Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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dearmrsowl wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »IAmTheGlue wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »This thread is cheaper than therapy.
Sometimes, a little voice in the back of my head tells me not to bother losing weight because I have a very large wardrobe, thanks to a retail job in college. I shudder to think how much it'll cost to replace it all if I drop 5 or 6 sizes. (I try to remind myself that being fat costs more, but dammit, it's hard.)
Me too! Seriously, I have beautiful clothing that I truly love and I'm 27ish pounds down. My old clothes is starting to fall off of me. I know in my heart that I'm supposed to donate it or get rid of it but... I love it! It feels so dumb to admit that but it is true.
I'm still committed but I'll be sad to see some of my lovely clothing go.
I have had my favorite stuff tailored. If it's good quality it's worth it.
My mother is actually a seamstress, but because of this I know it isn't worth it for certain items ... for example, a suit jacket will have the front pockets and seams in the wrong place if you're going from a size 18 to a 12 or 14. But, I do have her fix some things, like shortening the shoulders on a shirt to get some more life out of it.
I'm working on getting out of debt at the same time I'm trying to lose weight (I know, overkill much?) and I'm trying to remind myself that the world won't end if I make an exception to buying an all-new wardrobe when I reach my target size and weight. I'm saving a few bucks here and there along the way, but with so many money goals, it won't be a large enough lump sum to go on the shopping spree I'm imagining. It's simultaneously motivating and demotivating lol.
I had a terrible anxiety attack last night because I tried on some clothes and a lot of things are already too big. Right now I barely have the money to pay for health insurance so thinking about buying a new wardrobe makes me seriously consider to stop working on losing weight for another year until I have a stable job.
Try a thrift shop. My mom volunteers in one and sometimes I get the best stuff. I got suede pants for $5 (exactly my size), and a 3/4 length suede coat for $90 last time I was there. My mom also got me a 3/4 mink once for $100 in perfect condition (I admit to being conflicted on this one....I would NEVER buy a mink, don't condone fur, but this one was USED and there was no way I was bringing the Mink back to life...but do feel guilty/pleasure every time I wear it... maybe owning it is a confession as well (and please don't let this start and animal activist debate that will shut this thread down... NO JUDGEMENT).
Try the thrift shop.
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dearmrsowl wrote: »CountessKitteh wrote: »dearmrsowl wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »IAmTheGlue wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »This thread is cheaper than therapy.
Sometimes, a little voice in the back of my head tells me not to bother losing weight because I have a very large wardrobe, thanks to a retail job in college. I shudder to think how much it'll cost to replace it all if I drop 5 or 6 sizes. (I try to remind myself that being fat costs more, but dammit, it's hard.)
Me too! Seriously, I have beautiful clothing that I truly love and I'm 27ish pounds down. My old clothes is starting to fall off of me. I know in my heart that I'm supposed to donate it or get rid of it but... I love it! It feels so dumb to admit that but it is true.
I'm still committed but I'll be sad to see some of my lovely clothing go.
I have had my favorite stuff tailored. If it's good quality it's worth it.
My mother is actually a seamstress, but because of this I know it isn't worth it for certain items ... for example, a suit jacket will have the front pockets and seams in the wrong place if you're going from a size 18 to a 12 or 14. But, I do have her fix some things, like shortening the shoulders on a shirt to get some more life out of it.
I'm working on getting out of debt at the same time I'm trying to lose weight (I know, overkill much?) and I'm trying to remind myself that the world won't end if I make an exception to buying an all-new wardrobe when I reach my target size and weight. I'm saving a few bucks here and there along the way, but with so many money goals, it won't be a large enough lump sum to go on the shopping spree I'm imagining. It's simultaneously motivating and demotivating lol.
I had a terrible anxiety attack last night because I tried on some clothes and a lot of things are already to big. Right now I barely have the money to pay for health insurance so thinking about buying a new wardrobe makes me seriously consider to stop working on losing weight for another year until I have a stable job.
Do you know anyone who does any kind of sewing that you could barter with? They tailor a few things for you, maybe you help them clean out their garage - that sort of thing.
Unfortunately not but I could try altering it myself, at least my shirts.fitfatty88 wrote: »dearmrsowl wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »IAmTheGlue wrote: »uptownplum wrote: »This thread is cheaper than therapy.
Sometimes, a little voice in the back of my head tells me not to bother losing weight because I have a very large wardrobe, thanks to a retail job in college. I shudder to think how much it'll cost to replace it all if I drop 5 or 6 sizes. (I try to remind myself that being fat costs more, but dammit, it's hard.)
Me too! Seriously, I have beautiful clothing that I truly love and I'm 27ish pounds down. My old clothes is starting to fall off of me. I know in my heart that I'm supposed to donate it or get rid of it but... I love it! It feels so dumb to admit that but it is true.
I'm still committed but I'll be sad to see some of my lovely clothing go.
I have had my favorite stuff tailored. If it's good quality it's worth it.
My mother is actually a seamstress, but because of this I know it isn't worth it for certain items ... for example, a suit jacket will have the front pockets and seams in the wrong place if you're going from a size 18 to a 12 or 14. But, I do have her fix some things, like shortening the shoulders on a shirt to get some more life out of it.
I'm working on getting out of debt at the same time I'm trying to lose weight (I know, overkill much?) and I'm trying to remind myself that the world won't end if I make an exception to buying an all-new wardrobe when I reach my target size and weight. I'm saving a few bucks here and there along the way, but with so many money goals, it won't be a large enough lump sum to go on the shopping spree I'm imagining. It's simultaneously motivating and demotivating lol.
I had a terrible anxiety attack last night because I tried on some clothes and a lot of things are already to big. Right now I barely have the money to pay for health insurance so thinking about buying a new wardrobe makes me seriously consider to stop working on losing weight for another year until I have a stable job.
Consignment shops and thrift stores are your friend! Also...friends are your friend...nearly all of my friends or family members have been my size or smaller so we've all just hoarded clothes and passed it around. I swear there is a skirt that my mom, two sisters, and I have been passing back and forth for 8 years. I believe it is finally too big for all of us...
I'd also consider a few staple pieces that are easy to manipulate...like a shift dress or a slouchy sweater you could belt. Not sure if you have a Forever 21 in your area but basic cami's are $1.80 always, leggings are super cheap and basic cardi's are only a couple bucks.
Thrift stores are so expensive where I live because they only sell brand-name clothes but they have some all female flea markets in my area that I could check out, thank you for making me remember that
I guess the only thing I will really have to invest in will be new underwear.
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My peeps confession... I hate them. Always have. But today in the little coffee/kitchen room on my floor there was a bag of mini peeps. So after all this conversation, I tried one. ICK! bit the head off the rabbit and threw it out.
Sorry, peeps, Peeps are not for me.0 -
Ok I was way over anyway, so I figured I'd try a Peeps from my kids' pile. It's not very flavorful. Not bad I guess, but I think I'd rather use those 28 calories on some chocolate or a caramel, lol.0
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Ok I was way over anyway, so I figured I'd try a Peeps from my kids' pile. It's not very flavorful. Not bad I guess, but I think I'd rather use those 28 calories on some chocolate or a caramel, lol.
I have an intense dislike for peeps, they're weird and creepy and I thank god my parents never bought them for us growing up!0 -
Ok I was way over anyway, so I figured I'd try a Peeps from my kids' pile. It's not very flavorful. Not bad I guess, but I think I'd rather use those 28 calories on some chocolate or a caramel, lol.
I have an intense dislike for peeps, they're weird and creepy and I thank god my parents never bought them for us growing up!
Lol, my kids like them. They enjoyed putting one in the microwave too.
We actually bought more at 50% off today...0 -
arditarose wrote: »sigh...When I found that I couldn't eat peanut butter in moderation, and had to get it out of my apartment ASAP, I not only threw it away-I drowned the jar in water first so I wouldn't be tempted...
I can't believe I shared that.
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arditarose wrote: »sigh...When I found that I couldn't eat peanut butter in moderation, and had to get it out of my apartment ASAP, I not only threw it away-I drowned the jar in water first so I wouldn't be tempted...
I can't believe I shared that.
You're a lot stronger than I am! I love PB! I don't think I could throw it out. Good job!!0 -
Ok I was way over anyway, so I figured I'd try a Peeps from my kids' pile. It's not very flavorful. Not bad I guess, but I think I'd rather use those 28 calories on some chocolate or a caramel, lol.
I have an intense dislike for peeps, they're weird and creepy and I thank god my parents never bought them for us growing up!
Lol, my kids like them. They enjoyed putting one in the microwave too.
We actually bought more at 50% off today...
Haha putting them in the microwave sounds entertaining! I'd like to watch them get bigger!
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I don't think so. I can't do anything that has jumping in it. A lot of times, it doesn't look like there will be until you get 10 minutes in and the psycho in the leotards decides you need to start poguing or you'll be fat forever. I've found the modified workouts have a lot less surprises to make me have to stop and fast forward half way through.
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pofoster21 wrote: »dearmrsowl wrote: »Confession #1 I wanted to go to bed an hour ago but couldn't because I wanted to finish reading all the comments in this thread.
Confession #2 When I get paid next week I will spend way too much on that White Chocolate Peanut Butter due to me living in Germany and having to order it online. Even though I don't know what it tastes like I'm craving it.
Confession #3 I'm afraid to jump in on this thread because this is my first post ever on MFP and an English speaking community.
I've stayed up later than I intended because of this thread.
You're in good company, I'll also be spending way too much to get a jar of that stuff. I've had white chocolate Reese's PB cups and LOVE them, I'm sure I'll love White Chocolate Wonderful too. Oh, and I'll be getting pumpkin Pop Tarts as well, which just compounds the madness.
Welcome to the warmest, fuzziest, most therapeutic thread on MFP!
Nice arm post! Looking good! The sit on the floor weight workout is working!
Thank you!
It's a really easy way to fit in a nice little workout... I think @BZAH10 should copyright it, make a workout DVD and rake in $$
YES! Then I can keep up with this thread AND make money at the same time. Great idea!
Can I volunteer to be one of the demonstrators in the video? I can be the "needs improvement" model.
Oh, you can BE the person in the video. I hate taking pictures and would absolutely not want to see myself in a video working out. I can devise the program and you can instruct it, deal?
Deal! Except it seems to me there is always more than one person demonstrating the workouts... usually different levels of expertise. So we need more fitness models, not just me solo.
And what a great reason to buy new workout outfits (which is the only clothing I can possibly justify buying these days, lol)!
Yes, we definitely need others for the video. Thing is I really HATE most workout videos! Not sure why. Guess it's the yelling and the excitement! I really love working out, but I'm a quiet, reserved person. I'm not at all into all the "Let's go!" or "Do it with me now!" stuff. Clearly, we need a new, original approach.
But yes, either way, new workout clothes must be purchased! I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to having more workout clothes than regular clothes. And I have several pairs of Asics in every color combination imaginable. I need to cut back on the shopping.
Not only does the continual fake peppy enthusiasm irritate me but I find the chirpy pop music annoying too.
I'd definitely prefer a workout video with a lively heavy metal or classic rock track... like I have on my iPod for working out (ohhh my age is showing).
I'd think yoga videos might be a bit more sedate (I've never seen one, however)... maybe a little too "put you to sleep" zen-ish for a workout though.
See, two confessions in there: I abhor most pop music, and yoga boooooores me.
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Heavy metal- YES ! Love it! Classic Rock, too. I'm a music lover. Music moves me. It orchestrates my life. Who or what band are you thinking we should use?0
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AC/DC - good tempo0
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pofoster21 wrote: »dearmrsowl wrote: »Confession #1 I wanted to go to bed an hour ago but couldn't because I wanted to finish reading all the comments in this thread.
Confession #2 When I get paid next week I will spend way too much on that White Chocolate Peanut Butter due to me living in Germany and having to order it online. Even though I don't know what it tastes like I'm craving it.
Confession #3 I'm afraid to jump in on this thread because this is my first post ever on MFP and an English speaking community.
I've stayed up later than I intended because of this thread.
You're in good company, I'll also be spending way too much to get a jar of that stuff. I've had white chocolate Reese's PB cups and LOVE them, I'm sure I'll love White Chocolate Wonderful too. Oh, and I'll be getting pumpkin Pop Tarts as well, which just compounds the madness.
Welcome to the warmest, fuzziest, most therapeutic thread on MFP!
Nice arm post! Looking good! The sit on the floor weight workout is working!
Thank you!
It's a really easy way to fit in a nice little workout... I think @BZAH10 should copyright it, make a workout DVD and rake in $$
YES! Then I can keep up with this thread AND make money at the same time. Great idea!
Can I volunteer to be one of the demonstrators in the video? I can be the "needs improvement" model.
Oh, you can BE the person in the video. I hate taking pictures and would absolutely not want to see myself in a video working out. I can devise the program and you can instruct it, deal?
Deal! Except it seems to me there is always more than one person demonstrating the workouts... usually different levels of expertise. So we need more fitness models, not just me solo.
And what a great reason to buy new workout outfits (which is the only clothing I can possibly justify buying these days, lol)!
Yes, we definitely need others for the video. Thing is I really HATE most workout videos! Not sure why. Guess it's the yelling and the excitement! I really love working out, but I'm a quiet, reserved person. I'm not at all into all the "Let's go!" or "Do it with me now!" stuff. Clearly, we need a new, original approach.
But yes, either way, new workout clothes must be purchased! I'm pretty sure I'm getting close to having more workout clothes than regular clothes. And I have several pairs of Asics in every color combination imaginable. I need to cut back on the shopping.
Not only does the continual fake peppy enthusiasm irritate me but I find the chirpy pop music annoying too.
I'd definitely prefer a workout video with a lively heavy metal or classic rock track... like I have on my iPod for working out (ohhh my age is showing).
I'd think yoga videos might be a bit more sedate (I've never seen one, however)... maybe a little too "put you to sleep" zen-ish for a workout though.
See, two confessions in there: I abhor most pop music, and yoga boooooores me.
I used to do 30 day shred, and I would put the video on mute and play my own music loud. Occasionally watched tv too, and just put the laptop right next to it so that it would catch my eye when the moves changed.0 -
I tried 30 day shred but contrary to what she says about 400lb people being able to do star jumps - I couldn't unless I wanted a round of applause from my own body or my knees to completely give out on me, just humiliating.
Also watched Hatchi on Sunday and cried, snotty nosed tears in front of my boyfriend, Mum and Dad. I watched it of my own free will. I say this because my boyfriend has a habit of wanting to show me films where an animal dies (he now knows he gets a punch in the arm for that) or a person I don't want to die, dies, but the animal dying is more important crying wise.0 -
spacequiztime wrote: »I stopped off at Kroger today for Easter clearance candy but and they didn't even have any Peeps left!
I got the last one at the store where I shop.
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qn4bx9pzg8aifd wrote: »WillLift4Tats wrote: »Confession: the women's restroom toilet is 'backed up', and I'm not sure I wasn't the one to blame
LOL
On the bright side (yes, there *is* such a thing, when it comes to toilet 'blockage'), *you* aren't 'backed up' (!) (is anyone else hearing some faint background music in the form of Kool and the Gang's happy-time classic, "Celebrate" -- ? ), and appear to be getting enough fiber (if you're not, it remains an impressive feat, regardless -- how many people do you know who could alter functioning of an 'appliance' by simply 'going about their day' (?!) -- seriously, be proud! -- "hey, y'know how well my body's waste elimination physiology is working? -- so well that, in fact, I just clogged a toilet!" -- 'own' it, I say! )...
Edited to Add: In the hopes that this might make you feel better, or otherwise not embarrassed, I thought I'd offer a confessional truth of my own -- and that is... that I cannot count how many times I've clogged a toilet (!), and my home toilet, specifically... low-flush models were all the rage, but they didn't take into account the 'workload' that might be associated with 'taking care of business' for humans ingesting fiber in 'more than sufficient' (and sometimes downright accidentally impressive and somewhat mindboggling) amounts... there are times when I'm ready to heave the darn thing out a window (the toilet that is, not the waste product (in case there was any confusion )), and scream aloud, and for all the world to hear, "Is it too much to ask that a toilet do its freaking JOB?!!!"... though on the bright side, I feel like awarding my intestinal tract a kind of Gold medal, given how first-place-worthy its 'performance' is (realizing, of course, that the day when any sort of Olympics involving this as an 'Event' is somewhere long into the future... )
That made me laugh a little too hard. That being said, I have some stomach issues and -confession- thanks to my rather unhealthy eating choices the last few days I made a rather embarrassing mess out of the toilet at work today.
To the person who started out with the senior citizen workouts, there is nothing embarrassing about that. What is embarrassing is that my fitness instructor is more than twice my age and yet I feel like she could probably snap me in half if she really wanted to and I can barely keep up with her.
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On the subject of music, does anyone else hate it when a gym takes a perfectly good rock song, speeds it up, and ends a cheesy beat to it just to make it more "appealing" for exercise? I mean, why not just pick a song that already has a more appropriate beat?0
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Heavy metal- YES ! Love it! Classic Rock, too. I'm a music lover. Music moves me. It orchestrates my life. Who or what band are you thinking we should use?
Definitely some ACDC... Cult... Black Sabbath "Paranoid" (love Sabbath but few of their songs are really workout tunes)... Monster Magnet... Marilyn Manson... Linkin Park... Airborne... Buckcherry... QOTSA... Bush... Seether... that's all on my workout playlist. Clearly slanted more toward newer stuff that I'm more likely to have in mp3, I keep meaning to rip my old CDs, but... TIME... never enough.
And Glorious Sons "Heavy", my newest favourite.
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If I have it, I drink Hershey's Syrup straight from the bottle. Like the whole thing, in a day. It's a fantastic PMS remedy.0
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