What I Hate About Watching My Weight/New Lifestyle/Dieting, etc. (A Place to Vent)
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm another one who can't do secondhand clothes. I wore things until they started falling off me on my way down the scale and then donated them and kept a very limited wardrobe.
The worst was bras. Mine are really expensive and flopping around in too large cups was just sad.
Yes, bras and underwear
I've replaced my underwear 3 or 4 times completely (not that I'm recommending second hand underwear :laugh: Hopefully that's not a thing!)
I was sad when I lost enough boobage to not be in the full figure section, not because I missed them but because I couldn't get the brand and style I loved in the regular sizes. And most department store bras are padded out like crazy (even D cups, most of the time, in a 36 band or smaller) :ohwell: I'm not ready to commit to $60+ nice bras until I know I'm settled in a size.
I actually don't mind underwear oddly. Maybe it's because I cheap it and get a pack of handed. Bras really are the pits! If a shirt is too big, fine, you can wear it gardening. But bras are another story. I usually just wear sports bras so I only have to have one good bra at a time, tops.
Can you tell how uninterested I am yet? Haha. Sneakers though. I adore a new pair of sneakers. That's where I sink my money.
ETA (because this literally just happened): I hate when I have enough calories for a really tasty and indulgent treat, but I make myself way the nutritionally dense food first, only to not be hungry enough for the fun food. I really want that milky way, but in already a little too full from my salad. That's the stupidest problem to have.7 -
Let me preface my rant with the fact that I really love my husband and I’m happy he has joined me on MFP.
I hate that I do all the meal planning, shopping, building the recipes in MFP, and cooking. I then portion out what I’ve cooked and post, on the refrigerator, the calories in each serving. Not to mention that he has at least 1000 more calories than I do!
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I love second hand clothes!! I had years when raising two kids on my own it was the only option I had, and now that I very comfortable it would still break my frugal heart to pay full price for much. I get to redo my whole work wardrobe ever six months that way
. So thank you all for your donations! That being said, shoes, bras and panties I go new. 9 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm another one who can't do secondhand clothes. I wore things until they started falling off me on my way down the scale and then donated them and kept a very limited wardrobe.
The worst was bras. Mine are really expensive and flopping around in too large cups was just sad.
Yes, bras and underwear I've replaced my underwear 3 or 4 times completely (not that I'm recommending second hand underwear :laugh: Hopefully that's not a thing!)
I was sad when I lost enough boobage to not be in the full figure section, not because I missed them but because I couldn't get the brand and style I loved in the regular sizes. And most department store bras are padded out like crazy (even D cups, most of the time, in a 36 band or smaller) :ohwell: I'm not ready to commit to $60+ nice bras until I know I'm settled in a size.
Oh, I wore my granny pants until ... it was realllllllly ridiculous. I went straight from wearing size 9 undies into buying size 6 and then 5's. I still wear the 6 (a little loose, but nothing major) and 5's.3 -
I also love buying secondhand clothes, but I can understand why some would be adverse to it. The only things I dislike about thrift store shopping are the prices can be all over the place & clothing being sold that is clearly non-salvageable (stained everywhere/clothes that are ripped).
Two examples of pricing that made me laugh was the time they had a new with tag item for $20.00 & the item was a dress from Value City (that store has been gone for ten years & I'm sure the dress was older than that). The other one was a dress from Ross/Marshalls with the tag still on & the thrift store priced it higher than the original clearance tag.
I remember on a forum that I used to post about thrift store finds that a lady in California would find clothes worth thousands of dollars with the tags still on & buy a lot for less than $20.00.
My favorite finds are when I find designer jeans (still have to lose a bit more weight to fit into the one pair I just found) for a few dollars when most are at least a hundred dollars or higher. Also the time I found a bunch of Beatles records for a $1.00 each. Usually it's Mitch Miller, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Miller, etc.5 -
I promise this is the last rant for a while!!
I'm sure others have mentioned it before, but the stall, mini loss, mini gain, stall, woosh. Wouldn't it be so nice if weight loss were linear?
Somewhat related: yesterday was my nephew's birthday party. I went to it and had to travel for it. I knew it was going to be a day where I burned very few calories (9 hours in a car total) and there were going to be a lot of high calorie food options. I planned!! I reserved some of my calories through the week and exercises a little harder. I also know that I was ok with a week off minimal loss at best, and maintenance at worst. I had a really filling breakfast. I made smarter choices like no buns on my hot dogs because carbs aren't as filling for me. Going for the wings instead of mac and cheese because I wanted them more and again, protein versus carbs. I already knew I was going to have cake because I love cake and at this point I'm usually really satisfied with one piece of average to small sized piece. If cupcakes are an option I usually go for that because they aren't subject to human errors in cutting.
After all this, not only was the food not filling, but after everyone raved about the cake and how it was the best in the area and it is what everyone chooses for their wedding cake I opted for the cake. It. Was. Bad. And I didn't have the option of taking a bite or two and not eating it, which is what I wanted to do, because I was standing right in front of one of the hosts who had just raved and cut me a piece. The cake was dry, there was a raspberry filling inside which I wouldn't mind in other things but I prefer my cake fairly simple, and the icing was this really weird dense, waxy mess that was all through the cake because the cake was four later. I wasted an estimated 500 calories, probably more, on bad cake. I would have rather had buns on my hot dogs! By the time I got home I was ravenous and ended up having a mini binge. Luckily there was a turkey sandwich in there which let me feel full enough to go to bed, but I could have kept eating. I woke up starving too. The whole thing was not worth it. I should have just had a single bubbles hot dog and gotten McDonald's on the way home. I still feel salty about this. I can get past the hunger but I will hold onto that bad cake for a long time. Especially since the good bakery in my area is right down the road from me.
Don't serve bad cake people!!14 -
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longkathleenann9291 wrote: »Let me preface my rant with the fact that I really love my husband and I’m happy he has joined me on MFP.
I hate that I do all the meal planning, shopping, building the recipes in MFP, and cooking. I then portion out what I’ve cooked and post, on the refrigerator, the calories in each serving. Not to mention that he has at least 1000 more calories than I do!
This is incredibly unfair, unless some allowance has been made somewhere with another household management chore he has taken on instead. I hope he at least thanks you every day for feeding him like he's a child, doing him the favor of removing a time consuming burden from his life and helping him live longer. I don't mind doing this for myself but I would not be doing it for anyone else without some sort of give and take!
On the other hand, you're not doing him a favour by not making him learn what he needs to learn to manage his own health. Things like this are why some men don't live very long after their wives pass away, learned helplessness.
Rant: When I have spent all week telling myself I can have a maintenance day over the weekend and then when it comes to it I can't decide what I even want to eat. Brain???? Didn't want ice cream, didn't want biscuits, didn't want pizza, didn't want a double serve of pasta, didn't want wine!!! But still ended up feeling deprived of something until I just bought a snickers and didn't even really appreciate it. Disgusted with myself tbh.11 -
I don’t know how to manage the stress of taking care of my mother, my depression and staying on track. What makes it even worse is that I’m starting to feel apathetic about the whole thing. I wanted to be thin so bad and now I’m like why? I’ll still be miserable, but just smaller. I don’t care about clothes or finding a boyfriend. My sciatica has actually gotten worse from exercising. I pop naproxen like mints. THIS is what I spent the last 7 working so hard for? Severe leg pain, anemia, hormonal problems and worsening depression? Awesome.33
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That even though I want to learn to eat in moderation whatever I want, i still think of different foods as either good or bad. I wish I could eat whatever I want when I want but doing that scares me because I tend to always go overboard!3
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That even though I want to learn to eat in moderation whatever I want, i still think of different foods as either good or bad. I wish I could eat whatever I want when I want but doing that scares me because I tend to always go overboard!
I am the same way. I have finally accepted the 99.9% of the time, I need to eat the "good" foods as I can't seem to use moderation.4 -
Well, this is a vent and a plus. I love and hate I have become a creature of habit. I like my life very structured. I used to be very free wheeling. Now, i have to plan most things. When something knocks me off my routine, I get frustrated. I guess I have become a kid again. I crave structure.5
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I hate when I'm on my period and what my body wants is a rare steak & something decadently chocolate. What I had instead is steamed veggies & chicken breast and my third cup of tea. I'm also at work trying to ignore the lower back pain instead of curled up under a blanket with Netflix.
Stupid comfort food having calories. If you could see my lower lip, I have a serious pout.18 -
I miss freestyle cooking, not measuring and weighing every last thing before it goes into the pot or pan. I had friends over for Halloween and made a beef stew and I just cooked like I used to - not even calorific or unhealthy, just unmonitored. How many grams of onions is that? Who cares!15
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I rejected a biscuit today. A biscuit specially brought in to be offered to me by a fellow not-by-choice gluten free person because we usually miss out on the birthday/promotion/marriage/engagement/new house/new baby office buns.
She brought me in part of her birthday cake last week and I took the cake because it was so kind of her but I can't eat biscuits 2-3 times a week. I don't want to eat the biscuits but it was thoughtful and now I feel bad, and I also feel stupid for feeling bad because I am allowed to say no to biscuits.
Also I am lying to myself here, I could definitely eat the biscuits I just don't want to have to rearrange my day, so now I'm just lazy and rude.14 -
FireOpalCO wrote: »I hate when I'm on my period and what my body wants is a rare steak & something decadently chocolate. What I had instead is steamed veggies & chicken breast and my third cup of tea. I'm also at work trying to ignore the lower back pain instead of curled up under a blanket with Netflix.
Stupid comfort food having calories. If you could see my lower lip, I have a serious pout.
Steak gets a bad rap. A lot of the cuts aren't actually that high in fat. Sirloin steak is usually pretty lean.5 -
I rejected a biscuit today. A biscuit specially brought in to be offered to me by a fellow not-by-choice gluten free person because we usually miss out on the birthday/promotion/marriage/engagement/new house/new baby office buns.
Also I am lying to myself here, I could definitely eat the biscuits I just don't want to have to rearrange my day, so now I'm just lazy and rude.
What about "oh thanks I'll have that with my tea later" and then save it for another day. It's biscuit it'll keep. Just saying that because you feel bad. But I understand.
I hate how I have to strategically avoid my aunt's place (she's like an older sister so I go there a lot) because she'll always ask you taste something she's cooked or is cooking.
I hate that I've lost the spontaneity of "oh look tasty-baked-good; let me taste it".4 -
bootyrubsandtacos wrote: »I don’t know how to manage the stress of taking care of my mother, my depression and staying on track. What makes it even worse is that I’m starting to feel apathetic about the whole thing. I wanted to be thin so bad and now I’m like why? I’ll still be miserable, but just smaller. I don’t care about clothes or finding a boyfriend. My sciatica has actually gotten worse from exercising. I pop naproxen like mints. THIS is what I spent the last 7 working so hard for? Severe leg pain, anemia, hormonal problems and worsening depression? Awesome.
I know the stress of caring for a parent, wish I had tips for you on how to handle the stress. It gave me depression as well, just remember you must take care of yourself first in order to care for someone else.5 -
I hate that as I get closer to my goal weight, I have to be more meticulous about my logging. Why can't I just scan a can of corn and select "whole container"? Why do I have to measure everything in grams? It's so tiring, but I know I have to. Also exercising. I've gotten away with just walking up until now. I've been stuck at the same 5lb range for 3 months. I always get stuck at this weight and usually give up because it's SO frustrating. But I guess I'll just tighten my logging and figure out some kind of exercise I don't hate.8
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I love that my parents visited me today, but I hate that they didn't eat the whole cake they brought and now I have two slices of cake laying around. I really don't want to eat them. It's not worth the calories (and it has egg in it and I don't eat eggs so that's even worse). However, I HATE HATE HAAAATE wasting food. Now I'm sitting here looking at the cake and want to throw it away so badly but also don't want to throw it away because food waste. Ahhhhhhhhh.
Quite a luxury problem, but I kinda like that I don't even want to eat it. Before I wouldn't have hesitated one second before munching both slices.
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Farfalla707 wrote: »I love that my parents visited me today, but I hate that they didn't eat the whole cake they brought and now I have two slices of cake laying around. I really don't want to eat them. It's not worth the calories (and it has egg in it and I don't eat eggs so that's even worse). However, I HATE HATE HAAAATE wasting food. Now I'm sitting here looking at the cake and want to throw it away so badly but also don't want to throw it away because food waste. Ahhhhhhhhh.
Quite a luxury problem, but I kinda like that I don't even want to eat it. Before I wouldn't have hesitated one second before munching both slices.
Throw it away and pour dish soap on it! It isn't worth it.10 -
Farfalla707 wrote: »However, I HATE HATE HAAAATE wasting food. Now I'm sitting here looking at the cake and want to throw it away so badly but also don't want to throw it away because food waste. Ahhhhhhhhh.
I would contend that eating food you don't really need to is also wasting it. So if you can't give it to someone else, might as well throw it away.
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MelanieCN77 wrote: »I miss freestyle cooking, not measuring and weighing every last thing before it goes into the pot or pan. I had friends over for Halloween and made a beef stew and I just cooked like I used to - not even calorific or unhealthy, just unmonitored. How many grams of onions is that? Who cares!
Yup mel. I agree. This is how I feel sometimes when I have to weigh every single ingredient!
https://youtu.be/pus6XF_qh38 0 -
What makes me mad/want to laugh at times are the magazines like Women's World or First that have the most outrageous get skinny headlines on their covers. Lose 14 pounds in two weeks by drinking some random crap, lose weight fast (but fails to mention that you'll gain it back just as quickly or gain even more), or melt belly fat by eating this food. It makes me mad that a lot of people will fall into the trap of believing that nonsense & either shell out money for expensive products or possibly hurt their bodies.9
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Football Sunday’s with measured snacks instead of just eating all the things 9
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Farfalla707 wrote: »I love that my parents visited me today, but I hate that they didn't eat the whole cake they brought and now I have two slices of cake laying around. I really don't want to eat them. It's not worth the calories (and it has egg in it and I don't eat eggs so that's even worse). However, I HATE HATE HAAAATE wasting food. Now I'm sitting here looking at the cake and want to throw it away so badly but also don't want to throw it away because food waste. Ahhhhhhhhh.
Quite a luxury problem, but I kinda like that I don't even want to eat it. Before I wouldn't have hesitated one second before munching both slices.
Learn to throw away. Your scale will thank you for it.
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Learn to throw away. Your scale will thank you for it.
I did throw it away. It was hard because it was perfectly fine food, but in the end I just didn't want to eat it. So it had to go.
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Farfalla707 wrote: »I love that my parents visited me today, but I hate that they didn't eat the whole cake they brought and now I have two slices of cake laying around. I really don't want to eat them. It's not worth the calories (and it has egg in it and I don't eat eggs so that's even worse). However, I HATE HATE HAAAATE wasting food. Now I'm sitting here looking at the cake and want to throw it away so badly but also don't want to throw it away because food waste. Ahhhhhhhhh.
Quite a luxury problem, but I kinda like that I don't even want to eat it. Before I wouldn't have hesitated one second before munching both slices.
Just take it to work and put it in the break room. That's what I do with all of my unwanted food.6 -
I love cooking and baking and never get to eat much of it. I've made 2 beautiful apple pies this Fall with apples I picked myself, and only had a tiny half slice of each. I'll cook beautiful recipes from my favorite cookbook and foist them others
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