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WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light0 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »This is interesting. On the planet, the poorest of the poor subsist on less than $2/day. You manage to be 100 lb overweight on the princely sum of $5 per day. What land of milk and honey do you inhabit?
Wait why are you being rude? I know why I'm overweight. I'm trying to change it. Be supportive or gtfo
I supportively wonder what country and region you live in.10 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.19 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »JeromeBarry1 wrote: »This is interesting. On the planet, the poorest of the poor subsist on less than $2/day. You manage to be 100 lb overweight on the princely sum of $5 per day. What land of milk and honey do you inhabit?
Wait why are you being rude? I know why I'm overweight. I'm trying to change it. Be supportive or gtfo
I supportively wonder what country and region you live in.
Lol massachusettes0 -
Start logging every single thing you eat and drink, which should be easy if it's from McDonald's - you won't need to weigh stuff if that's all your having. See how many calories you're having compared to what MFP says you should have for you to lose weight. And then you can start by making small changes. For instance, eggs are cheap and you can have eggs for breakfast instead of something from McD's. $5 a day isn't much but you can still make some changes.3
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »
You have been given some very sound answers to the question you asked. It appears that you do not like the answers. Don't know what else to say; if you really want to lose the weight you can will have to change your life. If you continue what you are doing you will keep getting what you get now.4 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Make sure to track this as well. Have you lost any weight since you started to try to lose weight? At 2,000 calories you should be losing weight. If you're not you're probably under-estimating what you're actually consuming and thus not losing weight. This is pretty common getting accurate with your tracking will help.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start0 -
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
How do you afford that?4 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
Wino has seen the light.
What?0 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.5 -
I have a family of 5 that I have fed for as little as $125 for two weeks. Doing the math that's $25 per person for two weeks which is around $3.60 a day. The food I got for us included meat, beans, fresh and frozen fruit and vegies, rice, breads, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix and syrup... you get the idea. It is possible to grocery shop on a very strict budget, and possible to loose weight on very tight budget. You can do it. Soups, stews, chili. Those can be made ahead, portioned and frozen or refrigerated and used all week. if you get paid daily, you can get several things for each day as well as get one "spread" item that can be used all week. For $5 you can get some canned pasta (chef boyaredee), a bag of beans/rice/potatoes, and some applesauce, or other canned fruit. Then the next day get a bag of apples/oranges 2 frozen meals (banquet usually is under a dollar) and maybe some bread. Build slowly and it will work.9
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WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours0 -
hlblakeley wrote: »I have a family of 5 that I have fed for as little as $125 for two weeks. Doing the math that's $25 per person for two weeks which is around $3.60 a day. The food I got for us included meat, beans, fresh and frozen fruit and vegies, rice, breads, peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix and syrup... you get the idea. It is possible to grocery shop on a very strict budget, and possible to loose weight on very tight budget. You can do it. Soups, stews, chili. Those can be made ahead, portioned and frozen or refrigerated and used all week. if you get paid daily, you can get several things for each day as well as get one "spread" item that can be used all week. For $5 you can get some canned pasta (chef boyaredee), a bag of beans/rice/potatoes, and some applesauce, or other canned fruit. Then the next day get a bag of apples/oranges 2 frozen meals (banquet usually is under a dollar) and maybe some bread. Build slowly and it will work.
Thank you0 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.9 -
There's been a lot of good advice for you on here!3
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morningLahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
A grilled chicken wrap from McDonald's is 240 calories, a crispy chicken wrap is 310. A McDonald's bagel is 290 calories.
If you ate grilled wrap, a crispy wrap, and a bagel a day that is only 840 calories...
You have to be consuming more calories.
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.
I buy my own food. My roommate always has a ton of ice cream because he takes it home from work. I have some. My work gives out crystal light samples. So I put it in my water0 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
Clearly, I'm bored today too. Why do you have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours?7 -
LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.
I buy my own food. My roommate always has a ton of ice cream because he takes it home from work. I have some. My work gives out crystal light samples. So I put it in my water
Gotcha... So you have gotten plenty of good advice in this thread, are you going to implement any of it?4 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
So your financial situation is not as dire as you make it to be? If you have people buying you ice cream and crystal light they can buy you healthy food.
I buy my own food. My roommate always has a ton of ice cream because he takes it home from work. I have some. My work gives out crystal light samples. So I put it in my water
Gotcha... So you have gotten plenty of good advice in this thread, are you going to implement any of it?
Yes, sir.0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
This is going to sound rude, or crazy, or both, but: You know that you don't have to spend all your money at once, right?
I made 80$ a day. After bills I have to put money away for I have 5$ a day for food
And what do you normally spend that $5 on today, off of the dollar menu? Same thing every day? How many meals? Have you tried logging the calories of those foods? How does it compare to the calorie goal that MFP provides you, when you put in your stats and a goal?
I usually get a chicken wrap at 3pm and 8pm some times I have a bagel in the morning
You didn't get to be close to 300 lbs eating nothing but a chicken wrap twice a day and a bagel in the morning....
The chicken wraps are under 500 cals, and the bagel likely is as well. That's 1500 calories. What else are you eating/drinking?
Idk. Sometimes I eat ice cream at night. I drink crystal light
Ice cream and crystal light on an extreme financial budget?
I reiterate - it doesn't seem like you are serious about all of this.
I'm just starting. Literally haven't started yet. I can't eat for 72 hours so I'm starting friday. Obviously that's not what I will be consuming when I start
Sigh. Why can't you eat for 72 hours?
Doesn't matter when you start - you said that your budget was $5/day and it was too expensive to diet. I'm simply pointing out that ice cream and crystal light are hardly "essential" items for someone who is on a budget. Doesn't matter whether you intend to keep eating them or not - you are eating them now.
I'm not the one buying it? And I have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours
Clearly, I'm bored today too. Why do you have to drink a shake from the hospital every 8 hours for 72 hours?
I'd rather not put it on here if you'd like to private message me I'd be happy to explain0 -
Learn to budget. If it's a skill you have not cultivated, it may seem difficult and complex. It's not. You'll have to budget your money and you calories to lose weight healthily.4
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WinoGelato wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »
Then don't go and buy food at home?
Buying food from the grocery store is way more expensive
You had a thread about this over the weekend and people gave you several economical choices that work within a calorie and monetary budget. Even still - it is possible to lose weight while eating at McDonalds.
It seems you aren't really committed and are looking for excuses why this is too difficult or not achievable for you.
Bingo.
I feed a family of 5 people on a $100 a week grocery budget (and that includes non-food items like cleaning and laundry supplies, health and beauty items, paper/plastic supplies etc). This week my grocery list tally's up to under $80.
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Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!18
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JessicaMcB wrote: »Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!
Winning.8 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »Okay well if you have 72 hours off food that means you'll have saved $15 in dollar menu funds to put towards some of the meal stretching staples suggested previously, which will in turn defray your initial costs. Hallelujah, the hospital has saved the day!
I am working on a list to buy for Friday because I have someone who just told me they will start helping me with groceries if I'm serious about eating healthier1 -
I eat a Wendy's chilli every single day for lunch. It's 3$ and I get it at drive thru (today I walked). You can get cheap fast food, but you can't get someone to motivate you. You choose what you eat. Period5
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LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »LahrysaTebo2015 wrote: »lasvegasconcertgirl wrote: »You could lose weight eating off the dollar menu too. Might not be the healthiest, but you either want this and are ready for it, or you don't and you're not. It's all about choices. We were all not ready at one point in time. Maybe you're just not there yet.
I've been fat my whole life and I don't want to be... how am I not ready
You aren't willing to put in the effort to do it. You're making excuses such as not being able to afford to eat less food. If you are married to the idea of the dollar menu, go once a day instead of twice. Or simply order fewer $1 items each time you go.
Yeah because my $5 a day I have to spend is obviously going to get me A TON at the grocery store
$5 a day is $35 a week and I could shop healthy on that. *shrug* How bad do you want it?
Pretty bad
And I get paid daily. Not weekly.
That doesn't mean you have to shop daily.5
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