MOLLY'S DIET RANTS! (ranting, raving, motivating & more)

RANTING BURNS CALORIES!

This is an open, ongoing, support-encourage-motivational-RANTING thread. Feel free to skip to the end, or spend days reading through all of this ...

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I have decided that "Diet" is a 4-letter word.

I find myself muttering and uttering the word around my house these days with loathing and vehemence previously reserved only for comments directed toward liberal politicians. In fact, I seem to be talking to myself a lot more these days .... sort of a running, sarcastic commentary on all the foods I can't eat, or on various other related topics. I wonder if there is a link between calorie-deprivation and Tourettes Syndrome? Grrrrrrrrr.....

I am now on Day 8 of the dreaded D-word. This is already the longest period of time that I have ever successfully remained on a diet. And I seem to be growing grouchier and feistier each day..... at least when I am alone and no one is around to hear my running rants. (My wonderful DH has heard some of my more memorable rants on the subject of broccolli and reports that I am hysterically funny when I am hungry!) I am counting carbs. I am counting calories. I am counting fat grams. Sheesh ... now my math anxiety is about to kick-in!

Mini Rant #1 .... what masochist decided that the serving size of cereal was anything less than 2 cups? Have you ever measured out 2/3 a cup of cereal? Or even a full cup? And placed it in a bowl? Those few little flakes and pieces just sit forlornly at the bottom of the bowl, shivering and lonely, even when we dribble on a few meager droplets of skim milk! Sheesh. Well, I can tell you that there is simply no way that my oversized body is going to be happy with that tiny amount of cereal ... so I have been eating TWO servings for breakfast. SIGH. And while the side of the box says that I can supplement the cereal with some fruit, they probably don't mean eat 45 cherries with your cereal -- much less 1/2 a watermelon, huh?

Mini Rant #2 .... Things NOT to say to someone who has told you that they have just started on a diet:

1.Good, you sure needed it.
2. It's about time.
3. Really? It doesn't look like it.
4. Again? Haven't we heard this before?
5. Gosh, how much weight do you need to lose?
6. What do you weigh? I've always wondered.
7. I never need to diet, I have a fast metabolism.
8. Really? I can eat all I want and never gain weight.
9. Is THAT why you are so grouchy?
10. I sure hope you plan to exercise a lot more.

AAAUGGH! All of these responses are just the thing to make me even grouchier .... so just smile and say something encouraging and supportive, ok? I will let you know how it is going.

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=^..^=  Molly 

WELCOME TO MOLLY'S MOTIVATIONAL RANT / CHAT THREAD ... FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR RANTS, TOO!  YOU CAN EITHER READ FROM THE BEGINNING OR JUST JUMP ON IN ON THE LAST PAGE ... JOIN US! 

I have been a lurker for many months and I too miss hearing about the kitties and Ron.

Molly -If you did not realize how much your thread was enjoyed please know now we did - a lot :)

Can't go with the radishes though - don't care for them but if it counts my husband loves them

Miss beittybitty you are too funny!!

It doesn't look like Molly's been on CC for days...very unlike her. Hope she's OK. Sending prayers and good vibes her way!

Edited to bow to the amazingness of 2beittybitty! The song is great!!!

I think she is missing Ron, and I can understand that.  But after that song, wow, if she doesn't surface, I don't know what will get her to!

I love radishes, but they make me burp, and my hubby doesn't like that!

Rant-yesterday was my husbands last day at his job.  So they get him a cake.  Nice.  But he brings home the leftovers and that would be 1/2 of a sheet cake!!  Why couldn't they eat all of the cake at the office?

Truly dastardly of them, indeed!!!

No respect at ALL for those of us who must resist such wicked temptations!!!

{{{Blushing!}}}

Glad ya'll liked the song-- but I'm a Song writer in a small way, so it's probably too easy for me to earn much credit, lol! At least I've never suffered from any rotten tomatoes when I sing-- yet! Lol!

We need some more ideas... any songs we can convert to express our need of Molly to Molly?

I can't remember enough words of the song, "Help! I need somebody... Help! Not just anybody? Won't someone, pleee-eeeaasse-eeee Help me! Help me! Helppp meeee...!!!!!!!!"-- by the Monkey's...?

Help! We neee-eeedddd our Molll-llllyyyyyy....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Big Sigh! *

I'm worried too, as she hasn't been in since the 19th-- I hope she didn't get hurt riding or remodeling, or too blue...

Sure wish she'd show up soon and kick me back to the Going for the Gold Gang and Lurker status!!!!

She's helped soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo many of us, I want her to know we want to help her right back when she needs it, too!!!!!!

It's Friday!!! Where's our Molly!!!!!!!!!

RANT! RANT! RANT!!!!!!!!!

I need ta' burn more rantin' calories than THAT!!!!

NEED MOLLY for burning rant calories!!!!!

THAT'S somethin' ta' really rant about!!!

* goes off to look for Molly... *

{{{Laughing!!!}}}

Welllllll.............!!!!!!!!!!!! Going by her Gallery-- she just MIGHT be a' Politickin'...!!!!

She's very 'Pink,' in there...!!!!!!!!!!

Hope that doesn't mean she'll be gone till after the ELECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COME BACK MOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, 2beitty.  The above song is Help by the Beatles.  I will see if I can come up with some lyrics for you.  I am a lurker and use Molly to change my mood/attitude/life.  She's blue and missing her Ron and now it's our turn to cheer her. 

We miss you Mo-ooo-lllly

Oh, yes we do-oo

We miss you Mo-oooo-llly

And we are bl-ue

Your rants are cheering,

And helpful, too

Mo-ooo-llly, we miss you!!!!

I know, that stinks, but it did come from the heart.

I like that!!!

"Your rants are cheering,

and helpful, too..."

That's my thoughts, too!!!! That is exactly how Molly helped, lol!

Thanks for sharing that!!!! It's Fun!!!

Come back, Molly!!! We need a veggie party with you!!!

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Right! I have a rant as well!! Why is it that when I was obese, I lost 15lbs compliments, lost 30lbs compliments, lost 45lbs compliments, 60lbs and now the negative comments have started? My BMI is 25.1 now. So still a little over weight. Most people say "If you lose much more you will disapear down a plug hole" or "Are you sure you need to lose more?" or "I am not talking to you anymore, hmphh I need to lose weight" Or the worst from people who where always skinnier than me, who seem a little preturbed at my rapidly toning figure "you may be slimmer than me, but you are short"

When I was obese, I never got comments one way or another about my appearance. Since I have lost a ton of weight, all of a sudden I seem to be part of the catty club. More and more woman are letting me into their vain secrets and catty natures making comments about other overweight woman!! I am not sure if I like it!!! Am I alone in this?

Ouch!!!!!

Not being there, yet, I can't say I've seen this myself... But it IS totally Un-Fair, isn't it???

(Especially the, "short," point!!! Can't change THAT, and I LIKE not hitting my head on stuff like other folks, lol!!! )

Good Job on your own GREAT Success!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone.  It's me, Milfred.  I came back to c-c after more than ten months' absence because I found myself thinking a lot about Molly and wanted to see how she was doing.  When I got here I was impressed that you guys have all hung in there and are actually still active!

I don't know if anyone remembers me, and it's okay if you don't; I wasn't that active.  But in case you do, I wanna offer an update.

H 5'7

SW 178

HW 185

CW 158

GW 140

After I stopped using C-C I didn't lose any weight for a long time.  Then my boyfriend and I got bought out of our apartment and got separate apartments, and then I lost some of the weight.  For the past 2 months, I've plateaued at 154 - 158.  What I've been able to do is maintain a moderate diet which is not low enough in calories to get me to my goal weight.  But I'm feeling a million times better now than I did then, and everybody is noticing I'm thinner.  It's unmistakable.

Welcome back!!!

You sound good to me!!! Getting it off, keeping it off, going for more is a Healthy way they recommend now-a-days! Glad you're back!

Molly's taking a break it seems, missing Ron and resting, (I hope! She seems to stay really active usually!), and we are keeping her Beloved Rant thread going to show her we miss her Joyful presence here!

I'm hoping she'll be back real soon and send me back to the Going for the Gold Gang, where I usually am, lol! I'm a long-time Lurker here...

Feel free to join in and rant some calories!

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Nuttin' ta' RANT about...???

I will...!!! I'm COLD here in South Mississippi...!!!

* shivers... *

It's cold here in Iowa too!  But from what I understand, when you shiver, you burn more calories!!

Hi, I'm a long time lurker, occasional ranter.  I miss Molly too.  Let's just keep sending her our love.  I can't join you in your rants about the cold weather.  It's beautiful here in Oregon!  I do have a small rant though.  I was at a meeting on Sat. where one of our members surprised us by having lost a lot of weight.  She looked great!  She's just a year younger than me so why can't I do that too!  She called it her "Extreme Makeover by Susan" which I thought was cute.  Okay, now to start my extreme makeover!

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Sad... I clicked 'end' for the end of the thread 'shortcut', and came back to seemingly see MOLLY BACK!!! * sniffle * It was the end of the first page, no Molly, yet...

* pitiful wail! *

She has ta' come back soon! Gotta' have a Molly-Fix!!!

Oregon sounds Lovely! Hoping your plan works just as you want... Maybe getting out and walking in your Beautiful weather while it lasts!

As chilled as I feel-- barely 30's-- I can only imagine Iowa's cold! Yes, it IS supposed  to burn more calories to exercise in the cold than in the heat... if I could take it, lol,!!!

We rarely have snow here in the deep South, but shoveling snow-- within Healthy limits!-- is claimed as a Great calorie-killer! Have either of you ever had to shovel any?

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I have shoveled in the past, but now I live in a townhouse and that is done for us.  YAY! 

It is supposed to be 60 here today so I am going to try to get outside and walk.  I walk everyday, but since it has been cold, I have been hitting the gym instead.

Next week I will be in Florida, so I will be walking on the beach.  How nice does that sound?!

Molly?  how is the new kitty porch coming along?!  how are the kitties?  how is Ron?  how about sending some pictures of the flowers in your yard?  Where the heck are ya?!