Who besides me is going to the fridge every ten minutes?

[tavernier]

Please someone give me a stern lecture on the evils of weight gain. I’ve lost almost 30 pounds this year and I don’t want it back!

I’ve already decided that the next grocery run will not include candy, cake or chips.

[Squinch]

1. I baked bread yesterday. I turned out great. BIG mistake.

[marlakay]

15. I baked 3 loaves of banana bread

Which of course go great with cream cheese.

Last loaf is in the freezer. I finally had to stop the comfort eating because my stomach was getting upset. Same with drinking more wine got heart burn.

The joys of getting older and I think added in anxiety.

[eleny]

25. Same here - A semolina bread that's too delish

An easy no-knead bread but I let it rise twice and again in the pan for more flavor. I had to wrap it up and put it out of sight.

What kind did you bake?!

[Squinch]

31. The Fanny Farmer cookbook's Swedish Bread. Has butter and some sugar and a little almond extract.

Its very nice and very basic.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Gaining weight is not evil.

[packman]

6. May not be evil - but,---

I have to constantly be aware of my weight gain vs. loss. Heart problems , kidney crap problems, back problems, etc., etc. all figure into making sure you stay within certain boundaries.

[csziggy]

23. True but being obese is a risk factor for disease, not just the coronavirus

I lost 40 pounds last winter and kept it off while traveling for three months last fall. I put 5 pounds back on since I wasn't hiking almost every day like I was on my trip. Since all this coronavirus stuff, I have gained another 15 pounds.

As of yesterday I am back on my diet. I'd planned to lose another 40 pounds this year. Now I have to lose 60 to reach my goal for this year. That sucks!

[malaise]

3. Fill your freezer with nuts and the fridge with fruit

then you'll be fine

[tavernier]

11. Nuts are my weakness.

Sadly.

But I have loaded up on fruit.

[malaise]

13. Love nuts - one of my siblings brought

three three pound bags of pecans, walnuts and pistachios last November. A few a day are fine

[Lars39]

4. The *only* good thing about this whole mess

is that I am firmly on the way to cutting my sugar addiction.

[apcalc]

5. Well....I'm doing ok I think

Trying to follow usual routine

Am coffee and tea, snack of either banana or orange around noon

Dinner around 5 PM ...eat whatever I want , as much as I want

Works so far

[RKP5637]

7. I've lost weight because I've run out of snacks! Ha, I look in the fridge and pantry, and no snacks

[HotTeaBag]

8. We bought a treadmill and some weights since the gyms all closed

and are lucky enough to have parks nearby so have been getting outside a bunch.

As far as the food goes, we have two little kids so I'm eating less to make sure they have what they want/need - it's not necessary but it does help me not eat as much as I'd uh, prefer.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Will the producers of My 600-Pound-Life contact us after this is over, or

will we have to get in touch with them?

I've solved the problem for myself by having my groceries delivered. I'm not tempted to buy stuff that's not on my diet if I'm just looking at a list online and not seeing it in front of me.

[tavernier]

10. Oh I spit chocolate ice cream on the screen!

[LisaL]

12. Obesity is one of the risk factors for dying from covid.

You gotta stay prepared for covid.

[tavernier]

14. Yes, thank you.

Posting that on my fridge. Next to the door handle.
Why don’t they make locks for these things?

[marlakay]

16. They do make refrigerator locks the problem

Is we are the ones that control it! Lol.

[OhNo-Really]

17. Food is medicine

I eat Vitamins

E avacado
A yellow stuff
D fish

Drink lots of water or herb teas

I jog in place watching TV or dance to oldies for exercise

I stubbornly refuse to be controlled by my tummy

Also I have a days worth of blanched veggies ready to eat. Low calories nutritional

Boredom eating can be overcome with a good plan & an imagination

Alone isolated requires great self-motivation

Beginning my 5th week 🤯☺️💕

Oh a small jar of jam is only junk food in hand. My life included huge amounts of gourmet foods & drinks so this Spartan food life is probably easier. Desires satiated & new state has lousy restaurants. That helped. Boston restaurants were divine & mom was international gourmet cook: her hobby

I think I’m blithering. An isolation symptom 😱😱😱🤭🤔😂✨🙏✨

[tavernier]

18. Wise words.

What kind of jam?

[OhNo-Really]

50. Locally grown raspberry. Last seasons

[SharonClark]

19. I asked my mom to quit giving me loaves of quick bread - pumpkin, banana, apple, etc

and she said it's her therapy while couped up at home.
I like to bake and my slacks are getting tighter. Can't wait for it warm up so eveyone can go outside and do yard work.

[shockey80]

20. Now that I am home all the time because of the virus, It is too easy to reach for the bottle.

I have to be careful. When I am working I don't drink except on the weekend. Now everyday is the weekend.

[keithbvadu2]

21. I gave up and put a proximity sensor on the fridge door.

I gave up and put a proximity sensor on the fridge door.

It just opens automatically when I get close.

[tavernier]

22. I need a voice recording that says step away from the door.

[whistler162]

24. I do but it is just to see if the light inside

went out. It hasn't yet. Every time I open the door it is on.

[Lindsay]

27. My dad told me

there was a little man in the refrigerator whose job it is to turn on the light when you open the door. His name is Yehudi.

My dad had an odd sense of humor.

[Greybnk48]

26. NOW is the time for comfort foods!

but in moderation. Cook good dinners and enjoy them. We have been having sweet treats like cookies, a little candy, ice cream. But when we do, I cut out other carbs during the day like no bread, pasta or potatoes. I also check my blood sugars often (type 2).

I've lost 12lbs. since November and I don't want to gain it back either. But treats make us feel better for a short while.

[smirkymonkey]

28. I want to, but I am running out of food.

I have no snacks, just ingredients to make meals and I have been kind of lazy so I don't have anything to just "grab". I have been going on grocery store websites, but the soonest I can get anything here is Monday.

I think I will make some Spanish rice and beans or Pasta e fagioli today to get me through the weekend. I am kind of craving sweets and junk food, which I never eat. I also really want fresh fruit.

[LisaM]

29. I'm doing okay (other than potato chips), but....

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With fewer trips to the store, I am buying fewer perishables like fruit. I have to figure that part out.

I live in an apartment (not because I want to, but that's the reality in Seattle now, unfortunately) so workouts are limited. The gym in our building and the gym at my office are both closed. I'm pacing a small space with a couple of outdoor walks every day (the same walk, over and over). Let me reiterate what I have been saying, density as far as a living situation absolutely sucks. I envy those in houses. For many years we had a small rental house with a yard, but affordable rental houses in Seattle (where my job is) are a thing of the distant past.

[highplainsdem]

38. Apples and oranges will keep quite a while in the fridge. Even bananas can keep for a week in the

fridge if you put them there as soon as they're ripe (the first few brown spots, or a dark line around the base of the stem, should tell you they're ripe enough even if they aren't completely yellow). The banana skin will continue to darken, but the fruit itself should be fine for up to several days.

[LisaM]

39. Good ideas.

I am really used to having berries in the morning (we have quite a good cafeteria at work), so I need to expand my thinking.

I normally don't like the smell of bananas but now I am just happy that I can smell everything.

[highplainsdem]

41. I love berries, too, but they're so perishable you have to freeze them if you can't eat them in a

few days. I've sometimes frozen sliced or whole small strawberries on plates or cookie sheets in the freezer, saved in ziploc bags.

[nocoincidences]

30. I stress-baked some sugar cookies.

I don't cook, and I sure don't bake.

But....I was jonesin' for something I couldn't figure out, so cookies seemed like the right answer at that moment.

When this is all over, I suspect someone will develop a tv show called something like "lose your 50 pounds of covid fat".

[LisaM]

42. With cookies...

The dough will keep for a couple of weeks, so you only need to bake a few at a time.

[nocoincidences]

44. I think you are trying to

poop on my party!

Those cookies sit there, ready to eat, waiting for me to have an anxiety attack, and ready to serve me up a whoppin' mess of endorphins.

If I had to bake them first, well, it just wouldn't work!!

[FM123]

32. Me!

I am in the same boat as you. Lost weight last year, don't want to gain it back but darn that fridge (and pantry) I keep hearing voices that beckon me...

[Chainfire]

33. I reduced the urge

By not stocking up on readily available, instant gratification foods. In fact, I have been eating healthier since the trips to the store ended. I am cooking almost everything I am consuming.

[Generic Brad]

34. I'm rationing so my store lasts longer

I have lost 3 pounds over the past two weeks. I am more disciplined in what I eat. I am not eating out or getting delivery. I have started an exercise routine.

We filled a grocery order last night but it was only fresh fruits, vegetables, and dairy.

[Retrograde]

46. Same here

Mostly because I don't want to shop: I'm down to my last 3 oranges. It's time to clear out the cupboards and freezer anyway.

I miss going out for lunch, though.

[Phoenix61]

35. It's not my fault. Publix frozen yogurt was on sale

Two for $7.00. They say 16 servings a carton so they should have lasted me over a month. I’ll be happy if there’s any left at the end of a week. Frozen yogurt/ice-cream is a huge weakness.

[ecstatic]

36. Oh yeah, but I did marathon work sessions for past 2 days

And ended up losing a couple pounds.

With the exception of Thur and Fri, I've been eating non-stop. I just gave in to it, but maybe it's best to do it that way and hope your brain eventually moves on from the compulsion to (over) eat. Resisting only makes it worse. Lol.

[highplainsdem]

37. I stopped buying snack foods and sweets a few weeks ago (sugar can interfere with the immune system)

and as a result I've lost about ten pounds over that time, weight I really didn't need to lose. (Went from a BMI of 22.2 to 20.8.) I''ll probably add more carbs to my diet since I don't want to lose much more weight, but it'll be something like potatoes, or sweet potatoes.

I found that sugar free gum helps with cravings for dessert.

I can turn into a real binge eater if I have the wrong foods around, so I try not to buy them. When I do, I always find once again that I can go through a bag of chips or fun-size candy bars, or a package of ice cream sandwiches, in a day or two, no matter how much I told myself that this time I'd finally find some willpower.

[shanti]

40. My Instacart order for today

includes a box of instant tapioca for pudding. I'm needing some comfort food.

[MFM008]

43. To late

I think ive put on 20
In the past month......

[tavernier]

45. Oh that's not good.

OK do it with me... squat down, stand up, jump up, touch your toes, Do it again 50 more times. There you go

[MFM008]

49. Thats going to

Be hard to do from bed...

[MissB]

47. I've actually lost 4.5 lbs in the past two weeks

Probably just from eating better.

[Brainfodder]

48. Drink more water when cravings hit?

That's it.

I am looking at my food now, and hearing "Hey asshole, this is survivor mode, FUCK YOU, go away til starving!"