I was online one day and saw this from one of the posters.  I died laughing, so I just had to post it.  You will trip out on how true some of this stuff is.

On your weigh-in date:

Before leaving home:

• Nurse the baby (I skip this one most of the time since I don’t have a baby)
• Remove nail polish.
• Clip fingernails and toenails (to the quick!)
• Pop all pimples
• Tweeze all unwanted hair from face
• Shave legs, underarms and every other part of body
• Loofah to remove dead skin
• Remove ribbon from hair
• Get a hair cut
• Blow nose
• Clean lint from belly button and jam from between toes
• Pee
• Poo
• Weigh clothing and dress accordingly
• Have appendix, tonsils and wisdom teeth removed, they are not needed and just take up weight
• DO NOT SWALLOW AGAIN UNTIL AFTER WEIGH-IN, carry a cup to spit in!

Upon arrival at Weight Watchers

• Pee
• Carefully examine body for anything which might be removed including warts and moles
• Remove hand lotion and makeup
• Remove contacts
• Remove unnecessary ‘hidden’ articles of clothing
• Blow nose again
• Pee again – at least try!
• Remove shoes, work ID badge, jewels, belt, socks, suspenders, etc.
• Empty all pockets.
• Can you pee again? If so, go
• Time it so that you weigh right after the person who has had an unearned gain; chances are that person got all the free-floating fat
• Slowly step on the scale
• Hold both arms straight and reach for the ceiling
• Pray
• Exhale completely; don’t forget there is air held in your lungs that usually doesn’t get expelled; find someone to hit you in the chest hard enough to ‘knock the air out’ of you

After weigh-in

• Catch your breath
• Blame the results on whoever you can
• Get dressed
• Retrieve dignity
• Sit down and stay for the meeting.
• Learn something new.

You know some people call this weight loss journey as being “on the wagon”.  I don’t like that terminology because I associate that phrase with being an addict.  I may have exhibited addictive behavior before, but I don’t claim that label.  So, I say that my journey is like walking.  I feel like this weight loss journey is a lot like walking…..before you crawl, you get on your hands and knees and begin to rock…(you begin to feel unhappy about your weight and health)…you finally begin to move and start crawling…(you finally make the decision that you can’t live like this anymore and you want to be healthy)…you pull up on your own…(join weight watchers or what ever weight loss journey you are on)….you take a few steps….(you go to the meetings or come to the wonderful support board)…you fall time after time….(you binge or “fall off the wagon” time after time)…..but, you keep on getting back up…(you stop binging or “get back on the wagon”)….you are kind of shaky walking all wobbly like….(you are not really sure if you can do this)….then you get your footing…(you begin to think you can really do this)…..you fall when you try to run…..(you get really excited and let your guards down and then you are going to binge or fall off the wagon at times, nothing and no one is perfect)….before you know it you are running, skipping, hopping, and turning flips…(you break the code and really make this a lifetime commitment and lose the weight and keep it off)….when you get older, your kid’s toys are in the way and you trip and fall over them….(there will still be times when you binge or “cheat” but you have learned that this crazy mixed up journey is a lifetime goal)…and you get up, fuss at yourself like you would fuss at your kids for leaving their toys around and get up and start again!!!

You can do it!!!  We all can!

I was on my support board and sockiesbabies posted this and it was an eye opener.  It gives you a totally new refreshing outlook on those hated plateaus.

I’ve been on a plateau for about 4 weeks now, and this week isn’t looking like I’ll break through either.

Last night, I had a thought though.

Plateaus are kind of like a test… to see how you will handle your life if you were at goal.

When we all get to goal, the idea is to continue with your healthy lifestyle, and maintain your weight at it’s current level. So, a plateau is kind of like a practice run.

If you quit the program because you aren’t losing, then you didn’t have a successful practice run. BUT if you keep on just like you always have, then you know you have a better chance of sticking to this for the rest of your life.

Your brain is hard wired in such a way as to recognize potential matches to familiar objects, this is how optical illusions work…… But did yiu konw taht aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.   Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

When I first read this, I was like 

How I feel today: 

Until later….

How I feel today:

I’m a member of the clean plate club….no matter how much it is….if it’s on my plate….I will hurt myself trying to finish it all.  I don’t know where I got it from, all I know is that I have it.  So, look at what I made tonight to eat.  That’s turkey meatballs, whole wheat rotini, and spinach.  It’s so hot that you can still see all the smoke coming from it. 

How I feel today:

When Thanksgiving rolled around, I told myself to enjoy it without thinking about how much I ate or what I ate.  For that one day, I would do what I wanted.  But, it could only be that one day…..NOTHING MORE!  So, as I was leaving my sister’s house from eating, I took a plate….but I didn’t take much because I knew that it would have to be gone that night!  Got home….later on I ate the rest of it…..except for these damn potato chips.  I woke up in the morning and they were still there. I could have sworn that I wished them away the night before.  But, they were still there.  They started calling me.  I was like !  I know how they are my weakness….and I knew that I couldn’t lie to myself again…..I knew they had to go!  So, I sat there thinking….now THIS is why food addiction is so bad….I actually said this to myself….”Don’t just throw them away, because you know they are in a bag and you might go in there and get them!”  I knew it was a clean bag in there so shuddap!  Anyway, I knew I had to do something that would make me not try to “save” them.  So, I sat there crunching them up and this is where they ended up!

Guess I showed them huh?!!!!! 

Until later….

How I feel today:

Well, it took a while, but I’m back snitcheeeeeeeeeeeeeees!  Do you like the new layout?  You’d better because it took me forEVER!  It wouldn’t have taken that long if I wasn’t so anal and I just did what I should do instead of making every freggin thing right.  But, if I didn’t do that, then I wouldn’t be me. A lot of stuff has changed and I’ll be getting into all of that in the near future. But, all of it is for the better.  Ya girl has changed and it’s for the better….so if you thought I was bad before?……just wait!!!! 

I’m on a mission to quit talking so much too.  So, we’ll see how that works. 

I just brought pretty much everything over with me from the old layout….so within the next few days, I’ll be adding some more stuff and getting rid of some old stuff….so, look around now, because it might not be here long!

Until later….



How I feel today: 

Ok, so how dumb is this?  And, you wonder why we have SO many unhealthy folks in the US?!!!!!

I use Parkay butter spray now right?  I used to use it a while ago but quit because I quit being “healthier” at one point and just didn’t give a damn.  So, now that I’m back to taking care of myself, I’ve “failed proof” my house and I bought spray butter again.  It’s basically just butter in spray form so that you use less of it.

This is what it is.

With all the confusion around and attempt to educate the public on food labels and serving sizes over the past few years, it seems a label with nothing but zeros on it would be simple to understand. Just use a couple sprays, but with information like 0 calories it would be like telling someone to eat just one potato chip. I decided to contact ConAgra (owner of the Parkay brand) regarding the contents and here is what they confirmed.

March 24, 2005

Thank you for contacting us. The Parkay Spray was developed
to give you the buttery taste of real butter without the fat
and calories.  There are .8 calories in 1 spray and 40 calories
in 5 sprays.  Fat content is .085grams in 1 spray, .4 grams
in 5 sprays. We appreciate your interest in Parkay.

ConAgra Foods Consumer Affairs

050469237A

That means that in the entire bottle there are 832 total calories from 93 grams of fat. Now you may be wondering why it is they can list it as 0 calories. Phil Kaplan, who runs PhilKaplan.com, has the answer.

The FDA labeling law says that if there’s less than 1/2 gram of fat in a serving, a food can be labeled “Fat-Free.” The catch is, nobody regulates what the food companies refer to as a serving size.

Well that’s just stupid… I’ve never used ONE spray.

“Once again, we run afoul of labeling loopholes. Yes, in the serving size listed on the package ( 1 – 5 sprays) the product is legally zero. But, it is not actually zero in any quantity.

In fact, Parkay Spray has .8 calories in 1 spray and 4 calories in 5 sprays. Fat content is .085 grams in 1 spray, .4 grams in 5 sprays. That means that in the entire bottle there are 832 total calories from 93 grams of fat. ”

I guess the ideal situation for the food and beverage industry would be to set the serving size on every product so small it could be considered ‘fat-free.’ Fortunately this tactic has been receiving increased scrutiny over the past couple of years most often with soft drinks and snack foods.

I do agree that this is a good product, in fact I have two bottles in my refrigerator. The problem with this labeling occurs when a person does not realize there are ‘hidden’ calories and decides to use it in a manner inconsistent with a ‘few sprays,’ such as with baking. What is thought of as a 0 calorie replacement for butter in your dishes is simply substituting one fat for the other.

I hope you have found this article educational and should you choose to try or continue using one of these products, you can do so a little smarter. For a decent list of products you can choose from in this category I recommend the following page: Better than Butter.

Until later….