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Author: Em - 244/190/160
Date: 06-25-03 18:09
My mom just called those words up the stairs.
I won't get DQ, I won't get DQ, I won't get DQ..
*sigh*
I want this - here and now - to be when I get back on track. I have been doing good so far, and DQ is just the sort of thing that will set me back and continue this awful cycle. I DON'T WANT TO STAND STILL ANYMORE! I want to keep losing!! I am stronger than this, I know I am. I can't keep letting this cycle of bad eating get to me. Any good days only work to counter out the bad days, and I end up having made no progress week after week.
There is something I have always known that has been my big problem with food. I am not sure why, but I treat it like some rare commodity. I always have. I remember being twelve and thinking, "I have to eat faster so I can get more, because even though I'm full this is my favorite caserole and I can't let anyone else finish it off!"
I would go to parties and hover over the brownie plate, stuffing my face and feeling a twinge of anger when someone else would go for one. Why I am like this, I have no idea. It's been really hard retraining myself not to take food so seriously. I could have DQ anytime, any freaking time I want. Just because the opportunity is presented doesn't mean I have to snap it up, it's NOT special.
(I think I've talked myself out of it now :)
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Author: Mandy 196/182.5/145
Date: 06-25-03 18:12
here ya go
http://www.dietfacts.com/list.asp?brand=dairy_queen
If you get a DQ Vanilla Orange Bar it only has 60 calories in it. Not bad at all.
That way you can enjoy your walk.
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Author: Em - 244/190/160
Date: 06-25-03 18:14
If I went, I know what I'd end up ordering :)
Brownie Earthquake. The stuff dreams are made of :P
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Author: Mandy 196/182.5/145
Date: 06-25-03 18:22
That's not on the list but if a small Vanilla cone has 230 calories I can't even imagine what a Brownie Earthquake is. I don't like chocolate so I thought that would help, sorry. We went for ice cream the other night and I got one scoop of butter pecan ice cream and that was all I needed to hit the spot.
I have always been the same way you explained. Hovering over food, eating everything on my plate. After I came here I started to realize, hey I can put the rest in the fridge and have it again tomorrow.
Funny thing, we do that for the dog all the time with his rawhides. He only gets to chew half then the other goes in the freezer. Ironically I wasn't doing that for myself. It is a huge lifestyle change that I'm still working on.
Good job on turning down the Brownie Earthquake!!
Mandy
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Author: LindaV
Date: 06-25-03 18:32
Holy moly, I thought I was the only one who felt that way. Now that I'm eating better and eating less, I'm a little more relaxed at dinner parties or family get-togethers. I can now sit back and say, "I'll wait till everyone else gets theirs and the crowd dies down a little."
But it USED to be that I'd actually start feeling anger when everyone else would crowd up to the food buffet before me. I'd sit back and look at them grabbing food and yakking away, taking their sweet time while the food sat there and got cold (and got gone!) and I remember feeling resentment toward my own friends, thinking of how selfish they were to be up there grabbing all of MY food! And I wanted to shout, "God bless it, get the hell away from there you bunch of pigs!"
Imagine that, me thinking of THEM as pigs. And I don't know why I felt like that. Maybe I felt I was going to miss out on something, even though I KNEW there was plenty of food for everyone.
I hated feeling like that. And I'm glad I don't anymore. I don't take it as seriously as I used to. If a few things disappear before I make it up there, oh well, there are plenty of other things left, I'm sure. I'd rather wait till the crowd dies a little :)
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Author: LindaV
Date: 06-25-03 18:34
Or ANY sweets, for that matter. I'd easily pass up the brownie earthquake for a hot dog instead, *lol*.
I too had the problem of eating everything on my plate, whether I was full or not. It's still sometimes hard for me to JUST PUSH IT AWAY, but I'm getting better.
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Author: Melody 350-285-180?
Date: 06-25-03 18:41
If I went to DQ, I know I would want the Peanut Buster Parfait *sigh*
but I would NOT get it.
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Author: Petitelady5
Date: 06-25-03 19:40
If I had to eat any ice cream...I usually just take 3 tsp. of ice cream with a little ice cream sauce...sorry I cannot live without having a little ice cream everyday. Then I usually put the bucket of ice cream back in the freezer. I have a sweet tooth!
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