Posts by icyflames

why the hell would you want to lose weight before getting pregnant only for it to pile all back on when you do? what a waste of time and a blow to your efforts only to see the scale increase and all your hard work done prior to the pregnancy mean absolutely nothing.

Your BOOBS are bigger which I would like to point out is almost every women's wish when they put on weight: to gain it in their boobs but instead it goes to less desirable places. Your CLOTHES fit the same. I put on 7-8 pounds and I cannot get my butt back into most of my jeans without having a problem with lovehandles and the pooch on my stomach. I went up just a dress size but am pissed.

If you get smaller, your boobs will shrink and all your clothes won't fit anymore.

I really don't see the point in this topic. You have no reason to complain at all.

Original Post by giasbash6260:

 

 Oh yea, and I am 5'2'' and I won't disclose my weight because people judge a little too much and in all honesty I believe that if you feel healthy, energetic, ready to take on the day and comfortable with yourself... your weight doesn't really matter (well unless you are extremely over weight)

 

 Or you know it's lower than it should be for your age and height and won't make it obvious. i've seen your profile pics. you are very thin. this is a forum where advice is given and ideas exchanged. i personally do not judge but if I think your doing something that i know is unhealthy and know that a majority of people reading that same post would agree, then i'm going to tell you. 90-120 minutes of cardio daily is insane. granted your not trying to lose weight and eating to make up for it, but most people do not realize that excessive cardio is DAMAGING to the heart. the right amount will condition and make it stronger as well as drop pounds, but the amount your performing consistantly is unsafe.

You may feel great being young and working out the way you do now, but as you get older it will catch up to you. And you will wish you took it slower and treated your body better.

i went to a nutritionist. $45 co pay and $75 for test which was not covered by insurance

ok so you want to tone not lose weight then. so for that you nix the losing 8 pounds thing. you can stay at 104 and eat a healthy 1200-1400 cals plus a free day every week like you have been. what you want to do is more strength training. gaining muscle will BOOST your rmr because muscle is active tissue and 1 pound of muscle is equal to 1 pound of fat. along with the sensible eating plan and focusing more on building muscle, you will look leaner and stronger. and not gross at 96 pounds with flabby loose skin which is what I think will happen if you lost those 8 pounds.

concentrate on muscles and you lose the inches and not mess up your rmr

To all posters who go to the gym 5-7 days a week and do at least 1 hour of cardio: how many calories are you eating everyday and how long did it take you to lose the weight you wanted?

I'm trying to get myself into the working out 6-7 days a week thing again since this is what helped me lose weight the first time around. I just walked on a treadmill for 60 minutes and lifted weights 10-15min afterwards. Though these days it will be much harder since I work. i do 4 10 hour shifts and don't leave until after 6 every night.

Original Post by flabbynomore:

hey girls,

exam is around the corner!!! pressure made me binged for a whole week!!! i binged on the sweet crackers that my mum bought recently. i dont think they are calorie dense , butt i seldom 'move' this week. dont dare to weigh myself.....

 i totally bombed my diet this week for sure. stressed like crazy, its been too hot so i havent been sleeping well and waking up at midnight to eat, havent worked out since monday because of work and moving into a new apartment. and now im eating homemade french toast for dinner after snacking all day long. i thought today id get back on track and was off to a good start but blew it this afternoon. hopefully tomorrow. this sucks i really do hate dieting. I was born to eat anything and everything. my fiance doesnt care and says we only live once. I keep telling myself that but somehow my tight jeans still frustrate me lol

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I'm already contemplating how good I will be when I go meet my fiance's family next month in Tennesse and North Carolina. From what I hear they are really big on BBQ and fried stuffs. I will be gone for about a week. No exercise at all. I'm hoping to drop at least a couple pounds before I go for the sake of fitting into the clothes I wanna wear but lately after being good 3-4 days I end up binging. I've had to start over probably like 5-6 times within the last month because I'm stressed and eat a lot when stressed so I give in.

I'm personally no longer on the pill, am using a copper IUD now, which has no hormone effects, and definitely no weight gain issues.  I say, don't be afraid to ask your doctor about alternatives and different types of birth control!

 You are very lucky to be able to to use the copper IUD without problems. I had one inserted last August and within two weeks it had to be taken out because I was in a lot of pain from my body rejecting it. I got a bad infection (my gynocologist did tests and she even said they didn't know what kind of bacteria was causing the infection.) I was on amoxocillin for a week and ended up being sick for like two months afterwards. $200 for nothing and I always wanted one. Oh well.

As for the birth control, I am strongly against hormonal birth control. Yes it bugs the hell outta my fiance who has said countless times to me that it would not matter if I gained 50 pounds on it, but the way my self-esteem is now just  trying to lose 10 pounds forget it. I would be misreable if I had to lose any more than that.

Also and the biggest factor in my views on BC is that my grandma from my mother's side was on high dose birth control back in the 1970's. She ended up getting breast cancer and had a mastectomy done on her left breast several years after being put on it. Breast cancer is still around today and seems like it's  rather getting worse than better (yes they have better ways of detecting it, but if your genetically prone or lifestyle habits count against you, you are at risk no matter what anyone says). And people diagnosed with it are getting younger when it was long believed to happen mid-life. SCARY!

I see a BIG connection between breast cancer and birth control usage. Synthetic hormones our bodies don't know what to do with. So I ask myself: is it worth it to get cancer to avoid pregnancy? No thank you.

Original Post by spekgirl:

thank you guys yes i am recovering and i am determined to kick eds butt im going really well i was on tube feeds but now i am able to eat enough to at least maintain but trying to gain a bit more again now.

im thinking of having my bowl of oatmeal with a egg or two.

 

just wondering what is the resoning for not eating carbs at nite ? why do ppl say that i did think that it doesnt matter when we eat but how much ect

thanks again ! :)

 its because carbs are the body's main source of energy. Unless you planned to work out late in the evening, eating a lot of carbs at night is not a good idea and its best to stick to higher protein choices. Personally I wouldn't eat oatmeal at night because I used to do it all the time and then bam I put on 8 pounds (i eat very healthy, just ate too much and stop working out for a while). But since you are trying to GAIN, I think oatmeal or any type of carbs is good whenever. Wish it was the reverse for me. That be awesome I would eat brownies for every single meal *sigh*

I have two sugesstions:

1. My opinion, I think it is possible that at 1000 calories you are not starving your body because at your height and weight that might be where your calories need to be in order to keep everything working. BUT and this is a huge BUT, you need to have this confirmed by getting your RMR tested at a gym or by a nutritionist.

I am 5'4 119-120 pounds working on getting down to at least 115 but biggest goal is 110. My RMR tested at 920 calories if I were to lay in bed all day.

I also try exercise at least 5 days a week mostly cardio and staying at my heart rate the entire workout which I am for 60 mins per session. I learned a very valuable tip recently on here that I did not consider before and that was to make sure I was eating back what I was burning. Because if I went to the gym 2 hours after having a 300 calorie breakfast and burned about 500 doing cardio, my intake for the day is now -200. I eat 400 for lunch and now my intake is 200 calories so far for the day. See? I still have a 500 deficit just need to make it a priority that I eat the 1000 calories a day.

2. You can try cutting back on the fruit and grains. Eat most of your carbs in the morning and throughout the day focus on veggies and meat. Eating the carbs in morning gives you energy and time to burn it off all day long. Plus when you focus more on meat like grilled chicken, you will be fuller longer. You can eat 2 grilled chicken breasts for a total of about 440 calories with some seasoning on them.

Hope this helps

Original Post by flabbynomore:

Hey girls, i binged again last nite. Have done so good this week and last night's binge had ruined everything!!!! sooo sad.... but i wont give up esily. I CAN DO IT!!!!!lol

 OMG you don't know how happy I am to read that you guys have problems with binges too. I binged last night and i'm very disappointed because I thought my method of CC was going to work well this time. What I was doing before is focus a lot on protein and only eat my carbs in the morning which was always oatmeal. This time I bought a lot of sugar free yogurt and jello to help with the chocolate and fruit cravings.

It seems to be a pattern with me: I do good 2-3 days then on the forth BAM I eat everything in sight. Last night was grilled chicken and ricotta cheese, PB and Jelly that I was eating together rite of the jar with no measuring, 2 yogurts, and an entire container of my fiance's leftover sloppy joe mix lol.

I'll take the day off today i guess but tomorrow i'm back on. Ugh I can't keep doing this to myself.

I'd go with the sausage since there is not a lot of carbs. I try to lay off carbs at night and stick to my biggest carb meal of oatmeal in the morning. That way I have all day to burn it off.

I'm game. I don't need to lose 30 pounds but I like that this is a support group for people around my age which is awesome.

height: 5'4

current wt: 120

goal wt: 110 (although I would be extremely happy to be 115 again)

cal intake: about 1000-1100 ( I had my RMR measured and I burn bout 1000 doing nothing because I'm small and in a healthy weight range already. Just notice my jeans are tighter, flabby arms, and no more abs :(

amount of exercise: 60 minutes in gym hopefully 5 days a week. I know I can definitely do 3 days just my schedule is crazy for work so 5 times a week doesn't always happen. Combo of crosstrainer elliptical and treadmill. Both doing intervals. Still working on how to put in weight training. I even hired a personal trainer but am buying out of my contract because everything he's teaching me I already know so it makes no sense to pay someone when I know what I'm doing. Always wanted one so don't regret it, just not needed I guess :-).  I estimate I burn bout 500 at the gym when I go 5 days a week so I have a deficit without starving my body.