Hurtful Comments

I got into the habit of a bedtime snack years ago, during my first
pregnancy. When pregnant or nursing, I really needed those calories to make
it through the night! And I did spend 7 1/2 of the last 12 years either
pregnant or nursing! :-)

Now I plan my points around a late snack. Somedays I really want something, other days I don't. Some
evenings I just want to munch some popcorn. But, it's all figured into my total daily points. The
only time I've noticed a problem is when I have more than one alcoholic drink after dinner. Then I
always notice a slight gain the next day. But a bowl of cereal and milk - no problems there!

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"Janice Kennish" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:WRqvb.204238$ao4.722911@attbi_s51...

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I've had several people tell me eating before bedtime causes you to

"retain"

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weight! I just ignore them--I'm losing doing what I'm doing so I'm going

to

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continue until it no longer works!!!

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"Joyce" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Ya know, I love some of the ignorant comments that come out of peoples

mouths. <g>

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Calories are calories, regardless as to the time of day you eat them.

The

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body

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only needs a certain amount of calories to run efficiently ... eat more

than that

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amount and the end result is obvious. BUT those calories can be

consumed

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early in

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the day with the same results. I wonder what your friend would say if

they knew I

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had successfully lost 98 pounds while still eating before bedtime. <g>

Joyce current weight: 130; total loss 98.8 lbs Lifetime: 4/4/03

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 04:53:16 GMT, "Janice Kennish"

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Amber,

I'm sorry you're going through this. I don't have friends or family

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are

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like this and you shouldn't have to go through it. The worst thing

I've

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had

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happen is a friend talking to me about eating things before bed and how maybe if I gave that up
I'd lose weight better. As I explained to her

I

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shouldn't have to give up what every skinny people do if I'm doing it

within

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reason. Since then she hasn't said anything and has been supportive. Unfortunately I don't have
any advice on how to handle this but would

love

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to offer support for you to vent!!!!

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Janice
263/257/150 (maybe 130)

"Amber" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
> I recently cut my hair. It used to be pretty long, and now it is

above

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> my collar. I was in class today when my friend wrote me a note saying that I should have the
> front pieces below my chin. I asked why? and

she

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> pointed to her chin. She's also a little over weight and has the same double chin problem as
> me. I understand she may have been trying to

be

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> helpful, but this really hurt. Like hair can cover that up anyways. I guess I feel a little
> more motivated to succeed at WW now because of that, but it still makes me feel like a fat,
> ugly, person. Shouldn't your friends accept you for who you are? My mom is also heavy and

she's

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> always saying stuff about how I don't need another cookie or this and that at get togethers,
> and trying to be helpful about how I should

loose

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> weight. I'm tired of people doing this. Friends and family shouldn't

do

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> this. Does anyone else have a similar experience? Feelings?
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> Amber

You could check out the "no white at night" book/program. It was on the news the other night and the
doctor is from Olympia, WA.

His claim is that carbos at night lead to fat formation since if carbos are not used, they are
almost immediately stored as fat. While the same news show last week had a brief segment on late
night snacking and the conclusion - it is the total amount of calories over the day, not when
consumed that control weight gain/loss.

Pick your poison.

I lost my 60 pounds snacking whenever.

Janice Kennish said:

I've had several people tell me eating before bedtime causes you to "retain" weight! I just ignore
them--I'm losing doing what I'm doing so I'm going to continue until it no longer works!!!

Erin Marsh said:

Joyce said:

Ya know, I love some of the ignorant comments that come out of peoples mouths. <g> Calories are
calories, regardless as to the time of day you eat them. The body only needs a certain amount of
calories to run efficiently ... eat more than that amount and the end result is obvious. BUT those
calories can be consumed early in the day with the same results. I wonder what your friend would
say if they knew I had successfully lost 98 pounds while still eating before bedtime. <g>

When I first joined the gym I'd lost about 50 pounds, all the while eating heaps of carbs and
having after dinner snacks. The trainer that got assigned to me insisted on telling me that if I
wanted to lose weight I couldn't eat any carbs after lunch time and that I couldn't eat after 7pm.
Uh, yeah, whatever. Even so called professionals often don't really know what they're on about.

You're a better person that I am, no way would I have been able to hold my tongue.
<g> I like my carbs, I like my evening snacks. They work for me, I'm not changing now. I'm sure the
rest of the family doesn't want me to change either ... you should hear my stomach rumbling in
the evening hours. <G>

It's just another of those things that we all have to find what works for us. I don't believe it's
the snacking process or time itself ... the choices and quantities are the REAL problem.

Joyce

Joyce,
I always say, you will pry my potatoes from my cold dead fingers, Lee
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On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 14:01:09 +1300, Erin Marsh <[email hidden]>

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Joyce said:

Ya know, I love some of the ignorant comments that come out of peoples

mouths. <g>

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Calories are calories, regardless as to the time of day you eat them.

The body

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only needs a certain amount of calories to run efficiently ... eat more

than that

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amount and the end result is obvious. BUT those calories can be

consumed early in

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the day with the same results. I wonder what your friend would say if

they knew I

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had successfully lost 98 pounds while still eating before bedtime. <g>

When I first joined the gym I'd lost about 50 pounds, all the while eating heaps of carbs and
having after dinner snacks. The trainer that got assigned to me insisted on telling me that if
I wanted to lose weight I couldn't eat any carbs after lunch time and that I couldn't eat
after 7pm. Uh, yeah, whatever. Even so called professionals often don't really know what
they're on about.

You're a better person that I am, no way would I have been able to hold my

tongue.

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<g> I like my carbs, I like my evening snacks. They work for me, I'm not changing now. I'm sure
the rest of the family doesn't want me to change

either

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... you should hear my stomach rumbling in the evening hours. <G>

It's just another of those things that we all have to find what works for

us. I

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don't believe it's the snacking process or time itself ... the choices and quantities are the REAL
problem.

Joyce

Joyce said:

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When I first joined the gym I'd lost about 50 pounds, all the while eating heaps of carbs and
having after dinner snacks. The trainer that got assigned to me insisted on telling me that if I
wanted to lose weight I couldn't eat any carbs after lunch time and that I couldn't eat after 7pm.
Uh, yeah, whatever. Even so called professionals often don't really know what they're on about.

You're a better person that I am, no way would I have been able to hold my tongue.
<g>

I didn't. I told her what I'd been doing but she told me I had just been lucky. I decided to pretend
I couldn't hear her ;-)

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I like my carbs, I like my evening snacks. They work for me, I'm not changing now. I'm sure the
rest of the family doesn't want me to change either ... you should hear my stomach rumbling in the
evening hours. <G>

LOL. Mine too. I get seriously grumpy if I can't snack in the evenings.

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It's just another of those things that we all have to find what works for us. I don't believe it's
the snacking process or time itself ... the choices and quantities are the REAL problem.

I agree.

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Erin in NZ
125/88.5/75 kgs
125.88/5.1/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary