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 

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Molly & XO, this is what I was ranting about a week or two ago.... It is the universal dieting woman's rant, it seems! (In Molly-speak would that be UDWR?)

And if we rant about it hard enough, could we burn enough calories to catch up to our DH's totally effortless weightloss?  I wonder. 

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Oh, I am having such a hard time staying motivated to exercise when it is too cold or dark to get out & walk.  I don't really like the exercise bike, but it's my easy, no brainer exercise for the winter.  Blah. 

Someone help me!  I really need to stay on track for health issues!

Oh, let me tell you what my husband did.  I asked him one day what his weight was, sneakily trying to find out how much more I would have to lose before I weighed less than him.  So, some time later, I finally was able to announce to him, "Guess what, honey, I weigh less than you now!  I cracked 180 today!"  He sheepishly said, "Well, actually, heh heh, I'm a little more than that, I'm 185".  He LIED about his weight.   AArrgghh!  I could have done it a few weeks before!  And yeah, I bet if he wanted to, he could lose weight merely by flexing his pinkies two or three extra times a day.

Original Post by pattikins:

Oh, I am having such a hard time staying motivated to exercise when it is too cold or dark to get out & walk.  I don't really like the exercise bike, but it's my easy, no brainer exercise for the winter.  Blah. 

Someone help me!  I really need to stay on track for health issues!

Did you know that shivering burns calories? Just sayin'.   Can you do something that will make the exercise bike more fun? Watch a movie only when you use it? Chat on the phone with a friend?  Watch scantily-clad US marines do calishthenics?

heh heh heh.

OK, I'm not much help here.  But YOU CAN DO IT!

=^..^= MOLLY

I hear that....we moved hubby gets thinner and I probably didn't gain.  I'm working harder than him.  go figure. 

You know he likes birch trees and I like beech trees.
Birch trees are skinny Beech trees are thick.  Interesting!
I also like elephants.  haha

My DH is a half an inch shorter than I am.  He is built stockier than I am, but we weigh about the same.  I feel like a "she beast" next to him sometimes, looming over him and growling.  But when I start to lose weight, he inevitably loses weight too, so I don't think I have ever weighed less than him.  It fries me!  Mmmm, fries.....

Pattikins: Lets all get our calorie burning forces together and create an uber burning machine! I turn up my workout music on my computer and clean the house or pick a house project and work on it. 

Meganr: How funny! So now you are celebrating 5 lbs later haha. Well, at least you are WAY further along than you thought. Men = Beavis'

Danceswithforks: Where'd you move to? I recently moved as well. I think it's that with their fast metabolisms and ability to lose quickly, if they eat what we're eating, well, then they get the benefit of both in the end...

Danagrl372: LOL!!! Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I read your whole post. I would have spewed all over my screen. Mmmmm... fries.. hahahah!!!

 

Well, my wonderful DH is 5'9" and weighs about 190.  I am 5'8.5 and weigh 307.6.  I'd settle for just outweighing him by JUST 60 pounds, ya know?

But, the wonderful thing is, he loves me as I am ... and he married me when I weighed about 340 ... and never once has said anything negative or critical about me or my weight or my appearance.  In fact, he's been nothing but encouraging, supportive, loving and wonderful through all 4.5 years of our marriage.

(And I am now thinking about fries .... sigh!)

=^..^= MOLLY

 

Thanks for the responses~ Maybe a new piece of equipment would spur me on?  I don't know.  I like the music idea, (not the housework! ) don't know why I usually watch the tv when I'm on the bike, but we're getting an HD tv for that room for our joint Christmas present, so at least it'll be better to watch... I've been hanging out at approximately the same weight for about a week now -- my green trend line is looking a bit flat, and I'm sure it's because of the lack of exercise.  So my mission this weekend is to break through and get some good moving in. (Do you think if I move enough I can have fries?)

Yes I too can sympathize with DH losing without trying! So not fair! we have to do the child bearing, the menstrual cycles, the menopause. All the joys of being a women and to top it off they lose weight so much faster and easier then us! WHY WHY WHY!!!Ok I hope I burned a few calories there .

Sooo, I have been doing really good the past few weeks eating new food I thought I'd never put past these lips and thought my sister was wacko and went over the deep end for eating them. I now find myself eating bulgur and tofu!!!! when my Sister found out she about laid an elephant!! lol and the worst part is I only lose ONE stinking pound a week!!!!! ok love that I'm losing I do! Buuuut why with all the work that I am putting into it I only get one pound a week? so not fair! now if DH were to try it he'd have lost 30 pounds!! I just know it! The turd! lol oh well the joyful life of being a women.

My DH was laughing at all the posts in here.  Boy am I on board with the rest of us women who lose slower than their husband.  Lastnight we went to eat pizza and he had a ton of other things ex. cinnamon rolls, dessert pizza, noodles with alfredo sauce, reg. salad dressing, and also the more fattening choices of pizza at the buffet.  We both stepped on the scales this morning and he lost 2 lbs despite eating probably 3,000 calories in one sitting, and I lost .5 lb yesterday after eating about 460 which still gave me my 500 cal. deficit.  I just don't get it!!!!  He made a comment about the women having it out for the guys in here, I said do you blame us?  Women unite!!!!  Oh and I began TTOM yesterday, so now I get to see minimal loss for a week.

My DH has been watching and following my example, and after our lengthy "I'm worried about your health" conversation, he announced this AM that he's down 10 lbs! I couldn't be happier!! I don't even care if he loses faster...as long as he get heathier!

Rant: Weather predictions that scare people into grocery and hardware stores to clean off the shelves before I get there!!! And, the predicted "Nor'easter" could also scare off my two friends from making the trip up to Buffalo for the group Christmas gathering this weekend!! Boo hoo hoo!!!!

I am so jealous of all of you girls w/ DH's!  Not that I'm saying I want a husband - I have a boyfriend but I wouldn't necessarily call him a DB....let's maybe say SUB (sometimes unsupportive boyfriend, or sometimes unpleasant boyfriend, or anything using those three letters! haha).  That's a whoooole 'nother story though :)  But he does weigh less than I do; he's a smaller guy, it's in his genes.  He's taller than me and bigger I guess but his legs are skinny.  Mine, well, not.  More muscular I guess.  And he eats whatever he wants and drinks as much as he feels.  The day he saw my number on the scale (before I gained an additional 8 lbs) I wanted to crawl under a big rock and have another big rock dropped on it.  It still bugs the hell out of me...but like many of you, that day, where my # is less than his, will me a mini-milestone.  Not that I'm comparing, there are worse things in the world, but it still sucks :)

WEIGHT LOSS REPORT FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 .

Starting weight: 369.0

Current weight: 304.2

Weight lost this week: 3.2 pounds

Weight loss to date: 64.8 pounds

Percentage of weight lost (of starting weight): 17.5 %

Weeks of Dieting: 17 weeks

Average Weekly Weight Loss: 3.81 pounds

Special Comments: Pretty normal week, actually.

Next Goal: Get below 300 pounds

 

=^..^= MOLLY

Molly, you have done absolutley amazing. That's awesome!!!

I just got a '1' in front of my weight last week for the first time in 8 years (I'm only 23). I nearly died from happiness.

I can't wait for you to hit the illustrious '299'!!!!! I'm sure you'll let us know. =)

Original Post by rebepi:

Molly, you have done absolutley amazing. That's awesome!!!

I just got a '1' in front of my weight last week for the first time in 8 years (I'm only 23). I nearly died from happiness.

I can't wait for you to hit the illustrious '299'!!!!! I'm sure you'll let us know. =)

heh heh heh ... ya think?  :: giggle ::

=^..^= MOLLY

HEY!

I GOT ELFED!

(lol)

=^..^= MOLLY

Rebepi, that is terrific, I hope I will join you there sometime soon!

Molly, that elf thing is hilarious!

hi, I am new... 66 last week and want to lose 20-25 lbs.  My doctor is totally satisfied with my weight, but, I can only walk about a kilometer at a time, and just 2 years ago I could walk 5 or 6 without breaking a sweat.  I also have COPD (the new word for  Emphasema)

When I think back.  I probably had that for years, but didn't realize how bad when I was underweight, which I was most of my life. How did I get from there to here?  I guess it started when I quit being a doormat, and got worse (the weight gain) when I quit smoking after breaking my foot.  In a cast, I couldn't exercise, and since I had never been a lb overweight in my life, didn't realize just how much I needed to be able to do that.  Anyway... here I am 6 yrs later, almost 50 lbs more (which is 1/2 my old body weight) and minus my best friend.  (another sad  story)

I decided last week to get busy working instead of just wishing, and searching the web for a decent calorie counter, after hours found this one.

You sound like a lot of fun Molly, and we share several things.  Love of animals, art, and age..   hmmmm.... a triple A friendship perhaps?

Anyway, for now, I am doing ok, but too soon to tell if this method is working for me.  For sure, I will have to get off my butt more, but some of that will have to wait until after Christmas because for one, the weather is not fit for man or beast, and secondly, I haven't any time for the next week or so. 

I would love some buddies, so if anyone has some time.. please add me, and mentor my methods, if you will.   thanks Fran

Original Post by fransen:

hi, I am new... 66 last week and want to lose 20-25 lbs.  My doctor is totally satisfied with my weight, but, I can only walk about a kilometer at a time, and just 2 years ago I could walk 5 or 6 without breaking a sweat.  I also have COPD (the new word for  Emphasema)

When I think back.  I probably had that for years, but didn't realize how bad when I was underweight, which I was most of my life. How did I get from there to here?  I guess it started when I quit being a doormat, and got worse (the weight gain) when I quit smoking after breaking my foot.  In a cast, I couldn't exercise, and since I had never been a lb overweight in my life, didn't realize just how much I needed to be able to do that.  Anyway... here I am 6 yrs later, almost 50 lbs more (which is 1/2 my old body weight) and minus my best friend.  (another sad  story)

I decided last week to get busy working instead of just wishing, and searching the web for a decent calorie counter, after hours found this one.

You sound like a lot of fun Molly, and we share several things.  Love of animals, art, and age..   hmmmm.... a triple A friendship perhaps?

Anyway, for now, I am doing ok, but too soon to tell if this method is working for me.  For sure, I will have to get off my butt more, but some of that will have to wait until after Christmas because for one, the weather is not fit for man or beast, and secondly, I haven't any time for the next week or so. 

I would love some buddies, so if anyone has some time.. please add me, and mentor my methods, if you will.   thanks Fran

Welcome, Fran ... I added you as a buddy. We're an incredibly entertaining little group of "ranters" ... jump on in!

=^..^= MOLLY

SATURDAY'S MENU -- BUBBLE AND SQUEAK

"BUBBLE & SQUEAK" is an old English dish, named for the sounds the ingredients make while cooking (or from the sound one's stomach makes after eating it)! Some sources say it was originally cold boiled beef and chopped cabbage, others claim it was originally mashed potatoes and cabbage, while some claim it originally contained all three. Today it is typically made from leftover potatoes and cabbage fried together. And, in my case, it uses yesterday's leftover ground turkey (with onions and peppers), plus some new potatoes and shredded cabbage -- and just a dash of worcestershire sauce -- all sauteed/fried together in the electric frying pan.

Lunch today was fresh green beans, a crisp n' crunchy apple, and a grilled chicken spinach salad with tomatoes and a hardboiled egg white, plenty of chili powder and some Walden Farms bacon-ranch dressing.... spicy and delightful! We also went to the regular grocery store and Trader Joe's and restocked a bit ... lots of fresh veggies, grilled chicken, dill pickles, turkey, and a HUGE supply of Progresso Light soups (just 120 calories a can!) As canned soups go, they are definitely my favorite, and are a great addition to winter-time snacks, lunches and dinners! (Plus they are all vegetable soups, so you get your veggies!)

BREAKFAST

two toasted Thomas' light multigrain english muffins (200 calories)

four tablespoons of roasted red pepper hummus (64 calories)

one slice of oven-roasted turkey (25 calories)

LUNCH

six ounces of organic baby spinach (39 calories)

two small organic tomatoes, diced (33 calories)

one hardboiled egg white, diced (17 calories)

8 ounces of garlic-dill fresh green beans (50 calories)

southwestern grilled chicken (200 calories)

one medium organic apple, sliced (72 calories)

DINNER

one serving of ground turkey breast, seasoned (210 calories)

1/4 red bell pepper ( 11 calories)

1/4 cup grilled yellow onions (17 calories)

three servings of sauteed shredded cabbage (60 calories)

three small servings of white new potatoes, diced (158 calories)

one medium cucumber, peeled/diced (24 calories)

one cup of cherry tomatoes, diced (27 calories)

CALORIE TOTAL: 1206 (does not include after-dinner snacks)

FIBER TOTAL: 47 grams

VEGGIE TOTAL: 17 servings

NUTRITION REPORT: ( 7.6% fat / 41.8% protein / 50.6% carbs)