rmncwrtr Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Especially for Sherri Also, ice cream talk so dieters beware! Skip if you need to. I survived a virtual dessert temptation tonight! I needed to find an ice cream for a project I'm working on so I headed over to the Ben and Jerry's website. They have a list of the top ten flavors so I figured I'd start there. No pictures, thank goodness, but I quickly discovered reading the names was enough. 1. Cherry Garcia - didn't do anything to me so I figured I was safe. Once again, a bad assumption. 2. Chocolate Chip Cocoa Dough - a craving hit hard and fast. Unexpected, though I shouldn't have been surprised. I love raw cookie dough, picking bites from the bowl and popping them into my mouth. All I could think about was making a batch of cookies. I had everything in the pantry except the chocolate chips. I knew that would be a very bad idea. So I forced myself to look at the next flavor on the list... 3. Chunky Monkey - Didn't do much for me. Thank goodness, but I still couldn't get the cookie dough out of my mind. My tummy was tingling and wanted a taste. Anything sugary would have been fine at that point. Flashes of icing appeared. The desire for a dessert was so strong. I felt myself moving toward the dark side, dark chocolate that is... 4. Chocolate Fudge Brownie - I could smell brownies, as if they were baking downstairs in the oven like the other night. The scent wafted in the air, surrounding me, making my mouth water. The smell teased and tried to pull me in. I thought about what Sherri had said about virtual eating and no calories. I was oh-so-tempted, but I thought that might make it worse. 5. Half-baked Ice Cream - My eyes passed right over this one, giving me hope that I had the willpower to make it through the entire list of ten, and straight onto... 6. New York Super Fudge Chunk - Heaven. Nirvana. Shangri-la. Serious food lust at this point. No drolling, but close. I remembered the last time I'd had a scoop. It had been awhile but all the details rushed back as if it had been minutes ago, not months. The coldness, the texture, the taste. The brownie aroma I'd been imagining transformed into straight chocolate. I could feel a bite of the ice cream melting on my tongue leaving a chunk there. A piece I could chew slowly and methodically before swallowing. Virtual eating at it's finest. Enjoyable with none of the calories or guilt. But unfortunately, one taste wasn't enough. Suddenly I'm thinking of digging into a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk with my hands. That made me realize I'd better exit the website before I got in the car and drove to the store to buy some. Instead of caving, I ate an orange. Lesson learned: Virtual eating may be calorie free, but it isn't totally risk free. Quote
ken4ord Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Can I enter my husband? So was he responsible for the shortage of beer our his recent trip? Quote
ken4ord Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Especially for Sherri Also, ice cream talk so dieters beware! Skip if you need to. I survived a virtual dessert temptation tonight! I needed to find an ice cream for a project I'm working on so I headed over to the Ben and Jerry's website. They have a list of the top ten flavors so I figured I'd start there. No pictures, thank goodness, but I quickly discovered reading the names was enough. 1. Cherry Garcia - didn't do anything to me so I figured I was safe. Once again, a bad assumption. 2. Chocolate Chip Cocoa Dough - a craving hit hard and fast. Unexpected, though I shouldn't have been surprised. I love raw cookie dough, picking bites from the bowl and popping them into my mouth. All I could think about was making a batch of cookies. I had everything in the pantry except the chocolate chips. I knew that would be a very bad idea. So I forced myself to look at the next flavor on the list... 3. Chunky Monkey - Didn't do much for me. Thank goodness, but I still couldn't get the cookie dough out of my mind. My tummy was tingling and wanted a taste. Anything sugary would have been fine at that point. Flashes of icing appeared. The desire for a dessert was so strong. I felt myself moving toward the dark side, dark chocolate that is... 4. Chocolate Fudge Brownie - I could smell brownies, as if they were baking downstairs in the oven like the other night. The scent wafted in the air, surrounding me, making my mouth water. The smell teased and tried to pull me in. I thought about what Sherri had said about virtual eating and no calories. I was oh-so-tempted, but I thought that might make it worse. 5. Half-baked Ice Cream - My eyes passed right over this one, giving me hope that I had the willpower to make it through the entire list of ten, and straight onto... 6. New York Super Fudge Chunk - Heaven. Nirvana. Shangri-la. Serious food lust at this point. No drolling, but close. I remembered the last time I'd had a scoop. It had been awhile but all the details rushed back as if it had been minutes ago, not months. The coldness, the texture, the taste. The brownie aroma I'd been imagining transformed into straight chocolate. I could feel a bite of the ice cream melting on my tongue leaving a chunk there. A piece I could chew slowly and methodically before swallowing. Virtual eating at it's finest. Enjoyable with none of the calories or guilt. But unfortunately, one taste wasn't enough. Suddenly I'm thinking of digging into a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk with my hands. That made me realize I'd better exit the website before I got in the car and drove to the store to buy some. Instead of caving, I ate an orange. Lesson learned: Virtual eating may be calorie free, but it isn't totally risk free. You too obsessed. If I want a pint of Hagen Daz I have to shell out $15, pretty damn easy to say no. Quote
rmncwrtr Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 You too obsessed. If I want a pint of Hagen Daz I have to shell out $15, pretty damn easy to say no. Not obsessed, but I'm used to eating some sort of sweet every day. Nothing huge, maybe a couple of chocolate kisses or a piece of chocolate. A little treat. I have totally changed my eating habits with this weight loss thing going to an almost vegan diet. It's a huge change for me, but working so far. Luckily I'm not having cravings except when something yummy and sweet is right in front of my face. That's some expensive ice cream there. I'd say no, too. And buy an ice cream maker. Quote
sk Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 so i stayed strong last night and went to bed early. good thing to note, if i am in bed before 11 pm i don't snack after dinner. I lost another pound 141 this morning. there really is something to this eat less move more thing. Quote
ken4ord Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 I can wait to move tomorrow, hitting the cliffs tomorrow, fuck it has been for ever, I can't wait. Quote
lizard_brain Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Especially for Sherri Also, ice cream talk so dieters beware! Skip if you need to. I survived a virtual dessert temptation tonight! I needed to find an ice cream for a project I'm working on so I headed over to the Ben and Jerry's website. They have a list of the top ten flavors so I figured I'd start there. No pictures, thank goodness, but I quickly discovered reading the names was enough. 1. Cherry Garcia - didn't do anything to me so I figured I was safe. Once again, a bad assumption. 2. Chocolate Chip Cocoa Dough - a craving hit hard and fast. Unexpected, though I shouldn't have been surprised. I love raw cookie dough, picking bites from the bowl and popping them into my mouth. All I could think about was making a batch of cookies. I had everything in the pantry except the chocolate chips. I knew that would be a very bad idea. So I forced myself to look at the next flavor on the list... 3. Chunky Monkey - Didn't do much for me. Thank goodness, but I still couldn't get the cookie dough out of my mind. My tummy was tingling and wanted a taste. Anything sugary would have been fine at that point. Flashes of icing appeared. The desire for a dessert was so strong. I felt myself moving toward the dark side, dark chocolate that is... 4. Chocolate Fudge Brownie - I could smell brownies, as if they were baking downstairs in the oven like the other night. The scent wafted in the air, surrounding me, making my mouth water. The smell teased and tried to pull me in. I thought about what Sherri had said about virtual eating and no calories. I was oh-so-tempted, but I thought that might make it worse. 5. Half-baked Ice Cream - My eyes passed right over this one, giving me hope that I had the willpower to make it through the entire list of ten, and straight onto... 6. New York Super Fudge Chunk - Heaven. Nirvana. Shangri-la. Serious food lust at this point. No drolling, but close. I remembered the last time I'd had a scoop. It had been awhile but all the details rushed back as if it had been minutes ago, not months. The coldness, the texture, the taste. The brownie aroma I'd been imagining transformed into straight chocolate. I could feel a bite of the ice cream melting on my tongue leaving a chunk there. A piece I could chew slowly and methodically before swallowing. Virtual eating at it's finest. Enjoyable with none of the calories or guilt. But unfortunately, one taste wasn't enough. Suddenly I'm thinking of digging into a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk with my hands. That made me realize I'd better exit the website before I got in the car and drove to the store to buy some. Instead of caving, I ate an orange. Lesson learned: Virtual eating may be calorie free, but it isn't totally risk free. I like Cherry Garcia, but MAN does it give me the runs. I'm having a pint of Hagen-Daas chocolate after I run the marathon. Who's buying it for $15? Most places sell it ofr $4, some even $3... Quote
ken4ord Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Happy's Rwanda is the only store around me that sells it and not only is it $15 a pint, it is probably freezer burned too. Quote
sk Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Ken is in Africa.... it would be a bit more challenging to get hogendaz there Quote
Sherri Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Especially for Sherri Also, ice cream talk so dieters beware! Skip if you need to. I survived a virtual dessert temptation tonight! I needed to find an ice cream for a project I'm working on so I headed over to the Ben and Jerry's website. They have a list of the top ten flavors so I figured I'd start there. No pictures, thank goodness, but I quickly discovered reading the names was enough. 1. Cherry Garcia - didn't do anything to me so I figured I was safe. Once again, a bad assumption. 2. Chocolate Chip Cocoa Dough - a craving hit hard and fast. Unexpected, though I shouldn't have been surprised. I love raw cookie dough, picking bites from the bowl and popping them into my mouth. All I could think about was making a batch of cookies. I had everything in the pantry except the chocolate chips. I knew that would be a very bad idea. So I forced myself to look at the next flavor on the list... 3. Chunky Monkey - Didn't do much for me. Thank goodness, but I still couldn't get the cookie dough out of my mind. My tummy was tingling and wanted a taste. Anything sugary would have been fine at that point. Flashes of icing appeared. The desire for a dessert was so strong. I felt myself moving toward the dark side, dark chocolate that is... 4. Chocolate Fudge Brownie - I could smell brownies, as if they were baking downstairs in the oven like the other night. The scent wafted in the air, surrounding me, making my mouth water. The smell teased and tried to pull me in. I thought about what Sherri had said about virtual eating and no calories. I was oh-so-tempted, but I thought that might make it worse. 5. Half-baked Ice Cream - My eyes passed right over this one, giving me hope that I had the willpower to make it through the entire list of ten, and straight onto... 6. New York Super Fudge Chunk - Heaven. Nirvana. Shangri-la. Serious food lust at this point. No drolling, but close. I remembered the last time I'd had a scoop. It had been awhile but all the details rushed back as if it had been minutes ago, not months. The coldness, the texture, the taste. The brownie aroma I'd been imagining transformed into straight chocolate. I could feel a bite of the ice cream melting on my tongue leaving a chunk there. A piece I could chew slowly and methodically before swallowing. Virtual eating at it's finest. Enjoyable with none of the calories or guilt. But unfortunately, one taste wasn't enough. Suddenly I'm thinking of digging into a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk with my hands. That made me realize I'd better exit the website before I got in the car and drove to the store to buy some. Instead of caving, I ate an orange. Lesson learned: Virtual eating may be calorie free, but it isn't totally risk free. A project that requires ice cream research?! Whatever job you have, I WANT IT! Reading Ben and Jerry's flavor descriptions is definitely not for the weak. (if there's such a thing as food porn, that's IT). I don't even walk past that section of the freezer section of the store, because it's too easy to let my curiousity get the better of me and stop to see what those crazy ice cream dudes have thought up next. (I'm partial to Chubby Hubby...) The only saving grace about those frozen dessert bombs is that they freeze so solidly that you have to work really hard to eat the whole pint in one sitting, unless you have a LOT of patience or a chisel to dig out those deadly chunks. Putting a computer screen between you and it was an excellent strategy. When they come up with "Deep-fried Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream" I'm going to be a goner. But I want you to write about my downfall. Quote
lizard_brain Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Ken is in Africa.... it would be a bit more challenging to get hogendaz there Ah. Gotcha. Minor details... Quote
sk Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Especially for Sherri Also, ice cream talk so dieters beware! Skip if you need to. I survived a virtual dessert temptation tonight! I needed to find an ice cream for a project I'm working on so I headed over to the Ben and Jerry's website. They have a list of the top ten flavors so I figured I'd start there. No pictures, thank goodness, but I quickly discovered reading the names was enough. 1. Cherry Garcia - didn't do anything to me so I figured I was safe. Once again, a bad assumption. 2. Chocolate Chip Cocoa Dough - a craving hit hard and fast. Unexpected, though I shouldn't have been surprised. I love raw cookie dough, picking bites from the bowl and popping them into my mouth. All I could think about was making a batch of cookies. I had everything in the pantry except the chocolate chips. I knew that would be a very bad idea. So I forced myself to look at the next flavor on the list... 3. Chunky Monkey - Didn't do much for me. Thank goodness, but I still couldn't get the cookie dough out of my mind. My tummy was tingling and wanted a taste. Anything sugary would have been fine at that point. Flashes of icing appeared. The desire for a dessert was so strong. I felt myself moving toward the dark side, dark chocolate that is... 4. Chocolate Fudge Brownie - I could smell brownies, as if they were baking downstairs in the oven like the other night. The scent wafted in the air, surrounding me, making my mouth water. The smell teased and tried to pull me in. I thought about what Sherri had said about virtual eating and no calories. I was oh-so-tempted, but I thought that might make it worse. 5. Half-baked Ice Cream - My eyes passed right over this one, giving me hope that I had the willpower to make it through the entire list of ten, and straight onto... 6. New York Super Fudge Chunk - Heaven. Nirvana. Shangri-la. Serious food lust at this point. No drolling, but close. I remembered the last time I'd had a scoop. It had been awhile but all the details rushed back as if it had been minutes ago, not months. The coldness, the texture, the taste. The brownie aroma I'd been imagining transformed into straight chocolate. I could feel a bite of the ice cream melting on my tongue leaving a chunk there. A piece I could chew slowly and methodically before swallowing. Virtual eating at it's finest. Enjoyable with none of the calories or guilt. But unfortunately, one taste wasn't enough. Suddenly I'm thinking of digging into a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk with my hands. That made me realize I'd better exit the website before I got in the car and drove to the store to buy some. Instead of caving, I ate an orange. Lesson learned: Virtual eating may be calorie free, but it isn't totally risk free. A project that requires ice cream research?! Whatever job you have, I WANT IT! Reading Ben and Jerry's flavor descriptions is definitely not for the weak. (if there's such a thing as food porn, that's IT). I don't even walk past that section of the freezer section of the store, because it's too easy to let my curiousity get the better of me and stop to see what those crazy ice cream dudes have thought up next. (I'm partial to Chubby Hubby...) The only saving grace about those frozen dessert bombs is that they freeze so solidly that you have to work really hard to eat the whole pint in one sitting, unless you have a LOT of patience or a chisel to dig out those deadly chunks. Putting a computer screen between you and it was an excellent strategy. When they come up with "Deep-fried Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream" I'm going to be a goner. But I want you to write about my downfall. my ben and jerrys lust is Carmalsutra. it gives me shivers jsut thinking about it. but i only ever eat half the pint. i don't care for the chocolate ice cream side. Quote
Sherri Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 my ben and jerrys lust is Carmalsutra. it gives me shivers jsut thinking about it. but i only ever eat half the pint. i don't care for the chocolate ice cream side. I wish the ice cream engineers would figure out that peanut butter and vanilla is a perfectly valid combination on its own, one that does not need some kind of plastic chocolate nastiness added to it to make it a legitimate flavor. (those fake Reese's cups in the store brands are ) The chocolate throws off my palate. In Pennsyvlania, they sell a flavor called "Peanut Butter Bender." It is like a solid block of frozen, sweet-salty peanut butter ribboned with old-fashioned vanilla ice cream. It's a good thing I can't get it out here. My mom stocks it in the freezer for me when I visit, though. Quote
Mrs. G Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 From what I hear the old man really put 'em away. Now there's a diet for you...coffee for breakfast, beer for lunch, beer for dinner, and 20 miles of paddling a day. Quote
G-spotter Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Can I enter my husband? It's easier to do it the other way around. Quote
sobo Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Can I enter my husband? It's easier to do it the other way around. Quote
AlpineK Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 It's not weigh in day, but I just stepped on the scale and I'm down 10 lbs. It's not quite that much weight if you go by the official start date, but it is from when I started writing down notes. :moondance: Quote
Mrs. G Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Can I enter my husband? It's easier to do it the other way around. But we've already tried that... Quote
lizard_brain Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 Can I enter my husband? It's easier to do it the other way around. But we've already tried that... What if you EAT your husband? (Remember small portions is the key.) Quote
joblo7 Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 exercised well today.... ran 5+ miles.....cutting out high end chips....cheap pizza....nite snacking..... i cut off coffee because it makes me eat more by robing my body of nutrients.eating less sugar......... the middle path. no extreme exercise or dieting.....patience and determination win.....always. Quote
sk Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 my ben and jerrys lust is Carmalsutra. it gives me shivers jsut thinking about it. but i only ever eat half the pint. i don't care for the chocolate ice cream side. I wish the ice cream engineers would figure out that peanut butter and vanilla is a perfectly valid combination on its own, one that does not need some kind of plastic chocolate nastiness added to it to make it a legitimate flavor. (those fake Reese's cups in the store brands are ) The chocolate throws off my palate. In Pennsyvlania, they sell a flavor called "Peanut Butter Bender." It is like a solid block of frozen, sweet-salty peanut butter ribboned with old-fashioned vanilla ice cream. It's a good thing I can't get it out here. My mom stocks it in the freezer for me when I visit, though. my mouth is watering now save the chocolates for the candies... ice cream is yummy vanilla!!! Quote
lizard_brain Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 I am sorry but I am NOT giving up coffee - my one remaining vice. Quote
sk Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 exercised well today.... ran 5+ miles.....cutting out high end chips....cheap pizza....nite snacking..... i cut off coffee because it makes me eat more by robing my body of nutrients.eating less sugar......... the middle path. no extreme exercise or dieting.....patience and determination win.....always. thats a man after my own heart Quote
archenemy Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 I've decided to only go for men who like women with a big ass. Quote
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