Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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- Seems legit to me!quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession - I gave blood today, and am going to use that as an excuse to eat more calories.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession - I liked this thread better when it was a confession thread, and not an "I can eyeball food" thread.
HARSH!
Ok, confession: I went to a party Saturday and had a few glasses of wine, lots of some nut/sesame stick mix stuff, dinner, and some chocolate, and chose to just log 800 calories, it was probably more like 28000 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession - I liked this thread better when it was a confession thread, and not an "I can eyeball food" thread.
HARSH!
Ok, confession: I went to a party Saturday and had a few glasses of wine, lots of some nut/sesame stick mix stuff, dinner, and some chocolate, and chose to just log 800 calories, it was probably more like 2800
No judgment!
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I consumed an entire jar of pickles today. by myself. My coworkers think I'm disgusting.0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »YES! Confirmation!!! Thank you, Ceci.
They also tell you not to have alcohol for 24 hours. They should just say, "If you drink alcohol, it won't take as much to get you drunk." Or so I've heard.
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I was a smoker. I quit 3.5 years ago and felt like I voluntarily left the cool kid club. Now I'm losing weight and feel like I'm voluntarily quitting the fat kid club. But I don't know how to join the fit kid club. I feel like I'm out here doing it by myself. I hate that I need to feel like a part of the ________ kid club. And I'm too old for the Mouseketeers!0
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I was a smoker. I quit 3.5 years ago and felt like I voluntarily left the cool kid club. Now I'm losing weight and feel like I'm voluntarily quitting the fat kid club. But I don't know how to join the fit kid club. I feel like I'm out here doing it by myself. I hate that I need to feel like a part of the ________ kid club. And I'm too old for the Mouseketeers!
Try meetup (either app or website). I just joined yesterday, and already have a group in going hiking with tomorrow.
There are groups in my area for hiking, biking, camping, backpacking, paddling, climbing, and I'm sure another two dozen "fit kid" activities.
Give that a try.0 -
Danilynn1975 wrote: »lauraripson wrote: »Another: if I I see someone consistently logging "1 serving of chicken (3 oz)", I give it the side-eye. Did you *really* only eat 3 ounces of chicken, or did you just eat a chicken breast (which can be anywhere from 9 to 12 ounces) and call it one serving?
(of course, if you're doing that and losing anyhow, eh, have at it, I guess.)
I do this too! 3 oz of chicken is pretty much nothing. I've never had a chicken breast that was less than 7 oz. I always know those are the ones who don't have food scales and are just estimating!!
I buy chicken and cut it down before freezing and weigh it out. Weight is written on the bag. So yes, some if us really *do* ONLY eat 3 ounces.
How do you manage to cut out exactly 3 ounces every time though? That's the thing I don't get... I see people log 3oz or 4oz all the time, but unless they're wasting food by trimming the breast until it's exactly 3oz, I don't really understand how it's possible.
I cook my chicken breasts in chunks and then weigh out the pieces. Perfect when cooking large amounts for a family
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Confession - I got way upset when I found out that I'll never be allowed to give blood in the US because I was in France during the mad cow disease outbreak in the 90s.
I was in England at that time and am also banned from giving blood. Kind of sucks as I have a helpful blood type and I liked getting the cookies and sticker. But, when I do something really stupid I can blame it on the mad cow disease.
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dougpconnell219 wrote: »I was a smoker. I quit 3.5 years ago and felt like I voluntarily left the cool kid club. Now I'm losing weight and feel like I'm voluntarily quitting the fat kid club. But I don't know how to join the fit kid club. I feel like I'm out here doing it by myself. I hate that I need to feel like a part of the ________ kid club. And I'm too old for the Mouseketeers!
Try meetup (either app or website). I just joined yesterday, and already have a group in going hiking with tomorrow.
There are groups in my area for hiking, biking, camping, backpacking, paddling, climbing, and I'm sure another two dozen "fit kid" activities.
Give that a try.
THANK YOU! Totally going to look into that!0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »lauraripson wrote: »I stand on the scales completely and utterly starkers. You never know, my clothing could be suppperrr heavy. I also once tried to tye my hair up to see if it made a difference....
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Same here.. right out of bed, after using the bathroom, no clothes, before eating or drinking anything.
Doesn't everybody?
I know I do. I mean, sheesh, even a half a pound of clothes is a half a pound I don't want to see added on there.
I take off my watch.
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I went to a greek banquet last night, ate ALL the food, drank 2 bottles of wine over the course of the evening, and am too seedy to go for my lunchtime run (plus it's going to be 36 degrees (that's 97 for you fahrenheit folks)) because I'm afraid I'll puke.1
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tesha_chandler wrote: »I consumed an entire jar of pickles today. by myself. My coworkers think I'm disgusting.
Pickles are delicious! Your coworkers are nuts.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »I went to a greek banquet last night, ate ALL the food, drank 2 bottles of wine over the course of the evening, and am too seedy to go for my lunchtime run (plus it's going to be 36 degrees (that's 97 for you fahrenheit folks)) because I'm afraid I'll puke.
Totally jealous of your 36C, as it was 36F here today.
Confession: I totally use the cold as an excuse not to go to the gym, claiming I'll work out at home instead, but rarely do for more than 15 minutes.0 -
I eat two squares of a Lindt or Ghiardelli dark chocolate bar every day and I don't log it.0
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Confession: I told my husband not to get me candy for Valentines Day. Not because I don't want to waste calories, but because I'd rather waste them on 5 Guys Burgers and Fries.0
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I was a smoker. I quit 3.5 years ago and felt like I voluntarily left the cool kid club. Now I'm losing weight and feel like I'm voluntarily quitting the fat kid club. But I don't know how to join the fit kid club. I feel like I'm out here doing it by myself. I hate that I need to feel like a part of the ________ kid club. And I'm too old for the Mouseketeers!
Fake it till you make it!!!!0 -
tesha_chandler wrote: »I consumed an entire jar of pickles today. by myself. My coworkers think I'm disgusting.
I think pickles are calorie free. The pickle I logged here a while back had no calories!! You're fine!
I weigh myself naked. If I wore a watch I would take it off. And I think I'm the only one on the planet who weighs themselves in the evening - I like to know the worst case scenario! And I weigh myself every day... Sometimes more than once! Obsess much?
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i don't change my food logged even if I don't finish the meal.
i never log all the crystal light I drink or gum that i chew.
I will not workout if I don't have gum or headphones and because of this i have both in my gym locker.0 -
I use a food scale for some things and measuring cups/spoons for others. If it's easily measurable in a cup or spoon, I do it that way. I don't cram it all into a cup though. I think that's where people tend to go wrong.
I don't really get the appeal of HRMs and other activity trackers. I'm not confident that they are more accurate than the calculators I can find online. It's all estimates and only time and experimenting is going to help you figure out your real maintenance calories, etc.
Well heart rate monitors count your heartbeats to see how hard you're working out, so it's more accurate than random average calorie burns you can find online.snarlingcoyote wrote: »There are a lot of people on MFP who are recent converts to the religion of being healthy and do things that aren't viable long term, like not counting all purposeful exercise or insisting that every gram of food that goes into their mouths is weighed and catalogued. I get it, really I do. Recent converts to any faith tend to be the most zealous. But I want to shake them and say "if you want to stay healthy, you have to have a plan you can follow THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Chill out before you burn out." It wouldn't do any good, so I don't. . .
Weighing is different though. Even if you only do it for a week, you will probably learn a lot during that week, so it's definitely worth it IMO even if it's just to learn more about portion sizes. But I have no problem weighing things at home for the rest of my life. It doesn't take any time, and if I'm going to log anyway, I'd rather just eat more than overestimating the calories of what I'm eating.quiksylver296 wrote: »Confession - I gave blood today, and am going to use that as an excuse to eat more calories.
Confession - I got way upset when I found out that I'll never be allowed to give blood in the US because I was in France during the mad cow disease outbreak in the 90s.
Confession - I was relieved when I found I can't give blood b/c I lived in the UK as a kid in the early 80s. I want to help, but hate having blood drawn for any reason.
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tesha_chandler wrote: »I consumed an entire jar of pickles today. by myself. My coworkers think I'm disgusting.
I think pickles are calorie free. The pickle I logged here a while back had no calories!! You're fine!
I weigh myself naked. If I wore a watch I would take it off. And I think I'm the only one on the planet who weighs themselves in the evening - I like to know the worst case scenario! And I weigh myself every day... Sometimes more than once! Obsess much?
Pickles are not calorie free. The FDA mandates that if a "serve" of something is under 5 calories, they are allowed to round down to 0 on the label. So a serve of pickles is listed as half a pickle, and they list them as 0, but there is nothing in the pickling process that removes the calories of a cucumber. They are very very LOW calorie, but definitely not calorie free.0 -
Confession:
After reading about the commando go-ers at the gym....I tried it! And, drum roll, no panty lines, no bunching, consider me converted!
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snarlingcoyote wrote: »There are a lot of people on MFP who are recent converts to the religion of being healthy and do things that aren't viable long term, like not counting all purposeful exercise or insisting that every gram of food that goes into their mouths is weighed and catalogued. I get it, really I do. Recent converts to any faith tend to be the most zealous. But I want to shake them and say "if you want to stay healthy, you have to have a plan you can follow THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Chill out before you burn out." It wouldn't do any good, so I don't. . .
Yep. I draw the line at weighing my olive oil, something that many suggested was necessary in a recent thread. Measuring is perfectly fine, especially since I tend to be short on fats anyhow.0 -
wanttolose40lbs wrote: »If I know I'm going over my calories, I don't log it
Same here. I hate seeing the calories in red. I just start fresh the next day.0 -
Oh, I don't log alcohol calories. Because I hate seeing how in the red they make me, and how much I drank.0
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Sometimes, when I want a midnight snack... or meal, I log it as the next day which is nothing new. I've been doing this since the beginning, the difference now is that some time around noon or so the next day that midnight snack/meal time travels to yesterday's food log so that I can have more food on the present day.0
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I use a food scale for some things and measuring cups/spoons for others. If it's easily measurable in a cup or spoon, I do it that way. I don't cram it all into a cup though. I think that's where people tend to go wrong.
I don't really get the appeal of HRMs and other activity trackers. I'm not confident that they are more accurate than the calculators I can find online. It's all estimates and only time and experimenting is going to help you figure out your real maintenance calories, etc.
Well heart rate monitors count your heartbeats to see how hard you're working out, so it's more accurate than random average calorie burns you can find online.
Except HR isn't directly related to calories burned. It is an estimate, just like anything else. In *some* cases, like steady state moderate intensity cardio, it may be a little more accurate. But then again, most of the activities it is useful for are also well researched and plain old activity tables are pretty good estimates for those activities too.
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If I binge on something I really love to eat, like popcorn/pizza/Smarties/Sour Jacks/bagel bites.
I don't record it on my log for the day.
Or I'll add a few minutes more of an exercise, if I'm a few calories from the green.
Lol, now this sounds horrible.0 -
lauraripson wrote: »I stand on the scales completely and utterly starkers. You never know, my clothing could be suppperrr heavy. I also once tried to tye my hair up to see if it made a difference....
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Same here.. right out of bed, after using the bathroom, no clothes, before eating or drinking anything.
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It so is! I was really in denial about pita bread, of all things! O.o I logged a big ole pita as like 80 calories because I just couldn't believe that a flat piece of bread could be so many calories... And when I finally got a food scale and faced the facts... It was 300 calories![/quote]
Oh, pita. How I wish I could quit you. Seriously, and I don't even like the lower-cal kind of pitas, I like the nice doughy ones. With hummus. If it's hummus, it's healthy, right?
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I gained 20 lbs eating hummus0
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