Posts by amber615

I know green tea alone wouldn't make me lose weight, but I've been dieting for almost a year, and at most lost about 25 before gaining back 10 more.

I'm getting pretty desperate here and I want something to boost my weight loss.
I'd rather cut back on the chips AND add green tea. But I don't like the taste of the tea & I didn't want to add sugar or anything else to it.

I've always felt every little bit counts. If it were to take green tea a year for me to lose just 10 pounds, so be it. At least that's 10 less than the last year.

Well, I just calculated my BMR (1667) and with the boost of 4.4% I'd lose about an extra 7.5 pounds a year.

So, now my next question is: that 4.4%--how much green tea is that? In terms of pills or cups of tea. I guessed one pill....

spirochete: LOL. That sounds like my mother (except she's not a giant Australian)

I never heard of that before but I searched and found this:
http://www.dietsinreview.com/diets/the-gabrie l-method/

There's also a main website for "The Gabriel Method" but I don't if that can be trusted for truthful info...

My only true vice is pastries, especially cakes.
A couple of weeks ago I made a Pillsbury Cinnamon Swirl cake and I ended up eating about 75% of it in less than six hours--despite the box saying there should be 14 servings

19 years old, 5'7"

I'm not sure if this weight is accurate because I started lifting weights and gained several pounds in 2 days. 176 ->180 pounds

US Size 10 Jeans & Size 8 top (The shirt was from the Womans section. I don't know if that makes a difference)

Skittle-shaped according to this:

http://www.littlewoodsdirect.com/rf/lxd/stati c.do?page=landingpage19

I think you should be careful of stretch marks. If you weight gain too rapidly, that can cause stretch marks even if you aren't overweight.

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

I'm not sure if the gym is free at my school. I just tried to check & it has info about membership fees, but it says nothing about whether or not students can go for free.

But, I joined a gym two years ago, with a friend but I didn't go very often. I wasn't very comfortable there.

When I first started dieting, I kind of craved fruits, but after about 2 weeks, I'd want unhealthy food for a couple of days. It's a cycle for me.

I'm a bit apprehensive to see Twilight. I read the first 3 books, and I'm on the wait list at the library (I'm about number 250 )
From my experience, movies based off of books are changed way too much. I find it's better if I watch the movie before reading the book.

If there were any A+ foods, I expect them to be in the vegetable or fruit category.

Social situations can be really difficult because it's mostly unhealthy food that I haven't had in a long time and I just want to eat it all, and there's nothing healthy to eat.

Besides that, my family is also difficult to deal with.
Whenever my parents cook something I ask a bunch of questions such as "What kind of oil is that?" or "How much sugar/salt/flour is in it?" and sometimes they don't want to answer me.
I think they believe I'm not eating enough food but I know I am. Then they go out and by junk food that I love but they know I'm not supposed to eat it. I tell them not to buy it but they still do. *sigh*

Basically, for me, the worst part of dieting is telling other people you're on a diet and they don't support you & they think you have an eating disorder.

For me, it's not about how many minutes I do, but the amount of calories I burn because I do different workouts.

I aim for a minimum of 500 calories. each day, everyday. Although there are sometimes when I miss a day or I do less than 500 calories.

I think the best thing for you to do is eat fruits and vegetables--whether or not they are negative calorie foods.
Also, I read that all of those negative calorie foods are fruits & veggies anyway.