Why did I open my fat mouth? $100 $100; FOOD ADDICTION INTERVENTION
Saturday night I battled a mild case of salmonella poisoning. I was in so much pain. Most of if not all of it is gone now. I wanted to be here reading blogs and post in the forums but couldn’t.
You know why I can’t talk to anyone other then you guys about my food addiction? They don’t get it. Last night Rod and I sat out under the stars lounging and talking. I decided to tell him about all my food problems. Starting with where I came from to now. I forget that men don’t like to just listen to us yap. They want to “FIX” everything. I told him about my Achilles heel which is night time eating and grazing.
Well, he laughed when I told him how eating, the act of eating from start to finish makes me happy. He laughed at not what I said but how happy I was just talking about food.
The kicker - and I wonder why I open my fat mouth - He wants to know what my goal is. I told him 10 more lbs and I’m happy.
Well, I thought venting to him would be like venting to you guys!! This freakin’ skinny boyfriend of mine doesn’t understand why it’s so hard to not eat. He said, just don’t eat. I wish it was that easy. I wish I can say I don’t WANT TO EAT and stick with it. My eating, food issues goes beyond a WANT, a DESIRE, it’s a drive to fulfill that need to satisfy that whole process of get food, admire food, eat food and be happy.
He gave me a dose of reality. Told me he’s tired of watching me not reach my goals and he’s going to do something about it.
$100 BILL CHALLENGE!!!!!
WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!
The agreement:
3 full meals - 2 snacks of only 1 fruit or 1 vegetable, not multiple fruits or vegetables
10PM cutoff eating time…..no munching, no bittty bites, no sneaking into the kitchen to eat.
Oh, and I can’t hide my snacks at work!! He and my boss Gerry are best buddies! He’s going to call my boss and tell him to be his eyes and ears.
DURATION: AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO LOSE THE LAST 10 LBS
CONSEQUENCE: $100 FOR EVERY BITE, BIT, PIECE I EAT AFTER 10 PM
I was mad at him. I’m comfortable with what I do every day and do I want to change it???? NO!!! ROFL!!! You know I know that even I need a kick in the pants! 
He said to me, you’ve done well so far but you have stalled and I’m tired of watching you eat all day. I was not happy sitting there listening to him. I feel like it’s a FOOD ADDICTION INTERVENTION and I want out! LOL
We shook on it, hi-five actually. Now up stuck with this deal.
OH, he tried to take my gym time to 2 times a week. ONLY A FOOL WOULD TRY THAT! I told him hell to the noooooooooooo! My gym time is my time and no one is taking that away.
WISH ME LUCK GUYS! I don’t want to give up any money!!!!
DAMMMMNNNN, Woman! Good Luck! Holy crap, this is like Sopranos-style motivation–I’m going to send 43 booster notes asap!
Good luck, that’s a lofty goal. I have yet to meet a man who understands my food addiction. I’ve seen a few on BS. I still not sure they exist in real life.
I you feel better soon.
I hope you feel better soon, that is. See what happens when I don’t spend a lot of time trying to form a comment.
Don’t let Rod take you to the cleaners Nancy! Keep attending classes and work on the willpower factor. I understand what you mean when you talk about food. I come from a family who would get done eating a meal and ask about what’s for the next one. You have great motivation now because you involved an actual device, money! Just remember, if you don’t have the money to spend it isn’t worth it! Maybe you could slip him a monopoly $100 game bill and see if he notices!?! Ha ha! Well, one thing is for sure… we all need swift kicks at times and it may come off as not understanding but the man is helping to push you in the right direction! I’m proud of him for staying on top of it! I’m proud of you for working harder!
Good luck if you reach your goal do you get paid 100$
$100??? that is a lot of money….good luck
My husbands “forgets” to eat…they are not foodies like us.
Oh my… good luck and don’t give up any of that money! And when you succeed you can take the money you saved and GO SHOPPING!
damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that a lot of money nancy!!! time to put yo money where your mouth is!!!!!!!!!!!!lol nancy just playing If anybody can do it……….It you!!!!!!! remember you are a ninjAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ninja love!!!
Oh Nancy!!! That is alot of money!!! But I know YOU of all people can do this!
I know your pain too. Ted just does not get it about food although he tries. He is not a “foodie” like us.
Nope. don’t let Rod cut down your gym time!
ROTFL!! OMG, my skinny ass husband said the exact same thing to me. Just don’t eat. As if that’s an option. Then: Just don’t eat so much. Easy for your can’t-put-on-weight-if-I-try ass to say. lol
$100 per screw up?? Uh… that doesn’t even seem FAIR. Good luck!
YIKES!! i already lost that bet, LOL!!! my husbad can go all day without eating. like yesterday. he did not eat til 8pm!! WTH!! there is no way in the world i could do that. i had 3 meals and snacks to his 1. he is CRAZY!!
anyway.. good luck nanc.. you can do it.
All the Best Nancy. l know that you can do it, its only 10lbs. Am just worried about the energy for your workouts. How will manage without ur snacks. It will be really interesting to see how you will keep. Good Luck buddy!
GOOD LUCK! I had a similar experience with my husband when I started on my journey. When he said how much do you want to loose. I said well, my little goal is 20, my main goal is 50. He said…are you all ready….”You could lose 20 pounds just by watching what you eat”. ARGGGGG. Men, they just dont understand. So our deal, $200 dollars to me at my mini goal (which I have reached) and $1000 when I hit the 50. I have since changed my main goal to 68 I think, but I still get the $1000 at 50 since that was the initial agreement.
good luck nancy!!!!!! i couldnt do it….but i know you can!!!!!!!
Good luck Nancy, you can do it.
Just dont eat…if it were that simple we would all be skinny.
Dang 100$$. That would stop my eating for sure LOL
Get ur money, girl !
Oh, geez! I’m behind you 100% I know you can do this…show him up!
100 bucks holy crap what a motivation i would be so broke LOL
Holy Sh!t I can’t believe you Hi Fived on that! That just shows how serious you are and should be about this. I wish you all the best in this because I certainly don’t want to hear how you’ve had to give up $100 bucks I would cry for you! And for this I know we won’t hear that you did either =]
I too can’t believe he’d even mention taking the gym away let alone wanting you to go twice a week… you wouldn’t lose weight then.
hah! that’s HELLA cool that he’s helping you out! its actually amazing really, not a lot of guys (non actually) would really take time out of their day to CARE. so GOOD LUCK ON KEEPING YOUR MONEY!! don’t let him get a dime hah
and thanks for the pick me up.. you’d think after talking about it with lots of other people i would have heard the “life’s to short” thing. but no one did, and it’s something that i needed to be reminded about. So mucho gracias on the pick me upper and again GOOD LUCK!!!
Hi Nancy,
so that you dont end up blowing your whole wad to Rod theres only one way to treat this last 10 lbs - and thats like its the first 10 lbs!
Shelli X
OH GEEZ that is a pretty serious arrangement there. I agree, he better be giving you something back when you hit that goal!
I was wondering…if Rod can’t understand your feelings about eating, then what’s his excuse for eating that “jack in the crack” and all the other junk??
oh wow how is he gonna enforce that? lol good luck!
ohhhh no..you bet a man?! woman are ya crazy?! lol they will sit on you every second just to win.
So what do you get if you make it? Shouldn’t there be a massage in there for ya too? hehe
What do you get after the 10 pound loss, because I know you are going to do… I has to big whatever it is… Good luck girl!