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  1. Actually, there was a lot more fake about the Social episode than the fake Gordon Ramsay (who was fabulous by the way!) I lived in Costa Mesa for 9 years and it is not as "well-heeled" as Gordon made it sound. In fact, the beginning of the episode actually showed more of our much wealthier neighboring community, Newport Beach. The area that Social was in is not a fabulous neighborhood...It's a marketing scam known as Triangle Square, which Costs Mesa has been trying to make fashionable since 2001.The reason they did so well the first year is that the owners of Triangle Square cut really great deals for the first year of rent and then start jacking up the rates (which is why Social did so well the first year and then started slipping). Most of the businesses around there only last a few years because the parking and traffic suck and when the restaurant first opened in 2014, the surrounding area had a lot of empty storefronts and homeless people. If the restaurant had been closer to the actual jewel of Costa Mesa, South Coast Plaza, it would have been more believable. I was wondering what the whole thing was about until the end where they said they were opening a spot in Huntington Beach. This was just a way to get some buzz for the new place (Huntington Beach has more tourists and is probably in a better spot) and I will bet some money that the other chef will be working there. I can't blame the owners for running with this but it goes to show how real reality shows are.
  2. That first hour was painful. They could have put all that summing up in a five minute montage at the beginning of the second hour. I was a Monster fan since I started watching episode 3. I rewound that song at least 5 times and thanks to this forum, got to watch T-Pain's cover version from Yahoo Music as well, so thank you guys! The fact that no one knew it was T-Pain was, in my opinion, the reason he won but I also thought he was amazing. And the fact that he was crying when he won? Bonus point gold! It's nice to see someone get a second chance like that and be grateful for the opportunity.
  3. I'm afraid for me, it's going to be Bitch please that ain't nothing. I mean, complaining about bad acting on CSI:Miami is like complaining about rain in London. It's always there and you either learn to love it or just stop watching. I will give you that the wood chipper parts were especially gross, even on this show. But the bad acting? That's why I watch the show--it's just so damn funny!
  4. Thank you so much for the kind words, Muffyn, I really appreciate them. I thought the doctors would be concerned too but since obesity is considered such a horrible thing now it was treated as more of a "good thing". It is now 15 months since Anne has passed and I am 111 lbs. lighter. What's funny is that one of the reasons for this was that I was diagnosed with what used to be considered the obese person's magical excuse, hypothyroidism. I'm now taking my medication for it so my metabolism has improved and I'm still losing weight (although not as fast as the first 75 pounds). I have been blessed because in the last few months, I have found a wonderful support group and I am doing much better. People still go on about my weight loss but it doesn't hurt as much because it isn't tied as much to the grief any more. My body still does feel odd because of the weight loss but I really can't do anything yet because no one knows how much I will lose. I feel really bad for people like your aunt. It's a damn shame that so much time and brainpower is wasted on worrying about how you look, especially when you aren't obese. It just seems like time could be better spent doing other things. I agree that "You look nice today!" is the best compliment anyone can give--focusing on the weight loss just makes it sound like I was some sort of monster before or saying that "at least some good came from this" which makes it sound like losing the person who was everything to me was somehow beneficial to me. I wasn't a monster and losing Anne was the worst thing that ever happened or will happen to me. For most people, losing weight is a good thing--reading over some of the stories on this board makes me proud to know you all, even if it is just on a forum. However, the reason I told my story is because weight loss, like everything else in this world, isn't the same for everyone. It's easy to judge people (I know, I do it all the time) but without knowing their stories, our judgment is impaired and what you think may not be the case at all.
  5. How can you not love a man who in the recently run "Rio" episode appears suddenly to confront the Mala Noche head and then suddenly disappears after some traffic passes by only to wind up kneeling in front of the Jesus statue? I mean, that is the stuff of legend (and just so damn funny!)
  6. I don't know why anyone would have a chocolate fountain. The chocolate turns to melted, waxy crap and no one can use it in a sanitary manner. It's like a damn chocolate germ pool. Eww. And you kids get away from my car!
  7. I'm gonna be THAT Yankee fan and say that the meme is incorrect already. Sorry guys, couldn't resist.
  8. Thank you again for all your kindness, HalcyonDays. Honestly, I never thought that this forum would help me, but I do feel better. It's nice to know that there are people out there who understand and wish me well. I don't think this attitude is going to change anytime soon. What's strange to me is that people have become far more tolerant of alcoholics and drug addicts because they are suffering from a disease while obesity and depression are still considered to be shameful and easier to judge. I know from experience that people will say that I should just snap out of my depression and that if I exercise more and eat less, everything will be fine. It's not true--treating depression and obesity is a lot of work. There are some days where even with my medications and my dietary changes, I'm exhausted and still feeling down (obviously, I'm not going to become thin overnight but if I'm not making daily progress, I'm lazy too!). Thank you about the name. I kept it from my TWOP days because it still seems to fit after all this time of watching all these bad shows. BTW, I am a woman but since I talk about my wife a lot and my name is gender neutral, it's easy to assume otherwise. As far as people not knowing about each other's lives, it doesn't bother me if someone I don't know well congratulates or praises me--they don't know what happened and weight loss is usually considered a positive thing. What really hurts is that the people who know what happened to me and supposedly care about me STILL react as if my weight loss came from a positive place, as if it is a consolation to me. I never expected something like this to happen to me (we were together over 30 years and were supposed to die within hours of each other, like you hear about on TV) but now that it has, it's really strange to me that even people I love are extremely judgmental about my being a very depressed, obese person. I just assumed that because no one said anything, it didn't matter. Apparently, it does matter and I have to deal with it now. Again, thank you all for letting me get this out of my system. I really appreciate it.
  9. Thank you for your kind words, HalcyonDays and I'm sorry for making you cry. I think that a lot of people don't understand because death is a frightening concept, especially the death of someone so close like a spouse. It scares people to think that any of us could lose the person they love most in the world at any moment so they focus on anything but that. In my case, it happens to be the weight loss. I can understand it in a way but it still feels really bizarre to have something that really isn't an accomplishment to me (I lost the weight due to a simple side effect from a drug and grief) considered as such. Unfortunately, Algebra, the people who are most enthusiastic about my weight loss are the people who know that isn't what happened. They know there were days where I couldn't get off the couch because all I was doing was crying. They know I'm not coping well--in fact, I've even been told that "people die every day" and I should be doing better in getting my life back on track. I'm assuming that they don't know what else to say so the weight loss is what they happen to focus on. I know I'm a pretty unique case in this situation so using my example is probably not the best one to understand motivation for weight loss. I also know that some of the people profiled on this show really are people who weren't motivated at all to lose weight but who decided to do the show for their own bizarre reasons (Penny and Pauline being the prime examples, of course). I just wanted to say that weight loss is extremely complicated and that while it's easy to look at Penny as the "typical" recalcitrant obese person, there are other stories out there and mine just happened to be one of them.
  10. Thank you for the kind thoughts, Christina. I guess the reason I'm upset about the doctors and my friends is that ever since my wife passed away, everything has changed for the worse and now even my body doesn't feel like my own anymore. When the weight loss is the only thing focused on by everyone, it feels like nothing else matters except something that I really had nothing to do with, that I have no pride in because it is just a side effect of what happened. That's also why I talked about motivation or the lack thereof--I know my motivation is not as high as it could be because of this and maybe some of the people who appear on the show don't really want to lose weight for their own reasons. That certainly would seem to be the case for Penny and possibly some of the others who had so much trouble losing weight even after the operation. I just wanted to comment that sometimes these things are more complicated than what we see on the show. As for my medication, I'm talking to the doctors this week because my appetite is still pretty low and I've been taking it for three months. I'm not sure if it will be changed because otherwise it's working pretty well but at least they will know what's happening.
  11. First off, congratulations on losing the weight you've lost. It really sounds like you are well on your way to your goal weight and you have a great attitude. My story is a bit different and I really don't take my weight loss very well. I started out at 392 pounds although I didn't know it at the time. I knew I had health problems due to my weight (high blood pressure) although I was lucky not to have diabetes (or even prediabetes) and my cholesterol levels were fine. I really didn't have time to follow any diet program because my wife had a stroke and I was too busy taking care of her to take care of myself so I just didn't think about it too much. Sadly, my wife passed away three months ago and I tried to commit suicide the same day. For some reason that I still don't understand, I survived. The funny thing that happened was that all of my health problems were taken care of by being in the hospital. What's even stranger is that I have lost about 75 pounds in these past three months due to the medication I'm taking and loss of appetite. The one thing that everyone talks about is the weight loss as if something wonderful has happened. Even my doctors don't seem all that worried because obesity is so bad. I feel like screaming every time that someone compliments me because to me, it's just a reminder of all that I've lost. I don't know why I'm sharing this--maybe it's just because people are obese for different reasons and people lose weight for different reasons. I don't know if I will ever get to a "normal" weight at any point--it's too soon to say at this time whether or not I can follow through or even if I want to do so. I don't think I'm being a Penny or Pauline about this (I'm not bedbound by any means and can even wash all the parts of my body!) but motivation to change is a hard thing to find sometimes. Maybe the motivation will come to them (and myself) at some point--there's always a chance that it will.
  12. Don't hate me, but the Esurance commercial with Buster Posey delivering the baby always makes me laugh. I love the way he comes running into the room saying, "Who's ready to deliver this baby?" I don't like the San Francisco Giants but this commercial makes Buster Posey seem like a cool dude.
  13. First, while I love this new, badass Dr. Green, I still kinda miss the old Dr. Eyelashes with her bright clothes and crazy shoes. I know Dr. Green is now much more effective (judging by how Laura was handled this episode) but Dr. Eyelashes was just so fun. Second, Laura was a total bitch and a nasty piece of work. You can tell that the whole "I just want a space of my own because you own this house and want to control me" was something she used effectively against John since she moved in and trashed the place. I am so glad John had enough of Laura's crap and hope that he did actually kick her out. Third, I love the fact that Laura got hoisted on her own petard by not marrying John. If she had, it would have been a lot harder to get rid of her. (I know the show didn't say why they weren't married but I'm guessing it was another paranoid conspiracy theory on Laura's part so that she could always have control of Angelina and so she could throw the "space" issue back in John's face.) And finally... Maybe it's just me but there must be an asshole gene that gets expressed more fully in hoarders than in people with other mental illnesses. Too many of these hoarders are assholes and mentally ill. In fact, in all the years I've been watching this show, I can probably only remember about 10 hoarders (and that's being generous, I'm sure) who weren't total jerks.
  14. Thank you! I thought I was nuts because I can't hit the mute button fast enough when this commercial comes on. The song is just so irritating and her twirling throughout gets me pretty stabby too.
  15. I swear if I see that creepy chicken drawing French fries on her selfie and saying "Chiiiiiiiiiiiiicken friiiiiiiiiiiies" one more time, I won't be held responsible for my actions. Oh and who the hell would want to eat icing surrounded by Captain Crunch Crunchberries? Why don't you just save the time and pour a bag of sugar down your throat? You get the same effect and you don't have to step inside a Taco Bell.
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