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Lucky Me
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Posted: 23 February 2008 03:02 am |
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Hi Guys,
I'll give you an "exciting." Do you believe in miracles? Well, I do. I told you a while back that I've been debating high speed........what company, how much speed I want to pay for, etc. Well, so far I've done absolutely nothing about acquiring that little benefit.......along with another bill to pay. BUT GUESS WHAT...........when I turned my computer (laptop) on today, I had a message that said "Wireless Network Connected." I guess my neighbors got it. I don't know how long it will last, but I looked at all 5 of your videos, Peter. It was wonderful, and Muka is sooooo cute!!
Sugar Baby, you sounded so much like I so often feel--exactly the way I felt when I posted on the 19th. I have told myself so many times that being 120-anything (or even 130) and 5'5.5" is not fat, but the problem is that it feels fat. AND, most of all, I don't eat all the healthy stuff I'd like to eat because I use up so many calories on sweet things and JUNK! There, I said it........JUNK! Stop eating junk!
I don't have a lot of sweets to report: Either a cookie (or two) and a piece of chocolate (or two) almost every day, but I'm trying to be less hard on myself for those lapses. Yesterday I had a perfect day......until about 10:30 pm (I should have gone to bed at 10:20) when the cookie monster won. I'd like to be 122 (my goal in the weight-loss challenge) and I'm probably not going to make it, but, as Peter said to me not long ago, "Where would I be if I weren't trying?"
I saw the preview of the upcoming Monday Dr. Phil show. He's going to have a bulimic woman on who, in the little I saw, looked more dead than alive. I couldn't help but think, "There, but for the grace of God........."
It's good for me, Peter, that you're part of the group, because you seem like a living, breathing success story. That tells me there is hope!
Glad you had such a good day today, trimB. Good days are really fun, aren't they? They're...........well..........they're good! 
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 23 February 2008 04:20 am |
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Now that's scary... someone looking to me for inspiration!
On a number of occasions I have used someone else's wireless internet connection. In fact Lane, my ex-roommate who recently moved to Seattle, still hasn't figured out if he wants to pay for a high speed interface.
In Seattle, there is free dial-up service, so of course he has that. But maybe 70% of the time he can get on a neighbor's high speed connection. What's funny is that his condo is new and he only has a few neighbors and he knows them all! Shhh.
It's really easy to put a password on these wireless routers, which is what these people should do. When I was using one on a trip I could actually see their hard drive!
But as long as you are only using their connection, I don't have a problem with it. I suppose IF they are downloading software or porno or whatever it could slow them down. But otherwise I think it's harmless if not totally ethical.  I won't tell! BTW, over 3,000 people have read our little topic so far so your secret is out!
Yes, Muka's great. He says thanks for watching!
Peter
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 24 February 2008 05:34 am |
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I know it must be trying  to have me go on and on about something so petty, but I sure spent (wasted) a lot of time thinking about my Diet Pepsi today. It was a long day and I was just dying for a few extra, but stuck to my three as planned.
Still plan to cut down to only one with caffeine on Monday.
Peter
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trimB
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Posted: 25 February 2008 08:10 pm |
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I was the exact same way with my cinnamon rolls this morning, Peter. I felt like I was a junkie just trying so hard to be clean! But I did it. Later on I had a croissant... junky but not exactly sweets.
Sorry I don't have more time to post. You both are helping me so immensely - and I find it pretty interesting that we all three seem to be really close to goal weight... is that right?! THe last few pounds and maintenance are tricky!
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 25 February 2008 08:15 pm |
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Great report trimB!
I'm doing fine for the current challenge, but have many more pounds to get to goal weight. Looking forward to the next challenge... here's this one:
Peter
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Oops! Typing this just reminded me... I'm cutting back to one caffeinated Diet Pepsi today! Almost forgot.
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trimB
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Posted: 26 February 2008 10:17 pm |
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Only ONE with caffeine?!?! That's great! Once again the power of baby steps (I think I've posted this mantra on the forums five times in the past ten minutes).
I did great at work today, no gooey yummy soft and warm cinnamon rolls. Can you tell I am still struggling? Stuck to my big bowl of oatmeal and some strawberries.
Then when I got home I baked my leftover chocolate cake batter so that I can give it away to a friend in cake form later this week. I proceeded to eat the trimmings more or less as my lunch. I was hungry and busy, and it was there - warm and waiting. Maybe 200 calories or so, but it is definitely going out of the house ASAP!
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 27 February 2008 12:46 am |
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Nothing much to report here, except that I'm going out to lunch both Wed and Sun so I may have a glass of wine to report. Didn't get a headache cutting down on the caffeine this time. It was 50% of it, but I guess not as significant as cutting back from a half dozen a day.
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 27 February 2008 04:15 am |
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Hi guys,
I've been away from reporting for a few days, but they've been pretty good days......no binges, and that's the important thing for me. I always know that I am one piece of anything (I never know what) away from eating a ton of stuff I really don't want to eat.
Today has been the best day since I started with the forums. For the first time I have written down everything that has passed my lips, together with its calorie content. I was 126 yesterday and will not make my goal for the New Year challenge (well, short of lopping off an arm or doing my own lipo), but for some reason, I'm feeling good today. I just read your report for today, trimB, and I still think it's something in the stars.......we so often seem to do well or do poorly on the same day.
I'm sitting here with an almost empty 2-liter bottle that was full of WATER this morning. That was a secondary goal for today: Drink the whole thing! It may have helped make this a good day--something did! I usually drink very little water. I remember that one time a doctor told me I should be drinking 8 glasses of water a day........and coffee didn't count. My reply was: "Did you ever make coffee?" I have a different doctor now, by mutual agreement, I think.
Two liters of water, 918 calories, no (check that) sugar except for the planned 1/2 cup of ice cream - a good day. Congratulations on passing up the gooey, yummy, etc., stuff, Sugar Baby. If that had been in front of me, my day might not have been so fine. Peter, down to one can of soda?......three cheers for you! See why you are an inspiration?
Sorry I've written a whole book today.
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 27 February 2008 04:35 am |
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Come to think of it, Sugar Babies (the candy) are gooie and yummy!
Lucky Me, it's down to one can with caffeine, three total. After all the caffeine's gone I'll cut back on the number of cans.
And yes, drinking water is VERY important and helps with health and weight loss and not drinking so much Diet Pepsi (he wrote to himself).
BTW, if you think all this fuss I'm making about Diet Pepsi is something new for me, it's as old as the hills!
Peter's May 2007 Water and Diet Soda Challenge
Peter's April 2007 Water Challenge
It was the failure of these challenges, in which for all practical purposes I was the only participant, to accomplish anything that helped me get the idea to start the Diet Buddies forum. I wanted to be more accountable.
Thanks Buddies!
Peter 
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trimB
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Posted: 27 February 2008 04:50 pm |
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The gooey yummy cinnamon rolls were EVER SO SLIGHTLY less tempting this morning. Could it be that I am breaking that habit?!? That would be wonderful! I'm not aiming to be perfect, but it's always my goal to feel in control (ie concious decisions rather than doing something out of compulsion or habit).
But I did sample some of a lavender sugar cookie (100 or 200 cals?) that a coworker was experimenting with. I'm not really a fan of putting lavender in sweets, but it is a trendy thing I see sometimes. What can I say, I like the old-fashioned homey stuff!
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 27 February 2008 09:46 pm |
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trimB, that would be like Lucky Me's daily ice cream and my toast and jam. Sweets under control.
The ideal goal for all of us would be to be able to have them on occassion without losing control or feeling remorse. I'm not there yet, and it's easier to just skip them altogether.
But then I have to go buy them... I don't work in a bakery! 
I went out to lunch as planned and had a single-serving veggie  (those are red peppers, not pepperoni!) and brought 1/3 home for a snack. Skipped the glass of wine else I'd be falling asleep now. But I'll have one when I go out to dinner Sunday for sure.
Keep accounting!
Peter
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trimB
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Posted: 28 February 2008 10:12 pm |
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Peter wrote: The ideal goal for all of us would be to be able to have them on occassion without losing control or feeling remorse. I'm not there yet, and it's easier to just skip them altogether.
You are so right about that, Peter! I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I am slowly getting there...
Did I say slowly? Well I had a good day yesterday, except for one out-of-control feeling in the evening. Right before bed, I was icing a cake at home... partly for a present to a friend and partly just to get the remaining leftover stuff out of my house. Well I nibbled the last little bit of icing. Probably 200-300 calories - this stuff is killer chocolate fudge icing.
But then today was very good again. Calories were a bit high, but not the fault of sweets - just normal greediness! 
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 29 February 2008 12:30 am |
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I heard something on the radio that gave me an idea that might help someone that worked in a Baskin-Robbins, See's Candy, or something like a...
Each time you decide to eat something, make the statement to yourself (in your head is fine) that you have made the choice to eat it. The idea is that it gives you a feeling of control, and that you are taking full responsibility for your decision to eat it.
I'm not expecting any miracles here, but it just might give you a feeling of having more control which could lead to better decisions.
And "better" doesn't have to mean less. You might still eat something, but you'd feel in control and without regret.
Peter
P.S.
Just can't resist showing you this one:
Mukaluka Dirtypaws in Table Manners
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trimB
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Posted: 29 February 2008 10:35 pm |
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That's a great tip! I'll have to give it a shot on Monday when I go back to work.
Kinda sad that I only have a few minutes, so I can't read any other forum topics... but I have to report my sweets as promised. And oh boy, I have some things to report.
The first thing I ate was pretty deliberate - I decided to try this new cookie that a coworker made. It was fairly small and tasty. The next sweet I ate while kinda mad. I was quite hungry for lunch but was occupied with Theo and wasn't going to have any time to make anything in the near future. So hubby proceeds to make himself a couple of sandwiches before he heads off to work. Nothing for me and I was jealous and drooling!!! So I ate two of these chocolate covered pralines that I brought home for him. They were right in front of me at the time. TOO tempting! I sent the rest with him to work, to be sure!
Hmmm probably 400-500 calories of junk total. I'm thinking about lowering my calorie target a bit next week, in the hopes that I will be forced to cut out some junk.
How's the soda challenge coming along, Peter?
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 29 February 2008 11:43 pm |
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I have seven Diet Pepsi's with caffeine left, so I'm going to continue with one of those and two non-caffeine for the next seven days. Then after some time on three non-caffeine a day, I'll cut back to two.
Thanks for asking,
Peter
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Peter
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Posted: 3 March 2008 01:41 am |
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Had lunch and a glass of wine as planned today. Then when they passed around Birthday Girl's ice cream dessert, I had a teasponful, my first true sweet since I started this topic almost two months ago!
It didn't bother me at all to have eaten that sweet, and this is a tremendous change from my past when one bite always led to a binge the size of a Safeway.
We stopped at Trader Joe's returning from the restaurant and I got a re-supply of their half-sugar strawberry jam and some whole wheat bread.
I lost 12 pounds in the Jan/Feb weight loss challenge, 4 more than planned. For Mar/Apr my goal will be to lose only 5. Any more, and I'm sure I'll be losing too much muscle.
My weight usually fluctuates a lot, but 5 out of the last six days it's been 180, the 6th day 180.5. So I'm sure it will be down another pound very soon and 5 pounds will be an easy goal.
Peter
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anned
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Posted: 3 March 2008 03:40 am |
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I lost 12 pounds in the Jan/Feb weight loss challenge, 4 more than planned. For Mar/Apr my goal will be to lose only 5. Any more, and I'm sure I'll be losing too much muscle.
Peter, can you please expand on your comment above? I have been counting calories since Jan 2 - 1300 per day - and have lost 25 lbs in 8 weeks. It is definitely coming off more slowly than it was in the beginning. I have been wondering about the muscle loss thing. I have been exercising consistently (mostly a cross trainer for aerobics with some free weights) but feel like I have lost some muscle. However, I also feel more energetic and my endurance is very good. Does this all sound on track to you or would you suggest something different?
Thanks,
Anne
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 3 March 2008 04:30 am |
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Peter, I just watched Muka's last film, and it is so adorable. The outtakes really make it! Don't you just love that puppy!
I have to get "back in the saddle" of reporting all my extra sweets........or better yet, not eating any, although that may be an "Is the Pope Catholic?" type of proposition. I've been eating entirely too much stuff that would be better off in the garbage can lately. Due to lots of exercise though, I'll probably weigh in pretty close to what I was last week. I need to achieve some control over my addiction to food because the thought is always present that one of these days, I'll be too old or too tired to keep up all the exercise I do now.
Today was one of those one-bite-leads-to-the-next-ten-bites days. One-half a cookie surely can't do any harm, can it? No, not unless you are an addict! Then one-half a cookie becomes five whole ones. I'm making a mini-challenge to myself to go without one speck of extra sugar tomorrow. I have to remember how good I felt the last day I actually did that.
BTW, all that water may be good for me, but it takes up too much of my life. Who wants to spend hours (well, it seemed like it) getting rid of it? I think I wore a path in the carpet leading to the bathroom that day and the next. I came to the conclusion that either my bladder needs to be larger (and I doubt very much that will happen) OR two liters of water is too much.
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Peter
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Posted: 3 March 2008 05:29 am |
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Lucky Me,
Okay... report to us Tuesday that you had no sweets Monday! (Or whatever you actually ate.) But we're rooting for you!
About the water, I can't say what is too much. But it's easy to see if you're getting too little... when your urine is too yellow.
Also there's no magic amount as we're all different. And each day is different for us based on our food consumption, exercise, and the temp outside.
Anned,
I couldn't say what's right for you. But I can share my experience.
The book Nir know about your post and we'll see if he has anything to add.
Thanks for visiting our Diet Buddies topic!
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 3 March 2008 06:40 am |
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anned wrote: I have been counting calories since Jan 2 - 1300 per day - and have lost 25 lbs in 8 weeks. It is definitely coming off more slowly than it was in the beginning. I have been wondering about the muscle loss thing. I have been exercising consistently (mostly a cross trainer for aerobics with some free weights) but feel like I have lost some muscle. However, I also feel more energetic and my endurance is very good. Does this all sound on track to you or would you suggest something different?
You are Female, 50, 5'8" and (I have to guess here) 174lb. You are "10lb from normal range". I have to agree that at 120lb you'll probably be too thin. As you are not obese, I recommend you go no lower than your unadjusted RMR (which if you're 174lb is 1458 calories) so please increase your calories - and if you're ocassinally finding yourself to have eaten too few calories by the end of the day, why not carefully allot yourself a few nuts/seeds to make up to the required number of calories?
Loss of muscle is prevented with ingestion of 'enough' protein [just how much has always been up for debate] combined with some resistance training, I notice you only talk about cardio - do you do any resistance?
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trimB
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Posted: 3 March 2008 10:01 pm |
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Am I in the right forum topic? Heehee! Nice to have some additional visitors to confess to!
I had a sort of interesting day. I chose to have a cookie after I got home from work. No sweets at work, yay! I didn't feel out of control at all regarding snacking on junk. But then when "mealtime" would come (I had four modest size meals for about 2000 calories total), I would feel like I was eating way more than normal. But my calorie total estimate for the day was about average. Interesting!
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 4 March 2008 02:59 am |
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Guess what? It's been a whoopdedoo day (well, up till 10:45 pm anyway), so I'm going to finish this post and GO TO BED. Yes, come to think about it, that's one place I never snack, also while on my bicycle. Anyhow, what I have to report is:
Thanks for the encouragement to do it, Peter. It feels wonderful.
Also, thanks to Nir for the info. I, too, should probably do a little resistance work at the gym. My desires tend toward the classes and treadmills, stair steppers, spinning bikes, etc., but I know I could use some more upper body strength. It would help me to hit the tennis balls harder?
Sugar Baby, is it getting to be almost time for a new picture of your "pet"?
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trimB
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Posted: 4 March 2008 06:30 pm |
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AWWW you are sweet to ask, LuckyMe... of course I would love to post a new pic of my little one!
I had a sucessful day so far as well. YAY for us!!! I was staring at a little corner of brownie this morning, and I asked myself "do I really want that?". And the answer was yes, so I ate it. And then I thought "there is no way this is going to work... the answer is ALWAYS going to be yes!". But then when I brought some treats home for hubby to take to work, I kept going over to them and even picked one up several times. Each time I would ask myself "do I really want this?" and the answer was surprisingly "NO"!!! So I only had that little brownie nibble. That feels like control to me! 
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Peter
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Posted: 4 March 2008 09:54 pm |
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How cute! Like my 7th grandchild and first grandson... always in sports atire.
trimB, I'm not sure if you are meaning to be doing what I suggested or not. But if you read the para just below the big BAKERY, above, I did not suggest that you ask if you want to eat something. I wrote:
Each time you decide to eat something, make the statement to yourself (in your head is fine) that you have made the choice to eat it. The idea is that it gives you a feeling of control, and that you are taking full responsibility for your decision to eat it.
That's something different than asking if you want to eat something. Though again, I don't know that you were meaning to do what I suggested.
I see I have just three Diet Pepsi with caffeine left. Nothing else new to report.
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 5 March 2008 01:19 am |
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Oh wow, he is just the cutest little guy...........Theo, not your new avatar, Peter (although that picture is pretty cute, too). He is simply adorable, so shiny and healthy looking. You must have so much fun with him. I've forgotten just how many months old he is. Thank you for posting the picture.
Pretty good day, sweets-wise, not perfect like yesterday, but just a cookie away. I tried asking myself if I really wanted to eat some peanuts this afternoon, but you know what? Before I could answer, those darn peanuts just piped up and said, "Of course you do!" So I did!
Peter, you've been having one can of soda w/caffeine a day? Do you drink coffee? Tea? Anything else with caffeine? I have tried to go cold turkey on coffee, but that resulted in the grandaddy of all headaches. Sounds as though you're doing great with your cutting down process toward elimination of it.
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Peter
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Posted: 5 March 2008 02:55 am |
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Never liked tea or coffee I write as I sip on my caffeine free Diet Pepsi.
Peter
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trimB
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Posted: 5 March 2008 06:04 pm |
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You're right, Peter... I was trying your approach although I guess I took it a little too loosely. I was asking myself the question in order to be deliberate about the munching and make a decision. I guess I then skipped the step were I told myself that I had indeed decided to eat the sweet nibble.
I did nibble a bit this morning, but nothing too crazy. A teeny corner of lemon bar and a little bit of a cinnamon roll. It's those cinnamon rolls that are such a slippery slope for me, so I might have to DISALLOW this particular thing for the rest of the week.
PS - Theo is just about 9 months old now. And yes he did inherit a lot of sports attire from his older cousins!
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 6 March 2008 02:45 am |
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Today was headed toward a "No Extra Sweets" banner until I went to a dinner at church and they had this marvelous pumpkin dessert with whipped cream on top. One good thing is that I only ate half of it. One bad thing is that the other half is now residing in my refrigerator. So I'll probably be reporting that half tomorrow. However, I'm deciding right now that this thing was soooooo good that it's worth a second "shame on me."
Did 35 miles on the bicycle yesterday. Hopefully that will take care of the pumpkin indiscretion, although I did hate giving up what would have been a calorie deficit. Ah well, such is life: some we win, some we lose, and the rest get rained out? Or eaten up?
You may have written this before, Peter, and if so, I apologize for not remembering it, but why did you think it so important to give up the caffeine?
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Peter
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Posted: 6 March 2008 05:38 am |
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It's been an addiction with at least a dozen cans of diet soda a day, and I don't think all that chemical is good for me.
Plus I just don't like having addictions. There's hardly a family picture where I don't have a Diet Pepsi in my hand!
Peter
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Peter
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Posted: 7 March 2008 05:27 am |
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Down to one soda with caffeine and don't think I'll miss them when it's gone. Actually, the last few days twice I've only had one of my non-caffeine sodas.
I was wondering if it's easier because I'm not so hooked on the caffeine. But I think there's another reason too. I used to be sipping one all the time. But now that I'm only having three a day, I plan them for when I can enjoy them... sitting at my PC or whatever. But I've been so busy.
Whatever, I don't think it's going to be hard to cut back from the three non-caffeine a day though I'll give it more time before I do that.
Picture of dinner just for the fun of it... had my camera sitting there!
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Peter
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Posted: 7 March 2008 05:24 pm |
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I just opened my "last" caffeinated Diet Pepsi... now the game is on to see if I can really do this!
If I have trouble, I'm going to allow myself an extra non-caffeinated one to help me through it.
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 7 March 2008 05:50 pm |
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Of course you can do it, Peter. It's easy! (Don't you just love people who tell you that avoiding something that they aren't addicted to is easy? LOL)
However, you've done so well with the rest of your "food life" that I think you can do this, too.
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trimB
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Posted: 7 March 2008 06:24 pm |
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We're rooting for ya Peter!!
After having a pretty good week, I bombed on pull-aparts (aka monkey bread) this morning. Basically was my breakfast. I remember one of my very first diary entries was something like "cheesecake for lunch". Don't wanna go back to those days!!
Well, anyway - overall I am feeling pleased with my slight progress and little baby steps! 
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 7 March 2008 07:31 pm |
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Thanks for the support. I just might save the empty can that's sitting beside me for memories.
Muka's four months old today, and I just posted pics of his first grooming.
http://www.MySchnauzer.net
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 9 March 2008 03:00 am |
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I clicked on the link for Muka's new pictures, but didn't see anything posted in March. What'd I do wrong?
A huge chocolate brownie and way too many calories today. Not good! Tomorrow's a new week; hopefully it will be better.
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Peter
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Posted: 9 March 2008 04:00 am |
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Lucky Me, I just keep updating the original post on Muka. Thanks for looking.
Sorry about that brownie! Since we started this I've had two glasses of wine and one teaspoon of birthday girl's dessert. I do NOT suggest that my extreme ways are good for anyone else, but they make it SO easy for me.
Actually I think in the past my extreme ways led to failure. But you Diet Buddies are helping me keep on track.
At that last lunch, the glass of wine gave me a headache the next day. Not real sure why. Maybe because it was big and my stomach was pretty empty. Maybe because I'm eating so well and so few sweets.
Anyway, at the family get-together today, I only thought twice before passing on the wine. And I didn't even consider the dessert.
No problems on my first caffeine-free day, but after my last "wine headache" that's another reason I didn't want to mess with the wine today.
My younger daughter's family is in town for a week so my routine won't be very normal, nor my meals. But it's great to think that in the past it was an excuse for a week-long pigout. Not this time!
Peter
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Peter
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Posted: 10 March 2008 04:41 am |
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Did well at our second family meal today, passing up the crackers and cheese and wine beforehand, and dessert afterwards. In fact this morning my weight was down 1.5 lb which was a surprise after the lasagna dinner the night before. We'll see what it is for the challenge weigh-in in the morning.
No problem at all without any caffeine. I should mention that while I'd often drink caffeinated Diet Pepsi right up till bedtime, it rarely kept me awake. Probably cause I stayed up till I was tired. But occasionally I did have trouble falling asleep, and since I cut out the evening caffeine a few weeks ago it hasn't happened once.
I'm going to go from three to two non-caffeinated sodas a day in two weeks. Baby steps.
Peter
P.S.
My family has rarely seen me without a Diet Pepsi in my hand, and haven't said a peep yet. That surprises me a bit.
They also haven't said anything about the sweets I've been passing up, or the 12 pounds I've lost in the challenges, though this is not a surprise at all as I have been going up and down for years. It's old news.
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trimB
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Posted: 10 March 2008 06:47 pm |
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Good weekend! Hubby got a piece of chocolate cake while we were out having lunch yesterday. I had one bite, just to try it. I was busy with Theo while he finished the dessert, so it was not even a matter of resisting really. Now I know why my older sister (with 2 young boys) is such a skinny minnie!
Had a couple of bites of some leftover desserts at work this morning... maybe 200 calories. It didn't feel out of control though - but I know this splurge means I will have to be cautious tomorrow.
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Peter
Founder, caloriesperhour.com
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Posted: 10 March 2008 07:19 pm |
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Great trimB!
I just had a lot of fun writing this:
Do you have an Eating Disorder?
Can't wait to see what reaction it gets.
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 12 March 2008 05:51 am |
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Not a very good week so far. Peter, I answered your question (Do you have......?) before I even went to that page, although I did go there and vote, too). I had to smile at the "I'm always hungry" choice. I think I've said before that I don't know what it feels like to be hungry. I always snack on something before I can identify a feeling as hunger.
I have some big decisions coming up, and I'm behind in getting things done that need to be accomplished. As usual, when the stress level is high, it's easier to think about eating something than dealing with problems.........even though I know that that doesn't help. Talk about being a slow learner!
I haven't weighed myself in days; didn't post a weight in the new challenge. I know I've gained some and frankly didn't want to see it on the scale. Who wants to read this drivel? I am happy for you two; you're sounding succesful.
I just looked at the before and after grooming pictures. Muka's lost his curls. He's still cute, but I rather liked the little puppy look. Are his eyes really that blue?
Last edited on 12 March 2008 06:00 am by Lucky Me
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Peter
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Posted: 12 March 2008 06:30 am |
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Lucky Me,
What you are describing is exactly what has been my experience... eating to distract myself from my problems in life. Not facing them and getting nowhere... but overweight.
I started that topic/poll to get more people to think about their motive for eating and realize that, as with us, it might not be that they are simply hungry.
As my little monkey always says, hang in there!
About Muka... for some reason just as our eyes reflect  in flash pictures, Miniature Schnauzer's reflect  . They are actually dark brown and if I corrected the color with PhotoShop you wouldn't see them at all.
Yes, the curly puppy look was cute, but the shorter hair is SO soft!
Night night for me so trimB must be at the bakery. I'll have sweet dreams about her cinnamon rolls.
Peter
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trimB
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Posted: 12 March 2008 07:55 pm |
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Lucky Me wrote: Not a very good week so far.
I haven't weighed myself in days; didn't post a weight in the new challenge. I know I've gained some and frankly didn't want to see it on the scale. Who wants to read this drivel? I am happy for you two; you're sounding succesful.
I want to read the drivel!!! HAHA no really I'm not having such a great week. As reported on Monday, I had a couple of bites that day... and every day since. Nothing so crazy, but even 200-300 calories of junk every day is too much!! Plus yesterday I was nibbling on a coffeecake I made at home in a very bingey way (ie little control). The funny thing is that I baked it for a friend who just had a baby... then when I spoke with her she mentioned that she cut out sweets, so I didn't take it to her. So I end up munching on it all morning until I finally sent it to work with hubby. OY VAY!!
Plus the time change has been more challenging than I thought. I guess I was KINDA used to waking up at 3:30am... but now it rightly feels like 2:30am. UGH!
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 13 March 2008 04:48 am |
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You guys are really terrific. I know from experience that finding something nice (helpful, supportive, etc.) to say to a depressed person isn't always easy, but you both manage to do it. Between Peter with his brown-eyed, blue-eyed pup and trimB reading my "drivel,"..........well, thanks a lot.
That's quite interesting about the way the eyes photograph, Peter. I have blue eyes (dishwater blue, my mom used to say). Now if I had some Schnauzer genes.........just kidding!
One question: when does "hanging in there" equate to being "at the end of the rope"?
Today has been better. As usual, I guess it's always darkest before dawn, or some such thing. Sweets report: I managed to eat only half of my strawberry shortcake at the church dinner tonight. It was so good........I guess I need to find a church with worse cooks!
I realize my poor food choices, and so often opting for quantity over quality, have nothing to do with hunger. If you could put the cure for that in one sentence (or ten), it would be...............? Be careful, if you're successful with this one, you might have to figure out what to do with big bucks. The world would beat a path to your door......and I'd be first in line.
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Peter
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Posted: 13 March 2008 04:58 am |
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Half a scared me. Glad it was a short one!
Been busy in the forums, but nothing much to report here. Just checking in.
Peter
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trimB
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Posted: 14 March 2008 06:58 pm |
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I had a little bit of sweet nibbles yesterday morning, but I limited it to under 200 calories estimated. Today I had no sweet nibbles at work. I am pretty safe at home because I have nothing sweet in house. YAY!
Writing down what I eat and sticking to a daily calorie target seem to be helping me... and of course the accountability that you guys provide!!
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Peter
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Posted: 15 March 2008 01:25 am |
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Glad it's helping you trimB.
I'm thinking that maybe I need to try to learn to be a little less black and white about all this. At our family gatherings this week I've not even considered a dessert, yet my weight's dropped faster than I wanted it to for the challenge. Of course it would be better to solve that by eating a greater quantity of healthy foods, but maybe I could deal with a treat now and then.
But historically I don't handle sweets well. Kinda an all or nothing thing. So it's usually easier to just skip them completely.
But with my weight too low... just seems funny passing them up.
Just rambling...
Peter
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Lucky Me
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Posted: 15 March 2008 04:05 am |
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Two pretty good days.......sorry about that "half a shortcake," Peter. It should have been half of my piece of shortcake. Sweets report for yesterday: the other half. And for today: two kisses (the 25-calorie kind). Best of all: not too many calories either day. I'm probably back down to my starting weight for the new challenge, and that's okay.
If I live to be a hundred, I don't think I'll ever have to worry about losing too fast, but who knows.......miracles happen! This coming from someone who spent years trying to figure out how to get a tapeworm!
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trimB
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Posted: 15 March 2008 03:48 pm |
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One of Theo's books is called "The Daddy Book", and it has colorful pictures of different dads in all sorts of different roles. One says "Some daddies stop for doughnuts". Apparently this inspired my husband to pick up doughnuts this morning while he was out on an early morning errand. It was kinda cute. I had two, for a total of 500 calories. I don't feel so guilty - I will make sure to get lots of other healthy food and stay in my calorie limit today.
Happy Saturday!
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Peter
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Posted: 15 March 2008 04:17 pm |
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Happy Saturday yourself!
We're going on a train ride late morning:
http://www.bycx.com/
Then I come home to care for Muka, then back for the evening... the last before my daughter and family head home.
I think I'll make a point of finally having a bowl of the mint choc chip ice cream I've been passing up all week. Haha... it will probably be all gone!
I've posted before that my weight usually varies a great deal daily. Not any more. After sitting at 180 five out of six days (about, not really counting), now it's been 178 for days and days. That means the |
