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October 2011 Moms
missyishere
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UO/Judgments?
missyishere
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JFC, people-- where are you?
Parenting Floozie Brigades official motto: We welcome to you the board with open legs. Also, open beers. ~@cinemagoddess
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Re: UO/Judgments?
We sell this at work and I judge anyone who buys this for their kid, especially for breakfast. Do you need a side of gummy bears on your doughnut?
Also my daughter complains she is the only one in her 1st grade class still in a booster seat. She is the tallest kid in her class too.
I also judge my old obgyn for putting my best friend on fertility drugs after only two cycles of trying.
Right?! And we all know how terribly difficult it is to make a pot of coffee.
I did not know it was proper office protocol to make another pot of coffee. It seems to me that if someone wanted more, they would make it. Why make a pot of coffee that may or may not be wanted? But I've never worked in a coffeepot-having workplace, so don't mind me. Although if people in this office could fetch their own coffee, that would be nice. You refuse to get a receptionist. Don't treat me like one.
I don't have any judgments anymore. I have achieved inner peace or something.
I am judging my sister for doing this "US Ski Team Diet" and telling everyone how she has lost 7 lbs since Monday and it's because of the "chemical reactions" of the foods she is eating. I love my sister but no.
I wish I could find the thread from Parenting where someone posted about their DH not washing his hands ever after using the bathroom.
I googled Ski Team Diet and found out this about it
A diet called the Alpine Ski Diet became popular in the 1970s. This diet had nothing to do with the US Ski Team. The marketers of this high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet claimed that followers who adhered to the plan could lose 20 pounds in two weeks. All you had to do was send $2 to an address in Alpine, Calif. In September of 1972, the Consumer Protection Division of The United States Postal Office ruled that these claims constituted false representation. A mail stop order was issued. The weight loss allegations were not the only falsehoods associated with this diet.The diet's minimal carbohydrates and high protein indicates that it would not provide sufficient fuel for Olympic skiers.
This proceeding was initiated by the filing by the General Counsel for the United States Postal Service, the Complainant, of a complaint on July 28, 1972, in which the Respondent, Alpine Ski Diet, Alpine, California, is charged with conducting a scheme or device for obtaining money or property through the mails by means of false representations in violation of Title 39, United States Code 3005.
THE ALLEGED REPRESENTATIONS
The charges in the complaint in this proceeding are relatively brief and they read as follows:
(a) That an individual can lose 20 pounds in two weeks by following the Women's Alpine Ski Team Diet;
(b) That the dieter will experience no feeling of weakness or hunger while adhering to the diet because the basis of the diet is chemical;
(c) That the diet was devised by a famous Colorado physician especially for U. S. Skiers; and is used by official U. S. Ski Teams during the off season to get and stay in shape;
(d) That the diet is specially formulated to allow the dieter to maintain his normal energy while reducing; and
(e) That the diet is easy to follow by all individuals under all circumstances.
https://www.livestrong.com/article/272119-ski-team-diet/
It was like one of the first things that popped up.
Thank you Lopes! I searched for it this morning and didn't find that link, but I did find that it was from the 1970's (she was talking about it like it was this year's US Ski Team.) Is it going around Pinterest or something? I don't even know how she heard about it this.
She is seriously driving me nuts talking about it. I don't even want to talk to her until next Monday when she is done with the diet. And I am going to be a bit smug when she puts back on the weight, because obviously it is impossible to keep up this ridiculousness.
Yum!!!! Send me some of those!!!
I totally get how people can get drawn into that sort of thing (I've done my fair share of fad diets over the years) but this is not sustainable. It's like when people start eating Paleo and are like, "omg! it's the most genius diet EVER!" when it's like, duh, of course drinking more water and eating mostly vegetables will help you lose weight. It's no mystery that processed foods aren't that great for you, but come on. Anyone with a medical degree will tell you that the only diet that works is portion control, moderation, water, and exercise. The quick fix diets that try to avoid those basic tenets in order to drop three dress sizes in a week are what messes up your metabolism and makes it easier to gain weight and harder to re-lose it.
Plus, as you said, there's nothing more annoying than a new fad diet zealot who wants to tell you all about what you *~should~* be eating.
Exactly rubysue. She keeps talking about the "chemical reactions" between the foods and I'm like no, it's the calorie restriction that is making you lose weight.
Not to mention you "have" to eat certain things that she doesn't even like, like olives and celery, so she is forcing herself to eat them. I know she wants to get in shape for her wedding...she is already in good shape...but she won't listen to reason.
I totally effed up my metabolism by pretty much starving myself between the ages of 15 to 25, making it hard for me to lose weight now even though I eat healthy and work out a ton.
This is cracking me up. Your sister is a funny lady.
I'm judging myself for watching Dr. Phil right now. I just can't seem to help myself.
I'm super judging the mom I saw today who pulled up in the parking spot next to me chain smoking, windows up, toddler in backseat. When she got out of the car, it was very obvious that she was also ridiculously pregnant.
On a not so serious note, I'm judging DH for not cleaning up after himself. How hard is it to put the sweet-n-low packs from your coffee in the garbage can 2 feet away or to turn off light switches? Is it overly difficult to replace the empty roll of toilet paper with the clean one or to bend over and put your dirty clothes in the hamper instead of just leaving them on the floor?
I judge my SIL for sending me a message that she was upset that Gator was in Parents magazine and her son hasn't been in anything. She spends thousands a year on special acting/singing companies and agencies. Its right along the same lines as "Elsa and SO get everything handed to them when I have to work so hard for everything!" crap she pulls, which isnt true. But now I am starting to feel that she is dragging Gator into the "they get everything and I get nothing" mix. Dude, she is 18 months old! I had no idea what to say back to her.
I'm judging the dude who nearly choked when I told him I am not due until July. His response "do they think you have a 10 or 12 lb kid in there?" was more annoying than all the "just one baby?" questions I get.
I know I'm big and if I look this uncomfortable maybe you shouldn't point it out to me that 8 weeks is SO far away and I MUST be having a giant child. kthxbye.
Am I reading this right, she just got married? She said they were back from their honeymoon in February... So she had an affair immediately?
]There's all kinds of dramaz going on there. Her dh sounded super thrilled to be ttc in the first place, mighta been the first clue.
I didn't read that thread, but it's kind of similar to DHs first marriage. They had SD, were married when she was 9 months, had a honeymoon a few months later, and then she left him less than a month later. Oh, and left SD in the care of DH.
Eddy's post, perhaps?
I'm rather bossy in my household, but this dood can't make a decision for his life. It works well I'm really good at it.
I like her, but she seems very, very insecure. PB around a child with allergies?! WTF!!
I knew you were referring to her as soon as you said it crystal. She seems sweet, but man grow some balls and stand up to your husband once in awhile, especially when it comes to your kid's safety!
I just read that post. Seriously, if YH is sketched out about the kids I can understand leaving them at home because they are also his kids. But if that were me I would just go by myself, I don't understand as an adult having another adult be in control of where you go.
Her husband was leaving his PB covered knives/utensils on their counter and not cleaning up after himself, and her DD has a peanut allergy. She didn't stand up to him and tell flucking stop because her daughter could die. She basically just let it go.
The story from the other day is that her H told her she cannot go to a Bumpie GTG because he doesn't want her to bring the kids to meet internet strangers. Which I can see on some level, but instead of trying to explain that it's not that different than meeting up with other mom's groups (it is in a public place) she was basically just like "oh well, I can't go because he won't let me."
Why is she buying/keeping peanut butter in the house? If I were her I'd be bagging it out and taking it to the trash. And if continued that would be a huge red flag for me. Her H doesn't care if he kills his own kid? I *occasionally/very rarely* have PB in the house but MH is an adult who can take care of himself and I have one spoon I use for it, it's in a ziplock bag in a cabinet he would never go in with things that he doesn't use and when I wash it, I wash it in the bathroom sink then clean the sink. It never touches our kitchen counters either.
*This is a good question Lopes. I can't remember if this was addressed in that post, but if I had to guess it is because her H likes PB and wants to have it when he wants to have it.
Believe me, from her posts this guy sounds like a real winner.
ETA: And I think the fact she won't stand up to him on these issues is why she deserves to be including in Judgment Day.
I don't think MH has EVER changed the roll of TP in our master bathroom.