Posts by melika08

Congrats!

You look great! I must mention that you look a lot younger!! I don't know your age, but you look much older in the picture of your original weight than you new pics!!

You sound like you've changed a lot about your lifestyle! Looks like it was well worth it.

All i have to say is --- Oil of Olay!! lol

Have you thought about eating some hardboiled eggs with some wheat toast?

Veggie omlettes? fresh fruit? If you like oatmeal, try instant plain oatmeal and add milk and honey or a packet of splenda.

I think you should stay away from processed foods and eat more wholesome food. It helps keep you full and it's not so heavy on the sugar.

I dono bout you, but eating sugar makes me crave more sugar. I try to stay away as much as possible, unless its fruit.

I think if you are eating fresh, unprocessed food, watching your sugar isn't a big deal. I heard Dr. Oz talk the other day and he said the food you eat should look the same as when it came out of the ground. I totally agree with this. Ever since I've been eating unprocessed foods, I am just not as hungry anymore. Natural food doesn't have a lot of sugar. If it does, it's good complex carbs.

Me too!!

I've been off my diet for 3 mos. I didn't do a lot of damage actually, but still haven't been counting calories and have been eating very unhealthy.

I just don't know how to do a lifestyle change, and not a diet! I know what to do when i diet, i just don't know how to keep it going which is obviously the key.

Good luck!!

why wouldn't it? Milk is not calorie free. I usually measure out a tablespoon or so.

I believe that your body uses the energy that is most readily available, and that would be the food in your stomach. It takes more energy for your body to release its stored energy than to just use the energy in your stomach.

I believe I read this in Women's Health...

Original Post by okiewoman:

Can you request the toast dry and then if you feel the need, add your own butter so you control how much goes on it? Some places will do dry toast, others won't. Honestly, even in Shanghai they normally will do dry toast and grilled tomatoes for me to go with my eggs.

You should be able to. You can ask for butter on the side and then they usually give u butter pads.

I just realized yesterday that I am the same way, but now that I know I am that way I can stop it.

I really wanted to eat somethings, but it was just easier not eating them at all because I know i won't stop myself.

For example, I was at Red Lobster with my boyfriend and they have those amazing biscuits. I really wanted one, but waited til my meal came to have one because I knew that if I had one before my meal, I wouldn't be able to stop at one because I was hungry.

Also, after I decided I was done eating, I had gum so I would stay away from the biscuits and the rest of my meal. So far, gum has helped the most.

For now, I am just gonna stay away from the foods the trigger non-stop eating. I also notice that when i can't stop eating is when I am bored, so I immediately find something else to do. Usually a walk helps, cuz ur outside with no food in site. I hope this helps.

Well, if you ate 3500 calories over maintenance it, you will gain a pound. This is probably unlikely, so if you do gain weight it will be water retention mostly.

Last Saturday, I did the same thing and the scale went up 2 pounds. There was no way I ate 7000 calories over maintenance, but its Wednesday and I'm still not back to my pre-"binge" weight.

Just get back on track, forget about it, don't try to make up for it tomorrow because you may induce another "binge". Try to plan your day better, so unexpected meals don't come up and you end up going over.

I say "binge" because people have different views on a what a binge is. Although, you probably just ate a lot more than you planned, I don't think it was an actual binge where you can't stop eating.

I've lost ~5 pounds and I noticed it first in my wrists and ankles. I'm small framed and have always had tiny ankles until I gained weight ~15 pounds, so I was excited to notice something. Even when I was thinner, I always had a tummy and still do 8 pounds thinner. Don't notice a diff. there.

I think you do lose weight in the last place you gained because where  your body tends to store weight first is determined genetically, so it would make sense that you would lose weight first where your body didn't really want to store fat in the first place. Just watching my body i've noticed this.

Everyone is different and everyone stores weight in a diff place. So, I think if you're body is prone to storing weight in the tummy, it will be hardest to lose weight there.

gi jane-

6g is 6000mg not 2400mg. so is the average person allowed 2.4g or 6g??

So the 10g is 10,000mg! Wow, that is a ridiculous amt of salt!!

Also, you are def. not alone. Anytime i eat anything frozen, my sodium shoots sky high, but if i make my own food, its usually never an issue. Salt is a preservative so it will be in anything that is processed. Drink plenty of water if u know ur gonna take in lots of sodium.

Maybe it's not a binge by clinical standards, but you're eating more than you want to and you cant stop. What's the word for that then? I may have not hit 3500 cals, but 2300 is still a lot for me!

Eating over maintenance is a problem- that's why were here! Yes, the term binge is overused, but when u eat 1000 cals over maintance it's still a "binge" even if u haven't hit 3500 cals.

I'm going to weigh in tomorrow ladies, I forgot today and ate a big breakfast, so my weight won't be accurate.

Yesterday morning, I was 127, down a pound from last week, but I've had a bad weekend :(.

I wont forget tomorrow!!

i put 30-day shred down as general aerobics just cuz usually it gets my heart rate up more than circuit training and ur jumping n stuff.