When Did I Get Voted Off of Skinny Island & Why is This Fat Shadow Stalking Me?

[Jasperann]

For everybodu who has been wonering how miuch they should eat and why if they cut too many calories it hurts them...I found this site today.

It calculates your RMR - Resting Metabolic Rate - and will let you know why you do not want to go under it and how much you should be eating in a day to loose.

I found it very helpful - great info and very novice friendly in the language department. It changed my mentality of cutting my calories as much as I had thought. Spark People put be at roughly 126000-1860 calories a day. My RMR says I need 1851 at my current weight and age. As I loose weight, my needed calories will also decrease.

http://www.shapeup.org/atmstd/sud10v3/sud10s7.php

Let me know what you think after reading through everything...LOTS of info!

Thanks I'm going to bookmark that page. I read it. Makes a ton of sense. I was aiming for 1600-1800 calories a day and it says my RMR needs 2008. Probably part of the reason I lost more weight last week? So all I really need is to eat about 2000 calories a day and work out on the elliptical for 40 minutes and I will lose a pound and a half a week. Which is really good actually. Of course as I lose my calories will need to be adjusted.

 

[ancestry]

The machine at the gym that I was talking about is called an Arc Trainer. http://www.arctrainer.com/. This machine seriously kicks my booty. I can't do more than 10 minutes on it even at the lowest setting. It is different than an eliptical.

Anyways so far so good today. I went to the gym this morning. I did 20 minutes on the treadmill, 30 minutes on the stationary bike, and 10 minutes on the Arc Trainer -- for about 300 calories burned. I also did about 20 minutes on the weight equipment but have no idea how to calculate calories burned on those machines. My muscles feel like mush. I didn't feel it when I was working out but after sitting for 30 minutes I could hardly stand up.

So far today my eating has been good as well. I went and bought a journal and measuring tape so I can track everything including my measurements.

Oh by the way I wanted to tell everyone about this cookbook I found about a month ago. It is called the Betty Crocker 300 Calorie Cookbook: 300 tasty meals for eating healthy every day. Every recipe is under 300 calories per serving. So far everything that I have tried taste wonderful! One challenge I have always had is cooking healhy/low calorie for me while trying to feed my family. No one else in the house is overweight and they don't like to eat typical "diet" food. This book has helped to bridge the gap because the recipes are tasty and the family has no idea that the food it "low carlorie". Really helps me a lot at dinner time.

 

[ancestry]

Well I totally lost it yesterday. I went so far over on my points, I don't even know where to back up and start counting! TOTAL BINGE! I don't even know what happened, I did this nice little wii active workout, I was feeling good, test drove a new potential car, good day overall, so it wasn't a woe is me binge. But it still happened.

Don't look backwards or beat yourself up oversomething you can't change. Only look forward to today and trying again. Binges happen, they are normal. Let it go and focus on today and tomorrow!

 

[njtinkmom]

Hi Dawn - hope you enjoy your lunch! I have been doing good at portion control (TI think?) I have been only eating half and taking the rest home for the next day. I have even switched to Weight Watchers Ice Cream Cones instead of those 2 evil arch enemies of mine! I have not really changed too much otherwise, maybe I have a little - I added some carrots and apples to my diet and my body has not revolted yet! Still need to fit that gym in somewhere - I am shooting for next week to give that a try - I am paying for it I might as well use it.

I checked out that website and it was great! It said I should eat more than I was - now that's encouraging!!!! I never thought my problem was eating too little talk about a news flash!

 

[PixiePlanner]

I have been working at making changes in our lifestyle since September when I attended a meeting at DD's school. Let's just say, I haven't bought toaster pastries since. DD's school has no birthday parties to avoid the cupcake sugar rush. DD is fine with it as one of her new friends is diabetic. ANYWAY... since joining this "group" I have wanted to see what else I can do to help with my weight and DD's. I just fould this sight: http://www.healthiergeneration.org/parents.aspx?id=3085

Under Become a Better Health Model, Listen to when you’re full: Ban the “clean your plate” rule. Push your plate away when you’re no longer hungry; don’t eat until you’re stuffed. An adult’s stomach is the size of a loosely clenched fist, so it doesn’t take much food to fill it.

Can I just tell you, my jaw hit my desk. I am SOOO absolutely disgusted with myself when I think of the amount of food I can eat. No wonder I am fat! My fist is now going to be my visual aid as to how much can be on my plate. I realize chewing makes things smaller, etc, but this is a lightbulb moment.

Also it states, Be positive: Don’t talk about your weight or put yourself down in front of your kids. You don’t want them to think that a healthy lifestyle is only about how much they weigh. And try not to complain about how much you may dislike exercising or eating healthy foods—your kids will hear you.

The no complaining about exercising will be difficult but I will try.

 

[ancestry]

Under Become a Better Health Model, Listen to when you’re full: Ban the “clean your plate” rule. Push your plate away when you’re no longer hungry; don’t eat until you’re stuffed. An adult’s stomach is the size of a loosely clenched fist, so it doesn’t take much food to fill it.

Can I just tell you, my jaw hit my desk. I am SOOO absolutely disgusted with myself when I think of the amount of food I can eat. No wonder I am fat! My fist is now going to be my visual aid as to how much can be on my plate. I realize chewing makes things smaller, etc, but this is a lightbulb moment

PixiePlanner - boy have I ever struggled with this as well. I was raised to believe that not cleaning your plate was a sin (yes my mother is a very strict fanatical religious person). If I put it on my plate I HAD to eat it. When I was young if we would go to a buffet my mother would have a fit if she felt that I didn't eat enough for her to get her money's worth. I still have trouble putting my fork down and to stop eating when I feel full. The guilty from my childhood about leaving food on my plate still haunts me.

 

[Mndisneygirl]

I totally appreciate all the info and websites you guys are referring us to! It's so helpful!

The Metabolism one told me that I should be eating 1284 calories. I think I can live with that.

I have been doing okay, still haven't been tracking yet. Yesterday I ate mostly healthy foods, a little bit of snack mix out of the box last night was my no-no. We had steak for dinner and I only ate a small piece, so I felt good about that. Just need more veggies and fruit. Which means I need a trip to the grocery store.
I have avoided candy pretty well considering we have a lot of the kids' valentine stuff around.
Walked around all day at work today with my Skechers Shape-ups on.
I am a chocolate lover, and a good way for me to indulge a bit is to drink hot chocolate. I get some calcium too. Too much sugar probably, but for a treat it isn't too bad. I need to check on the calories.

 

[PixiePlanner]

I still have trouble putting my fork down and to stop eating when I feel full. The guilty from my childhood about leaving food on my plate still haunts me.

This is so totally true. I remember hearing about starving children in Ethiopia! I remember once telling my mom to send it to them then... that was over her making me eat the one food I disliked- fried eggplant... just typing it makes me gag. If we didn't clean our plate, Mom would serve it to us for breakfast. Never happened to me but my older sister ate brussel sprouts out of a cereal bowl one morning.

 

[ancestry]

I remember hearing about starving children in Ethiopia!

Me too! I heard all about the starving Ethiopian children all the time.

This makes me wonder how many adults now have eating/weight issues because of food issues that began in their childhood due to their parents having a different set of values that we do now? I don't think all of my weight issues resulted from my goofy childhood but I do think many of them did, even though I wasn't overweight as a child.

 

[PixiePlanner]

I don't think all of my weight issues resulted from my goofy childhood but I do think many of them did, even though I wasn't overweight as a child.

I was so thin as a child that they called me Twiggy after the model! Maybe that is why my mom wanted me to clean my plate! I do tell DD & DS that they need to try everything on their plates. I ask that they finish their meat and vegetable. They both usually comply. If they don't eat it, I try not to push it. I do not serve it to them for breakfast. My mom also put a mirror in front of my sister at the dinner table, "I don't want to look at your bad manners so you have to." That only happened once too. Amazing. Thank goodness for older sisters!

God Bless my mom but I also remember her telling me in college that I had put on some weight and then asking if I would like a piece of pie... such mixed signals!

 

[stitchfan23]

I'm still here and doing pretty good. Just having a busy week so I will post again once things calm down a little.

Keep up all the great work everyone!!!

 

[Jasperann]

I totally appreciate all the info and websites you guys are referring us to! It's so helpful!

The Metabolism one told me that I should be eating 1284 calories. I think I can live with that.

I have been doing okay, still haven't been tracking yet. Yesterday I ate mostly healthy foods, a little bit of snack mix out of the box last night was my no-no. We had steak for dinner and I only ate a small piece, so I felt good about that. Just need more veggies and fruit. Which means I need a trip to the grocery store.
I have avoided candy pretty well considering we have a lot of the kids' valentine stuff around.
Walked around all day at work today with my Skechers Shape-ups on.
I am a chocolate lover, and a good way for me to indulge a bit is to drink hot chocolate. I get some calcium too. Too much sugar probably, but for a treat it isn't too bad. I need to check on the calories.

I am also a chocolate lover. (When I lost a lot of weight) I was having chocolate everyday. It was part of my life. I would have two pieces of dove dark chocolate everyday. It satisfied my hunger for chocolate and I didn't end up over doing it with a lot, because I wasn't keeping myself from it. I have an issue with drinking my calories when I'm losing weight, so I refused to drink Hot Chocolate.. I would have rather drank a 16 oz of coke for around the same calories as the hot coco that we have in the house. But that is just my preference and if drinking that hot coco stops you from over doing it with other more bad for you chocolate then go for it.

 

[o2cre8]

not much time to write- just wanted to say a few things:

thanks for the suggestions and advice, they're great

I liked the fatsecret web site-cool! didn't get to check out all the suggested websites though

I went to they gym at 9:30 last night. only 1/2 hour but i wouldn't have done that a week ago. I think there was a goal on sparkpeople that said try to exercise 30 minutes for 3 days in a row. I wasn't my personal goal yet b/c i'm still figuring out that sight. but it was my 3rd day of exercise. i knew that today i'd have no time-most likely.

I don't drink enough water!!

I realize that a giant problem of mine is i have no patience. i always want immediate results, so i quit too soon and if i do loose weight, i reward myself with food boy, that makes no sense.

I'm so happy you guys are here. It's day 4 for me and on day 2 i decided that in the notebook where i'm tracking my calories, i'd write down 1 thing that i'm grateful for each day. Today it was you guys!

Please, please don't let me give up!!! That's all for now-so happy you're here!

 

[gellybean]

It's been an interesting day. I was woken up from my morning nap that I take with DS2 every day, by my hubby and best friend calling, wanting me to turn on the news. So I've been watching the plane crash story here on local news all day. Crazy that it's 10 miles from my house. Very thankful that there aren't any more reported injuries than there are, at this time.

I have done well on food. Tonight's my first weight training night. I'm willing to bet I'll be sore tomorrow!!

I have someone that may be coming over to take a look at our beagle puppy. We've been trying to find him a new home with other dogs to entertain him! So I told her I'd be home from 3-6, so I'm stuck here waiting on her to maybe show up. After that we'll head to the gym. We're having to take both boys with us tonight since DH works til 9pm tonight. Wish me luck that DS2 does ok staying in the 'daycare' room with his big brother!!

I'll check in later! Hope everyone is having a great day!!

 

[natale1980]

Ok... I'm in.

First Name and Screen name: Natale, natale1980 (very original, and I can't hide the fact that I just turned 30! I didn't think about when I joined the Dis- I was 24 at the time)

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I would love to run a 1/2 marathon, but would settle for losing 15-20lbs

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: SWEET... anything sweet. Did I mention I work in a bakery!

Favorite Good Food for You: raw veggies.

Favorite Form of Exercise: walking.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: My goal is to not get kicked off again (it's happened before).

Family: DH- Shawn, we've been married for 10.5 years.
DS - Dexter, almost 5
DD - Skylar, just turned 2

I haven't had a chance to read all the posts, I'll try to catch up.
-nat

 

[Jasperann]

not much time to write- just wanted to say a few things:

thanks for the suggestions and advice, they're great

I liked the fatsecret web site-cool! didn't get to check out all the suggested websites though

I went to they gym at 9:30 last night. only 1/2 hour but i wouldn't have done that a week ago. I think there was a goal on sparkpeople that said try to exercise 30 minutes for 3 days in a row. I wasn't my personal goal yet b/c i'm still figuring out that sight. but it was my 3rd day of exercise. i knew that today i'd have no time-most likely.

I don't drink enough water!!

I realize that a giant problem of mine is i have no patience. i always want immediate results, so i quit too soon and if i do loose weight, i reward myself with food boy, that makes no sense.

I'm so happy you guys are here. It's day 4 for me and on day 2 i decided that in the notebook where i'm tracking my calories, i'd write down 1 thing that i'm grateful for each day. Today it was you guys!

Please, please don't let me give up!!! That's all for now-so happy you're here!

Congrats on going to the gym yesterday! The notebook idea is a great idea. I think I might have to steal it from you. I know from last time I lost weight that I felt better about me the whole time. That is until I quit. I'm still kicking myself for that decision... I'd be to goal by now if I didn't quit. Maybe if I write down how I'm feeling each day when I'm not doing so great or feeling hopeless I can sit down and read a few pages. Because you know those exercise endorphins really boost your whole happy feeling emotions. It is the one thing that I find so addictive about exercising.

I'm so glad your here too!

It's been an interesting day. I was woken up from my morning nap that I take with DS2 every day, by my hubby and best friend calling, wanting me to turn on the news. So I've been watching the plane crash story here on local news all day. Crazy that it's 10 miles from my house. Very thankful that there aren't any more reported injuries than there are, at this time.

Yikes! I didn't even hear about it until I was on my elliptical again about and hour ago. Otherwise my DS will put on Nick jr, even if he isn't watching it... I can change it and he will come back into the room and change it back. But the TV in the basement is off limits to him.

I have done well on food. Tonight's my first weight training night. I'm willing to bet I'll be sore tomorrow!!

But it will be a good sore! Especially when you know you worked for it.

I have someone that may be coming over to take a look at our beagle puppy. We've been trying to find him a new home with other dogs to entertain him! So I told her I'd be home from 3-6, so I'm stuck here waiting on her to maybe show up. After that we'll head to the gym. We're having to take both boys with us tonight since DH works til 9pm tonight. Wish me luck that DS2 does ok staying in the 'daycare' room with his big brother!!

I'll check in later! Hope everyone is having a great day!!

Awww you were serious about finding your puppy a new home? I love my beagle... but he is a handful and I've said I was going to get rid of him a million times. Especially when he was in the teething time period. (He still chews on things though so we have to keep a really close eye on him)

Hope your little one will be good in the daycare. Maybe he will love it.

Ok... I'm in.

First Name and Screen name: Natale, natale1980 (very original, and I can't hide the fact that I just turned 30! I didn't think about when I joined the Dis- I was 24 at the time)

I use to put 78 after my name until I turned 30... Now when I sign up for a site if they have just plain old Jasperann I do that first.

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I would love to run a 1/2 marathon, but would settle for losing 15-20lbs

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: SWEET... anything sweet. Did I mention I work in a bakery!

Favorite Good Food for You: raw veggies.

Favorite Form of Exercise: walking.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: My goal is to not get kicked off again (it's happened before).

Family: DH- Shawn, we've been married for 10.5 years.
DS - Dexter, almost 5
DD - Skylar, just turned 2

I haven't had a chance to read all the posts, I'll try to catch up.
-nat

Welcome to our little support group!

 

[luvsJack]

Ok... I'm in.

First Name and Screen name: Natale, natale1980 (very original, and I can't hide the fact that I just turned 30! I didn't think about when I joined the Dis- I was 24 at the time)

What your Goal Is for Fitness: I would love to run a 1/2 marathon, but would settle for losing 15-20lbs

Food that you Find Hardest to Eat in Moderation: SWEET... anything sweet. Did I mention I work in a bakery!

Favorite Good Food for You: raw veggies.

Favorite Form of Exercise: walking.

What Your Goal is For Yourself when you get to Skinny Island: My goal is to not get kicked off again (it's happened before).

Family: DH- Shawn, we've been married for 10.5 years.
DS - Dexter, almost 5
DD - Skylar, just turned 2

I haven't had a chance to read all the posts, I'll try to catch up.
-nat

and welcome! Your post caught my eye because of your dd's name. My dd's name is Skyler. I didn't realize at the time that it was so unusual around here! The only other kid in her school with that name is a boy.





I haven't done too well for the past couple of days. I have been sooooo ill! I think its a sinus infection but every time I think its about over I start feeling like someone hit me in the head with a baseball bat!! The pressure in my sinuses and the congestion are killing me. Makes me tired just to breathe!

So, I haven't exercised and haven't really grocery shopped this week and I am having to pick around the cabinets to find "good for me" foods. The good news is everything tastes bad, so I haven't finished a meal in a couple of days; just kind of picked at everything.

I have just about emptied the freezer and the pantry so I think I am going to do some major grocery shopping this weekend and not even buy anything that is not healthy. Dd doesn't need junk food either and she can pick some healthy snacks just as easy as some of the unhealthy things she has been eating lately.

She has also agreed to be my exercise buddy when I get to feeling better. We will go walk at the local track since the weather is getting better around here.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Have fun at your lunch! I do better when I don't have the first chip. Sometimes I tell myself I will limit, but once I get that first one
After reading the RMR and knowing the calorie level I am going to try to hover around for now - I did eat a few chips. 8 Total! Then proceeded to pack 1/2 my food away immediately because the size of that Chimi was massive! This morning...down still so I am really proud of myself!!

ugh, give me strength today. I have to attend a scholarship committee meeting over lunch and they are serving chicago style deep dish pizza.

I think you are smart to acknowledge you will have a piece and then just plan the rest of your day! Nothing worse than staring at other peoples food and drooling on yourself!! How did it go?

I also went onto my Elliptical for 40 minutes . (have to love the Ellen show. ) I looked up the calories that I would burn for that amount of time on moderate and it is 577.88 on almost every place that I checked. Where I log my calories (which I started again today) it says 550. Which is pretty darn close to all the other places. So in essence I burned my breakfast off...
I am so proud of your dedictaion to being better and not perfect!!! That is a lifestyle change for sure!!!
You guys are the best! Thanks for talking about your days it really encourages me to do better than I normally would do.

I agree. This group is really motivational and a driving force. Before I eat or before I decide not to excersize...or excersize I think of you all and this thread!!!

Thanks I'm going to bookmark that page. I read it. Makes a ton of sense.

Glad you liked it. Understanding that it is not some magic solution and it is just basic math is helpful.

My muscles feel like mush. I didn't feel it when I was working out but after sitting for 30 minutes I could hardly stand up.
How are you feeling today?
So far today my eating has been good as well. I went and bought a journal and measuring tape so I can track everything including my measurements.
GREAT JOB!!!
Oh by the way I wanted to tell everyone about this cookbook I found about a month ago. It is called the Betty Crocker 300 Calorie Cookbook.

I think that is so important - that you are teaching your kids better than you have done for yourself and that they can eat healthy from the start not just when the need arises and so much bad habits have been created.

My boys do not struggle and could eat junk all day and probably never be overweight but it does not mean it is good for their bodies. If I know that fast food has helped get me to this weight as well as my carb crazy cravings, how am I leading them down a road for a different future if I do not eat it butfeed them the same. They may not battle weight a ton, but heart disease and diabetes etc is all to real with food not good for you regardless of weight.

I know people who say that, "my kids are active" so they allow them to drink boat loads of sugared drinks (juice or pop) and do not limmit their food choices because phyisically they are thin. My oldest son is in college at a D2 school playing soccer. He is more active than most and any athlete watched their food consumption not because they cannot eat it but it does nothing to fuel the body and gove it energy. He has taught me a lot and I wish the eductaion he has gotten is one all of our kids get. More than a week in health class.

He has had to eat a pizza and drink pop and then they had to run a little later. Then the next day do the same with lean protein and good carbs and water.

He said there is no amount of eduction that will teach you better than your body. To feel sluggish and weak and all around crappy vs strong and solid and confident you were not going to pass out or hurl is an eye opener.

Anyway...Great job!

- I added some carrots and apples to my diet and my body has not revolted yet! Try adding frozen spinach to food you are making already. It really hides amongst your food and takes on the flavor it is being mixed with. Great way to get some healthy food into your system. Try it with scrambled eggs. I checked out that website and it was great! It said I should eat more than I was - now that's encouraging!!!! I never thought my problem was eating too little talk about a news flash!

I think it is worth trying for 2 weeks. What is it going to hurt?

Under Become a Better Health Model, Listen to when you’re full: Ban the “clean your plate” rule. Push your plate away when you’re no longer hungry; don’t eat until you’re stuffed. An adult’s stomach is the size of a loosely clenched fist, so it doesn’t take much food to fill it.
SUPER ADVICE AND SITE!!!!

The Metabolism one told me that I should be eating 1284 calories. I think I can live with that.
Glad you looked it up. Did it differ much from what you thought you should be at?
Walked around all day at work today with my Skechers Shape-ups on.

How do you like those?

my older sister ate brussel sprouts out of a cereal bowl one morning.

HY - STAIR -I - CALLLL!!!!!

God Bless my mom but I also remember her telling me in college that I had put on some weight and then asking if I would like a piece of pie... such mixed signals!

Food is such a cult in our society. It is what we want everyone in and then when you are in but not perfect we slam you for it but not enough to kick you out.

I'm still here and doing pretty good. Just having a busy week so I will post again once things calm down a little.

Looking forward to when you can get back here more!!!

I am also a chocolate lover. (When I lost a lot of weight) I was having chocolate everyday. It was part of my life. I would have two pieces of dove dark chocolate everyday.

Great suggestion! I like Trader Joes dark chocolate almonds for the same reason. I also think it is true what they say about taste buds changing as we age. I hated chocolate as a kid. Hated it. Then liked milk chocolate as I got older and now prefer dark. Maybe it is a woman thing though...Dan hares dark still and so do most men I know.

I went to they gym at 9:30 last night. only 1/2 hour but i wouldn't have done that a week ago. FLIPPIN GREAT!!!

I'm so happy you guys are here. It's day 4 for me and on day 2 i decided that in the notebook where i'm tracking my calories, i'd write down 1 thing that i'm grateful for each day. Today it was you guys!
I am so glad for that. This is a pplace you should always know you are welcome and never doubt peoples intentions to help you achieve success and suport you.

I have done well on food. Tonight's my first weight training night. I'm willing to bet I'll be sore tomorrow!!
Let us know how it went!

Ok... I'm in.

First Name and Screen name: Natale, natale1980 (very original, and I can't hide the fact that I just turned 30! I didn't think about when I joined the Dis- I was 24 at the time)
Welocme and that cracked me up!!!!!

and welcome! Your post caught my eye because of your dd's name. My dd's name is Skyler. I didn't realize at the time that it was so unusual around here! The only other kid in her school with that name is a boy.
My niece is Skyler as well!

I have just about emptied the freezer and the pantry so I think I am going to do some major grocery shopping this weekend and not even buy anything that is not healthy. Dd doesn't need junk food either and she can pick some healthy snacks just as easy as some of the unhealthy things she has been eating lately.
Great Job making a plan. get some recipies together so you are not just shopping a la carte so you have satisfying meals to enjoy!! Less likely to snack bad for sure! Do you have Aldi's by you? They have great forzen fruit bars that are low in calories - no fat...3 flavors!

Maybe have her help you find snack recipies and new things to try. When my kid help with the choices of food we will be eating and then help in the kitchen...they feel more empowered and it is a great way to start teaching tehm about food, cooking and ....cleaning up!!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

TIME TO GET A PLAN!!!! THREE DAYS LEFT AND TIME TO MAP OUT HOW YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND!!!


I will drink half my weight in water. I will Track.

Those are 2 things I can totally do.

What can you do???

 

[Jasperann]

Well my Weekend is really my workend... so I don't usually have a problem with the weekend. Because all of my food is already planned out for the whole day. But I will commit to doing the elliptical on Saturday and Sunday for at least 20 minutes after work.

I may not make it on here for the weekend. I wake up at 4 am and leave my house by 5:15am to get to work for 6am and then I work until 4:30pm and get home about 5:15 or so . (sorry for the run on sentence... I'm not the best with those.) The bad of that is I'm usually out of the house for 12 hours... The plus of that is I get my 20 hours in at work in two days each week and have Monday-Friday to focus on my kids.

I will go on the Elliptical today for at least 20 minutes too. I might be able to talk myself into more once I'm on it. I end up thinking this isn't so bad... I can do better... 20 minutes is only the start of burning fat... I can do another 5 minutes... I can do another 10 minutes... Yeah I constantly pep talk myself into doing more once I've actually started.

I wanted to confess that I think I'm a smiley addict. So when I use to many of them you can just ignore them, because honestly I annoy myself with them sometimes.