I Was Sick and Lost It, But It’s Coming Back…
As many of you know, last week I was sick. Really sick. Sick to the point where I could barely consume water, and really had no desire to try because it would only mean I would have to get up and pee later. After four days of very little eating and fighting the flu, I lost 5 pounds.
The upside- I have conquered my weight loss goal for 2008 in January. Woohoo!
The reality- It will be back shortly,…and will probably bring some friends.
See, I have this problem. I eat. A lot. Take me to a buffet and those plate picker-uppers shoot me angry stares and show me their fists. I have been this way for years and blame it on my high metabolism. But I can literally eat every. three. hours. Since I had my daughter I would say that my food choices have worsened. Something about being on a strict gestational diabetic diet during pregnancy- no carbs, no sweets, no food with taste! It sent me over the edge a little. As an incentive to push during labor, women often bring photos or important personal items to focus on during labor. My incentive while pushing – a box of Little Debbie’s in front of my bed. I pushed and pushed in-front of 15 people staring at my perineum. Did I care? No! I just wanted Ella out, and my damn box of Swiss Cake Rolls!
So in lieu of Thursday Thirteen, I give you…
13 Reasons Why My Sickness Weight Loss Will Return
1) Easy Mac. ‘Nuff said.
2) Cream cheese- the “Less fat” kind only means less taste, so I smear it on double.
3) Rice- I’m Chinese. I have to.
4) Two words- Ferrero. Roche.
5) Coffee- As much as I wish I were hardcore enough to drink it black, I just can’t. Cream and sugar is as necessary as the caffeine.
6) Pancakes- All I need to do is to add water.
7) Fruit- I know it’s healthy. But eating a ton of it will still make me fat.
8 ) Lays potato chips- You can’t eat just one!
9) Coke- You can’t eat just one chip and not have a coke.
10) Damn Nabisco! As if Oreo’s needed improvement!
Have you tried these? Bet you can’t eat just one of these either…
11) Cake- I like to eat it. By the sheet.
12) Brownies- I like to eat them. By the pan.
13) Fast food- I don’t do it often. But if I do drive thru, I often order a combo meal, with a heart attack on the side. See…
Yes, there is a burger beneath the pile of grease. And yes, some of those onion rings are missing from the car ride home…
Oh hello fat pants. Welcome back…
Mmmm… brownies.
Thanks for convincing me I “needed” a midnight snack… now how can i catch that 5 lb flu? So much easier than exercise!
JK’s last blog post..Testimony in a Nutshell
January 24th, 2008 at 2:49 am
I sign almost all of those points.
And copy pasting my old blog entries with my fitnesstuff from 2005 doesn’t help.
Damn, I did a lot back then and was close to 10 Kilos (over 20 pounds) lighter.
I should give it a try again…….
Anyhow, I’m glad you feel better!!!
January 24th, 2008 at 5:09 am
Oh yes yes yes yes! Should I say “yes” 13 times?
So you are on “see-food” diet as I am. I think we are practically sisters!
Andie Summerkiss’s last blog post..Fortune Cat
January 24th, 2008 at 5:21 am
You know low fat = higher sodium? And sodium is totally bad for you.
Veronica’s last blog post..Small Things and Yes I Know I Am Shameless
January 24th, 2008 at 5:46 am
I’ve had good results on cutting down on my food intake by doing Paul McKenna’s diet. No willpower required.
Solomon Broad’s last blog post..Things I’m Grateful For on Thursday 24 January
January 24th, 2008 at 6:27 am
O M G ! Hahaha…. this post has made me feel better for pigging out too.. I can’t get over that brownie-less pan!
LB’s last blog post..Bubble Bubble in The Pot
January 24th, 2008 at 6:53 am
And to think … I’ve got my Weight Watchers meeting this morning in about 5 hours. It’s a good thing it’s dark & rainy out and I don’t have any of those things in the house to eat … or I’d be tempted! Shame, shame, shame, shame, shame on you for putting a picture of Oreos in front of me in this manner! I don’t even walk down the cookie aisle in the store these days … though Trader Joes DOES put their Brownie Bites and Ginger Cookies on shelves above the frozen food … so I’m tempted each week by those yummy treats (and occasionally succumb to temptation and buy them). As for drive thrus … I’ve trained myself to pretend they don’t exist because I can’t let myself eat ALL my points in a single meal any longer. Of course with a toddler around, I suppose it’s harder to manage … but you DO want to teach her to eat well, don’t you? LOL
Hugs and blessings,
storyteller’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #9 – Federer’s Wins
January 24th, 2008 at 6:55 am
I gained 5 pounds just reading your post!
I love food too! *Sigh*
Adrienne’s last blog post..Baby, It’s Cold Outside!!!
January 24th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Sandy, have you been reading my diary?
Victoria’s last blog post..Giving Godly Perspective to an Old Fleshy Need
January 24th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I would remind you that you have a built-in weight loss device that will help to work off some of those excess calories – it’s called BEING A MOM. And of course, as the object of your affections gets to be a bit bigger, and perhaps, not quite so effective at helping mommy control her weight, because she’s off at school and stuff like that, she will still continue to help you some with weight control in that she will be bringing home childhood diseases and various and sundry viruses on a regular basis.
Just thought I would share that.
xoxoxox
Lou Lohman’s last blog post..Thursday 24 Jan
January 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Oh I had to laugh so hard when I read this! See, I was sick this week also – only for a couple of days, but I think I’ve eaten a sum total of 3 bagels since Monday night. And my list of why any few pounds I may have lost will definitely come back soon looks very similar to yours (with the exception of coffee)!
Brownies – yum… Oh and they’re even starting to really sound good again. I’m in big trouble.
Deb – Mom of 3 Girls’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #25 – Reasons why I’m actually glad to go back to work tomorrow
January 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I am now craving onion rings. Yummy.
Happy to hear you are feeling better though!! and bonus on the weight loss!!
Kim’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen – Volume 2
January 24th, 2008 at 9:38 am
YUM! Now I’m REALLY hungry! And Lou…I have 6 built-in helpers to losing weight, but it’s not helping….
Laura’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #3
January 24th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Thanks now I think I’ll run out for a combo meal today. I neeeed the fries!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Next time, I’ll take you to a buffet! How are you feeling now? Hope you are feeling better.
Jo-N’s last blog post..Cultural Shock!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Okay, now I am very hungry. I don’t need to be hungry!!
Joyful Days’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen
January 24th, 2008 at 11:13 am
4 pounds is a lot for four days!!! i oso wanna lose 4 pounds!! if we ever get together, we will eat like nobody’s business!! haha!!
wen’s last blog post..Web Counters
January 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am
I am with you all the way. On all of them. Love them all!!!!
Kathryn’s last blog post..Head Buttin’ Baby, My Sickies, & An Award
January 24th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
sorry
i am attempting to lose weight the old fashioned way, restricted diet and exercise. the scale keeps going up and down, but today, it’s down! yes! i can’t tell you how exciting that is..
i love to eat though.. and i can’t eat a lot of fruit, even eating one orange or apple, let’s just say i end up on the toilet, a lot, and its not pretty. so i take a lot of vitamins. and i cant stand any greens/salad, so its not like i can do that, i just have to cut out/down what i’m eating.
gee if i could eat cake.. .what would that be like.. or fast food, fast food makes me run to the toilet so fast i wouldnt even be able to make it out of the restaurant. you are lucky being able to eat that stuff.
my downfall? candy. candy goes well with everything… seriously.. love me the candy… so i dont buy it much… or only when my hubby says he wants some, i’ll get him a huge thing of candy that i wont eat and me a little bit… if its here and i like it, i have no willpower…
so i feel you. i really do. i just have a weaker digestive system, so i dont have quite as many temptations…
if you were looking for suggestions? which is sounds like you are? switch to diet soda. the first 2 weeks are a bitch. after that. it goes down smooth. really. it does. if you are a heavy soda drinker i guarantee you will lose weight by switching to diet soda. way back when i lost 10 pounds by switching to diet.. i did it for my dental work, not to lose weight, but it worked.
last year? i cut out caffeine. also a bitch. 2 days tops and i was a-ok. i think i’m a master of self-deprivation though. (mistress just sounded kinky) — hey are you smiling at all here?
feel better, and while you’re at it, teach me how to cook chinese food? the light way?
jill’s last blog post..Jericho Returns…
January 24th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
DAMN YOU SANDY!! DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!!
(now I want fast food)
Secret Agent Mama’s last blog post..Project 365 (153/365)
January 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Damn, now you just made me hungry and craving onion rings. We don’t even have a Burger King around here. I’m going to have to turn into Harold and Kumar and go on an endless quest for onion rings.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I love my fat pants. They are HAWT! And I love me some Ferro’s, aren’t they simple the best?
OHmommy’s last blog post..To BRATZ, or not to BRATZ.
January 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Oh yeah, I can sympathize. I can’t even keep junk food in the house, because if it’s here, I’ll eat it.
If I may suggest it… sometimes (not always) I brush my teeth right before going to the store. For some reason, that makes junk food a lot less appealing, and I’m less likely to buy it.
alala’s last blog post..hoarse
January 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
you’re hilarious. after chatting w/the gym date, i decided to at least eat a healthy lunch!! lol. my sorority sister looooves ferrerro. maybe i should try them… or maybe not b/c i don’t wanna be addicted!! love the thursday 13. they are quite amusing.
jameil1922’s last blog post..Project Runway: Denim Delight??
January 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Did I just see ferrero rocher?
*sigh* Now, I want to have one 
It’s been such a long time. And glad to hear you are feeling better 
bbZuSh’s last blog post..The Secret…
January 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Love everything on your list with the possible exception of oreos and of course I don’t do coffee. However, I identify most with Jill today. I think she and I have the same disorder. Can’t eat anything they call “healthy” without locking myself in the John all day. That’s no way to live!
Eve’s last blog post..13 Things for Which I Am Grateful
January 24th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Truly mean list. Especially because I caught your flu and can’t have any of it. *wails, tantrums, glares, sniffs*
Tasina’s last blog post..Ugh
January 24th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
you lose 5 pounds?OMG that’s really fast.hehe!congrats!you have achieved your new goal.kekeke..burger and fries is always in my dream…you can resist to eat those yummy junks.
sweetiepie’s last blog post..What color do you wear most
January 24th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Lol! Girl I feel you! Everytime I thought I have lost the rest of my weight a few pounds will sneak up on me!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
I gained five pounds just reading this. YUM!
Angela’s last blog post..Bulls vs. Ice Cats
January 24th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I say screw it!!
I’m glad that you are feeling better, and that you reached your goal for weight loss for Jan. 08. I would LOVE to loose some weight… actually not even some… a LOT!! But screw it. I LOVE to eat… and people think that I’m chunky and have a few extra layers of “padding” because I have three kids… little do they know! Ha!! Oh well I’ll take it though. I have tried to be good… well only for like two days at a time, with eating but I did go to the gym for a few months, like 4 or so, and I didn’t notice a differance then, so I gave it up… now I see that I was loosing weight or toning or something… b/c now I’m even chunkier then before I went. OH WELL. Yes, I have three kids and twins at that… so that is why I’m a chunker… not b/c I sit on my butt a lot and don’t “work out” that often, and eat whatever I can find… literally!!! Noooo… that has nothing to do with it. lol
I think that you probably look GREAT… just that we are always harder on ourselves then we really need to be!
Congrats on the 5lbs, but most important, Congrats on feeling better!!
Hugs, Jenn
Jenn’s last blog post..Wordless Wednesay #2!!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hmmm, yes, well … I like to eat too!
You have Ferrero Rochers over there as well! Who can resist those, huh?
And Mon Chéries? mmmmm!
Jientje’s last blog post..I’m so excited!
January 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
You forgot about Girl Scout cookies. Because it’s that time of year…
I always thought it was cruel that GSCT was right after we all made resolutions.
melissa’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen, Well Lit Edition
January 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Our taste buds are clones of one another! And seriously…how good are little Debbie cakes? what the hell does Little Debbie do to those things to make them so good?
Manda’s last blog post..The New Taboo: Don’t Diss the Blogosphere
January 24th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I see you say Coke, not Diet Coke! Real Cooke, in other words!
Nicholas’s last blog post..Thursday Thirteen #42
January 24th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
ugh!! why couldn’t those all be health foods? why? why? why? haha!!
mama’s got moxie’s last blog post..get excited, have an experience…
January 24th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Dang it! I just ate a brownie, and now I want every single thing on that list. Thursday Thirteen is all about making me gain thirteen pounds in one night, isn’t it?
Burgh Baby’s Mom’s last blog post..And You Thought I was Exaggerating
January 24th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Twinkies…oh I love Twinkies. I haven’t had them for two years! I was looking for them at the store the other day and couldn’t find them. Does anybody know if they have quit making them? I can’t stop thinking about them. I am obsessed by them! Little Debbies can’t come close to the twinkie. LOL
Christine’s last blog post..I Have been Awarded! and You Have Been Awarded!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Geez, you are talking about food again!
A greasy burger sounds really good right now. I already had some Lays tonight that I shared with the puppies. Puppies love Lays! LOL @ smearing on double cream cheese!!
January 24th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Oh Coke…I will never give you up. I loves me Coke!
Nap Warden’s last blog post..13 TV Show Themes I Can Sing…
January 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
OMG…I’m not spam!
Nap Warden’s last blog post..13 TV Show Themes I Can Sing…
January 24th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Yeah…I had to go by myself a NEW pair of fat pants today!!! *sigh*
Marlee’s last blog post..What Can Happen RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE While You are Blogging
January 24th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Oh, and thanks again for the award!
I’ve got to figure out how to “pick it up” AND catch up on my MEMES this weekend!!!
Marlee’s last blog post..What Can Happen RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE While You are Blogging
January 24th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Sandy,
I just made commitment last night that I need to lose 6kg/ 13 pounds before Aug (my friend’s wedding reception)… Still don’t know how to do it lol..
Glad I’m not the only one who has this problem lol.
That junk food looks yum though…
ecky’s last blog post..Day dreamer
January 24th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
OMG Sandy, you are my twin born two decades later, with a much much better face and body, but our appetites and major food groups are identical!!!
You rock, girl. Me loves junk too, but this mighty metabolism is finally catching up to me in my old age, sighhh..
Glad you’re feeling better…
Karen MEG’s last blog post..Just Like Heaven
January 24th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Don’t remind me about MY appetite. Argh! And yes, rice!rice!rice! I cannot cut on that. But simply, I cannot diet but these past few days I’ve been pigging out for breakfast and lunch but limiting (as I cannot go with nothing) my intake during supper. Pure agony but after the holidays, I feel I just have to do that -and this is my first try in 30 years! Goodluck to me.
zamejias’s last blog post..Junk mail and PayPal, Go EON
January 25th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Coke? EWW!! You should drink Pepsi!
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