I passed up a doughnut. - Page 4

WelshWitchPMD · #46 09-08-2006, 06:30 PM

OK, I passed up a chocolate cabinet (frappe or milkshake anywhere else) today. My Dad asked me if I wanted one and I said 'no'. I thought to myself 'yeah, I want one but I can't have it".
I have not had any sweets in 3 days now. I have such a problem with chocolate that it really is not funny. I could eat a 3 scoop hot fudge sundae from Friendly’s everyday and don't even get me going on chocolate éclairs from Greggs.
I had a Graham cracker with a cup of tea last night and that was my dessert. Thankfully the crackers are from Stop and Shop and taste like sawdust so I did not want to have any more.

DrummerDeanna · #47 09-08-2006, 06:38 PM

^^

Good for you! I know what you mean - I WAS eating a hot fudge sundae everyday

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream...yum. Oh how I miss it.

3 days - way to go! Good luck.

WelshWitchPMD · #48 09-08-2006, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

^^

Good for you! I know what you mean - I WAS eating a hot fudge sundae everyday

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream...yum. Oh how I miss it.

3 days - way to go! Good luck.

Thanks, the only 'bad' thing that I had was a small bag of Doritos and I had half at lunch and half for supper.
God, I love ice cream.

DrummerDeanna · #49 09-08-2006, 06:50 PM

^^

Eh - half a small bag with each meal isn't that bad. You know, ice cream isn't a huge vice of mine - I'll only eat it if it's slathered in chocolate - without chocolate sauce of some kind I don't crave it and it doesn't appeal to me that much

estranged4life · #50 09-08-2006, 07:21 PM

when I was stressed out with Deb's cancer scare and the incident that caused my Mother's death. I was starting to work it off when my health issues worsened, which caused any weight loss issues to take a back seat. (Last time I gained weight was when I fractured my tibia in Feb.2003-The steroids in my meds caused that.)

When Deb & I met back in July 1991, I was 5'-2" 147 lbs., I am now 6'-1" 235 lbs. (5 lbs have disappearred with my current health problem) and I worry about what I eat now more than I did in the past...Though some of the weight was from the fact I grew taller later in life than most men (And the weight is possibly from the fact that Deb is a helluva good cook!!!)

I have never been a sugar kicker (ie-candy, gum & donuts) nor a chocolate eater (Chocolate gives me heartburn), but I like fruits & nuts (Currently eating some "Vietnamese Wasabi Cashews", which have a weird flaming hot taste, But are ever so addictive-As are my favorite food in the world: Jalapenos, Which I put on just about everything).

Deb is a Diabetic, So I eat what she eats to control her blood sugar. Add to her diabetic diet my salad & fish diet (Which helps to reduce the pain from the arachnoid cyst in my right temporal lobe of my very empty brain) and I am healthy, but "Doogie Howser" (aka Dr.Hamilton) says I still need to drop a bit of weight (About 20 lbs is all.)

jannieC · #51 09-08-2006, 08:44 PM

As we all know by now

I gained about 20 lbs when I quit smoking this past Christmas. And that was in spite of joining Weight Watchers when it was happening. Since I've stopped WW, I still have this f-ing 20 lbs hanging on and it's making me crazy. I'm not GAINING anymore (thank God) but I really did have to go buy new clothes, etc. Now that I'm in graduate school, I fear it will only get worse as my time is so limited. But. One of my classmates and I have committed to working out in the school gym (30 minutes cardio and then 30 minutes yoga) three times a week. It's free and I have to do it. But I don't want to do it.

Interesting how so many of us are not sweet fiends. I can truly pass up a dessert plate- no problem. But that's probably because I just gorged myself on whatever I had for dinner.

Edited to add: YAY for those of you are are losing weight and being healthy. And double yay to Deanna for passing up that stupid doughnut. xoxo

ragandbone · #52 09-08-2006, 08:50 PM

Congratulations on donut refusal!
Just seeing the title of the thread caused me to go in the kitchen and eat some of the lemon cake I made the other day, so I guess I might as well have eaten a donut. I can't resist donuts, or ice cream if either of them are in front of me, but I am lucky that I am able to resist buying them. My real weakness is comfort food, like rice and pasta.
I don't really have a weight problem, but I am starting to feel flabbo, from lack of directed exercise. For me, it is hard to resist the temptaion to get cozy, and I can find a half dozen obstacles to getting out to run, or go to a gym, or swim. I garden, and clean, and heft my son up, and chase him around, but I know I need to take Yoga again, and get on an elliptical or bike.
Even resisting donuts and sweets, at my age won't keep the flab away. Must tone!

Red · #53 09-08-2006, 09:00 PM

My vice is salty snacks. Pizza, nachos, chips, or anything where I can lick the salt right off of it.

DrummerDeanna · #54 09-08-2006, 11:03 PM

Yeah - well I told myself that I was going to eat a donut. And I had one staked out. Then in a moment of weakness I went to get it - it was gone. A sign...for sure - that was the second time the donut I wanted was gone

So instead I had a fat-free yogurt w/ low-fat graham crackers - only 3 WW points. And it was just as good as a donut

Jannie - good luck with the gym and yoga!!

ragandbone · #55 09-08-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Yeah - well I told myself that I was going to eat a donut. And I had one staked out. Then in a moment of weakness I went to get it - it was gone. A sign...for sure - that was the second time the donut I wanted was gone

So instead I had a fat-free yogurt w/ low-fat graham crackers - only 3 WW points. And it was just as good as a donut

Jannie - good luck with the gym and yoga!!

I used to keep instant oatmeal (not the super-sweet quaker kind, the health food store, or irish kind) at my desk, when I worked in an office, and then when the snacks would come out in the kitchen, I would have the oatmeal. It kept me away from coffee cake and donuts, and got rid of the mid-morning urge for sweets.

I worked as a sculpture model once, and the studio had donuts in the morning, which they would urge me to eat. I think thye had to keep adding more clay to keep up with my donut intake, since I was doing the same pose for weeks and weeks.

~Eliza

DrummerDeanna · #56 09-09-2006, 03:16 PM

^^

I've actually thought about doing the Oatmeal thing! I like it and it's definitely better for me than donuts or cake! I think I'll give it a try...

I only lost half a pound this week

carrie721 · #57 09-09-2006, 03:22 PM

i passed up brownies and cookies today. i did, however, have 2 slices of prosciutto and a slice of muenster cheese. and some cheddar sunchips. blah.

i seem to be stuck at -13 lbs right now. i know i'm gaining muscle mass, because i can SEE it, but it's still frustrating.

DrummerDeanna · #58 09-09-2006, 03:27 PM

^^

Yeah - the weight on me is coming off way slowly - but I guess in the long-run that's better - and this week I start with the exercise.

And really I'd like to say I'm not focused on the weight number per se- but at this point I'm not feeling of seeing any difference - and that is frustrating. I know that will change once I start hitting the gym again...but patience has never been a strong virtue in me

carrie721 · #59 09-09-2006, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

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Yeah - the weight on me is coming off way slowly - but I guess in the long-run that's better - and this week I start with the exercise.

And really I'd like to say I'm not focused on the weight number per se- but at this point I'm not feeling of seeing any difference - and that is frustrating. I know that will change once I start hitting the gym again...but patience has never been a strong virtue in me

haha, i'm the same way ... i'm like, ok, i've been exercising/dieting for 6 weeks now ... shouldn't i be a size 8?

DrummerDeanna · #60 09-09-2006, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

haha, i'm the same way ... i'm like, ok, i've been exercising/dieting for 6 weeks now ... shouldn't i be a size 8?

Right?

Only I'll completely content at 10

Today is my "free day" - the day I don't count or keep track - but I still don't go overboard. I had a little bit of Chinese Food for lunch (in the past I would have eaten a ton - not a little bit).

No sweets though - it's too much of a slippery slope for me