Posts by rikaj

I'm still in haha.

Like everyone else has said, don't go there. not full out bingeing. it can eventually turn into a big problem, I have been struggling with this for 2 years now because I tend to restrict too much. I would try to eat 1200-1400 and workout, and I'm already healthy, its just trying to lose like 5 vanity lbs, and would end up bingeing one or twice a week. I always feel so awful after bingeing, and I have realized that I should ALWAYS be good to myself, and bingeing is not being good to myself. So, as of lately, I am upping my calories to between 1600-2000 a day, because I do enjoy working out, this will get me to my goal weight in due time. I am in no rush, and am pretty sure this will completely control the bingeing which will be so nice. But I think you could either up your calories for every day, or have a higher calorie day and indulge a bit, but no one should ever stuff themselves silly-that is what bingeing means to me.

hey gurl! SOrry I didn't reply to your inbox but we should be buddies, I will reply now but I really had to reply to this post. I totally understand you. For me, I'll be like alright I look ok today, and then I see my thinner friend and think, i need to lose a few, i'm a tub of lard. Obviously neither of us are tubs haha. I'm about the same as you, 114ish by now I'm thinking 5'2, and I just want to be at my normal 110...i miss it haha, and feel best around there. So I have come up with a new plan. I was doing what you were doing, trying to eat aroudn 1200-1400 calories a day. After doing this for so long, it is clear that it is not working for me. I still binge, not as bad as it used to be but I do, and for me, I really only tend to gain weight when I binge, not just eating regularly if that makes sense? I had a revelation yesterday....I NEED TO EAT MORE! and so do you! We work out entirely too much to think that our bodies will be satisfied on 1200-1400 calories a day, and we are also too young. Of course I binge. I'm already at a healthy weight, trying to restrict my caloriest to those needed by the smallest sedentary woman alive. My new plan. I'm going to eat between 1600-2000 calories/day to lose 4-5 lbs by around thanksgiving. I plan on losing about half a lb a week, which I have found in the past is best for me to keep it off. I would almost put money on me not bingeing for the entire week, as long as I make sure i eat enough, and allow myself some treats in there! I'm planning out my meals each night before hand-and treating myself like a friend rather than like myself b/c I'm entirely too hard on myself. I plan on eating peanut m&ms, pringles, and ice cream this week, all while staying in this limit. I know being short makes it seem like we don't need alot of food, but if we are going to be active, we need more than we are getting. It seems insane to me to think that i will lose on an average of 1800 calories a day...yet I know I will. Its briliant. I can even fit in drinks with my friends no problem and still be able to eat normally that day. So if you can, try and relax. I'll inbox you later so we can keep each other healthy and motivated!

I'm a college student also, and wanted to lose a little weight that I had put on last year (like you I'm still healthy but I just am used to being a bit smaller than the weight I had reached) and its looking like I'm going to need to start doing that again this year too haha. But I lost a good 3-5 lbs the first semester without using a scale. I weighed myself the day that I left and not again until thanksgiving break. we have a scale in the gym, but I don't feel comfortable using it, so I don't. I went alot by how my clothes fit (although I realize this isn't always the best indicator) and basically just did my best to make good decisions and work out. I lost another 3-4 lbs the following semester, again not weighing myself for a good 4 months at a time. I think this system works well for me for a few reasons. I, like you, do not want to get a scale for my apartment. It would drive me up a wall. I know I would weigh myself when I shouldn't-days after drinking and eating pizza, after downing some ice cream while stressing for a test-and so on and get upset by it. Also, this way gives me plenty of time to lose the extra weight. when you are already healthy, it takes awhile to lose 5 lbs. Now I have until thanksgiving to get back to my 110 goal. I like that thought. It gives me room to have fun, mess up every now and then, but basically make good decisions for the next months, and hopefully see the scale go down. I can usually feel extra weight on myself. So it can be done. Also counting calories helped me a ton the second semester, you can basically make sure you lose weight/do not gain weight. Good luck!

when i went on vaca to japan i ate out for dinner every single night except 2 over the course of 18 days, and some lunches also. i was at my lowest weight ever when i came home, to my surprise. the most important thing i think is just watch the portion sizes. less food was served, and i don't ever eat my whole meal when i go out for the most part. as soon as i felt a bit full i would stop. i ate whatever i wanted, alot of times other people ordered for me-we woudl all share a few dishes thats how my aunt and uncle like to do it which was nice to try everything. also, if there was anything that i didn't want, i wouldn't eat it. this may sound stupid and simple, but i used to eat things just because they were there. also, i tried to make better choices when possible. less pasta, more chicken and veggies, only one slice of bread, you know those kinds of things. before this trip i never thought it would be possible to eat out that much and lose, but it totally is!

Why don't you try to work out a little bit if you don't already, or a tad more if you do when you want an extra treat? its not very difficult to burn off 150-200 calories which would alot for your treat. if you do something intense, you will definitely burn that off in about 20 minutes, a little less intense in about 30.

siren1603, i think you should proud that you have already lost a pound in 9 days! that is good, healthy weight loss that you will be able to keep off. Everyone here is already medically healthy, which makes it more difficult and slower to lose weight, you know? I am similar to all of you, 5'2 probably about 115 lbs now, but I am trying to get into the habit of eating more normally and healthfully. I have had binge eating problems for the past 2 years, so I'm trying to fix that. I've gotten down to 105ish, but I don't think that my body is happy there. My goal right now is to maintain my weight (if I am at 115, I'm not weighing myself for a week b/c the past 2 days have truly been horrific! ha) and if my body wants to, lose a few pounds, but if not I'm fine with being in the 113-115 area! I like to have a little wiggle room for holidays, birthdays, just days you feel like eating some junk, etc, and i don't really believe it is healthy to ry to weigh exactly the same thing all the time (i would prefer 115 to be my higher weight though). I will do well for about a week now, and then binge. So I'm going to up my calories a bit in hopes of stopping all of this! I work out plenty, and it would be nice if we could all motivate each other to keep our healthy habits!

also i agree with nicole. 1200 calories a day is really low. i know i end up bingeing if I only eat 1200 for a few days because its just not enough, especially if you are working out!

Does anyone have good dinner ideas with protein? I am making grilled chicken with veggies tonight, but I would like some new (not too expensive) ideas because I doubt that I get enough protein. Also I'm in college, so if they could be kind of simple that would be helpful b/c the grocercy store is limited around here! Thanks! Good luck everyone!

i'm 20, and i don't think this is overexercising for me. last year, after a binge i would sometimes go for 9-10 mile runs the next day, then go on the elliptical for over an hour, then weight train. and on normal days i'd run 5-6 miles and then go on the elliptical for 30-40 minutes and sometimes weight train. i know alot of people who run 5+ miles daily? I pretty much always take off a day a week. in the summer i play soccer 1/2 days a week but i won't be playing again for another month or so, and then it will only be once a week. i don't really think 1-11/2 hours/day 6 days a week is really overexercising? i mean i've been a runner all my life so its not like i want to stop or just run 2 miles or anything, my running time is my stress relieving time, plus i like to do 10ks (6.2 miles) and i train for them from time to time-one at the end of this month. btw, i'm totally not trying to be rude or anything (sometimes it comes across that way online) i'm just letting you know that i lead a pretty active lifestyle normally-5-6 miles is evnjoyable for me, not punishment like 10+ is you know? do you think i should make myself run less to get this under control? I am open to all suggestions!

this website says i burn almost 1500 sedentary, so if i run for an hour thats another 500 cals, adn weight training is probably only 100-200, so i'm getting about 2100-2200 most of the time to maintain? that seems like so much. this is probably why i have a problem. Another thing. Tomorrow. Right now my stomach hurts from the food still. If I'm not hungry in the morning, should I make myself eat something?

Everyone is different. Obviously these online calculators are mere estimates, and represent the average. for all we know they could even be a little on the low end. also, you are very slim, obviously not dangerously so, but even still that could signify that you have a faster metabolism than most. what about your parents and other family members, are they slim? my mothers side of the family is quite slim, my fathers not so much, but more due to bad habits. I have found that if I calorie count, I undereat for my body because I think I need less than I really do.

Also, you may have built up a lot of lean muscle mass over the years which could make your metabolism faster than the norm. As long as you aren't bingeing I wouldn't really worry about it. Maybe try not counting for a little while and going off of your body cues (if you can do this without undereating b/c i believe i read you have had an e.d. in the past and i know sometimes its hard to eat enough without counting for people who have had e.d.s before). I always feel guilty if I eat 2500-3000 ever, even if my body feels good when I count them. It just seems like so much! now i'm trying to not count and just listen to my body. somedays it seems i take in less than i need, and others more. i think that's just how it is, and no online calculator can tell you exactly how many calories you need each day.

hi you sound so much like me! my first year of college i gained weight from bingeing. i spent last year getting it off, i'm 5'2, was up to 118ish and dropped back to my normal 110-112 range when i came home for thanksgiving break. i maintained that well throughout the year, and ended up losing more. when i got weighed at the doctor's at the beginning of summer, i was down to 108, which shocked me haha i'm always heavier at the doctor's too. anyway, i went to japan hated alot of the food, and i think lost more weight. so i came back, and was bingeing within the day that i got home. i got back up to 108-110. just weighed last week, and was up to 115, now im at 113 after watching what ive been eating.

sorry for that long-winded paragraph. but while i was losing weight during the year, i worked out alot. i would sometimes eat 800-900 calories a day and would burn that much, sometimes more in working out alone. i still binged, so i'm wondering if thats what kept my metabolism up. ive been really loose with my diet lately, but i still find that the calorie amounts i'm supposed to maintain/lose on still work for me. i'm never going to eat that little again, b/c it really made my bingeing problem worse-i've been doing so much better with it lately b/c im eating normal amounts. but i dont think its exactly the same as eating 800 calories a day if you eat 1300 and burn 500. i mean it is sort of, but i think it is considered more healthy to eat 1300 and burn 500 than just eat 800 b/c if you think about it, you are keeping your metabolism up more, because you are still eating more calories which your body has to break down even if it uses them, and on top of that, the exercise you do further increases your metabolism.

also, do you maybe want to be weight loss buddies? i'm at the exact same point as you, want to get to 108-110 again. i was doing good this week except i just came home from work really hungry tonight and ate up to my maintenance in oatmeal, tortilla chips, a cheese stick and a little candy....healthy haha. im 20 also and am in college and enjoy exercising so we might be able to motivate each other!

good for you for not giving in. this is such a pet peeve of mine. i hate when people force food on me. if i don't want it, i don't want it, let it go. drives me insane. about a month ago i went out to lunch with my family. the waiter came to give us our bill/box our meal and he said "wow what a well trained family. you all only hate half of your plate." we all just kind of looked at each other awkwardly. those portions are enormous. who would actually eat the whole thing, especially for lunch? its not that we are well trained, its that your restaurant gives us way to much food.

and honestly if you look at the nutrition facts, generally half is MORE than enough. alot of the dishes are 1000+ cals. but good for you.

seriously don't do it. i had a half binge on sunday and it was completely not worth it. i weighed myself the next morning and was up a good 3-4 lbs from what i usually am so now i have to work my butt off this week to get back to where i was. and honestly it wasn't even that rewarding. i felt bloated and gross after and didn't go out with friends like i was supposed to because i just felt tired and yucky. so i am hoping you made it to bed already without eating though!

also if you get home and are still really in the mood to binge, pick something super low cal, like salad, celery, cucumbers, even fruit and eat your fill, while drinking lots of water. sometimes i just really want that full feeling, and fruits and veggies will really fill you up without ruining your day. tonight i got home from soccer and was really hungry. i got out the cantaloupe and grapes. after even a little bit i was feeling full. i had a few tortilla chips and didn't binge on them b/c i wasn't starving. then i had about 3 bites of apple and felt completely full. total cals was about 300, and i played soccer for about 80 minutes, so i burned more than i ate. and im not starving.

one more thing that helps me. i think into the future, as in about how happy i will be in the morning when i wake up and realize that i avoided a binge and don't have a big full tummy for the day b/c of it!

i hope this isn't too late but i'm in too. i've been trying to stop this habit all summer. i've gotten beter but I haven't gond a full week binge-free for months. good luck everyone!

i have been trying to stop my binge eating problem. i'm at a healthy weight, i exercise alot, and try to make generally healthy choices. anyway, i just wanted to say that this is exactly what i needed to hear. i have been reading up on how to stop bingeing, and it says that calorie counting is a no-no. i just know that i am going to have such a hard time with this, but it is so encouraging to hear someone being successful this way. i went to japan earlier in the summer, and i totally ate like this. i wasn't really able to count calories, but i ate mindfully, and my jeans were really loose when i came home. i formally exercised less but did lots of walking, and it was just a nice way to live. i'm trying to get back to that but its hard breaking old habits. so thanks for the inspiration!

i think its better to be talkative than quiet. I hate when i try to talk to people and they just grunt at you. I'd rather have someone responsive even if they are a little enthusiastic! alot of times talkative people are charismatic. it is a great skill to be able to talk to people! my grandma is the most talkative person i know and everyone loves her! she's like the life of the party and she's in her 60s haha. we tease her about never shutting up, but we all think she's hilarious. talkative does not equal annoying. you could be annoying and talkative or just plain talkative or just plain annoying. at least you weren't voted most annoying...