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Aww, thank you both! :)

I love veggie burgers made with chickpea patties! You could eat them crumbled over salad or in flatbread for lower calories. I can't remember the website I found the recipe from, but if you Google "Whip It Up Wednesday Chickpea Tahini Patties" it should come right up. I think it was called Cooking Whims. I make 6 patties…

The luckiest! It was SO COOL. <3

...I totally own this page. You guys, I talk WAY too much. *hangs head in shame*

Wow, that's so wonderful! It must be so liberating. :) Congratulations!

I do, too! I got to watch it in a 4D movie theater in South Korea on my honeymoon. :D If you haven't heard of 4D, basically the entire room is rigged with special effects, like the chairs galloping when the actor on screen is riding a horse. It actually sprayed water in my face at one point during the big snowstorm towards…

I can put away that much on a bad day as well. And it makes me hate myself so much. Like, "What is WRONG with me? Why am I such a disgusting pig, and why can't I just be NORMAL?!" :(

I was never an emotional eater before, although I would occasionally get the munchies when mildly stressed. I don't want to eat at all when I'm extremely depressed. But recently, it seems to go like <feel gloom> = <don't care about my calorie goal> = <don't log> = <eat the world... JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT LOGGING>. I really…

That is true. :) I do feel a little guilty for it though, since God rewards according to purity of intention--And that particular intention feels a little less than pure. :o But I don't think it's a bad thing, as long as it isn't my main focus/intention behind my fasting (which it definitely isn't, or I'd be fasting right…

Well, it does work that way in Islam, as well. We're told that our body has a right over us, so we have to take proper care of it and avoid harming it in any way. Overeating is also very discouraged. So you could say that it's a good intention, I think. Thank you for your input! :)

Wow, why would it be that much? Two regular sized frankfurters in buns with cheese only cost me around 600 calories, and I find it to be plenty of food. :o Although, come to think of it, if I were starving I could easily put away 1000 calories of hotdogs... Which leads me to the confession: I get jealous of people who go…

I hope so, since that's kind of the idea! No wondering about my next meal/snack or obsessing over food is one of the nice parts about Ramadan, and I'll definitely be trying to perfect my worship as much as I can. Another bonus is that, unlike many families, I avoid making a big show or a super-fancy meal for iftar; so I…

Guilty Muslim confession: In addition (of course) to the religious benefits of fasting, I'm REALLY hoping that my fasting will help me regulate my appetite (since I've started a nibble-all-day fest recently that isn't serving me too well...) and learn to deal better with my recent elevated hunger levels. Not a very…

Confession: I've done quite well today. I went over my calorie goal by 100 calories, but rather than throwing in the towel (I have a serious problem with an all-or-nothing attitude, and yes, just 100 calories can set it off, which is one of my worst issues when it comes to my weight), I told myself that it was fine and…

Maybe try some self-help books? :) I have a terrible relationship with food, and therapy would probably help immensely, but I have an anxiety disorder and just the idea of talking to a therapist is terrifying for me, even if it's affordable in my case. I've heard from many people here on MFP that self-help books can be…

Well, Ramadan is meant to be a challenge--You're forced to feel what the poor feel, the ones who have no food or clean water to drink at all. When you're actually feeling what they feel, it softens your heart towards the needy, because as others have said... Seeing starving people on tv halfway across the world just…

Same here, except I gained 10 in two weeks!! :-/ And to top it off, not an iota of exercise was done, either.

I don't weigh myself when I know my weight is going up. :-/ It keeps me from being accountable if I can't see it, I guess! As for me, I do care and the gain is upsetting me, but I can't seem to get my hunger/will power/motivation to cooperate with my brain! I get all fired up every morning about how I'm going to do great,…

Ramadan follows the lunar calendar. :) It's the ninth month of the lunar calendar, so it gets a little earlier every (Gregorian) year, by about two weeks. For the last several years, it's been falling in the summer, so it's definitely a harder time for fasting. :) This year it's expected to fall on the 18th, but it doesn't…

That's what I keep doing... It's probably the only thing that has stopped me from gaining back a LOT more than what I've gained. :-/ But my head feels so... Out of the game. I can't seem to get up any kind of motivation or willpower, and I just want to stuff my face half the time! Also, I'm having an unusual amount of…

So am I. :( At this point I've been really worrying that I'll gain back everything I've lost (over sixty pounds, almost 30 kilos) if I can't somehow get whatever's messed up in my head fixed. :-/ I've already gained 10 kilos in the past few months... Even while struggling to stay "on the wagon"!

Garlic butter. It has to be garlic butter. Mmmm... Garlic bread. Don't forget the cheese! Care to come over and talk bread? My husband thinks I'm nuts... ;)

My confession for today: I really, really, really, really, really love bread. That is all.

Nobody was harsh, most of the quotes were people who could relate! ;)

Most definitely! ;)

I find it hilarious that this is the first post of page 800.

Wow, that sounds so odd! :-O Maybe he was mentally retarded? (Not an insult, I mean it in the medical sense...) I'm so glad you enjoyed your time there! :) Most people here probably have no idea what a dishdasha even IS, so welcome to the Oman club!! It's a little bit lonely in here, though, just you and I. ;)

AWESOME, congratulations!!

Oops, total binge poster here. 790 is MINE, muhahaha! (Was that weird? Sorry) I confess that I feel like a failure today. After fighting cravings all day long yesterday due to extreme tiredness, I went to bed thinking I had won. Then, I tossed and turned for FOUR STUPID HOURS, trying to sleep and still fighting the…

To be honest, I completely agree with your point of view. As much as this thread is cathartic and tons of fun to engage in, I don't think it belongs in the stickies either--the informative and helpful stickies that the mods killed will be mourned by me. :-/