Posts by starrkate

I'm a big fan of soup. But I usually eat it....with a sandwich, haha.

Whenever I get bored, I just try to make my sandwiches more exciting. Like a Greek salad sandwich (bread with lettuce, tomatoes, olives, onions, feta and chicken) or adding hot sauce, pickles, olives, etc. Same goes for salads- try a taco salad (lettuce, some kind of lean meat, salsa, low-fat sour cream and just a tiny bit of cheese).

I'm planning on wearing this: http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/ca lifornia/01066-Sexy-Adult-Le-Belle-Harlequin- Costume-main.jpg

To a Halloween party. All my friends are also being "sexy" whatevers- police, nurse, snow white...

Check if your cafeteria will offer you nutritional information. A lot of school caf's are run by Chartwells, and I know at my school they had no problem offering me a nutritional info leaflet.

I know it's kind of irritating to have a ton of fried food choices in front of you, but like the other posters said, sometimes having a burger or fries won't hurt you. Pizza can be a lot healthier than people think- go for the vegetarian option and pair it with a small chicken salad.

Does your sandwich bar offer wraps or pitas for you to change things up a bit? There are usually a lot more possibilities with sandwiches than people think. My caf put up a big sign with "sandwich ideas" and had things like a greek salad pita (grilled chicken, lettuce, onions, cucumbers, olives and a little feta cheese), mexicano (choice of meat with lettuce, jalapenos, and a bit of low-calorie ranch). If you're feeling less adventurous, you can change things up by using hot sauce or salsa instead of mustard, a tiny bit of tzatziki (sp?), or a pickle or something.

Tacos aren't a completely unhealthy option either- make sure you add lots of veggies from the salad section and skimp on the cheese. You can also make taco salads with lettuce, veggies, chicken, salsa, a bit of sour cream and a bit of cheese. Like having a taco without the big greasy shell.

Just a few thoughts. I ate every meal in the caf last year and I know what a pain it can be. Hope this helps, good luck :)

I think you should try going to a nutritionist, if that is at all an option. I hear a lot about how losing weight is 80% diet and 20% exercise. You may need to discuss what you did before to lose weight and maintain a lower weight. For example, if you were only eating 800 calories per day or something, you may have messed up your metabolism.

Try to take care of yourself emotionally as well. Make sure you're talking to friends, taking time to do something nice for yourself every week, etc. I find it's harder to lose/maintain weight when I'm feeling a little down.

Good luck

I think it's okay to wallow...sometimes. This may or may not be the case for you. But sometimes when I feel really crappy, I just let go, let myself feel down for a few hours and then do something as a pick-me-up. Ie: lounge around for a few hours, write down what is bumming me out, be bummed out...Then do my nails and/or call a friend.

Something else that cheers me up is writing a plan. This may be a hugely nerdy thing to do, haha. Just start planning out how you can change the things you don't like, realistically, and write out goals, rewards, etc. When what you want seems feasible you will really want to get started. Think about it- if you start right now, you could be down 5 lbs by this time next month- maybe more.

Cherries! They're super sweet and candy sized. Frozen cherries are good as well...De-pit them and throw them in the freezer overnight. For a special treat, put frozen ones in yogourt, it tastes like ice cream :)

I know I can barely help myself when it comes to weighing in...So when I came back to school after Christmas, I left my scale at home. Weighed in once before I left and will weigh in when I get home this Saturday :)

Thank you so much

I agree with a lot of things you're annoyed with, but this site is still so much better than most. Another site I go on, a bunch of people think beverages don't have any calories (even if it's chocolate milk) or they say that their body doesn't process liquid calories the same way most people's do, so they don't count liquids. Sooo dumb.

It's pretty likely that you weren't eating enough calories. Why were you only eating one meal? I don't know your height or activity level, but you would have had to be getting at least 1200-1500 calories in that one meal to stay healthy...And that would be a whole lotta food in one sitting. Your body likely went into a sort of starvation/conservation mode, and the deprivation eventually caused you to binge and gain weight rapidly. Now it's harder to lose because you've slowed down your metabolism

Instead of dieting, try more of a lifestyle change. Use the tools on here to see how much you should be eating and what is a healthy weight bracket for you. Eat 3 meals per day along with some snacks and stay within a healthy calorie range.

I agree with cosmographer. Try to eat reasonable portions at dinner, exercise more and when you're responsible for your own food (ie snacks, desserts, weekends) choose wisely:) I'm also an undergrad right now, and sometimes I bring my own veggies to dinner (weird, but possible) or steam/boil veggies back in my room.

Well, let's face it. Which is more tempting:

Lose 18 lbs in just 4 days! Continue eating all the foods you like to eat! Only $12 per day!

Or

Lose 1-2lbs per week by increasing your activity level and making small but significant lifestyle changes.

...Uh, 18 lbs, please. Yeah, right there, just take it right off my ass, that'd be great. Everybody loves the quick and easy route, man. The good information is available, but it's not as well-advertised or persuasive as the bad stuff. 

Oh, and I did the 'Lose 11lbs in 9 days" diet and took a few different diet pills...I'm pretty embarassed about it now, and I'm lucky nothing bad ever happened.

1200 calories per day is not enough, even if you're only 5 feet tall, since you exercise an hour daily. Try using the tools on here to enter in your stats, find out your bmr and activity level and subtract 500. I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure that you were eating too little on your calorie control diet and your body went into conservation mode...Holding on to everything you ate. When you started eating more, it though you were okay again and let go...And then you stopped eating enough again.

If you want to keep the weight off, you have to think of it as more of a lifestyle change as opposed to a diet. Make changes you can live with and eat a bit more. Good luck

Wow...Jealous of that hourglass !! Haha. Don't worry, everybody's posts are self-absorbed, that's half the point.

Looks pretty good to me...Although I would get hungry during that 5am-10am stretch. What's your estimated total?