Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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I drink extreme amounts of caffeine to make myself feel better when I over eat. Five hours, black coffee shots, and lots of cups of coffee. A lot of the times when I do this it prevents weight gain or helps my weight loss. However it is a bad habit and can be very unsafe depending on the person.0
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Ha ha and I finally catch up and find out I'm talking to myself. 5 posts in a row! Winner!0
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Confession: I am totally confused with the weight loss thing. Just started to read this http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10159119/just-fit-it-in-to-your-daily-allowance#latest and everyone is saying 1200 calories is too low. So. This has been the last 5 months of my life.
January and February I was eating 1600 calories + swimming 3 x week and not losing weight.
March I go down to 1400 calories and start going to the gym 3 x week as well as swimming 3 x week. Still not losing weight. I go to the doctors and he tells me to go down to 1200 calories maybe even 1000 calories.
April I go down to 1200 calories go to the gym 3x week, swim 3 x week and start doing the couch to 5K (Which is a 30 minute jog/walk program 3x week) I have only lost 5lbs in 5 months.
Anyone else baffled? Because I am! I'm going to keep going, I refuse to go down to 1000 calories because I will probably faint, but my parents are insisting I should because that's what the doctor said. Which leads me onto a small rant/ramble. What makes MFP so confusing is the fact that I have a trained and licensed doctor tell me I might have to go down to 1000 calories a day to lose weight, but if I posted that on the forum EVERYONE would have a field day. Unlicensed, untrained people telling me its too low, possible trolls telling me its too low but on the other hand people who have succeeded telling me its too low. Who do you listen to??0 -
MFP has that message about certain levels being too low EXCEPT for medical situations, so on the whole I'd follow my doctor's advice. But given the calculators and that I know I SHOULD have maintenance of at least a certain level (yes, there is individual variation, though) and that with exercise I should be able to lose at over 1200 no problem, especially with my current level of exercise, I'd want to talk to the doctor about the fact that I'm logging really well and doing X activity and not losing, so why does he/she think 1000 is necessary for me? Basically, I'd want medical reasons for the metabolism issues to be explored, since I think a lot of the time when doctors push lower levels it's because they either don't know enough about weight loss to have a good sense of individual maintenance (the ones who recommend 1200 for all) OR just automatically assuming that no one is logging right and 1200 really means 1800 anyway. Since for me that's not the case, I would be bothered if my doctor didn't listen to me (but I have lied to my doctor about other things at times, so am a little sympathetic).
Under those circumstances I might ask for a referral to a dietician too, which is something I wouldn't normally do.
And I'd ignore the boards, of course. The knee-jerk reaction to 1200 is, I think, because so many people who have little to lose put in 2 lbs/week (because of course you want the max) and so many people don't understand the number is WITHOUT exercise (that's simply how it's calculated) and as a result the vast majority of women get 1200 simply as a matter of math (sedentary maintenance of 2200 or less minus 1000=1200), and most of those people can lose on more. So they say they have to do 1200 without understanding how the number came about and that they can lose on less.
But also IMO 1200 is fine for many people and the reaction against it (which seems less extreme than it was for a while) can be over the top. I think it (plus exercise calories, though) was the right number for me at first, so I particularly disagree when people claim you shouldn't be too aggressive when you have lots to lose. Depends.0 -
Susieq_1994 wrote: »MercuryBlue wrote: »BLAH. My confession is that I crave warm white bread with butter and brown sugar sprinkled on top. And last night I ate four slices after a horrible fight with my husband. (Upside is that I'd exercised enough that it fit into my calories for the day- but I still felt crummy today because I've so consistently done well over the past few weeks. Oh, if you don't count the time or two I ate a tablespoon of frosting right out of the can. Crap. Call that confession number two.)
I totally ate that exact thing on Wednesday last week. Along with about 4500 other calories.
I've been consistently messing up for the last few weeks, and haven't managed to keep my deficit for the last MONTH! 
This week will be better, I hope. 
For both of us!
This is basically me too. I need to either decide to take a break from a deficit or get back to it for real, since telling myself I'm trying to lose and then basically continually deciding that I don't really care about losing this week is driving me crazy. I need to pick one and do it.0 -
MercuryBlue wrote: »@lilaclovebird I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. The loss of a pet is so devastating.
Yes, I'm so sorry. That's so hard.
Emotional/stress eating is my biggest challenge lately and I need to get a handle on it before I totally derail myself.
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Susieq_1994 wrote: »MercuryBlue wrote: »BLAH. My confession is that I crave warm white bread with butter and brown sugar sprinkled on top. And last night I ate four slices after a horrible fight with my husband. (Upside is that I'd exercised enough that it fit into my calories for the day- but I still felt crummy today because I've so consistently done well over the past few weeks. Oh, if you don't count the time or two I ate a tablespoon of frosting right out of the can. Crap. Call that confession number two.)
I totally ate that exact thing on Wednesday last week. Along with about 4500 other calories. I've been consistently messing up for the last few weeks, and haven't managed to keep my deficit for the last MONTH! This week will be better, I hope. For both of us!
This is basically me too. I need to either decide to take a break from a deficit or get back to it for real, since telling myself I'm trying to lose and then basically continually deciding that I don't really care about losing this week is driving me crazy. I need to pick one and do it.
Same here! I'm doing the same exact thing, but the biggest problem in my case is that I was close to maintenance for nearly two years (roughly between 61 and 64 kg), so I no longer have any of my old larger clothes, and I recently gained 14 (real, not water or sodium!) pounds on a really crazy food-filled vacation. So, all of my pants and tops are tight and I've got a very unattractive muffin top in whatever I wear--I need to lose at least half of that weight before they fit again, so I'm not comfortable with taking a break from my deficit. I just really need to get my head in the game!0 -
@Lois_1989
1) With the maiden name thing, I was referencing hyper-conservative Muslim culture. I was feeling antagonistic and, thankfully, @Susieq_1994 took everything I said in stride and responded in a calm and dignified manner without taking insult to any of my stupid comments.
2) Respecting and honoring your mother is the right thing to do in any/all societies regardless of religion.
3) And all the possible reasons you are not losing weight are listed here:
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight//0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »@Lois_1989
1) With the maiden name thing, I was referencing hyper-conservative Muslim culture. I was feeling antagonistic and, thankfully, @Susieq_1994 took everything I said in stride and responded in a calm and dignified manner without taking insult to any of my comments.
2) Respecting and honoring your mother is the right thing to do in any/all societies regardless of religion.
3) And all the possible reasons you are not losing weight are listed here:
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight//
Ah fair enough, I might have missed something which led me to being confused. lol
I completely agree with No.2 and I think both parents should be honored.
And thank you for the link, I've read it before and frankly I find her very rude. Plus with the amount of daily exercise and lowering my calories to 900 calories a day below my TDEE that would be one hell of a mis-measure. Like, forgetting I ate a whole meal mis-measure.
Edit: After re-reading I realised that could have sounded a bit arsey and it wasn't intended that way. It's nearly lunch time, can I blame being hanrgy? and also TOM, although that doesn't really affect me...
Oh and my car is having it's service and MOT today and its 8 years old so I'm expecting a large bill.
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Confession, I just ate two servings of peanut butter. I mean, there was some apple in there, but it was just an excuse for the peanut butter... ugh...0
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lilaclovebird wrote: »@Lois_1989
2) Respecting and honoring your mother is the right thing to do in any/all societies regardless of religion.
Unless your mother was a crap mother (just remembering some earlier posts in this thread, not talking about my mum, she's awesome. )0 -
@lois_1989 Do you use a food scale? I know mine has been a life saver(which is why I confessed the peanut butter thing, because a serving of peanut butter is actually quite large). Weigh and measure everything.
Have you considered heavy lifting and focusing on lowering your body fat percentage instead of focusing on the scale? I know that has helped me a bit as well, considering my weight has gone up 3 pounds but my pants can be pulled off without unbuttoning them(now if only I had a boyfriend to do that FOR me)
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pofoster21 wrote: »kellienw335 wrote: »I feel really hard done by when I vote, play the lottery, or place a bet, and don't win. I SHOULD GET WHAT I WANT BECAUSE I TRIED.
YES. I bought 5 lines on the lottery on my birthday which was on the 5th May. So it was 5 5 5, but I'm too scared to check it, because I know I haven't won anything, I never do, but what if I have?? It's like Schrodinger's Cat in my head right now. lol
My husband has been explaining Schrödinger's cat to me for years, but you have finally helped me to get it!
The only reason I've even heard of that is Big Bang Theory! Love that show!
I had heard of Schrödinger's cat before Big Bang Theory but it was Sheldon who taught me what it was. Sheldon has taught me many things. Interesting fact, did you know the actor that plays Sheldon is 40! That man has aged well.
So I have to ask (and sorry if someone explained it and I missed it) what is this cat thing?
I didn't see anyone respond to this, but apologies if they did!
To over-simplify, it's the belief that until an action occurs, both possible outcomes exist equally. The "experiement" is that if you put a cat in a box with a vial of poison that will at some undetermined point in time break open and kill the cat, the cat is BOTH alive and dead until you open the box. Opening the box is what determines if it is in fact alive or dead, eliminating the other possibility.
It's kind of like the butterfly effect (NOT the terrible movie), which more people seem to understand.0 -
Confession: I may have just brewed an entire pot of coffee to drink at my desk while catching up on the 10+ pages of posts on this forum.0
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How can we get this to be back to confessions??!?!? Should we just start another thread?0
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Today I had broccoli oven roasted for the first time, I always just usually boil it. It was bloody gorgeous! And then I mixed tuna with avocado for my sandwiches tomorrow instead of mayo. Also bloody delicious. How have I not eaten these things in this way before!
I adore oven roasted broccoli. I like to toss it with some lemon juice and a couple of TB of hummus while it's hot. Amazing.0 -
kellienw335 wrote: »Tomorrow I will be in training all day. This makes me sad for 3 reasons.
1. I have no idea what we'll be served for lunch so I can't log it accurately.
2. I won't be able to be on here at all.
3. Since I do my HIIT at my office, I'll be missing tomorrow's workout.
I am, however, looking forward to being out of the office for the day and getting paid for it, also...FREE LUNCH!!!
Curious, what kind of HIIT do you do at the office?
@kellienw335 We had an extra room in our building so my boss turned it into a workout room. He hired a trainer from a local gym to come in and set up interval stations and teach us how to do each exercise. Every other Tuesday, he comes back to switch out one of the stations. Best part, it's 100% FREE! My boss covers everything. I absolutely love it and don't understand why everyone at doesn't participate.
That's awesome! What a great idea! Good for you for taking advantage of it!
We have an incentive plan here at work where if you log a certain number of exercise hours per week for the quarter you can earn up to 8 hours of leave. I really don't understand why people don't participate.0 -
Okay, there are no salt n vinegar chips in the states?!?
Also, I'm Canadian and have no idea what peameal bacon is. Or peameal ham...whatever that nasty pic was lol.
The bacon pic-the straight perfect pieces are sold in packages here, and the bigger "loose" cut kind is usually from the butcher shop. Much better...
Yes, we have salt and vinegar chips. They are delicious, but I can't eat very many because they tear up my mouth!0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »@lois_1989 Do you use a food scale? I know mine has been a life saver(which is why I confessed the peanut butter thing, because a serving of peanut butter is actually quite large). Weigh and measure everything.
Have you considered heavy lifting and focusing on lowering your body fat percentage instead of focusing on the scale? I know that has helped me a bit as well, considering my weight has gone up 3 pounds but my pants can be pulled off without unbuttoning them(now if only I had a boyfriend to do that FOR me)
Yup weigh everything I have scales at work and at home. and I do NROLFW 3x a week at the gym. (but the controversy is that you shouldn't actually lift weights while on a calorie deficit, so I don't know if this is what is causing me problems?) I starting to think my SO is feeding me at night lol!
The last slightly drastic thing I can think of is when I log food I put it into the database myself, for everything. I know some people do this and then put their initials at the end so they know that it is the information they entered. But again I can't see how a couple of mis-measured calories can add up to 900 calories, a day. It's just all a bit too extreme.0 -
I'm about to eat 3,000 calories of Dominos pizza. Think it's safe to say I've fallen off the wagon0
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I got weighed - no loss........so I ate everything in sight......damn it!0
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I was finally in the next ten spot last Tuesday and then spoiled it Wednesday- Sunday. Now I'm 4 lbs. up and can't seem to get it back down! I'm so frustrated!0
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I think I have solved my issue. It is something to do with the settings on my Mis-Fit. I've looked back over the week and noticed for example yesterday I went swimming, according to my Mis-Fit I burned 439 calories for an hour swim. Which is fine. But at the end of the day it is saying on MFP my calorie adjustment is 756 calories. That's an additional 317 calories. That is quite a bit. I wonder how I can fix that...
Well, now that is solved, maybe I should get back to work.
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pofoster21 wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Confession: There is a pattern of jumping all over posters,especially new ones-mocking their posts, questions because they think something is not possible etc. The way they speak to the posters are incredibly rude and alienating. I'm surprised if most of these people ever return to post something or continue with MFP, or logging food after the very "harsh" approach. Then there are the people that just complain that the OP's don't want to hear the truth when in fact it's the negative way people are responding making the OP obviously feel criticized and unsupported. So ya, that's my irritation confession. Makes me never want to ask any questions here.
Here's where this irritates me - there are trolls on this forum. Everyone knows there are trolls on this forum. The trolls flat out admit they are trolls. And even still, people will defend them, and pretend they actually mean well, or act like they've never seen the trolling, as if they've read everything the acct has posted, except for the times they're intentionally trying to start an argument. I'd rather people admit, "yeah, they're a troll, but they make me laugh, so I don't care," rather than act like they have some secret psychic knowledge into the motivations of people who are just "misunderstood."
The funniest troll I can remember is this account who said they weighed 600 pounds & ate like six sticks of butter, two large pizzas, 30-40 slices of cake, & a ton of other stuff that no one in their right mind would be able to eat & the number of people who were taking them seriously was astounding. I took them seriously until I read their food diary & knew it was someone who just put a bunch of random food entries in with multiple servings.
So I have read about trolls but never really understood what people were talking about. It's people that fake their their situation to see if people take the bait? Why? To spark fights? I don't get it.
I don't get it either! Seriously, do they think that's fun? AND, who has time for that? Get a life!0 -
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smashley_mashley wrote: »kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »I confess that I always pin a ton of recipes on Pinterest & then never make them.
I also love to pin funny memes & food/exercise funnies.
I have a board just for funnies/memes and exercise. But I have about 3 or 4 for food (desserts, baking, squares, bread, etc). I have made a few things I have seen on there (Carmelitas, salted caramel cheesecake, caramel sauce). I have started my own recipe book. The recipes I find that I have tried and tinkered to my liking (adding things/changing quantities/variations/etc) I print on nice paper add pictures and put in a sheet protector. Then there are ones that I find and store in a section of my book called "prospects". That way I can write in any changes that I make when making it or make notes on what I would do next time before I save a final copy.
When I was a kid, my mom, grandma, and aunt would always make apple pie from all the apples from their trees. I used to get so sick of apple pie since we had it for dessert for every dinner because we made so many pies in the fall. Now that they are gone, it took a while to figure out all the spices they put in it and the tricks they used to get the right pie crust (vinegar). I have since mastered making pie crust (and abhor any store bought crust/pie) but i want something I can pass down to my kids (when I have them) so they can recreate the yummy food I make. Now, when we have family dinners i always make dessert and apple pie just for my dad. Food=love.
We lost my grandmother recipes and it breaks my heart. Loved all her meals and desserts.0 -
Confession: I was prescribed Modafinil for medical reasons. I found it didn't help with the symptoms it was prescribed for...however I did find that it completely eliminated hunger pangs during my fasting days. I'm now taking it on those days, only for that reason. I feel guilty, using it for something other than it was prescribed, but I figure that it's better than emptying the pills down the toilet.0
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Today I had broccoli oven roasted for the first time, I always just usually boil it. It was bloody gorgeous! And then I mixed tuna with avocado for my sandwiches tomorrow instead of mayo. Also bloody delicious. How have I not eaten these things in this way before!
I've never heard of oven roasted broccoli, but I love broccoli and will try this soon! Thanks!0
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