2014

????I think you would need to tidy your apartment????

But you do look awesome and your cookies I will have to try when I have reached maintenance!

My apartment is a gamer pad; we build towers by our rigs with soda cans and make little dolls out of candy wrappers. Laundry hangs out on the floor until it becomes bothersome.

We don't tidy here. Too busy saying dragons.

This is why we're friends.

Ditto! :happy:

crazyminxx · February 2014

Thanks for sharing your journey and you are absolutely correct there is nothing wrong with cookies ( or any other treat) its all about balance. I have a terrible sweet tooth , so I work in a small treat each day. This is what works for me. Weight loss shouldn't be a punishment. PS you look amazing!

terem00 · February 2014

Excellent job, you look great!!

and A BIG YES FOR COOKIES!!!

jenifr818 · February 2014

bumping, because ... well, cookies. duh

starbucksbuzz · February 2014

Skinny feels like being hangry. ALL THE TIME. :P Unless you also eat cookies. You are a badass.

MargueriteMuguet · February 2014

Mega Awesome post & model

Achrya · February 2014

Skinny feels like being hangry. ALL THE TIME. :P Unless you also eat cookies. You are a badass.

Haha.

I'm not going to say that skinny feels like being hangry without cookies for everyone but I know for me (and apparently a fair number of people) that a life where I couldn't have cookies would be mighty bleak.

Achrya · February 2014

Thanks for sharing your journey and you are absolutely correct there is nothing wrong with cookies ( or any other treat) its all about balance. I have a terrible sweet tooth , so I work in a small treat each day. This is what works for me. Weight loss shouldn't be a punishment. PS you look amazing!

Yes! Exactly. Weight loss shouldn't be a punishment, you shouldn't hate the process (I mean, I kind of hate it because I'd like to have more food but that's just fatkidproblems) and it shouldn't be some weird kinda self punishment. Getting in better shape should be something you enjoy and are happy about, not something you slog through glumly because you have to.

IMHO

EIEIElenaO · February 2014

Bump-ity bump bump.

flannery2012 · February 2014

I love your post! You have clearly figured it out, and you are my new role model. My new motto is "Leave room (a.k.a. Calories) for a daily treat". Life really is better with cookies ????

TaurusV · February 2014

I am trying to do the same but is slower than your evolution lol and I do cardio moderately and strength training (although didnt do it end december whole january) and I eat 1400 around lol. You are exactly like me, why should we live to be thin and not enjoy what we love like a small portion of cookies, ice cream, or some fav food. I prefer being not super fit, as long as I am in a healthy weight and eating healthy foods lol. GREAT EXAMPLE for normal people you are