You know you're serious about losing weight when....

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  • CRSE1214
    CRSE1214 Posts: 196 Member
    When you pass on the 290 calorie salad at Olive Garden and the 150 calorie breadstick to have dinner.
  • deniseselah
    deniseselah Posts: 225 Member
    ... I turn down a Dove dark chocolate egg
    ... I pass up all the free samples at Sam's Club (?!)
    ... I count out the exact serving size for chips (instead of plowing through a bag)

    great topic!
  • LelliAmi
    LelliAmi Posts: 327 Member
    You look up a menu online before going out and decide not to go there.
    You know that semen has not only calories but nutritional value
    You wear your heart rate monitor to do everything just for fun. But only log actual exercise.
    You donate your "fat" clothes instead of packing them up for a later use.

    The 2nd one!! LMAO!!!! XD
  • 7funnygirl7
    7funnygirl7 Posts: 1,176
    You have a chocolate "treat" all lined up for the day with much excitement and anticipation then your 2 yr old steals it from you and shoves it in her mouth and you just smile lovingly at her!!!
  • gurganuss
    gurganuss Posts: 78 Member
    Totally agree with the whole working out after a bad day.

    Plus when you are always trying to hit 1200 calories when in the past you know you hit much closer to 2000 to 2500!!!
  • whiterice83
    whiterice83 Posts: 54 Member
    - you feel guilty not doing your Wii exercises even though you've been doing a different exercise
    - you feel bad when you don't have 5 glasses of water before you leave work at night
    - you refuse to eat things or at places you can't track on MFP
  • whiterice83
    whiterice83 Posts: 54 Member
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    Plus when you are always trying to hit 1200 calories when in the past you know you hit much closer to 2000 to 2500!!!
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    Oh my gosh totally!!
  • shellie1206
    shellie1206 Posts: 80 Member
    when you say fruit instead of hashbrowns
    when you say fresh veggies instead of green bean casserole
    when you say healthy smoothies instead of starbucks
    when you say get up and go instead of I need to watch this show
    when you say parking far instead of right next to the door
  • TheMissingSock
    TheMissingSock Posts: 89
    When I knew i was going out with friends and wanted to have a couple drinks without feeling guilty, I worked out twice has hard that day. Not to mention, reviewed the calories in my favorite drink and pre-counted how many i could have before going out!
  • 2kidsmckinney
    2kidsmckinney Posts: 39 Member
    -When you resist the urge to eat at a work potluck
    -Water isn't as bad as you though and pop tastes horrible
    -You look at other peoples meals and say what are you thinking
    -You log on to MFP more than Facebook
    -The word calorie is the number one word out of your mouth (and your 5 yr old tells you this)
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
    your chocolate treat is your protien shake.....
    you feel unbelievably full after eating 1200 calories in a day..
    you look at the menu and find yourself saying "i want this, but i can only have that.."...(darn buffalo chicken)
  • Trilaina
    Trilaina Posts: 61
    -You have a "free day" for food and manage to stay within your calorie limit (still have no idea how I did that at the Chinese buffet o.O)

    -You automatically grab an healthy snack, and only realize it when you don't have to unwrap the Snickers bar you thought you grabbed, and you're perfectly happy.
  • NMFunk
    NMFunk Posts: 4 Member
    OhMyGosh! I love all of these and can definitly relate to alot of them :D Thanks for a great topic!!
  • thinktank32k
    thinktank32k Posts: 716
    when preparing your lunch for the next day is a priority
    in your lunch bag is a stockpile of green tea bags
    the trunk of your car looks like the laundromat due to haiving 5 days of workout clothes in it everyday (no excuses for skipping)
    when you do Leslie Sansone on your lunch break and then eat your lunch as you work
  • efcdcdb
    efcdcdb Posts: 392 Member
    -When you resist the urge to eat at a work potluck
    -

    Uh oh...this is my downfall......I can't resist this - there are too many good cooks and bakers in my office....this is one of those times when I figure "you gotta live" and I try to limit myself to only the yummiest of the yummy foods. :drinker:
  • tammyc226
    tammyc226 Posts: 158 Member
    - you haven't eaten any cake all year (including at several birthday parties)
    - you don't eat something (even really minor) due to the hassle of having to work out how to track it
    - you don't eat anything that you don't know exactly what is in it
    - your son eats vegetables he used to hate, purely because he keeps getting served them every night
    - there are 2 full bottles of cointreau (favourite alcohol) that haven't been touched all year
    - everytime you eat a chocolate (rarely) you wondered why you bothered because it doesn't taste that great anymore
    - the whole family has lost weight because you refuse to buy any junk
  • fatgirlzrule2
    fatgirlzrule2 Posts: 162 Member
    --you organize a weight loss competition at work.
    --you get upset that you physically cannot workout because you have the flu (which is what I'm dealing with tonight...but every time I get up off the couch I get sick to my stomach... 8-(
    --you are proud of the sweat soaked tank top after your workout.
    --your days off turn into your "major workout days".
    --dessert every night is a grapefruit.
    --"seconds" for food no longer exists. (or, sadly, "thirds)
    --you not only own a digital food scale, but 4 sets of measuring cups and 3 sets of measuring spoons.
  • Feathil
    Feathil Posts: 162 Member
    When the reason you're not drinking is calories... seriously huge change for me... Heavy drinking culture I'm in.

    When the meal I most look forward to is my morning oatmeal with pumpkin seeds, so hot and comforting. It makes me look forward to waking up, and I HATE morning
  • raevynn
    raevynn Posts: 666 Member

    You know that semen has not only calories but nutritional value
    Wait... is this in the database?

    I just usually figure the calories burned balances out the intake calories. :blushing:
  • sherrirb
    sherrirb Posts: 1,649 Member
    .. there is a sale on muffins at gas station you stop at every morning for coffee and when the clerk asks if you'd like one you recite how many calories it has!

    ... your morning shake is often green because you are trying to get an extra serving of veggies in for your group challenge.

    ...when the only time your television is on anymore is when you are using your Wii Fit
  • twinmomtwice4
    twinmomtwice4 Posts: 1,069 Member
    And my favorite...
    ...you spend so much time on MFP your husband starts to wonder if you are on a dating site and looking to replace him. haha
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    Hahahahaha, yep!!!!
  • twinmomtwice4
    twinmomtwice4 Posts: 1,069 Member
    You come home from a long, frustrating, exhausting, terrible day at work....

    eye the brownies on the kitchen counter....
    think about the cold beer in the fridge....

    and pass them up to work out instead.

    You go, girl!!!!!!
  • twinmomtwice4
    twinmomtwice4 Posts: 1,069 Member
    You have a chocolate "treat" all lined up for the day with much excitement and anticipation then your 2 yr old steals it from you and shoves it in her mouth and you just smile lovingly at her!!!

    NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! That would earn my kids a serious time out...hahahaha!!!
  • twinmomtwice4
    twinmomtwice4 Posts: 1,069 Member
    You know that semen has not only calories but nutritional value

    Seriously??? Well, add this to the list of things I never knew. And pray my husband never reads this.
  • hypersensitiveb
    hypersensitiveb Posts: 342 Member
    When you can go all day with out logging in and when you do at the end of the day your still under 1200.
    When your new family time is at the gym.
    When you can buy the cake candy bars ,chips, ect for the family and quit blaming them for sabotaging your diet.
    When your treat is a fiber plus bar.
    When you know exactally how much you weigh , not that number you pretend you have been for the past 10 years.
  • CannibalisticVegetarian
    CannibalisticVegetarian Posts: 1,255 Member
    ....When you pull out gym clothes and could care less whether or not they clash or match....

    ....When your knee is bothering you and your thighs feel like someone's got them wedged between a giant nutcracker and yet you hobble on the treadmill like an old man just so you can say that you've gotten your cardio....

    ...When you're in the middle of lifting weights and as soon as you finish your set, you scrunch up your face and push with all your might just to squeeze out one more (although in my case, I rarely ever get that last one ;__; )

    ....When you're so anal retentive about counting every single step on your pedometer just so see how many miles you actually walk, that you literally sleep with said pedometer on. That way you can count any extra steps you'd usually miss during trips to the potty in the middle of the night.....
  • iishnova
    iishnova Posts: 259 Member
    -when you look at your snack and think "this is rabbit food..." and then think "rabbits have it good!" (I recently said this out loud, my mom laughed at me lol)
    -When you want a cookie...but decide push ups are better
    -when you realize that "just one more" actually would hurt, but just one less (or none) is fantastic
    -when you consider candy bars and cake, but feel like they are way too sweet (I've found myself looking for sweet tings to eat out of habit and then saying to myself "that is going to taste way too sweet now") and the same thing for sodas and juice drinks
    -when you suddenly realize that there are fitness mantras running through your head
  • EBFNP
    EBFNP Posts: 529 Member
    It takes a lot to say no to eating out...darn!
  • MonkeyFlower
    MonkeyFlower Posts: 92 Member
    When you’re 3 year old no longer wants to stay up past his bedtime to watch cartoons but to work out with mummy and daddy instead…

    When I keep promising myself a day off from exercising and then keep putting it off because I just cant go without! (and who is this person i've turned into??)
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    When your 9 yr old comes up to you with a worried look on their face and asks how much sodium is in a cheese stick.
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