by Rae M.
Member since:
April 13, 2008

I Could Kick Myself

May 25, 2010 09:36 AM UTC (Updated: May 25, 2010 10:39 AM UTC)
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Last night as I was cooking dinner I also made a big pot of turkey chili.  This is a Weight Watchers chili recipe because even though my husband and I are done with Weight Watchers we both put a couple of pounds back on so we are going to back on for a couple of weeks to take them back off again and get ready for vacation.  Truth be told I wouldn't mind losing another 10 pounds, but I will be happy to just to maintain the loss that I had which was 18 pounds and just get those 2 pounds back off again, if I lose any more that would be fine with me. 

Anyways.  I made this big pot of chili and made dinner at the same time.  Then we ate dinner as the chili cooled off.  Then I washed all the dishes and cleaned the kitchen and put the chili in individual portioned containers. 

Then when I came down to the kitchen this morning guess what I saw, all of the containters still sitting on the counter top.  I left them out all night so now I have wasted all of that chili, all that work, and all that money.  I just want to kick myself right now. 

Comments: 19

Oh, no!!!
Terry . May 25, 2010, 9:46am UTC
OMG! I have done that many of times! I think we all have. You just have to laugh.......
Steph-in-NE ..... May 25, 2010, 9:51am UTC
this is bad I thought I was the only one who did this,, I am so bad, my husband make me tell him when I turn on or off the stove or over
Audrey A. May 25, 2010, 9:52am UTC
Yes, I've done it a few times. Its just one of things that happen when you get busy and just forget.
Money $. May 25, 2010, 9:55am UTC
That stinks
Ryan Reid May 25, 2010, 10:03am UTC
done it too...
RedBird. B. May 25, 2010, 10:48am UTC
Rae, Yes! I do see why this would up-set you very much. I have done this with Goulash before and out-it-went. Try not to beat yourself up to much. I would go so far as to say, Alot of us has done this a time or two.
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Rae M. May 25, 2010, 5:29pm UTC
Yes, it was very effective. I didn't find it all that difficult either. We signed up for the Weight Watchers on line which made things really easy. You just type in what you ate or what you are going to eat and it figures the points out for you. You can even input recipes and then divide it out by serving and it will tell you how many points that recipe is worth. After a week or two you really start to learn what you can and can't eat, but you can eat what ever you want but once your points are gone for the day you are done. So you start to learn better choices so you don't waste your points and still get plenty of food. My husband and I started calling certain foods expensive, as in if I ate that it would cost me too many points. The food is what ever you make or eat so it can be as expensive or inexpensive as you like.
Kat W. May 25, 2010, 11:06am UTC
Ugh, I've done that before. I was so mad with myself.
Monique Mealue May 25, 2010, 11:13am UTC
That's awful!
Denise L. May 25, 2010, 11:18am UTC
I've done that a few times when I was so tired I fell asleep watching tv. It happens, so don't beat yourself up over it.
Nikki S. May 25, 2010, 11:19am UTC
Oh no. I hate it when I do things like this.
Darin Waugh May 25, 2010, 11:33am UTC
Another "I lost my mind moment!"
Diane Huizenga May 25, 2010, 11:59am UTC
I have done that really makes me mad
Beth J. May 25, 2010, 12:58pm UTC
Thanks for sharing your post on Getting to 3000 Together
DesertDarlene L. May 25, 2010, 1:43pm UTC
I've done that and you know what, I went ahead and ate it anyway. Nothing happened to me. I'm not going to suggest anyone else do that as there will be that one person who will do that and get sick.
Mommy S. May 25, 2010, 5:15pm UTC
Been there, done that! Sorry. :(
Donna Castillo May 25, 2010, 10:57pm UTC
Oh dear I have done this too.

I never took Weight Watchers. But I use to be a manger at a Zero Subs and they were a couple doors down from us. The people that worked there as well as their customers would come in. So one day I asked one of the ladies to tell me what she would have her customers get in Zerro's. I had to get pen and paper and write every thing down because she give me so much information. There were alot of items that were ok for them to have just made different. But no not all our items were ok. But the next time their customers came in I had an ok list for them.

(The lady who helped me with it got a free lunch that day.)
Holly K. May 26, 2010, 2:24pm UTC
Oh, that stinks! I've done stuff like that before. It makes me so mad at myself!

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