Posts by peaches0405

Original Post by schnooder:

Original Post by dnrothx:

Just dump the jerk.

hahahah god dude! you and this, this, sentence,

 I think Thonx uses this when he runs out of things to say  ;p

Original Post by schnooder:

ive been looking online and have found better deals in the twin cities, he has my number, if he wants to go down in price, i told him i will buy it, otherwise, i will look for something better!

 I'm gonna agree with you on this one.  If he won't budge, then he's not worth it.  It's a buyer's market right now.  Go elsewhere and let him continue to not sell his car for another 6 months.

Original Post by fantasy93:

no. I'm 125 pounds, but even then I dont look like it either.

 But you aren't getting what we are trying to say to you.  You are at an excellent BMI.  and if you were older, we'd probably tell you to go for more weight loss if you wanted to.  But the fact is that you are 16.  Your body is still growing.  You may not see it on the outside, but your brain, organs and insides are still developing as well.  And most of us have been here long enough to realize that dieting at a young age such as yours is not always a great thing.  If you were overweight, then yes, dieting would be advised.  But you aren't overweight and therefore, dieting any further may not be the best thing for your growing body. 

Not everyone is meant to get to a low weight.  However, it would help us if you could tell us how many calories you eat daily.  This would help us to figure out if you are cutting calories in a manner apropriate for your age. 

Edit:  I see that you have posted in the past that you are barely eating 1500 calories and that you think yourself fat and ugly.  This suggests to me that you might have more issues going on than just wanting to lose a couple more pounds.  Have you talked to your family about your self esteem issues?

Copy/pasted below responses from the OP's duplicate thread that has now been deleted.

Original Post by peaceapple:

It's an emotional thing I know I binge when I don't feel good.  I'm currently going to counseling to try to work on the emotional issues while I lose weight. 

Original Post by run4eva:

It is so complicated.  I will try to explain my personal cycle. 

Obsession with perfection/thiness->Over-excercise and undereat in the attempt to achieve that goal-> Extreme hunger results--->restrict even further in attempt to thwart a binge, as one extra bite could start the waterfall --->Cannot control hunger anymore.  Eat extra.  Eat a forbidden food and continue to eat as you already have perceived loss of control. Feel worse as you eat more, tell yourself you are fat, ugly, continue to numb yourself more with food until eating is no longer possible. ---> Then comes the self-hatred and the cylce begins again with the restriction, etc. in an attempt to be perfect, undo the binge damage, and prove to yourself that you are in control of your food and your life.

How sick and twisted is that?  Thankfully, I can spot the lies in that and know that just because I think it, does not mean it is true.

I can think of several ways to at least rule some things out.  Let's go for the obvious ones first.

1) What are your stats and how many calories a day do you eat?  This will tell us if you are possibly undereating.

2) On average, how much protein, carbs, and fat and sugars do you consume in an average day?  This might be related to the whole insuline question, since eating lots of sugar can create an appetite for more sugar.  This goes for too many simple or "white" carbs.

3) Do you have any problems with depression?  Feeling sad?  Feeling unusually bored?

4) What time of day are you most likely to binge?  Can you give us an estimate of how many calories are usually in one of your binges?

I'm not sure how much you can help her.  Sometimes people need professional help and/or medication and until they get that, they will continue to head down a road of destruction no matter what anyone else says to them.  Your friend might not be this bad.  But then again, she might be.

I'd sit down and have a serious talk with her if you already haven't.  Lay it all out for her.  Tell her everything you told us here.  Tell her that you care about her, and you want to help her, but she won't listen to you when you give her advice and it's hard for you because you are recovering from your own issues.  Tell her you want t spend time with her, but you just can't spend ALL your time with her.  See where she goes from there.  It might do no good, but at least you can say you tried.

Also, I like Enchanted's idea.  She may not be Canadian, and she may not be American, but has she checked out what options are available for students?  Maybe there is something in place for anyone currently residing in Canada as a student?

Good luck!

Original Post by purespark:

Original Post by syc212:

Extremely convenient?

 Okay, so I'm a sick bastard and I actually tried to order it.  I am NOT stoked that it's a joke! 

I guess I'm gonna have to make my own Squeez Bacon.

 LMAO!!!  We would expect nothing less from you.  I am still truly amazed at the lengths you would go to in order to obtain strange bacon foodstuffs.

Susie, you are a teen.  Your bare minimum intake should be 1500 calories.  You are gaining on 900 calories because you have messed up your metabolism.  puh8suwrux and others have told you what you need to to to fix this.  It might require a bit of weight gain to correct what you've done to yourself, but that is something you will just need to accept if you want to fix this issue.

We have told you what you need to do.  It's up to you to do it. 

Crash diets, starvation diets or habits that exhibit signs of an eating disorder are prohibited.

Original Post by pavlovcat:

That's gotta be uber frustrating peaches.  I know the feeling of being betrayed by an employer after giving them your best.

 Yeah.  It does suck.

But now I shall have to leave you all for a bit.  I'm going to go blow off some steam at the grocery store.  I've been putting grocery shopping off all day.

Ciao!

Just got off the phone with the Kansas claims person.  Found out that my ex employer's HR either lied or they are complete morons who don't know how to communicate.

They said I received a written warning and refused to sign!  BULL****!!

I'd never refuse to sign something that I was given.  That's just asking for them to find a reason to fire me!

I'm so mad.  So basically it will come down to their word against mine, I suppose.  I'm not a liar.

Original Post by sharpshootinstar:

Original Post by peaches0405:

BAH!!!

I've been told that today, the 19th, is the day that I have to stick to my phone like glue between 12:00 and 4:00 so that I can accept my scheduled call from the Kansas Department of Labor.  Apparently they need to gather info from me on my departure from my last job.  It's now 3:00 here and I'm getting antsy.  I just want my darn interview so I can stop being all stressed.  If they don't call me by 4:00 I don't know what the heck I'm supposed to do.

 It'll prolly be at the last possible minute. Don't freak.

 I'm sure you're right.  This is the gubment after all.

This will be the first time I will actually talk to a human from the department.  Seriously.  The call centers are so backed up, it's pointless to try to call them with any questions.  I tried.

Original Post by splitrail:

Original Post by peaches0405:

Oh, Splitz....that's just so very wrong....

 But it's been sooo long - I've been trapped with civilized people who expect me to behave for days and days now!

 I know.  I've missed your sense of humor.  I've been trapped online writing pleasantly worded cover letters for my resume and sending perfectly worded e-mails to possible employers.

I'm ready for a little wrong.

Original Post by dawgyah:

Original Post by dnrothx:

Original Post by peaches0405:

Original Post by dnrothx:

Kids want a Nintendo DS and/or Xbox as well.

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let them waste their childhoods like I wasted mine on an Atari 2600, Nintendo Game System, and Super Nintendo.

 Hubby claims that his youthful video games were what gave him such great hand/eye coordination and made him the good sharpshooter he is today.  Me, I'm not so sure.....

 Spending far too much of my childhood playing video games led to my graduating in the exact middle of my high school class.

 The kids my son plays XBox live with are all of the engineering and AP students from our school so I don't believe playing them is the problem.

 I don't know, dawg.....I've heard some of the winners my husband runs into on xBox when they randomly get paired up with strangers.  They don't all sound like the pick of the gene pool.  I think it has more to do with whether the parents just plop the kid in front of the video games all day every day, or whether there is some kind of balance between video game life and real life.

Original Post by splitrail:

Santa provides mildly festive candy canes that lose their appeal after 2 or 3 licks.

Jesus provides red wine and crackers.

 

If he'd throw in a little goat cheese brie, Jesus just might win my vote.

 Hmmm.  Well my church CAN offer you lots of pot-luck dinners.  Waddya say?

Original Post by dnrothx:

Kids want a Nintendo DS and/or Xbox as well.

I'm sorry, but I'm not going to let them waste their childhoods like I wasted mine on an Atari 2600, Nintendo Game System, and Super Nintendo.

 Hubby claims that his youthful video games were what gave him such great hand/eye coordination and made him the good sharpshooter he is today.  Me, I'm not so sure.....