The Daily Plate Lounge

This is random venting....

jewels_aqt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:07:50 GMT

I hate when we have lunch meetings and my boss orders pizza and buys cokes that aren't diet. He bugs me soooo much, not just for the food thing but just in general. I work in the fashion industry and he doesn't understand that models drink diet coke because they can't get fat. I'm not a model but i work with them all the time and I am trying to get down to a size that isn't fat. uggggh.

Community

bambier — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:50:16 GMT

I've been keeping an eye on this community for a while, and it's been fairly quiet with little to no sign of picking up -- being a "newish" nike plus user and someone that *NEEDS* support to make it through (plus my personal journal has been flooded with this stuff - better to isolate it to a separate voluntary group!) I opted to make a group based on my two newest favorite things

Nike Plus and The Daily Plate :)

Anyway, normally I hate people that make these kinds of posts in communities, but this one's sadly been quiet for a bit. Anyone is welcome to join -- and the moderators here are welcome to let me know and be moderators on my side fo the fence too if they'd like!!

Feel free to delete my post if it's out of line! This is the new community Feel free to join!!

Can someone make a TDP RSS feed?

finding_mywings — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:18:18 GMT

My Paid Acct just expired. :(

I'm wondering if any of you have a paid acct that can make an RSS feed for TDP titled "TheDailyPlate"- it's located here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheDailyPlate

I figured others of you might want a feed of TDP news as well.

FAQ: How do I watch feeds on my Friends list? What are syndicated accounts? if you don't know how! ;)

Thanks in advance to anyone that can do this!

Intro Survey

bambier — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:57:19 GMT

Name: Amber

Gender: Female

Username on TDP: bambier -- please feel free to friend me, I'm friend-less!!

How long have you been on TDP? Since August of '07, but I went on a hiatus until today.

What do you love about TDP? It's easy to use, free and holds me accountable. I pay so much more attention to what I'm putting in my body when I know I'm going to have to log it online later!

How has TDP helped you? I learned quickly that I only eat when I'm bored, I also learned that my big problem is that I don't eat often enough. It also showed me that anything is possible if you just set your mind to it and stick with it!

Goals: I'm currently at 195, and am starting with a goal weight of 140, but I'd really like an ultimate goal weight of 125. Don't want to be too dramatic yet!

Pictures:

6 months or so ago

Last week
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Other Random Info: None of my friends on my journal currently are working to lose weight -- I'd love new friends on LJ as well as on the daily plate.

An end to something bad...hopefully.

marzipan_robots — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:58:39 GMT

Dear Fat Self,

You are out of control. Your eating habits must go back to being GOOD because THAT is how you lost 15 lbs. Eating out TWICE in one day is SO WRONG. DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. TOMORROW, get your sorry ass to the gym, work your butt into the ground, and then do it again on Sunday. AND MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

Okay?

Love,
Smarter Self

I never did my intro survey! Oops!

mellowdrama — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:32:32 GMT

Name: Andrea J.
Gender: somewhere between E and G
Username on TDP: ajdeeelite
How long have you been on TDP? Since January
What do you love about TDP? I like being part of a community of people who are struggling with many of the things I'm struggling with. I've met so many lovely people!
How has TDP helped you? I've gained so much knowledge about health, nutrition, and fitness through members and other resources they've recommended. And I've been introduced to some great recipes.
Goals: My ultimate goal is to weigh 123, have super muscles, and run a 5K.

Hiya!

emilylime — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:37:42 GMT

Hi everyone! I just added "the daily plate" to my interests and discovered this community. I'm usually reading lj when I'm not reading TDP, so it seems natural to add this to my flist.

Name: Emily

Gender: Lady

Username on TDP: emilylime (I know...creative!)

How long have you been on TDP? Joined April 13, 2008

What do you love about TDP? Ease of finding/adding items. Nice people to celebrate and/or commiserate with.

How has TDP helped you? Reminds me I'm not hungry when I'm just bored, tired, thirsty, etc. Helps me remember to eat all the fruits and veggies before they go bad. I've lost 15 lbs so far...

Goals: I'd like to see the 190s again... we'll see how I feel about extending the goal when I get there.

Sorry, no photos today ;D

I occasionally post "friends only" in my own journal, but not all the time. Feel free to add me if you like.

Intro Post

missaligator — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:54:18 GMT

Name: Ali
Gender: F
Username on TDP: aligator13
How long have you been on TDP? about a week and a half
What do you love about TDP? It really makes me aware of how much I am eating
How has TDP helped you? so far I'm down 3 lbs!
Goals: lose a total of 10 lbs by my wedding in November!

Hi all! Just wanted to introduce myself. I am getting married on 11-8-08. I can’t wait, but I would love lose 10 lbs by then. To do this I am going the cutting calories/exercising regularly that WW taught me (but without paying for it every week) by using TDP. I have PCOS which may make it harder for me but I’m hopeful. Glad to know there is a lot of support out there!

I'm new so i must be submitted to the survey... LOL

jessakill — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:38:02 GMT

Name: Jessica
Gender: last time i checked... female
Username on TDP: jessakill

How long have you been on TDP? 2 days (and loving it!)
What do you love about TDP? I've always wished something like this existed... Was so happy to run across it while search for caloric content of pho on google. It's exactly what I need - something to keep track for me b/c i'm clueless when it comes to counting and adding up calories.

How has TDP helped you? It's helping me to know the true limitations of what I can and can't eat, and how much of it instead of rough guesswork.

Goals: 135 lbs - that's 27 lbs lighter than i am at present... *posts my nifty ticker*

Photos:

I like this one b/c i think it actually looks like me on a typical weekend night out... despite the crappy cell phone quality.

and this one i loathe the stupid look on my face... but it's the most recent... my 30th birthday last month... at 168 lbs (6 lbs heavier than i am as i type this)

manhattantdp — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:20:26 GMT

Name: Manhattan
Gender: Female
Username on TDP: Manhattan
How long have you been on TDP? Since February 2008
What do you love about TDP? Complete Database/Nutritional Information/Ease of Logging
How has TDP helped you? Losing weight, better understanding of what I have been putting in my body in a complete sense.
Goals: To weigh 160lbs
Photos: Please see live journal blog.

achieving and setting goals... (x-posted)

losingbaggage — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:30:48 GMT

Today after Easter lunch I set my weekly goals. This is a new thing I'm trying. Setting goals for myself. And they can be simple like , taking my vitamin every day. So this weeks goals...

-No fast food
-No Soda (which I almost slipped on today already! LOL)
-Establish a workout routine
-take my vitamin everyday

Simple, but its good to try and set and keep goals.

Tuesday is my Dr. appt. I'm going to take my food log and tell her how much weight I have lost this year. I'm going to weigh myself before I go so i can compare her scale to mine at home. It seems home scales are always different than at the dr's. But I am also fairly certaine those things are not calobrated as often as they should be at a dr's office.

Speaking of scales though, I snuk onto mine today after lunch, before I took a nap before work (Even though I don't weigh in until the first). I don't know why i felt I needed to but I did. And it read 295. That's a very significant number to me for two reasons. 1. I remember how I reacted the first time I ever saw that number when I was a freshman in highschool. 2. it means I reached my new years resolution of losing 25lbs this year.

When I was freshman in highschool I was already overweight, and had yet to get my period. My mother took me to the doctor because she was affraid I was having the same issues my sister did. (Her ovaries, at the age of 16 were the size of an 8y/o.) Well he put me on the scale and for the first time I saw that 295 and I wanted to cry. I wasn't suppoed to be that heavy. I wasn't supposed to be fat. I had denied it for so long up until then listening to the taunting and teasing since fifth grade. They were supposed to be wrong. I was supposed to be normal. But there it was on that slide scale. Those number staring me in the face and crushing my chest into a fine powder. Today when I read that number I thought about how far I have come since that day. How I have gone beyond there and now returned to "the beginging" so to speak. I was happy, I was proud and it's re-enforced my beliefe in myself and that this time it'll work. Things will work and I will win this war I have been waging for so very very long.

People noticing again...

sqbtz — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:39:24 GMT

So I went to a BBQ this afternoon for one of the girls I work with Birthday. As I was leaving she said, "wow it looks like you've lost even more weight over break." Indeed I have about 4 pounds over break -- which is acurate for my 2 pounds per week goal. I probably could have lost more but i've been a bit of a slack lately with the walking and all.

I also put a pair of jean shorts on today that was a size 13 and they fit. That was exciting to me since back in November I purchased 2 pairs of jeans that were size 17. A lot of my clothes is starting to not fit, I'm enjoying it but at the same time I'm not because I am having less and less clothes that I can actually wear.

Good luck all!

Kinda quiet out there...

losingbaggage — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:39:42 GMT

Everybody doin ok?

I'm doin good except for the fact that the snow won't stop and impeads the walking. Darn snow. BUT I have two work out DVDs next up on my netflix list so I'll get to try those out soon! ^_^

Be well everyone!

losingbaggage — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:40:43 GMT

So in my boredom, I made a poster to hang on my wall in hopes of giving me encouragement and what not. I'll try to describe it and eventually I will try to post a picture of it.

Along the top is a color coded BMI line for my height. It starts at where I WAS and goes to the "Ideal". Every time I drop another number I will cross it off so I can physically see that progress.
On the far left, is a list of my weigh in days and my weights thus far. And of corse blanks spots to fill in when I weigh in again. (the first of each month)
In the middle are three colomns, two columns wide. For the date and one for distance. So I can record the day and how far I walked that day. Lots of spaces for that.
And on the far right is a chart to enter my measurements on. I just started doing the measurements this month. So I put those down and left the spots for the next months to come.

As for today...well I think this will be the morning I begin my walking.

after a weekend away...

losingbaggage — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:51:12 GMT

I was sick all weekend. I'm still sick frankly. But it could be a lot worse. It hasn't really affected my appietite, despite its plugging my nose. Aside from that I have decided to go to the store tomorrow and look for new sneakers. Mine currently are beyond dead. And I really need to start adding a walking regimine. Once or twice a week at first then add on extra days. I am excited, yet lament this desision. I hate walking alone and I don't really have any friends in my area. When I lived with my dad and step-mom in Dallas, I used to walk his dog once or twice a week on my days off. The dog seemed to like it and I know I did. I would ask my boyfriend to come with me, and bless him, I know he would if he could. But I'm not going to ask him to rescedual his entire day just so he can walk with me after work (I get off work at 7AM when most people are begining his day and he is doing school work). So i am going to go this one alone. Granted I might ask him to come with if I start walking on Saturday's. He's almost always at my place come Saturday morning. Its times like this I wish more and more I could afford a treadmill, or that my complex had a workout room. But its ok. There is a park on my drive home from work that has a walking path. I'm almost certaine it's melted by now. I can bring a change of clothes in my work bag and my sneakers and change before I leave. And just stop by on the way home. That will wear me down even more before bed. I had a friend suggest I join my local YMCA but I just can't afford that right now. Not with trying to save up for a car and trying to save up to move to a different apartment.

Sorry this is sort of rambling.

I also finally saw "Super Size Me." I was nearly sick three times. It made me go back through my calorie log I keep with me and highlight all the times I ate fast food since January. Apparently, I eat fast food sometimes twice a week. My worst week being the second week of February where i ate chips a lot, davanni's twice and mcdonalds one. Its outrageous! So I made a pact with myself. Fast food only ONCE a week, if at all. And I'm cutting out the last of what soda a do have. I used to be a masive soda junkie in Highschool. I would go through a 24pack in three days. Finally my mother said I had to cut back and make it last a week or she was never going to buy me soda again. I took it a step further and stopped cold turkey. Believe me it was a chore. But this should be greatly easier considering that all I have to battle is my own laziness.

Here's hoping...

One Condition

the_bunny_13 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:38:23 GMT

Became brave and found a one-piece swim suit to take advantage of my new gym membership and the pool it comes with. It's pretty dangerous itself. I'm excited with how I'll look in it a few months down the road. I started the third week of TDP yesterday and called it a reward for logging in and tracking both exercise and food for each day straight. The pool itself is pretty warm. I did four laps of legs and three of arms to condition myself for the breaststroke again. I realized why I was asked to join the school's team when I did my arms. I used to be really strong at it! The first few arm laps I really had to work to pull myself. Spent some time in the sauna and discussed learning English and Spanish with one of the other members. (One more thing I've been trying to do.) I also had a chance to show a couple how to use the stretch equipment. My old Union Bay jeans are starting to fit right again. The mirror is not yet my friend, but it will be.

Hi =]

hv92 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:26:00 GMT

Name: Heather
Gender: Female
Username on TDP: thin_ambition92
How long have you been on TDP? Since around... August '07, I think..?
What do you love about TDP? Being able to see everything displayed so clearly, all the exact totals, charts, etc. I also love the forums and people.
How has TDP helped you? I'm recovering from an eating disorder and I do so well when I'm tracking everything on TDP. I'm really trying to eat more and get a lot of protein, fiber, etc. at the moment and the support from the community is amazing. It really makes me WANT to get healthy and recover. I've also learned so much from the forum discussions.
Goals: To continue in my recovery, focus on eating mostly wholesome/healthy stuff, eating small amounts every couple of hours, and to keep my life/eating balanced.

Weekly Weigh-In

the_bunny_13 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:40:53 GMT

Whoo hoo!! I love the gym. Time to extend that free trial to full membership! Is it odd to think of these as stats? :)

Starting Weight: 180
Lowest Weight on TDP: 178.7
Current Weight: 180.7

Chest: 34'' Down .5''
<b>Butt: 42.8'' Down 2.7''</b>
Hips: 41''
Neck: 12.25'' Down 1.75''
Thigh: 23.25'' Down .5''
<b>Waist: 34.5'' Down 3''</b>

I'm not worried about the weight since it's either the extra water I drank yesterday or the muscle I've gained in the past two weeks. Probably both! However, the tape measurer isn't lying. My efforts are paying off!

Melting

the_bunny_13 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:50:02 GMT

As of two days ago my weight hasn't gone down, but I wasn't surprised. I've been doing so much to build my muscles back up and a lot of cardio. A co-worker gave me a retractable measuring tape that works like the cloth ones, only it's easier to carry around. Out of curiosity, I re-measured everything and even added my butt to the equation. One to three inches in every area! It's no wonder my dress pants were falling off. Almost time to take another trip to Vanity for new jeans!

oh man...

losingbaggage — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:31:39 GMT

I want Davanni's....Davanni's and sleep.

LOL

the curse of the over night worker. Midnight cravings and being awake for them. LOL

that and the delrium.

Ancient Aches

the_bunny_13 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:06:40 GMT

I was proud of myself for at least attempting to go jogging with our German Shepherd-Malamut leading the way. I managed to do it a total of ten minutes during the 35 minute walk, keeping up with her. Now I'm regretting it.

A storm's on the way and an old ankle injury (two sprains in two years, four years ago) let me know before the weather man did. I'm still planning on going to the gym but considering bringing a wrap for it. I also have a bad knee from two years ago and sprained my neck my senior year. None of these behave with bad weather. I usually ride it out and keep them heated, but haven't had to focus on including exercise until lately. I've got the mindset to go to the gym no matter what.

Anyone else suffer through their bad joints and whatnots?

P.S. Got spotted by a co-worker at the gym yesterday. Kinda proud and embarrassed at the same time, but glad to know I'm not the only one who goes there at work.

Hi, Guys!

marzipan_robots — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:29:36 GMT

Name:Melissa
Gender:Female
Username on TDP:marzipanrobot
How long have you been on TDP?:For a year, but I've only been actively using since the beginning of the year.
What do you love about TDP?: Everything! It's really helped me realize what exactly I'm putting into my body and how it effects me. It's a program that works, because it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. LOVE TDP!
How has TDP helped you?: I've lost 12 lbs in only 6 weeks, which is awesome. I know how to eat now, and I'm motivated to go to the gym.
Goals: Lose another 38 pounds in 19 weeks.

I joined the gym, and I'm feelin' good! YAY!

Greetings and Salutations...

losingbaggage — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:14 GMT

Name: Bess

Gender: Female

Username on TDP: sherobess

How long have you been on TDP? er... *thinks* oh! *goes to my TDP profile* since 2/10/08 haha!

What do you love about TDP? I really like the comrodery. And how it feels like others are there for me, even if its delayed by time zone. And how I feel supported, TRULY supported. Even those none of those people know me from a stranger on the street.

How has TDP helped you? well I'm gonna go with the feeling more supported. I felt supported by my bf and family but now I feel like I have all the support and encouragement I need and THEN SOME!

Goals: to lose 25 - 75lbs this year. I've already gone from 320lbs to 299 ^_^

I avoid full body pictures as often as is possible.

New Member

mercurykitty — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:16:49 GMT

Name: Lyndsey
Gender: Female
Username on TDP: Mercurykitty
How long have you been on TDP? Since February 2008
What do you love about TDP? The ability to track calories and other nutritional values while being able to keep an organized public list that can keep me on track. (I have social anxiety which thus causes an OCD behavior of attempting to "not mess up" in front of other people.)
How has TDP helped you? I've lost 11 lbs so far and totally changed my eating habits.
Goals: To lose 31 lbs.
Photos: My most recent photos are uploaded on my TDP Profile

sqbtz — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:50:00 GMT

Name: Valerie
Gender: female
Username on TDP: vlovato
How long have you been on TDP? January 2008
What do you love about TDP? I just like the support and one more place I can socialize
How has TDP helped you? thus far i've lost 22 pounds, so that's a good thing only 28 more to go....and I'll be where I was back in 2000.
Goals: My goal is 50 lbs however if I could get down to 130 I'd really like that...but to keep it acheivable I'm going with 150.