Posts by whathappenedx

bumping this cuz im really wondering if its worth it for me to force a period if i have regular hormones anyways... if i have no hormone deficiencies, won't i be perfectly healthy and fertile even tho i have no period?

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i read something like this:

www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Me ntal_Health_Letter/2009/May/Follow-Fertility- Diet

Original Post by lalabanana:

First of all: i can fit 3 fingers on one between bottom to middle (i am really rather flat) and 4 fingers under the other - stop that. It's called body checking and it's not healthy.

Second, you eating a lot of fibre by any chance? >_> When I get a bit backlogged I get a puffy stomach on one side.

However, a swelling on one side of the abdomen can actually be something low-key but serious. So if it persists, speak to your doctor about it.

ok, i know that poking my hips to see if i have more fat is not healthy, but i really don't consider this type of checking to be unhealthy- i hoped they would be growing and noticed my bra was tighter on one side but not the other.  to make sure i wasn't deluding myself, i just compared by measuring with my fingers- really, no disordered behavior there. 

and also, puffy abdomen? i don't see how that relates to the size of my breasts

what i love as a really quick, filling, and low-calorie snack is steamed zucchini soup:

cut up a large zucchini into small cubes and place in a bowl

fill bowl with water until zucchini is completely covered

cover bowl with a plate to speed cooking and microwave for about 6-7 minutes

put cooked zucchini in a big bowl of soup broth (i use Imagine Organic No-Chicken Broth- 10 calories a cup)

it comes out at about 40 calories and is really filling so u can feel satisfied without feeling guilty 

ok so everyone's still pretty bent on the professional help... well it happens to be that im going to a doc soon because i have no period.  i don't intend to tell her about what's been going on, but i am sure she'll take issue with my weight (since i lost at least 6 pounds, maybe 8 since i last had a checkup) and when she does, i'll ask her to give me a balanced food plan.  

but i also like ur ideas- like to stop weighing myself.  i did that when i went away in the summer (after i initially went down to 95) cuz i didn't really have a scale around so i didn't ever feel guilty if i ate a lil more one day or stuff like that... i think by the 2nd week of that vacation i was eating more than just a thousand calories.  come to think of it, maybe that's why i started bingeing when i came back.  when i was away, at the end of the day i often felt hungry and had healthy amounts of yogurt and/or cereal and crackers at the end of the day.  i ate til i was full and stopped.  i probably added maybe 300 calories that way.  that would have put me at 1200-1300.  

wow im like having an epiphany- i was always scared to up my calories lest i gain, but maybe i actually had been eating 1200 when i was happy with my weight and not bingeing- it makes sense because now i eat about 10,000 cal a week (1000 cals for 4 days, 2000 cals for 3 days) and my weight fluctuates between 94 and 98, whereas in the summer, i had been eating the extra cals i needed at the end of the day and remaining a weight i liked (i don't know if i actually stayed the same weight the whole time cuz i wasn't weighing but i don't remember ever feeling a big difference in my weight)

lol omg i think you just helped me out in a way u hadn't even intended to...

ok yes i know that 1200 is still not enough for a teenager without a period but at least for now i can move up to that and stop bingeing (and not feel like im restricting cuz that is an extra 200 cal a day).  maybe after i get that under control i'll move up to more.