Posts by malomadame

I'd like to add a link to your list:

http://www.bulimiahelp.org/

has helped me a lot.

I can undersand why the ED type posts annoy/upset you as you have your own struggles, but these girls are often desperate and in need of help. Just saying that being told that you're sick of hearing about them is a kick while theyre down, so it may be nicer if you do point them in the right direction rather than telling them off and reporting their posts

I've mentioned it everytime I go about my depression, but it just seems to be skimmed over. They say I'm a healthy weight, and that it will probably sort itself out once I get the depression under control. Its difficult every single time I bring it up and it only gets harder when its dismissed.

I'm in a bit over my head here I'm just after some support and some friendly words when I'm really low. If this is really an issue though I'll happily delete this post.

And thanks for the info Chrissy x

I was reading about how they reckon the class divide is widening, especially in certain careers.

Its quite relevant to me, cos I'm from a working class family - both my parents on benefits. The only jobs I've had are in restaurants and shops despite spending months applying for banking and finance internships (Im a maths undergrad :D). I just don't have an in though - no contacts.

I know quite a few people from well of families down south though that have had no problems. I dont begrudge them, well done and good for them, but it does bother me that it seems an awful lot, it does come down to "its not what you know, it's who you know".

It really is great to have someone to help you with these things. I have no doubt people who get in this way are capable and do well in whichever career. I just wisk I had the same opportunity :D

Sorry for the rant. Thats just whats going on with me at the minute. Its a wee bit disheartening

Hey, so theres a whole bunch of us out there!

Sure life sucks at the minute, but surely, one day, life will pick up. If you wimp out and end it now, you'll never see if you fall in love, get married, have kids....

You should probably get yourself on some antidepressants or get some councelling. It wont fix things, but it might give you enough of a lift to summon the strength to make a few small changes and make things better for yourself. Seriously though, dont do anything stupid. You may not feel like this in a few hours/days/weeks/months, but if you do something now you cant take it back! (And for the record, OD's HURT!!!)

 If you want to talk, bitch, moan, whatever, please feel free to pm me, either of you. Im peak depression/borderline ED too, so I can kindof understand what your going through

so he emailed me. i got my answer. he just wants to be friends.

I feel like giving up, on everyone and everything, but im going to try and battle through. I want a cup of coffee but i think hes in the kitchen. i might just go in anyway. see how it is.

My weigh in this week was 147, so down two from last week but up 1 over all! Hoping this week will pick up, going to try and find that balance between restrict and binge!

Congrats to Darcy and bonding_the_atom for your weight loss! Good going!

And I'm very impressed with bonding_the_atoms discipline! BBQ and still managing to keep on the wagon! Go you!

I generally aim for 1200-1300 cal but i let myself have a lot of leway, so often find myself zig zagging between 800-1600. Ive heard zigzagging is good, but im not so sure if this is the case when its uncontrolled like mine! I like to have a deficit of about 500, but i put my activity level at sedentary, and dont count any walking i do so hopefully its generally a bit above this!

I'd really like to take up the advice on avoiding triggers, the problem is id doesnt leave me with much! I eat a lot of fruit and veg because I love it and know its low cal, I avoid meat most of the time because of the fat content, but will have chicken breast or lean mince twice a week or so, and eat any other meat if someone else cooks it for me, carb-wise I eat a LOT of cereal. It's my major trigger food and once I start I can easily eat my way through a whole box (I have a 15 weetabix in 1 sitting record). I do tend to pick at cereal bars and biscuits too (so lots of sugar in my diet, lol) , but other than that i dont really eat many carby things, bread and pasta just dont do it for me that much. If I have pasta I'll have about 20 peices cos i don't see the point in wasting cals on something im not fussed about so i just bulk out with broccoli and tomatos

Soooo... you can see there is a problem in that if I remove cereal I dont really have any carbs (minus veg and stuff). The days I've tried this I've ended up with headaches and ultimately just ended up binging. Do you have any advice to get round this?

I like the whole idea of eating in one spot but i live with three boys and they already think im a nutter so id rather avoid any behaviour that might seem obsessive.

The boys are a pain really! They make so many cakes and they are my weak spot. They dont eat that much cake themselves so I find when they make anything I end up eating half!!!! (over 2 or 3 days, but still...)

Hi, can I join too!

I'm Rachel and a 21 year old student! My stats are:

Height 5'5"

Start weight: 170

Current: 145

Goal: 132

End of May: 135-140 hopefully!

I did get down to 141 but revision wreaks havoc with my dieting! I get serious attacks of the munchies. At least we there are a lot of us in the same boat, with lovely summer exams to look forwards to!

hi all,

So this week was another bad week for me. My flat mate accidentally ordered 5 bags of bananas instead of just 5 bananas so decided we should make desserts to use them up....

So weve had banoffee pie which was about 400cals a slice (i had 4) and chocolate and banana cheesecake which was about 500 (!) cals a slice (I had 4). Ok so i have no will power. I had two slices of cheesecake for breakfast so im alreading sitting at 1000cals for today. Its almost kindof made up for in that i went for half hour runs (well, walk/jogs) thur and sat, and am going again today, and i went on a 4 hour walk yesterday (although that may have been cancelled out by the pubstops).

Ahhhhhhh! I really am pants. Must be super super good this week. Apart from the remaining cheesecake and 2 digestives i dont have any junk food left in the flat though.

Despite all this the scales still went down! Woop!

This week :142.6     (-1.4lb from 144 last week)

Thats -3.4 since I joined this group but -27.4lb since I joined calorie count. I cant wait til I reach the 30lb mark! It always astounds me when I catch myself in the mirror now and I don't look like me! I cant get used to this. It freaks me out seeing my thighs not touch!

Good luck for your weigh ins! Hope you all get what your hoping for!

xxx

This week came in at 144 so down 2lb this week and overall! Woop!

Well done everyone, especilly Debster. Your doing incredibly well!

This thread make me sad. I'm sure all of you girls have lovely figues (in my opinion, perhaps too skinny, women should have curves). Do you reallywant to spnd your while lives doing this? You're body wans to have a certain amount of fat, it needs it, so maintaining these low weights will mean fighting our body for your whole lives!

Age:21

Height 5'5"

Weight: 145

Incidentally, the weight I felt most attractive at was 170, but this was overweight for me. I am now learnng to love my smaller frame, as I know it is more attractive, its just my head is in a less good place than when I was 170. And  I miss my DD's. (Thats an important consideration youre missing: no bodyfat=no boobs!) I don't plan on going much lower than this. Aiming for perfect BMI of 22!

Another issue that bothers me that I dont think was touched on here - boobs! I've lost about 25lb and a cup size, which I'm fine about, except that they seem to sag more now!

Does anyone have any advice on how to get them back to the nice 21yr old boobs they should be? I've been considering going back on the pill (which may very well  be what made them so blissfully bouncy before) but I know it can cause you to gain weight, so don't know if its worth it.

Thoughts?

Right, so monday weigh in....

Today: 147

Last week: 150

start weight: 146

So -3lb from last week but +1 overall. I think my aim is to get to 144 by the time term starts (so 3 weeks from now) as thats BMI 24 for me. Thats 1lb a week so should be doable.

I'm now on easter hols back at home, so away from the horrendous appetites of the boys I live with and the constant supply of home made cakes. Hopefully a few weeks away will do me some good, and it might be easier to resist next term if i get myself into a nice healthy routine!

Good luck for your weigh ins! Hope you all see some nice losses!

Last week: 146

This week: 149

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thats +3lb. Well, I knew it was going to happen. I went OTT last week. I was considering doing a detox this week. Has anyone here done one before? What are your experiences with them and do you have any advice?

Well done everyone! And tannis and brwnize - they are still great losses! Have you seen what a lb of fat actually looks like? Your doing amazingly so keep at it!

Ok... first weigh in!

Drum roll please.....

146 - so thats a mainainance. Nevermind. I know where the problem lay - flat mate has been making banana cake and its a real weakness of mine!

Good luck for everybody elses! I hope the scales are your friends today!