“But there aren’t any calories in sour cream.”
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I personally will argue, in the correct context, that charitable calories don't count. (Think bake sale for great charity.)
I don't believe a word of it, but within reason, will act as if I do, at point of purchase . . . and a bit of consumption.
I completely agree and also Girl Scout cookies would fall into this category. An entire box of Samoas has no calories.
Wow, maybe we could break the Samoas. If charity foods have no calories, and broken cookies have no calories, add them together & we might have an actual negative calorie food!
A gal can dream . . . .
Crumbled thin mints on top of your ice cream makes it a diet food.8 -
Well it is true that calories don't exist on your birthday.12
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FireOpalCO wrote: »
As long as you stay in deficit. 🤣6 -
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megbeveridge93 wrote: »My mom (who lost a lot of weight since her highest, but has been on a plateau for years): "I work out so I can eat whatever I want!" and in the next breath "I don't know what else to do to lose more weight, it must just be my age!"
I love her to death, but she doesn't make any sense.
My Mom is the SAME way! She keeps whining at me that she can't lose weight and I keep telling her she needs to eat less calories, which she keeps interpreting as eat less foods and she says she doesn't eat a lot. Which is true however what she does eat is high in calories. For example she switched from adding a bit of salad dressing to her salads to full-fat cottage cheese instead! I keep telling her the amount of cottage cheese she uses adds up to way more calories than the dressing she was using but I get the "but cottage cheese is healthy!!"
Also she eats out most lunches and thinks it should be fine because when she was younger she ate pizza every lunch and was very tiny, however when she was younger she was working at a bank and constantly on her feet plus she had a toddler (me) to keep up with and now she has a desk job.4 -
I came across a "healthy blog" (wish I could find it now!) and nearly every single article mentioned how it's unhealthy to count calories, no one loses weight from counting calories. Apparently, "the media" wants us to starve ourselves by calorie counting. But the truth is, if you make this special drink for breakfast, that is how you will lose weight.
Their blog was so ridiculous, filled with statements about how what the doctors say isn't true. Doctors are mistaken and "don't listen to us". The worst part is how many of the comments agreed with them. This person managed to convince people that CICO is a myth and unhealthy, and completely fabricated a story about how you "actually" lose weight.
For a more personal story, I brought up that I had eaten beef jerky to someone, and they said "oh, are you not on a diet anymore?" and I just kind of went "uhhh... I am..." and they went "I guess you just couldn't resist the beef jerky".
I don't really have to resist anything, I didn't lose any battle because I ate some beef jerky.
The internet is such a confounding thing. It's literally this thing that pretty much contains all of the knowledge accumulated over the course of human history that everyone can access instantly at their finger tips. Yet in so many ways, as a society, it is making us dumber.6 -
I came across a "healthy blog" (wish I could find it now!) and nearly every single article mentioned how it's unhealthy to count calories, no one loses weight from counting calories. Apparently, "the media" wants us to starve ourselves by calorie counting. But the truth is, if you make this special drink for breakfast, that is how you will lose weight.
Their blog was so ridiculous, filled with statements about how what the doctors say isn't true. Doctors are mistaken and "don't listen to us". The worst part is how many of the comments agreed with them. This person managed to convince people that CICO is a myth and unhealthy, and completely fabricated a story about how you "actually" lose weight.
For a more personal story, I brought up that I had eaten beef jerky to someone, and they said "oh, are you not on a diet anymore?" and I just kind of went "uhhh... I am..." and they went "I guess you just couldn't resist the beef jerky".
I don't really have to resist anything, I didn't lose any battle because I ate some beef jerky.
The internet is such a confounding thing. It's literally this thing that pretty much contains all of the knowledge accumulated over the course of human history that everyone can access instantly at their finger tips. Yet in so many ways, as a society, it is making us dumber.
I don't think it's making us dumber, it just brings out the dumb into the public. We are getting better at loudly expressing our dumb to more people.22 -
I used to get a lot of "you can't eat that, you're on a diet!" Because every once in a while I would order something "unhealthy" like fast food, even though I could fit it within my calorie goals. Now that I've lost the weight, people don't really say that to me anymore, but I know some of them are thinking "oh because you work out a lot you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight." Nope. Working out certainly gives me the freedom to eat more than I would have if I didn't work out, but I still have to monitor and track my calorie intake. There are plenty of people I train with regularly who are still obese. Exercise alone won't do it.4
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »
Every day is Respect Your Cat day, though, isn't it?15 -
Oh, I have another one! Not directly “diet” related, but my aunt was very proud one Christmas because she made me a “vegetarian” version of her baked beans, which usually contained canned pork and beans.
Aunt: I left off the bacon on top of your beans!
Me: Did you make them with pork and beans?
Aunt: Yes.
Me: The *pork* and beans?
Aunt: Yes.
Me: In the vegetarian beans?
Aunt: Yes, they’re just like the other beans but yours don’t have bacon on top.
Me: Is the lentil soup vegetarian?
Lunch lady: Oh yes.
Me: Nice - sometimes it's made with beef broth.
Lunch lady: Oh no - we use chicken broth.
😆 the first year I dated my husband his grandmother invited us over for “vegetable soup” (I was not there during this convo):
Husband: Is it made with beef or chicken broth, or vegetable broth?
Grandmother: (confused look) well, it has chunks of beef in it.
Husband: so....it’s beef stew with vegetables.
Grandmother: (relieved he got it) yes!3 -
Tell me about it! But try to get the cats to accept a Respect Your Human day and they'll give you a disdainful look and trot off to bathe in front of the window.11
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »
Every day is Respect Your Cat day, though, isn't it?
How my cats are celebrating.
But I think cats really need to celebrate a "Respect Your Owners Day" where they decide to actually behave and not cause terror.17 -
I used to get a lot of "you can't eat that, you're on a diet!" Because every once in a while I would order something "unhealthy" like fast food, even though I could fit it within my calorie goals. Now that I've lost the weight, people don't really say that to me anymore, but I know some of them are thinking "oh because you work out a lot you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight." Nope. Working out certainly gives me the freedom to eat more than I would have if I didn't work out, but I still have to monitor and track my calorie intake. There are plenty of people I train with regularly who are still obese. Exercise alone won't do it.
I think this is the #1 reason people fail... people think they have to give up everything.8 -
First you need to convince the cats that they have owners not servants...10
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estherdragonbat wrote: »Tell me about it! But try to get the cats to accept a Respect Your Human day and they'll give you a disdainful look and trot off to bathe in front of the window.
You mean bathe on your lap while blocking your computer screen.9 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »Tell me about it! But try to get the cats to accept a Respect Your Human day and they'll give you a disdainful look and trot off to bathe in front of the window.
You mean bathe on your lap while blocking your computer screen.
That's exactly what mine did last night. Settle in to watch a show; he hops up and proceeds to spend the next 10 minutes grooming between his toes. Loudly
Then it was face-washing time. I think we all know who's in charge here... 7 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »Tell me about it! But try to get the cats to accept a Respect Your Human day and they'll give you a disdainful look and trot off to bathe in front of the window.
You mean bathe on your lap while blocking your computer screen.
Mine keeps appearing the second I settle on my side in bed to watch something on the iPad. Oh were you looking at that? And need to read the subtitles?1 -
KimberlyCapone wrote: »I used to get a lot of "you can't eat that, you're on a diet!" Because every once in a while I would order something "unhealthy" like fast food, even though I could fit it within my calorie goals. Now that I've lost the weight, people don't really say that to me anymore, but I know some of them are thinking "oh because you work out a lot you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight." Nope. Working out certainly gives me the freedom to eat more than I would have if I didn't work out, but I still have to monitor and track my calorie intake. There are plenty of people I train with regularly who are still obese. Exercise alone won't do it.
I think this is the #1 reason people fail... people think they have to give up everything.
I think you're right, @KimberlyCapone . This was always my problem.
I knew I had to lose weight, and I knew that meant I had to eat less and be more active. But I lacked a strategy - how much less to eat? How much more active to be? Lacking that strategy, I would vow to give up everything good to eat, get up early every morning to exercise, and so on. You know the routine. I'd usually last a few weeks, until I get fed up or until "life got in the way."
Once I realized that there was a manageable way to lose weight by counting calories, it was like the heavens opened. Suddenly I had a strategy that I could live with -- one that was reasonable, adaptable, and allowed for occasional lapses and frequent indulgences. It encouraged exercise and rewarded consistence and responsibility, without being restrictive or punishing.
I have been going strong ever since. That's why I'm an advocate of simply counting calories - it was a liberating experience for me and has literally changed my life. It baffles me that others don't feel this way too.21 -
I'm so jealous. I want a cat
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@kshama2001 I think calories consumed while rescuing such an adorable kitty are actually negative
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »
Every day is Respect Your Cat day, though, isn't it?
How my cats are celebrating.
But I think cats really need to celebrate a "Respect Your Owners Day" where they decide to actually behave and not cause terror.
They are both adorable, but aww - that belly!3 -
Mine was a feral I'd been feeding in the back yard for four years, before he decided he wanted a home and we were it. (Technically, based on the degree of socialization, I'd say he had a home at some point, got lost or abandoned, fell in with a feral colony long enough to be TNR'd, learned feral behavior, but had enough prior exposure to humans to adjust to indoor life.)
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I have a group of three girlfriends and we eat out a lot. One of them says (almost every week) - do you think you can find something at XYZ restaurant that you can eat? I respond the same way every week - I can eat anywhere it's just a matter of budgeting and finding something that fits that budget. EVERY WEEK she says this. I love her but damn girl stop asking the same question.10
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Overheard outside the gym by the bag lockers..............."Calories are bits of fat"
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You can order a double cheeseburger and large fries, as long as you get a diet soda to go with it.2
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Well it is true that calories don't exist on your birthday.ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Marvellous, next Sunday I'm gonna spend alllllll day eating then 😂
I think it is bedtime. Based on the previous posts, I read this as "it is true that cats don't exist on your birthday," followed by "I'm gonna spend all day eating them."
Whoops! ;D14 -
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