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| Weight Gain | Increased weight and a little confused | Nov 26 2009 09:29 (UTC) |
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So if I eat 2,500 cals and just keep going I will gain, but it will all level off over time? How will I know when to decrease if necessary though so I don't keep gaining. Again, I fully recognize I should gain and want to (despite the ED voice in my head)....I just don't want to keep going on and on...that is what scares me so much Also, how do I know if 2, 500 is enough or not? Is it ok to go over that some days (i.e. like today, Thanksgiving)
thanks for the great advice, I am getting better, but have a looooong way to go |
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| Health & Support | I have a problem | Nov 12 2009 13:19 (UTC) |
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thanks for the input....well except the last poster (what the hell are you on haha)... |
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| Health & Support | Lost Weight and Concerned | Sep 27 2009 14:39 (UTC) |
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thanks....yea I read your post...stepped back....took a deep breath....I will simply eat more....today for example I had a cliff bar and plan to eat a NORMAL dinner in addition to a little larger breakfast, lunch, etc....I'll see what this week brings....
I mean I am not necessarily looking to gain (I am still not underweight and really don't look that bad)....I mean a few lbs would be nice I guess.....I just don't want to lose anymore...so as long as that stops I would be fine....
I also think I am going to finally go see someone....this weight cycling....even though like only 10-15 lbs about is really taking a toll on me....I can't go on like this anxiety all the time...I knwo it's not healthy |
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| Health & Support | I feel like the only guy with an ED | Sep 27 2009 05:24 (UTC) |
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hey.....I'm a 21 y/o male 5'7'' 134ish lbs now who has been battling an ED for several years now that has brought me up and down....I am especially now suffering from it as I am undereating and have been losing and quite hoenstly, am very scared....
TRUST ME you are not alone at all.....if you want to talk just hit me up....
I know how it is with school and everything as you struggle with this too....but please please please just hang in there.... |
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| Fitness | Jogging/Cardio questions/concerns...any HELP appreciate! | Aug 13 2009 18:20 (UTC) |
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thanks guys...great advice that I'll take into account....
update on my knee: I have been icing it before/after my jogs and the pain is pretty much gone (and this is only the second day of doing that!)....but yea I will take into account the 1 day a week off thing and cut back if that pain returns...it was just a little pain under my right knee cap (left was fine)....I have been going up and down these two really big hills...so I think they were the culprits perhaps...
also, when I go back to school and can not exercise as much I will adjust my diet accordingly (since I do have an idea of how much I eat ina day)....I'm not even trying to lose weight now, so if that stops it's all good |
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| Foods | Toast before bed... | Aug 12 2009 14:32 (UTC) |
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your body stores extra fat at night? My nutritionist always told me that the whole eating before bed thing doesn't matter and that that is suggested more as a control thing than your body storing ffood in a different way at that time.....
she said for example if I were to eat an apple at midnight and count it for the next day that is fine, provided I don't eat another apple the next day (if I only eat one apple a day that is of course)..... timing DOES NOT matter when you eat....the QUANTITY you do calorie wise DOES it's a myth....your perfectly fine do it as you please! |
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| Health & Support | waking up and eating | Aug 10 2009 15:38 (UTC) |
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Hello everyone,
Yea I kind of figured it was from my body naturally being hungry then because it is ina weird cycle. As for the undereating thing, I really really don't feel I am. My weight stays in the same area generally and I feel fine....if I didn't how would I manage to jog 8 miles no problem in 100 degree heat everyday?
I don't mind fidget's personality....but my ED friend? who is that? (that remark threw me off and I don't get it)....but other than that I totally respect what you have to say....after all I am the one who asked
I will simply just resist eating the next time I wake up (prob tom morning)....maybe going to back to my normal set meal times will end this stuff |
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| The Lounge | Academic advice needed | Aug 08 2009 19:30 (UTC) |
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I'm not going to stay an extra semester/year. I have no shame in that. It's just I went to college with so many AP credits and actually could have graduated an entire year early with Soc and Spanish....when I added French and the Thesis that stretched it out to a fourth year....and if I actually wasn't writing a thesis I could have even graduated a semester early....my combined credits by the end of this point alone is well over what one needs to graduate from my school.....therefore I am not going to go from the advanced kid who was ahead of everyone to finish something just for the sake of finishing it without any reason....
the problem is not being able to finish the double major, it's a matter of wanting to stretch myself thin (even if I lets say get all A's, graduate with full honors, etc.) or hone in on one area I love I guess and still get those marks and graduate with full honors......yes it's three classes to finish the one major. But the question becomes really is it worth literally almost killing myself this fall and not even that....cutting other things like an honors thesis and some very prestigous extra curricular activites and honors.....many of these things have recently accumulated and professors come finding me to do things....I am not going to lie, I am have a HUGE problem saying no and like to appease everyone....it's just that has left me with a million classes, a thesis, and a bunch of things I have to participate in....it was manageable in the past...but now I'm not so sure...and again I'm not lazy AT ALL, just worried. :-/...I would go to my advisors, but I fear they will simply be biased for their own programs/classes etc., which is only going to mess me up further |
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| The Lounge | Academic advice needed | Aug 08 2009 13:52 (UTC) |
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well I mean I'm not really "dropping a degree," just replacing one my majors with an Honors thesis....I was never clear on this, are you even considered to have "two degrees" if you major in two disciplines under the same major....like don't I still only receive one B.A.? |
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| The Lounge | Academic advice needed | Aug 08 2009 09:18 (UTC) |
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guess I should have included that...I would like to most likely go directly to Grad school for either a MAT degree in teaching French or to achieve an MA in French/French studies.....or possibly teach for a program like Teach for America |
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| Weight Loss | getting drunk on a diet | Aug 07 2009 23:14 (UTC) |
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While I am not on a diet, I do closely watch my weight and being in college and 21 the issue of drinking and calories comes up a lot....what I do is stick to light beers, rum and diet coke, vodka with light cranberry juice...and shots like tequila which have about 100 cals each....cosmos also are like 200 I think
as much as I love them....STAY AWAY from fruit drinks like Pina Coladas, Margheritas, Daquaris etc. those things will be the end of you diet and even maintenane wise...it's like drinking a freakin ice cream sunday lol.....
but you can do it....regardless, stay in reason. I also have tried (and still do it often unfortunately) the not eating and drinking thing...while calorie wise that would set you straight, it's NOT healthy at all and quite dangerous...that's not to say you can't cut down ona few things that day to help compensate and exercise a little more before or after....I never exceed 300-500 cals when I drink and trust me I get pretty messed up on that hahaha
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| Young Calorie Counters | Calories after midnight | Aug 03 2009 14:47 (UTC) |
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I personally go by a combination of what my "day" is...for example today I woke up at 12:30 am (I went to bed at like 7 pm last night lol) and was hungry around like 3 am so ate what I normally would for breakfast...even though it was still "night" I counted it as today since it was after midnight....I however am consistent about it and did not like go and eat another breakfast when my normal breakfast time of 7 am rolled around...
when you consume the calories doesn't matter, just as long as you, as already said, are consistent is all that matters....
but this is a good question...it is weird b/c I was thinking about this kind of when I was eating my cherrios at 3 am hahaha |
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| Weight Loss | My Story: Weight Loss yo-yo | Aug 02 2009 15:41 (UTC) |
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while I am not at ALL condoning crash dieting or undereating in ANY WAY (want to emphasize that lol)...I can understand where he is comming from. I know that if I ate 2500 cals a day not only would I not lose or even maintain my weight...I would gain....I did crash diet several years ago and had a bout with an ED but I am not in starvation mode or anything either....from time to time I lose weight at what I eat (high 1,000's) and my doctor says my metabolism isn't shot.... (I am also 21 5'7'' low 140's)
but again, I jog 4-8 miles a day and eat in the high 1,000's and my weight doesn't move...I go over that, it goes up....
I'm just saying while the BMR is a good average, it is just that, and AVERAGE there could be other factors uique to him (i.e. genetic) that could skew that average....everyone's body is different.... |
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| Weight Loss | Dumb dude needs advice! | Aug 02 2009 15:28 (UTC) |
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why is 125 or 130's too low for a guy if it is in their healthy BMI range? If it's ok for a girl to weigh at the end of her BMI range, I don't see what the issue is for a guy. I guess that's something to think about. I look at it like this, I like being on the thinner side and don't have a lot of muscle and stuff in my upper body (never did) and really don't mind it...
and I personally don't have skinny jeabs or like the emo look at all lol..... |
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| Weight Loss | My Story: Weight Loss yo-yo | Aug 01 2009 17:26 (UTC) |
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I am a 21 y.o. guy who lost 115 lbs by crash dieting (eating once a day for a few months) and have since yo-yoed around between like 160 and the low 130's since January 2007....I know how it is....I am in the 140's now, but it seems my weight still goes up and down from time to time and it drives me nuts
just get to a weight you are comfortable at and try to eat more or less in a fixed pattern....TRUST ME I know how much it sucks...you can PM me if you want to talk more since I can totally relate to you |
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| Weight Loss | Dumb dude needs advice! | Aug 01 2009 17:23 (UTC) |
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Hey.....I'm a 21 y/o 5'7'' male who weighs in the 140's now....
when I want to lose weight and drop into the low 130's I find that eating like 1200 cals a day and briskly walking like 4 miles does the trick (it's weird we have the same exercise pattern lol)....but I do know a guy who is exercising that much should prb eat more (isn't the recommended cal goal for me wanting to lose weight like roughly 1500 cals a day w/out exercise or something like that?)..... I would warn you though....the past two weeks I ate only 1200 cals a day and walked/jogged combo 8 miles everyday...I lost like 8 lbs, but it def. made me feel kind of sluggish and I thought it was stupid after a while....and I stopped...and this is comming from someone who really used to starve themself to lose weight and did it for a long time....so it isn't healthy nor sustainable....please remember that and follow my advice....it is a slippery slope and can develop in an ED (it did for me)... my one question would be this though, why are you looking to drop another 14 lbs if you weigh 140....I just know when I do that from time to time I tend to look a little odd as much as I am really really into the whole skinny thing lol...just wondering...how tall/old are you?
I also am contemplating losing like 15 lbs and I am in the like low 140's now like I said before....maybe we can talk? lol |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 31 2009 21:11 (UTC) |
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no I merely asked a question and then just like you and everyone else did, expressed my opinion...which I am allowed to do without being attacked by you or anyone...and if I came across as I was doing just that, I apologize it was not my intention...I will stand by counting gum and coffee is obsessive...you will stand by that it is a calorie and a calorie is a calorie and you can get fat from chewing too much sugar free gum and drinking black coffee....you're entitled to that though!
and no in this instance a calorie is not a calorie...again eating 500 cals from a slice a cake is not the same as ingesting 500 calories from sugar free gum...
but also lets get real, at the end of the day America's obesity epidemic isn't exactly being caused by sugar free gum and black coffee either hahaha
take care |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 31 2009 14:35 (UTC) |
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hmmm well considering I said and emphasized sugar FREE gum hahaha....
not being defensive....as someone who was obsessed with calorie counting and maintain at a very low weight now, I just think it is obsessive and will stand by that....but again like I have said a million times whatever floats your boat lol....and 65 extra cals a day isn't going to make your weight creep up to like your original starting weight...to think that is pure paranoia....I guess I sound defensive because I developed an ED from obsessively counting even the most ridiculous things such as gum, coffee, etc. and wouldn't want to see anyone else become like that esp. now that I see in maintenance that NOT counting those two things make absolutely no difference....but then again I know not everyone is the same...I jog 8 miles a day and tend to undereat (not that I am advocating that at all-I'm working on fixing it )
but again, if counting it helps in diet efforts go for it!....just don't get carried away...and also if you care about calories don't considering calories from coffee and sugar free gum to be the same as eating a slice of cake... now THAT would be a huge mistake....
but that's where I'll end what I have to say....hope you see where i'm comming from and respect that as I do your opinions |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 31 2009 02:55 (UTC) |
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double post-sorry! |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 31 2009 02:55 (UTC) |
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of course drinking a calorie is consuming a calorie (i.e. Soda)...but that is because those drinka are LOADED with sugar which does cause masive rapid weight gain...gum has abolsutely no nutritional good nor bad....I am sorry but 100 calories of gum is NOT the same as 100 calories from lets say a slice of cake....again eat 500 cals of gum a day (NOT that I am saying that is good for you lol) and a slice of cheesecake...I guarantee the later would put on weight before the gum ever did....
I agree, counting calories in sugar free gum (not sugar gum-since again sugar causes rapid weight gain)...and coffee with nothing in it...yea ok...sugar free gum is HARDLY as volatile for your body as regular soda or alc...COME ON! jeesh lol
as someone said, counting calories is obsessive enough to some capacity...inlcuding gum and coffee is overkill (of course that is only IMO, not saying anyone is wrong)...I lost 115 lbs and was underweight and am still now at a low weight (not under though) and chew a lot of sugar free gum and drink a lot of black coffee without counting and nothing has happened....I aso as I said consumed tons of splenda products (have since quit) and that never impeded ANY weightloss....again that is just me....interesting discussion though |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 30 2009 03:26 (UTC) |
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but then again I guess it is important to note that I am maintaing (and am at a fairly low weight for my height and gender) and exercise a ton and eat lower than I should (which I'm working on fixing)...so just know I'm not saying my opinion/view is better than anyone elses....
this was just more of a general question...guess the answer is it depends on the person....the only thing I will stand by is that gum and coffee in whatever quantity (I mean come on you can only consume so much of them) won't impede weightloss... |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 30 2009 03:06 (UTC) |
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still seems a bit much and obsessive...I mean 100 calories of gum is not nutrtionally anywhere near 100 calories from a 100 cal pack or anything....oh well like I said I always chewed gum, consumed tons of splenda products (not anymore) and lost al my weight and have been maintaining on it....eat 500 cals of gum vs. eating cheesecake everyday (NOT that you should lol) and you would see a difference in what happens
again everyone is entitled to what they want, but in this case a calorie is not a calorie in my opinion...coffee and gum isn't going to impede your weightloss in ANY quantity (provided sugar free gum-bc you aren't consuing sugar as in reg. gum)...and there is no laxative effect for me).... |
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| Weight Loss | Do you count gum or coffee? | Jul 30 2009 01:02 (UTC) |
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again I know it has calories...but counting it and coffee seems over the top...I mean you literally are not ingesting any nutrients really....they say artificial sweetners have cals too like this...
I don't know when I lost weight I drank so many things with splenda and lal that stuff and it never did anything to me....
I still think it's ridiculous, but I guess like someone said it's up to you....
100 cals from a gum pack is nt the same as a 100 cal pack....it's like saying if you chewed 5 packets of gum (not that I would) that that is EXACTLY the same as eating a piece of cheesecake? yea ok |
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| Health & Support | Can't do it anymore. | Jul 28 2009 23:19 (UTC) |
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I went through this same EXACT thing 2 years ago after I lost 115 only eating 1 meal a day (which was hardly nothing by the end)....
I know that feeling of despair, blame, loss of control and how GREAT it feels to binge and how HORRIBLE it feels the next day, esp. when you are ready to go again....
it is almost instinctual and you can't feel like you can help it? that's because you can't....the good news is despite how much in doubt you may be you CAN overcome this...I started eating normal meals a day and you can't deprive yourself...your weight will settle out and that desire will go away...I promise! I'm here if you need to talk too! :-) |
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| Fitness | Not exercising+water weight | Jul 28 2009 16:03 (UTC) |
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I'm not afraid to share anything with anyone on here about me being gay (see I shared it lol), but since we are getting out of that whole "fitness" realm, I sent you a PM lol....
and just to get back to the topic at hand, I did weigh myself (why I don't know) and I was 143....yea def. water weight, which had to be from the exercise b/c like I said that day I didn't eat that much at all, let alone anything to cause bloating like that
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| Fitness | Not exercising+water weight | Jul 28 2009 13:16 (UTC) |
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I don't even know anymore really....as I have sad I was once 270, so when I was done "crash dieting" I was soooo petrified to gain weight and still am. I just never want to be that person again.....then all of that has gotten intertwined with all of this other random garbage. I honestly like when people comment on me overexercising or if I drop 10-20 lbs randomly and look like I am emaciated even though I know that is absolutely 100% horrible for me....
it's like I always thought being really thin and exercising would make me happy...when I was overweight I blamed all of my unhappiness on it...then when I lost it and was still unhappy...well...that left me kind of a mess and kind of like "now what"... that is why I think I have made it into this ongoing struggle...
I know I'm fit and after going to multiple nutriotnists, groups, self-research I KNOW how to eat properly and do...but just there is always this thing in me that wants to spring up and do something wreckless.....
not to get too personal here either, but I have determined with my therapist that I blame being alone (especially without a partner) on there being something physically wrong with me...which isn't the case....a lot of people say I am good looking and a great guy...I always get myself thinking "well maybe 10 lbs lighter and I'll find someone"....
another issue is I live a life that is always around very thin females...so there unhealthy habits go with me (not to point fingers)....being a male and going through this doesn't help either
I really went from being an overweight and unhappy person to just a thin and unhappy (and pretty mean) person who is always obsessing about food and exercise...and no matter how hard I try to get away, it just pops back up |
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| Fitness | Not exercising+water weight | Jul 28 2009 12:00 (UTC) |
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hi tortoisewins....yea, I went to a rehab/group counseling group and am going through some stuff a little now.....I am seeing a therapist though, but like to come on here sometimes to see what people generally think....
I really just get in these phases where I start obsessing about my weight and what I eat which is illogical (and I know it) b/c like I said I am a 5'7'' 21 y/o male in the 140's who eats healthy (or under-which I know isn't good) and jogs 8 miles....some parts of my ED are still around, although I usually don't acy on it as I have been a little |
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| Weight Loss | I ate over my maintenance! What will happen? | Jul 28 2009 11:57 (UTC) |
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Nothing really...maybe just some water weight for a few days after...but provided this was an isolated incident and that you even worked out and went back to your plan immediately after you absolutely will have no problem weight wise |
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| Fitness | Not exercising+water weight | Jul 28 2009 11:24 (UTC) |
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just was addressing what seemed to be a condescending and skeptical tone....
that day I had a peach, apple, plum , a bowl of kix with low cal soy millk (135), 12 cherries, banana, and a cup of blueberries, a luna bar, a skinny cal ice cream (100), a Vitamuffin (140), a Luna Bar (180), a thing of frozen squash (135 cals), and a bag of lettuce (25 cals) with a tbsp of low cal dressing AND jogged 8 miles.....I HIGHLY doubt that those foods could possibly put weight on me....hmm unless it was the gum I chewed before I went to bed....
of course I could be lying and just messing with yout oo |
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| Fitness | Not exercising+water weight | Jul 28 2009 02:48 (UTC) |
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ummm I assure you I am crazy when it comes to tracking what I eat...yesterday I had no more than 1500 cals...the biggest thing I ate was a bag of lettuce, so obviously your theory is wrong |
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