Posts by melody_anne

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't been around. I feel off the horse on last Wedensday and didn't put myself back on till today. I exercised today and have been eating really healthy and I feel much better about myself. Unfortunately though I up to 188, but I'm not going to let that get me down.

Thanks for the adivce about my sister. That is really helpful.

Well I haven't been doing to well the last few days. I wasn't exercising or watcing what I was eating and now I'm back up to 188, but its okay. I'm back on track today and I'm feeling great!

Good job novileigh! I was having the same problem as you for awhile.

Yesterday I had a bit of a splurge, but I only ate a little more than 1300 calories so I'm sure my splurge didn't put me over. The good thing about my splurge was that I splurged on healthy food so it couldn't have been more than 400 calories and even if it was it wouldn't be too bad. I'm pretty sure I stayed under 2000 calories which makes me happy!

That actually seems quite normal. Your weight will fluctuate throughout the day because its based on so many factors like if you just ate your going to weigh more, but if you haven't eaten in awhile you will probably weigh a little less. Generally people weigh less in the morning and weigh more at night.

It could also be the way you are standing on the scale or just the scale itself. I weighed my self one morning and I weighed 184. and then I weighed myself less than a minute later and I weighed 186. It is very unlikely that I gained 2 pounds in under a minute so it was probably the scale or the weigh I was standing on it.

But like I said before its probably just normal. My weight fluctuates throughout the day from up to 4 pounds more to 2 pounds less so I wouldn't worry about the fluctuation. :D

That's really interesting, but are they subtracting the weight of the object they used to weigh the food in? But I'm sure that information if true anyway. I'm happy about it thoug because thinking back to measuring my food I always do it under the rim. Well maybe not all of the time but most of the time.

Congrats! Thats really awesome. Thats really encouraging to me. I am the same height as you and I had the same starting weight, but I am trying to lose 60 pounds, but still like I said very encouraging. It just goes to show that if you keep with it and push yourself weight loss can happen. I hope you lose your next 20 pounds with the same luck.

K9- Sorry about the confusing height thing. I thought I was 5'8" so that's what I put on my profile. Then I recently checked my height and I'm actually 5'6", but I am closer to 5'7". I forgot to change my height on my profile, but I fixed it now that you pointed it out. 125 is a bit on the smaller side of a healthy for my height, but I have a small frame so I figured it's okay. I could be wrong though.

In recent news I ate a brownie today and I didn't enjoy it, which is great! It means my body is no longer dependent on a daily processed sugar fix. This made me very happy, but a little sad because I really like brownies. I guess I'll just get a healthy brownie recipe from one of my cook books. I have sooo many cook books its insane.

Ahh! I love manga and anime. The first manga I ever read was Fruit's Basket. I still like it too. I also like Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, Hellsing, Tsubasa, Cardcaptor Sakura, Ceres, xxxHolic, Planet Ladder, and Alice 19th. I've never read Bleach or watched the anime, but everyone says I should. Could you tell me the basic story in a nutshell?

Olivia - I don't know if I trust my cutting skills on other people yet. I should probably test it on a few dummies before I try it on a person. Home-school is really nice. I find working at home is a much healthier environment. I don't feel as stressed. I used to be terrible at math while I was at public school, but once I started home school about a year ago I excelled in math. In fact it is now my best subject. I'm not sure how to explain the stubbornness. I guess I mean it like on certain political issues I really have my mind set on my opinion and I just don't understand how someone could think otherwise, but its only on like 2 issues.

And just for everyone I guess I'll just share how I've been doing with eating and weightloss. I've eaten about 1500 calories to day, which is really good... I think. I try to vary my intake everday so my body never gets used to just one certain amount of calories. I did pretty good in my exercise today, but I could have pushed myself harder. How have you guys been doing?

I believe we are also talking about tomatoes? I don't like raw tomatoes either. I can only eat tomatoes in a sandwich because all the other stuff covers up the taste. I tried to eat a cherry tomato the other day, but it didn't work

Original Post by olivia77:

Hi Melody ---  love your hair cut!  ( :

I wish I could workout 2 hours a day.   I shoot for 40 minutes since I have to get up at 5AM to do it and I have to be ready for my carpool ride to work by 6:30 AM every day.   

I love that your cat has multiple nicknames ---  ours totally do too.  (blush) 

I'm curious.....  I have a few things I "get stuck" on too......   anything like diet related or more-so life stuff?    For example, I just recently realized that I truly do lose more when I eat more.  I was sticking as close to 1400 as I could, but if I eat more like 1700 and maintain my workouts as before, the lbs fell off at the end of the month.  I struggle with that.  As a teen, the less I ate, the cooler I was --- crazy, but true....    Don;t let me pry -- just a question....

for everyone -- what do you do?  ( :

Thanks! I cut my hair myself. I got this hair razor comb thing a few months back and it has made cutting my hair really simple.

I do 2 hours mostly because I have the time and I'm home schooled so I can multitask study and workout!

Well all of the pets in our house have millions of nicknames. Most of them are thought up by my dad.

Don't worry I didn't think you were prying. I meant it as in life in general and how on some issues I just have my opinion set and I'm a little stubborn about hearing any differently, but I still try to be as nice as possible to some who thinks differently. I don't let it jeopardize a potential friendship.

I don't do much other than sit around and workout. I do have a job working for my grandpa and I go to his house once a week and I clean.

I've decided to set my activity to sedentary because then I at least know how much a burn at a minimum so I know the proper amount of calories I should eat everyday. I going to document my daily activity more closely so then if I spend more time on my feet than sitting down I might change my activity to light or moderate depending on the ratio of of active hours to none active hours (sleep not included).

Carbs are in fact great for you. Carbs are the main source of energy for your body. You need to eat carbs. Just don't overload on carbs and you'll be fine.

I rarely eat fruit by itself. I usually eat it with other foods and I feel fine afterwards. Though that could just be me.

The heart attack thing sounds valid enough but the other things sound pretty far-fetched, which makes me question the validity of the heart attack thing. I could be wrong though, but it just seems like a bit much to me.

Can I join in with you guys? I'm about 185 currently (my heaviest was 189), I stand at 5'6" and I want to weigh about 125 by March 31st.

I've been working out for the last few weeks so I might not even been in the 180's anymore, but I only check my weight once a month at the end of the month so I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

Original Post by coach_k:

With those stats and that activity -- you DO burn close to 3000 cals per day to maintain -- not 2400 (again, you must use the teen calculators -- the ones on this site are NOT appropriate) -- as you are "moderately active" for a teen.  Having said that, you should eat 2000-2100 to lose almost 2lb per week.

Anytime you can eat more and STILL lose, it is a good idea to do so -- this means your metabolism is working at it's most efficient.

Good luck

Thanks for the info. That's really helpful. :D

You've probably gained muscle. So I wouldn't be too worried. You're just getting stronger.