You know you have been dieting too long when...
When wasa crackers taste like a treat.
When the actual taste of real butter is a long lost memory.
When your fantasies no longer include Johnny Depp but instead, Little Debbie!
and yours?
Reason: 5/15/08: Stickied; 5/27/08: Unstickied.
Hee, hee. I don't really diet it is more of a lifestyle change but on Friday I eat a dinner I want. I still watch. Lately it has been a chicken grinder minus the mayo and sauce, cheese potatoes (half the cheese, no sour cream) and for DESERT!!! my favorite, a chocolate chip cookie bar AND a chocolate brownie. I don't eat desert any other day and my husband laughs at me because as soon as I am done eating the desert I am thinking about next Friday. :) Desert and chips are my biggest weakness.
Thank goodness I'm normal yay!
*when you pile on the salad leaves coz 'they're good for you' and you actually appreciate the taste
*and the tiny amount of salad dressing you've allowed yourself is a treat :)
*when you log the cals in your food as you're eating them (I'm very guilty of this one lol)
*when you're on a break from revising just to read the posts on CC for useful tidbits of info, but it turns out your revision was the break from CC instead :S
when you go to a restaurant and look at the menu like everyone else knowing full well what you're getting long before you got there.....and most likely it's already been logged for the day.
Original Post by brandasa:
when you go to a restaurant and look at the menu like everyone else knowing full well what you're getting long before you got there.....and most likely it's already been logged for the day.
GUILTY of that one!! We have a TGIFridays about a mile from our house, and it is one of my kids' faves. I don't even know why I bother with the menu, I always get the dragonfire chicken with extra broccoli. Without fail. (I guess I get the menu hoping I'll see something better, but it hasn't happened yet.)
When you drop a spoonful of yogurt on your keyboard and the first thing you wonder is how many calories you just lost between the letters "o" and "p"... and then you hope that the yogurt didn't fry your keyboard so you can still get on CC....
When you hear a clip of conversation that includes any of the following:
"Lose Weight" "Muscle" "Cardio" "Calorie" "Carbs" "Fat" "Protein" "Sodium" "Organic" "Healthy" "Diet"
You transform into a robotic like Health Encyclopedia.
You get a spam message and you read it as "Fat Free Porn" not "Free Porn"
Alylou - might it be time for you to compile a top 10?
--When you mentally assess the calorie count of the other people you are dining w/'s plates and think "I wonder if she realizes she's eating 3000 calories, how come I can't eat 3000 calories in one sitting?" Thus starting a food battle in your own head... --When both produce drawers of your fridge are so full you have to commandeer a shelf for the rest of your fruits and veggies--AND you actually eat all of them --When you haven't eaten canned veggies in months because fresh are so much better --When almond milk tastes better than regular ever did! --When finding a tasty "diet" cereal for less than 130 cal for 1 cup is a serious "moment" for you to remember. --When you are late for work but logging your bkfst on CC is actually worth being tardy for...
when wait = weight. As in, a hostess says, "I'm sorry for your wait," and you look down at your hips in alarm.
When you try to peek at the nutritional values on store bought foods when you are at functions and go OMG that thing has over 300 calories in it? And then can already piece together in your head a a better tasting/ better for you 'alternative'.
When you go into 'dieting phase 2' because phase 1 isnt good enough. Phase 2 consisting of cutting out fake sugar, pre packaged foods, etc. And you start cooking everything from scratch so you know exactly what's in it :)
When you go to grab a Chocolate Half Moon Cake and find that the white cream center has fuzzy mold growing all over it. And you throw out almost the hole box. 
Original Post by healthydiet101:
When you go to grab a Chocolate Half Moon Cake and find that the white cream center has fuzzy mold growing all over it. And you throw out almost the hole box.
I love this one! I've recently experienced that. When the processed treats in your house expire, you've been dieting a really long time! Definitely.
I recently cleared my cabinets with expired 100 calories snacks. I buy them, but somehow I hit a point they weren't 'worth' it, so they went back. Expired sep 07? Gross haha.
Original Post by avengingadrienne:
when you ask for kitchen scales for your birthday and buying a REAL LIVE liquid measuring cup is a new development in your life,
your love/hate attitude toward your scale is one of the most complex relationships in your life.
Oh man, I have been lookingforward to my birthday in July for MONTHS because I am asking for a digital food scale to replace my not-nearly-accurate-enough analog one lol
And ditto on the scale, that cracked me up cuz it's so true
When you start reciting how many calories everyone else is stuffing into their mugs. My sister hates me for it!
When you've been working your way through a stick of butter for the last 3 months.
When you look at this thread and laugh to yourself cuz all of them are true!!!!!
when you carve oranges for dessert any day. or when you give your self a cheat day and can not even enjoy the food you are eating, because you feel so guilty, sucks.
Like a personal,portable nutritionist.
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