Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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snarlingcoyote wrote: »Another confession I have after being on these boards a little while is I HATE the question "Do you weigh everything you eat?" I want to scream every time I see it asked.
HELLL NO....I DONT weigh everything. That is simply not sustainable for the rest of my life. Sure I know that losing or maintaining will have to be a lifelong effort and I will work towards it but the whole weighing EVERYTHING is simply too much for me.
We have a baby shower at work today. Am I supposed to pull out a scale and weigh a slice of cake? I don't think so.
Carry on...
I need a thumbs up emoticon for this. Likex10 thousand.
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snarlingcoyote wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Another confession I have after being on these boards a little while is I HATE the question "Do you weigh everything you eat?" I want to scream every time I see it asked.
HELLL NO....I DONT weigh everything. That is simply not sustainable for the rest of my life. Sure I know that losing or maintaining will have to be a lifelong effort and I will work towards it but the whole weighing EVERYTHING is simply too much for me.
We have a baby shower at work today. Am I supposed to pull out a scale and weigh a slice of cake? I don't think so.
Carry on...
But if someone is complaining that they are doing EVERYTHING, and they are not losing or are gaining weight, the best thing to do is get a realistic idea of what they are actually consuming in calories. Most people get a real wake up call. It's the easiest answer for a frequently asked question.
I don't think that situation is the problem. The issue is really people who have to weigh every single thing they eat AND think everyone else should too. It's a good learning method if you are stalled with your weight loss, and yeah, there's a scale in my kitchen for times when eyeballing really isn't going to work but you shouldn't try to weigh everything the rest of your life. It's bound for failure, long-term.
But the people asking are not weighing and have no idea what 100 grams (or whatever) looks like. It's a learning tool. Once they've learned, they won't need the tool. But to start out, most do, including me.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »snarlingcoyote wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »Another confession I have after being on these boards a little while is I HATE the question "Do you weigh everything you eat?" I want to scream every time I see it asked.
HELLL NO....I DONT weigh everything. That is simply not sustainable for the rest of my life. Sure I know that losing or maintaining will have to be a lifelong effort and I will work towards it but the whole weighing EVERYTHING is simply too much for me.
We have a baby shower at work today. Am I supposed to pull out a scale and weigh a slice of cake? I don't think so.
Carry on...
But if someone is complaining that they are doing EVERYTHING, and they are not losing or are gaining weight, the best thing to do is get a realistic idea of what they are actually consuming in calories. Most people get a real wake up call. It's the easiest answer for a frequently asked question.
I don't think that situation is the problem. The issue is really people who have to weigh every single thing they eat AND think everyone else should too. It's a good learning method if you are stalled with your weight loss, and yeah, there's a scale in my kitchen for times when eyeballing really isn't going to work but you shouldn't try to weigh everything the rest of your life. It's bound for failure, long-term.
But the people asking are not weighing and have no idea what 100 grams (or whatever) looks like. It's a learning tool. Once they've learned, they won't need the tool. But to start out, most do, including me.
And that's fine. Got no problem with it. It is a great learning tool
But you have to live your entire life, and hopefully there will be cake that you have to eyeball to guess the calories. (If you like cake, of course. If not, please substitute your high calorie treat of choice.) Eyeballing accurately is also a tool and it's one that is necessary for long term maintenance!0 -
I just ate an entire bag of cashews from the filling station. 450 calories.
I regret nothing.0 -
Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.1
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tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
That's the cutest thing ever.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Awesome. My son and I have icee/giant pretzel day at the window counter every time we go to Target. We nosh and people watch. It's our little secret.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Confession: I've never had, or even seen, a TastyKake. I imagine they are amazing and I've been cheated.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Confession: I've never had, or even seen, a TastyKake. I imagine they are amazing and I've been cheated.
TastyKakes are the most amazing things ever, especially their Short Bread Christmas Cookies.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Confession: I've never had, or even seen, a TastyKake. I imagine they are amazing and I've been cheated.
OhMyGodAllTheNomz....Tastykake (just realized I've been spelling it wrong all these years) is a regional thing. They're actually a company that puts out a lot of different baked treats, but I think their baked pies are the best.
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tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
That's the cutest thing ever.
Agreed! And because you're creating a memory with your son that he will remember forever it doesn't count as calories!0 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Awesome. My son and I have icee/giant pretzel day at the window counter every time we go to Target. We nosh and people watch. It's our little secret.
The place we do this is a little Italian market, so all the Nonnas make comments to us about it. I've been taking him since he was about 6 months (he's nearly 4 years now), so a lot of the people know us as regulars.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Confession: I've never had, or even seen, a TastyKake. I imagine they are amazing and I've been cheated.
OhMyGodAllTheNomz....Tastykake (just realized I've been spelling it wrong all these years) is a regional thing. They're actually a company that puts out a lot of different baked treats, but I think their baked pies are the best.
Regional doesn't include Idaho, obviously... sigh
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tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
That's the cutest thing ever.
Agreed! And because you're creating a memory with your son that he will remember forever it doesn't count as calories!
The memories will end up being more delicious than the pie, methinks. Now I just have to think of something similar to do with his sister!0 -
azulvioleta6 wrote: »obscuremusicreference wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Where do you live that you have never had a burrito? I am agog at the thought of a burrito-less life.
Not like a kebob--more life a gyro/schwarma with a thinner wrap.
I'm struggling with the thought that there are good burritos in Canada. If it turns out they put gravy on those too I'm going to be so mad.
Confession: My friend told me that sleeping more helps you break a plateau and I've been trying to get more sleep ever since.
I've had decent burritos in Vancouver, BC. No gravy. Not sure about the rest of Canada!
There is so much good Asian food in most of the places I've been in Canada that I haven't gone out of my way to search for Mexican.
As my husband says: Vancouver is the northernmost point of WA (he is a locally bred Washingtonian, and I- being a recent transplant- can't tell if he is BSing me or not..
OH! New confession: My husband had me convinced that sheep aren't in WA because it rains too much and the wool shrinks on the animal... Joke was on him when I woke him up at 3 am and called him a liar. Being from South Florida I know nothing of farm animals... College educated and all and I am farm animal stupid.
I live in Saskatchewan - all prairie - an we do not put gravy on our burritos. Anyone I know only puts gravy on potatoes and french fries. Burritos are for sour cream and salsa.0 -
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quiksylver296 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
Confession: I've never had, or even seen, a TastyKake. I imagine they are amazing and I've been cheated.
OhMyGodAllTheNomz....Tastykake (just realized I've been spelling it wrong all these years) is a regional thing. They're actually a company that puts out a lot of different baked treats, but I think their baked pies are the best.
Regional doesn't include Idaho, obviously... sigh
Yeah, sorry. Their headquarters/bakery is in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, so it's mostly a PA/NJ/MD/DE thing, kind of like Wawa. There used to be local TastyKake drives to send to troops stationed overseas.0 -
I've recently started wearing my sports bras in the shower so I can get 3, maybe 4 wears out of them before washing them properly instead of having to handwash twice a week...
So wrong, but feels so right.ladybuggnorris wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »obscuremusicreference wrote: »azulvioleta6 wrote: »
Where do you live that you have never had a burrito? I am agog at the thought of a burrito-less life.
Not like a kebob--more life a gyro/schwarma with a thinner wrap.
I'm struggling with the thought that there are good burritos in Canada. If it turns out they put gravy on those too I'm going to be so mad.
Confession: My friend told me that sleeping more helps you break a plateau and I've been trying to get more sleep ever since.
I've had decent burritos in Vancouver, BC. No gravy. Not sure about the rest of Canada!
There is so much good Asian food in most of the places I've been in Canada that I haven't gone out of my way to search for Mexican.
As my husband says: Vancouver is the northernmost point of WA (he is a locally bred Washingtonian, and I- being a recent transplant- can't tell if he is BSing me or not..
OH! New confession: My husband had me convinced that sheep aren't in WA because it rains too much and the wool shrinks on the animal... Joke was on him when I woke him up at 3 am and called him a liar. Being from South Florida I know nothing of farm animals... College educated and all and I am farm animal stupid.
I live in Saskatchewan - all prairie - an we do not put gravy on our burritos. Anyone I know only puts gravy on potatoes and french fries. Burritos are for sour cream and salsa.
I'm Albertan and I agree. Gravy is for meat and potatoes, not burritos. Oh, Taco Time, how I miss you sometimes.
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Kelll12123 wrote: »I ate over half a carton of ice cream in one sitting last week
I ate a whole pint of ben & jerry's frozen yogurt in one sitting the other night.
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tincanonastring wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »Every Sunday, I take my son to do the grocery shopping. At one of the stores, we get a bottle of Mexican Coke and a Tastycake pie (his choice: Cherry, Apple, or French Apple) and sit on the tailgate to share them. Coke-and-Pie Day almost never gets logged.
That's the cutest thing ever.
Agreed! And because you're creating a memory with your son that he will remember forever it doesn't count as calories!
The memories will end up being more delicious than the pie, methinks. Now I just have to think of something similar to do with his sister!
My dad and I bake cakes together. Just throwing it out there. You could also make fudge with her, my grandpa and I do that. My grandma and I always had tea parties when I was a kid. Good times.0
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