Hey, knock yourself out. I’ve had those shakes before, and wow do I not like them. YMMV.
I’ve found that Lean Cuisines are pretty good-and very practical for work.
And I so hear you. Whenever I’m over at Sportsworks, I’m sitting right across from the vending machines. My wallet shrinks as my waistline grows. (At least they moved the desk nearer to the back because of Bodies, but then I’m assigned to work the Bodies desk, and there you go. sigh
(Oh, and I also LOVE Diet Pepsi Jazz. Anyone try it yet?)
I haven’t ever been hungry on my diet.
Weight Watchers, ~90 pounds gone.
Me neither.
- WW, 50 pounds lost, and maintained for 5 years so far
No hunger here either.
—another WW’er 105 lbs. RID OF and lovin’ CORE!
I am hungry. Reading this thread while hungry is as bad as grocery shopping while hungry.
Hungry, hungry, hungry, hungry…
I am also on the “poor” diet. I was stoked when I found ramen in a six-pack. I think I am going to whip up some tomato-ramen-soup, and dream that it is a cheeseburger…cheeseburger… cheeseburger…
Thanks, Anne - well said.
I actually like the Slim Fast I got - it’s the high-protein chocolate flavor. I got the powder and I mix it up every morning in a bottle and put it in the fridge at work. It’s actually pretty tasty and filling. (But the fast food still smells really really good…)
Inspired by WhyNot, I went to the store tonight and got stuff for making salads to bring to work. Also, Weight Watchers Smart Ones frozen meals were on sale for $2 a piece so I got a few of those, and had one for dinner… I usually love them, and I tried a new kind, lasagna bolognese, and it’s wasn’t that good. I don’t think I’ll get that one again. And they were out of my favorite - Swedish meatballs 
I’ve lost a few dozen pounds of baby weight, by eating lean protein, whole grains, and vegetables. No diet plan, just sensible eating. I consume no processed foods, no refined sugar. I tried to eat a cheeseburger, and it made me sick. Once my body became accustomed to a different diet, it couldn’t take junk food anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my Big Macs, but I just can’t eat them anymore. I miss them, but my body doesn’t like them anymore. My heart is probably thanking me, but my mouth sometimes wants some nachos or Buffalo wings or a cheesesteak.
A woman I used to work with told me, “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.” I thought that was the most shallow statement I’d ever heard. (She also said that she wouldn’t agree to have a child until she was down to a size 2, and she wouldn’t gain more than 10 pounds during the pregnancy.)
There’s a point where it’s about your body, and there’s a point where it’s only about your looks. Is it health, or is it someone’s idea of beauty? Just something to ponder.
Guinastasia:
You work at the Carnegie Science Center? That’s one of my favorite Science Museums!
I love Diet Pepsi Jazz too (specifically the Black Cherry-French Vanilla variety), but I don’t see it on the shelves anymore, I thought it had been discontinued.
I’m partial to the Caramel Cream myself.
Hey-let me know if you’re in the area-I can get you in. (I’m allowed to have family and friends in, provided I’m there at the time). I can’t get you free admission to the Omnimax or Bodies, but other than that, you’re in.
I’m not fat, but I definitly could stand to loose a few pounds. And to shape up. So when the weather’s nice, once I get downtown, I walk to the science center instead of taking the next bus. It’s a lovely walk-right by the river. Fifty pounds would be FAR too much-more like about five or ten, no more than twenty-and even that’s stretching it.
I also feel that while it IS calories in, calories out, you’re better off eating GOOD foods, even if they’re more caloric, if you will. Like, let’s say you get a McDonalds Happy Meal. A cheeseburger, small fries, and a small soda. Let’s pretend, for the sake of argument, that it’s about oh, 500 calories.
Or, you have a good salad, some grilled chicken breast, roasted potatos, and green peas. Which comes to say, 600. Which do you think is the better meal?
I know it’s just a number you pulled out of the air, but the calories in the first meal being 500 make me want to laugh and laugh and laugh.
I can’t eat fried food anymore, and I can’t handle McDonald’s and Burger King and all of those sorts of things. They give me stomach cramps and unfortunate bowel issues. Subway has become my default fast-food.
Well, according to McDonald’s website, a kid’s meal with hamburger, small fries and kid’s Coke Classic is 610 calories, and 110 of those calories are the Coke. So if you got diet Coke or unsweetened iced tea with that, it really would be 500 calories. However, not many adults go into McDonald’s and order a hamburger Happy Meal.
Well, calories in salad are pretty much what you put on it, so it’s very adjustable.
But, taking your numbers as real, yes, I would, if I was in my right mind and stomach 
, choose the slightly higher calorie meal that will keep me feeling full longer. A hamburger happy meal might (might) satisfy me for an hour or two. The second meal, thanks to it’s higher volume and fiber content, will keep me happy for three or four hours.
It’s actually, on the WW Flex Plan, probably the same Points either way, or even slightly less Points for the second option - you get to take Points *off *for fiber, which is a great part of the plan - in effect, it rewards you for eating quality lowfat, high fiber food, not just focused on the calories.
blech. My mother-in-law has that on a refrigerator magnet. She even bought me one and told me to stick in on my fridge and read it whenever I wanted to open the door. I nearly bit my tongue in half to keep from telling her to fuck off.
The thing is, not only is it shallow and obnoxious, for me, it’s just not factually true. Yes, I feel better when I’m thin than when I’m fat. But not as good as a great tiramisu makes me feel in the moment. I’m starting to think food just really tastes and feels better to me than most people. Even “crap” food tastes good - frozen pizza tastes good, those nasty cheap Easter “chocolates” made with vegetable oil taste good; there are really only a handful of things I’ve ever tried that don’t make me feel really good.
To me, it’s like saying, “Being thin feels better than sex.” Um, no, it doesn’t. Truth be told, I’d rather eat than have sex, that’s how good food makes me feel.
My MIL used to do crap like this to me all the time! (I really, truly love my MIL, but she was thin and gorgeous until she was 50, and even at 86, is very vain and shallow about physical appearance)*.
But you’re right, it was never true for me, either. I heard some weight-loss guru say something once along the lines of: “Given the choice between being fat and thin, almost everyone would choose thin; but given the choice between being thin and having a hot fudge sundae, that’s where you get into trouble!” and that was certainly true for me!
*A little bit of poetic justice that I love her too much to take any joy in: after I started dropping weight like crazy due in part to weight loss surgery, my jeans size changed rapidly (hell, when I first started out I couldn’t wear jeans at all!); when I was a size 26, I had these jeans with a blue butterfly embroidered on the back pocket. When they got too big for me, MIL said she wanted them. But she had to give them away, because they were too tight for her.
I have lost about 25 pounds since June 1st without altering my diet at all. I just moved from Dallas, where I had a car, to NYC where I walk and take the subway everywhere. 
Now to be fair I need to lose A LOT more weight than that and I am slowly getting myself to a point where I can do that through diet as well, but I have to make the changes slowly so that they can be a lifestyle change instead of a diet. For example, today for breakfast I had bacon and home fries followed by a snack of Milano cookies, which I am aware was not a healthy choice, so to even it out I am having oatmeal for lunch and a tomato Soup At Hand for dinner. It will take time to work my way to a regular, healthy diet, but if I do it this way it won’t be like I am punishing myself or just working towards a short term goal. I honestly am not worried about my appearance anymore at all, I just want to be healthy.
And whoever said, “nothing tastes as good as being thin feels” has obviously never had chicken fried steak and garlic mashed potatoes followed by a double fudge brownie.
pbbth
Did you ever find a good Chicken Fried Steak place?
I was at my gym yesterday. It’s a pretty small gym, located in a strip mall. They left the doors open to keep the gym cooler. But right by the gym is a Chinese place. I don’t even like Chinese food that much, but smelling it made it hard to do cardio for very long! Just wanted to go home and eat. Luckily my class was held in the mat room which has doors so I couldn’t smell it while doing 9834908 crunches and lunges and whatnot.
<-- has went down 2 pants sizes in the last few months with portion control and hitting the gym. Now back to high school pre-restaurant working/free food weight.
Re: “nothing tastes as good as being thin feels”
Well, I do love food A LOT, but being thin feels really really good too… so it’s a constant battle going on within myself.
I was always slender through childhood and high school, and I took it for granted. Then in my 20s, I got fat and for so many reasons, it made me unhappy. When I lost weight and got back to a size 6 (which was my personal threshold between being average and “slender,”) I felt so wonderful, both physically and emotionally. Now that I have put on 10 pounds and am struggling to get back to my size 6, the fear of slowly getting fat again is growing… it has become a big source of stress for me over the past month. I don’t ever want to go back…
p.s. I have a delicious salad waiting for me for lunch!
You know what? If I was offered a choice between (1) being rich (like, $10 million) or (2) being able to eat whatever I wanted for the rest of my life and never gain a pound, I would definitely choose #2.