Grrrr!

[gja1000]

I'm wanting to eat everything in the house tonight. WHY WHY WHY do I have that urge every few days???? It is so frustrating to eat out of control. I know I shouldn't snack all evening but I don't seem to be able to stop myself.

Why is that?

[Tiramisu]

Cause you're human, girlfriend!

[Janet]

I do that at times too Gayle. I think, for myself...it would help if I would eat smaller meals throughout the day to stay full. Otherwise I can find all the junk and eat it all night long.

[DianaB]

I know how you feel. I've been trying to just not have the things that I like in the house. Lately when I feel really hungry I've been getting some ice chips and chomping them down. It works some times for a short while.

It's been easier since I found out that I was diabetic. I keep some really yummy sugar-free cookies (I can have three) so eating them helps....so no candy or sugary foods. I can't have salt because I just swell up terribly....so no chips or sunflower seeds. It's like.....what can I eat? Fruit, string cheese........and ice chips!! Yay!!!

[Tiramisu]

It think it's hormonal. Being on my healthy kick, I quit buying junk food and desserts. I keep nuts in my candy dishes, replacing the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and M&Ms. I do still buy popsicles and ice cream sandwiches, but those don't tempt me. Harold bought himself a stash of candy bars to take to work.

[Lindsey]

I usually snack every night, and I can't help it. For me it's not sweets though, I always eat salty stuff before bed, usually popcorn or chips. It doesn't even matter how full I am, I'll still feel I need to have something! When I lived with my grandma, she would tell me "Grandpa always said you don't sleep well if you eat before bed!" but I sleep quite contently with a full tummy :D

[gja1000]

I'm just like you Lindsay, I don't even have to be hungry to want something to eat. Usually it is salty things, but sometimes it is sweets - there's just no telling.

Sandy, usually I don't keep tempting snacks in the house either - but sometimes when I'm in the snacky mood, I can eat plain bread and butter - it doesn't matter, I just have to put something in my mouth.

Sometimes I have so much willpower and I won't snack at all in the evenings for days/weeks. Then all of a sudden it will come on me and it's like I have NO willpower at all and I eat eat eat for days/weeks - I gain weight, then I feel terrible. It takes soooo long now to lose it. But when I'm in the snacking mode, I KNOW it will take forever to lose what I gain and I will be miserable - but I eat ANYWAY.

I think I am psychotic - or irrational, at least. :D

[Blueyes]

Hey Gayle.....You should sprinkle some sugar on that bread and butter, it's really good :angel:

[gja1000]

Hey Gayle.....You should sprinkle some sugar on that bread and butter, it's really good :angel:

Girl, you crack me up :sidesplit:

[Tiramisu]

I love you girls!

Last night was my night. I was wearing out the kitchen drawers looking for something to munch on, ate a banana - but that didn't work, played on the computer - that didn't work, finally went to bed!

[judy]

I was my goal weight, much to my surprise, about 2 or 3 weeks ago. So why is my stomach not flat? Anyway, no sooner did I get off the scale, that I went shopping and came home with all sorts of junk food. I have been eating modified junk food since! It's the carbs I need.

I'm going to join WW online. Now that I'm used to cutting back on carbs, I think I can work with their program,, which I like. I really need to be accountable to somebody!

I snack on Fiber One frosted flakes. I have 2 or 3 bowls during the day. They are sweet, chewy, have some crunchy things in their, and tons of fiber. WW lowers their points depending on how much fiber is in a food. I also use low fat chocolate syrup. I would have had that banana with some chocolate syrup on it Sandy. Much more satisfying. I also make a kind of mousse with fat free Cool Whip and some of this chocolate syrup.

My taste buds are not all that fussy, so these things satisfy me. I do need my bread though. I don't want to cut all carbs out.

[DianaB]

Hey Gayle.....You should sprinkle some sugar on that bread and butter, it's really good :angel:

I love the way you think, Betsi!!!!! :sidesplit:

[gja1000]

I love the way you think, Betsi!!!!! :sidesplit:

ME TOO!!!!

[gja1000]

I was my goal weight, much to my surprise, about 2 or 3 weeks ago. So why is my stomach not flat? Anyway, no sooner did I get off the scale, that I went shopping and came home with all sorts of junk food. I have been eating modified junk food since! It's the carbs I need.

I'm going to join WW online. Now that I'm used to cutting back on carbs, I think I can work with their program,, which I like. I really need to be accountable to somebody!

I snack on Fiber One frosted flakes. I have 2 or 3 bowls during the day. They are sweet, chewy, have some crunchy things in their, and tons of fiber. WW lowers their points depending on how much fiber is in a food. I also use low fat chocolate syrup. I would have had that banana with some chocolate syrup on it Sandy. Much more satisfying. I also make a kind of mousse with fat free Cool Whip and some of this chocolate syrup.

My taste buds are not all that fussy, so these things satisfy me. I do need my bread though. I don't want to cut all carbs out.



Those are really great ideas, Judy. I do WW in my head all the time - I guess I need to be accountable to someone too - because I'm pretty hit or miss these days with my point totals!!! LOL!

[Blueyes]

Seriously... my mind is a scary place to be, LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

No wonder I'm a fat gal....I was raised on butter sugar sandwiches:p

[gja1000]

Seriously... my mind is a scary place to be, LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

No wonder I'm a fat gal....I was raised on butter sugar sandwiches:p


Now, you are serious, aren't you Betsi - butter sugar sandwiches!!! OH MY! I don't know why I am saying this though, I was raised on cinnamon toast - which is toast that you put butter on while it is hot, then you sprinkle sugar on the melted butter, then cinnamon. I can assure you, if not for cinnamon toast, I would not have survived. I could fix it for myself and I DID - FREQUENTLY!!! LOL! I never considered my cinnamon toast, butter sugar bread - BUT IT WAS!!!

[Blueyes]

If you put butter on the bread, sprinkle it with sugar and cinnamon, THEN put it under a broiler...it has a nice crispy crunch to it:eek:

[Gina]

I have been eating ICE CREAM every night. I am on this Edys slow churned kick and I have been eating cake too.. BAD GIRL I AM!!!

[gja1000]

I have been eating ICE CREAM every night. I am on this Edys slow churned kick and I have been eating cake too.. BAD GIRL I AM!!!

No, you are not bad - cuz if you are bad, then so am I! Only I've been eating ice cream topped with strawberries every night!

[paula1961]

I have been bad too!!! I love cobbler, I found these 2 packs in the freezer section, they have blackberry, peach and apple. I have been eating one of these almost every night with ice cream. I could just eat junk food and be totally satisfied.

[gja1000]

I have been bad too!!! I love cobbler, I found these 2 packs in the freezer section, they have blackberry, peach and apple. I have been eating one of these almost every night with ice cream. I could just eat junk food and be totally satisfied.

Oh me too - I'm a junk food queen! I just can't have it in my house or I can't stop eating it. :eek:

[judy]

I joined WW online this week, and since I'm paying for it, I am keeping track of my points. I guess I will buckle down to a healthier way of eating soon, but I had such a good laugh a couple of days ago. I ate an entire bag of Chex Trail mix. It was a big bag too!

42 points:D:D:D. I had 4 chocolate donuts the next day, and yesterday, another, smaller bag of Chex. I am obviously not taking this too seriously right now, but I feel that if I am accountable somewhere, I will take it more seriously.

I only want to lose about 3 pounds, so I am not too worried. The problem is finding a good way to eat without feeling deprived all of the time. I have to do low carbs, but I do not enjoy cutting out carbs to an extreme point.

A tummy tuck would take care of all of this!!!

[DianaB]

Are 42 points what you're allowed? or were you joking? I haven't ever done WW. Whatever, GF, you're accountable to us.................every day!!! Make a new thread and we'll help you keep track!!

[gja1000]

No Diana, I'm sure she isn't allowed 42 points, I think she meant that there were 42 points in the bag of chex mix.

Judy, I'm sorry you ate the whole bag, but I'm so relieved that I am not the only one who does stuff like that. My problem is when I get on the junk food roll, I will gain 5 lbs in the twinkle of an eye and then it will take 5 weeks to get it off and back to where I was before the binge!

[Tiramisu]

Why is the weight so hard to take off and so easy and quick to gain back? I can struggle, almost fasting, to lose 2 pounds in a week - then gain 10 over a weekend.

Last night was my night. I got my yearly raise yesterday and it was not what was promised to me to stay in this position. While I am extremely thankful that I have a good job, I am upset that they broke their promise to me. So, I stopped to get groceries (almost all junk food) on the way home and grazed all evening! Even the g-kids mentioned that I didn't get healthy food. Now, tonight, I'll try again for healthy food!

[DianaB]

Sandy, that's too bad that you didn't get what was promised to you, but as you mentioned, you still have a job. Sounds like you need a hug. :ghug:

[Tiramisu]

Sandy, that's too bad that you didn't get what was promised to you, but as you mentioned, you still have a job. Sounds like you need a hug. :ghug:

THANKS for the hug. Are hugs fattening?

[Lindsey]

THANKS for the hug. Are hugs fattening?

Actually, hugs are slimming! Like Spanx! :D

[DianaB]

Sandy, I think that they're fat free. I don't know....my husband hugs me alot and I can't lose weight so...............maybe I'm not so sure.

[Tiramisu]

I got my raise and a promotion. HR sent him the wrong papers! It feels good to have a manager who will go to bat for me. He actually used the words, "You deserve it."

[DianaB]

Oh YAY, Sandy!! :cheer:

[Blueyes]

Congratulations Sandy!!!!!!

[paula1961]

I got my raise and a promotion. HR sent him the wrong papers! It feels good to have a manager who will go to bat for me. He actually used the words, "You deserve it."

This is wonderful news Sandy!! So happy for you! I love a manager like that, I've only had 2 in my life... YAY for you:thumbup:

[gja1000]

Wonderful news Sandy - you DO deserve it! :congrats:

[Marilyn]

Congratulations!!!!