pecanpie said:
who else here hides food?

I do, but only because if I leave something open on the counter, the cat will eat it.

I drink my beer really cold. That way my body uses more energy heating it up. So for me, light beer means a frosty mug.

mewhojen said:.. Have you been evaluated by anyone?That's why we have all the requests for pics, so a proper evaluation can be conducted.

who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.

I have never hidden food from my children, but I was tempted during my son's teenage years - it was difficult to keep the pantry and the fridge stocked during those years. Just when I thought I was done with having to keep up with a ravenous teenager's appetite my dd turned 13 - she is beginning to be "hungry all the time"

shopliftinginva said:pecanpie said:mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.She doesn't have kids, so she doesn't have that excuse. I will sometimes put larger stashes of snacks in the guest room (like when the girl scout cookies come in if I ordered 10 or 15 boxes, which I freeze eventually becauase frozen thin mints are way better than room temperature thin mints), or like the crackers from Amazon or something, just because of not having cabinet space. Otherwise, whatever food is here, I share. BUT, I don't have a son with a hollow leg or a house full of teenagers who think a weeks worth of groceries = a decent late night snack.This thread is funny! Here's another golden-oldie thread on a similar topic! I think I'll go read it for the memories!!

momgoingbroke said:shopliftinginva said:pecanpie said:mewhojen said:you post one day about buying $500 worth of chocolate, now you post that you have food hidden around your house? Have you been evaluated by anyone?who else here hides food? i have a small refrigerator in my office so my son won't consume my drinks, and if i buy something for dh's lunch, i sometimes strategically place it so that it can't be seen in the frig/cupboard, but i don't keep food in other rooms of the house or anything.She doesn't have kids, so she doesn't have that excuse. I will sometimes put larger stashes of snacks in the guest room (like when the girl scout cookies come in if I ordered 10 or 15 boxes, which I freeze eventually becauase frozen thin mints are way better than room temperature thin mints), or like the crackers from Amazon or something, just because of not having cabinet space. Otherwise, whatever food is here, I share. BUT, I don't have a son with a hollow leg or a house full of teenagers who think a weeks worth of groceries = a decent late night snack.This thread is funny! Here's another golden-oldie thread on a similar topic! I think I'll go read it for the memories!!

thanks for finding that old thread.

From a sign in her (Erin Smith) kitchen, "Unattended children will be given espresso and a free kitten"

lol what are your favorite snacks to tide you over

I lost about 25 lbs on atkins. I have basically used a lower carb diet for years because I feel better when I dont eat a bunch of carbs. Lately we have been following a low glycemic diet and have much more variety and find it easier to do. We eat around 200 carbs a day now and lose weight or maintain at that. I went from a size 14 to an 8 now and my husband went from a 40w to a 36w.

MarilynKay said:decrease caloric intake,
increase physical activity. ....TA DA! Pretty much will work for everyone who wants to lose weight!Just an extra 200 calories a day -- that's just 30 minutes of moderately vigorous activity or 60 minutes of easy exercise, can cause a loss of a pound every three weeks, with no bad effects.

I've had a good deal of experience with these different low-carb diets. At the risk of exposing myself as a health geek, here's what I know:

Used to work for one of the major diet companies. Atkins was quite fat and unhealthy when he died, which was a bit of a scandal. And many people have gotten sick from ketosis, resulting from insufficient carbohydrates for nutrition. Losing and gaining weight in a yo-yo style can make it harder to lose weight long term. All that said - Atkins can help you get skinny in the short term,which is good enough for a lot of folks.

I've seen better long term results with the South Beach Diet, the Zone Diet, Sonoma Diet, raw food vegan "Sunfood" diet, and moderate healthy diet plan followed under some professional guidance.