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| Weight Loss | I'm dieting but my friend's dragging me to McDonalds later! HELP! | Mar 02 2008 00:11 (UTC) |
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| first off, just listen to yourself for a minute. if you have no desire to go to mcdonalds, don't go. i have started to teach myself to say no to people and it feels damn good. i have always tried to please everyone and its not a bit healthy. if you don't want to go... DON'T GO.. if you are interested in going but are unsure what to order, check it out online. Many restaurants have their food posted online, and you can have it all picked out before you even leave the house. No worries!!!!!! | |||
| Motivation | 140/130 club | Feb 05 2008 19:34 (UTC) |
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| Foods | Ice cream | Jan 28 2008 01:52 (UTC) |
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| Great ideas- Thanks everyone :)
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| Weight Loss | 22 yr old female 5'7'', 156 lbs. looking for Cal Count buddy!! | Jan 22 2008 20:07 (UTC) |
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| Hello everyone- is anyone else tired??? I am just wishing I could hide under my desk for a quick 20 minute nap... but nope!! ha. This week is going okay so far. I am only on my 4th day of CC and I have lost almost 1lb. I know it isn't going to just melt off of me, but how nice would that be? I aim towards 1500 calories, and so far I have been doing okay. My lowest cals would be 1200 and highest hopefully no more than 1700. I hope to stay dedicated to CC as much as I dedicate myself to working out. I work out every day, taking a day off probably once or twice in a 2 week span. My fear is that I stick with my healthy cal level, continue to work out etc, and see no change in the weight. Does anyone have this happening? I find it interesting that there are so many average/healthy people on this website. I know there are ppl who are trying to weigh 80 lbs too but it is just nice to have all of you who are "normal". Thanks for all of your support :) |
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| Weight Loss | 22 yr old female 5'7'', 156 lbs. looking for Cal Count buddy!! | Jan 21 2008 20:03 (UTC) |
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| Hey Everyone- It is exciting to see others are at the same area as me. This is my 3rd day on cal count now. I am not going to rush anything because I know how long it took me to gain the weight. Should we just write to eachother in this room or would you guys rather I comment on your journals?
For breakfast I had 1 1/4 cup of Raisin Bran and skim milk with 1/2 banana. For lunch I had a salad with carrots, egg whites, tiny bit of cheese, tiny bit of bacos (like 30 cal per tablespoon) and 1 packet of fat free ranch (may fav) --- also 1/4 cup fruit grapes and mand. orange pieces-- and 1 piece of cake.. I wanted to have it, I don't know why. But the matter of the fact is that I have ate healthy so far today that I can afford a piece of cake.. right? My goal is to stay within 1500 calories. I am not saying all of my cals can be fatty/junk food cals, I want it to be balanced.. why do I feel guilty for eating the piece of cake.. hm.. I didnt' "Need" it.. I just wanted it. As always, I am going to work out after work, 1 hr cardio. Then I will go home and have hopefully a healthy dinner and relax. |
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| Weight Loss | Find your twin on CC! | Jan 21 2008 01:46 (UTC) |
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| Weight Loss | 22 yr old female 5'7'', 156 lbs. looking for Cal Count buddy!! | Jan 20 2008 15:25 (UTC) |
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| Hey to you all of you who replied :) I appreciate it!! should we just keep this thread to write to eachother as a group? or write individually? I am just interested in talking with people and keeping eachother motivated. In most of the rooms/forum things, there are so many people and you don't really get.... individual communication? It's like you are writing to yourself or something. Well.. lol.. whatever I am trying to say I'd love to get to know you and find out your struggles, ideas, goals etc.. and keep eachother motivated. I'm all for healthy eating and a healthy heart. | |||
| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | Jan 20 2008 15:02 (UTC) |
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| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | Jan 19 2008 22:08 (UTC) |
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| Hey Everyone! Looks like there hasn't been a post for a few days so I might as well start her up again! Well I found Calorie count like a year and a half ago, lost a good 7 lbs and then slowly faded off of it. I found myself to forget to log my foods, and by the time I thought of going on again it was 3 days later. At that time I weighed 148. Today I am at 156 ish.. ha (we all know how that "ish" goes) and I have felt so crappy about my body lately. This past year I graduated from college, got a job, got married, bought a house, and now bought a new puppy. I have never had this many changes in my life, which I think may be the reason that I have gained so much weight.
I am very athletic, meaning I work out hard 6-7 days a week. I lift weights 2-3 times a week, including 45-60 minutes of cardio each day. I feel this is a good amount of exercise... does anyone have any advice or opinion on the amount of exercise I do? Maybe I should be doing more, maybe I do too much- who knows. My problem is that I eat too much- especially sweets. If I have any sweets around in my house, you can almost bet that I will be eating a bite here, a bite there, and eventually giving in and eating 2-3 servings. I cannot stand having sweets around because I just want to eat eat eat. My goal is to lose the extra pounds (around 16 lbs) and to get to my goal weight of 140. A part of me wants to say "no sweets" but I have tried that before and it doesn't work. So I guess my new goal will be to log my foods and try to stay at or below 1500 calories. I would be interested in emailing ppl or becoming "calorie count" buddies. Let me know! Elli |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 21 2007 17:52 (UTC) |
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| well i started a 1500 calorie/day last tuesday and it started off good. then the weekend came- i went out with a bunch of my girls to ladies night and expected to have extra calories from my diet morgans, usually 3 or 4. sooo i set a goal of eating only 1000 calories during the day to save up for 500 for going out. long story short..i ate 1450 and then went out... so i only maintained for the day. i planned on working out after work.. i worked 7-3 but then someone called in sick so i stayed in until 9 pm and then went out... skipped the work out and all. i was okay with that since i hadn't had a day off from exercise for over a week. then saturday came... worked out hard - but still ate way more than 1500 cals. FINE - two days of maintaining my weight .... soooo yesterday was sunday and i worked again 7-3...then i was in the ER until 1 am with a client of mine. So i'm pretty sure I ate around 2000 cals. So basically I have had 3 mediocre/crappy days in a row now and its time to get back on track today. so frustrating.... | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 17 2007 16:09 (UTC) |
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| ready2run- that is amazing!!! You are getting in touch with yourself and your body to recognize the binge modes/hunger/stresses- keep it up :) | |||
| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | May 17 2007 16:07 (UTC) |
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| well i weighed in this morning 152 still... what the hell haha. I just had some raisin bran with skim milk... measured it out and all, approx 420 cals. I am still hungry!!! I'll probably go get a big glass of water and hope the hunger goes away. Good day to everyone! | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 17 2007 04:06 (UTC) |
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| i met with a dietician today and we discussed how i should be eating in order to loose weight. i weight 152 am 5'7 and want to weigh 140. I am going to TRY to eat 1500 calories a day. Its amazing to know how much you eat when you don't count. i could easily add 300-400 extra cals by munching.. does anyone else do this? it sucks!!! anyways i met my 1500 goal today and may even have a couple hundred to spare. hope everyone's week is going well. | |||
| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | May 17 2007 04:05 (UTC) |
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| i met with a dietician today and we discussed how i should be eating in order to loose weight. i weight 152 am 5'7 and want to weigh 140. I am going to TRY to eat 1500 calories a day. Its amazing to know how much you eat when you don't count. i could easily add 300-400 extra cals by munching.. does anyone else do this? it sucks!!! anyways i met my 1500 goal today and may even have a couple hundred to spare. hope everyone's week is going well. | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 11 2007 06:57 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone! well i am graduating from college this saturday :) and I am at home for a few days before. i weighed myself and it said 145... and i usually weigh like 152ish. i was so happy when i saw 145 haha.. but who knows maybe the scale is just diff than the one i have at my place. my goal is STILL 140. i've wanted to lose weight for a while but just never could get past the binging etc. I went shopping today and it always puts me in a horrible mood. I am fine trying on shirts but when it comes to the pants i just feel like a fat ass. (excuse my language). I usually wear like an 8 or 10.. but I just do not want to buy size 10 anymore (and yes I know all store's sizes vary, I've already heard the lecture several times :)). I'm probably sounding rather whiny to you guys, my apologies. Has anyone ever gone to an overeaters anonymous meeting?? I am thinking of checking one out but not quite sure yet. I have a thing I want to start tomorrow, but it takes a lot of will power. It works to lose weight, but it is hard to get into the habit. I take a little notebook around with me and write foods down before I eat. I am always eating a bite of this or a few of these.. and sooner or later you are adding 300+ calories to your daily intake, foods that you just "munched" on throughout the day. My hugest struggle is to actually put my food on a plate and eat it...no eating in the preparation process, and no eating more when I'm done. It sounds so easy to change but .....ohhhh if it were only that easy. I will try to log my foods tomorrow and see how that goes. TGIF EVERYONE :) Have a great weekend and Good Luck :) |
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| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | May 11 2007 06:56 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone! well i am graduating from college this saturday :) and I am at home for a few days before. i weighed myself and it said 145... and i usually weigh like 152ish. i was so happy when i saw 145 haha.. but who knows maybe the scale is just diff than the one i have at my place. my goal is STILL 140. i've wanted to lose weight for a while but just never could get past the binging etc.
I went shopping today and it always puts me in a horrible mood. I am fine trying on shirts but when it comes to the pants i just feel like a fat ass. (excuse my language). I usually wear like an 8 or 10.. but I just do not want to buy size 10 anymore (and yes I know all store's sizes vary, I've already heard the lecture several times :)). I'm probably sounding rather whiny to you guys, my apologies. Has anyone ever gone to an overeaters anonymous meeting?? I am thinking of checking one out but not quite sure yet. I have a thing I want to start tomorrow, but it takes a lot of will power. It works to lose weight, but it is hard to get into the habit. I take a little notebook around with me and write foods down before I eat. I am always eating a bite of this or a few of these.. and sooner or later you are adding 300+ calories to your daily intake, foods that you just "munched" on throughout the day. My hugest struggle is to actually put my food on a plate and eat it...no eating in the preparation process, and no eating more when I'm done. It sounds so easy to change but .....ohhhh if it were only that easy. I will try to log my foods tomorrow and see how that goes. TGIF EVERYONE :) Have a great weekend and Good Luck :) |
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| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | May 09 2007 05:36 (UTC) |
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| does anyone know how to change their username? I would like to not have "grande" considering that means huge in spanish lol. It is just my school login and thought it would be easy to carry over--- any advice is appreciated :) | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 09 2007 05:33 (UTC) |
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| hey furry-
sweetheart you may want to look into making an appointment with your doctor- i suffered from anorexia and now BED. it is getting much better but it is so hard to get over on your own. its all about your own self-determination and self-control. just a thought and an option if you feel comfortable. I am going to start seeing a psychologist to discuss the issues. We'll see how it all goes. Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow :) Elli |
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| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | May 07 2007 15:50 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone- just weighed in this morning ... 152. Which is pretty good, I'll take that. My ideal weight would be 140. I've been suffering from food addictions/starvation/excessive exercise.. the whole works for a few years now. It seems to come and go. Just wanted to check in and report my weight. Hopefully by the end of the week I can hit 150, if I don't have a binge. Good luck everyone and have a great week :) | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 07 2007 15:46 (UTC) |
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| today i weigh 152... starting on the right path! | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 07 2007 07:48 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone- I am Elli and I am 21, 5'8'' and.. well last time i weight in i was like 153. My goal is 140.. and I have struggled with eating issues for ...approx 6 years now. it started in high school and is kind of just dragging on. started out as extremely restricive eating...absolutely no fat (not even a piece of bread because God knows there is 1 gram of fat) yea... it was really bad. So at that point I was down to 115... sickly skinny and everyone told me that I need to eat more and it just never clicked.. I didn't even feel like I was skinny I think it was just my way of coping with my parents divorce. Next step was the binging. I ate and ate and ate all of the foods that I didn't allow myself to eat for such a long time. The binges got worse and I started to pack on the pounds on in 5 lb increments. It was unreal and I couldn't do anything to stop it. All I wanted to do was eat.. eat away all of the problems. Eat if you are sad, happy, scared, excited.. you name it and i was eating. oh by the way I should mention that I never purged.. was too scared for that. The binging led to extreme exercising, we are talking 2-3 hours on the treadmill- it sucked so bad. so now ... 21 years old..graduating college things are starting to finally come together. looking back on my diary I don't see many binges for the last year but they just started up again like a month ago. i binged probably for 2 weeks and as of last Tuesday i am back to normal again. I just don't know what to do when i get into binge mode and i have absolutely no one who i can talk to because it is all foreign to them. None of my friends or family understand how someone could use food to control emotions. SOOOO im totally rattling on and on but i just thought i would release some pent-up emotions. feel free to share your story or whatever you are comfortable discussing. It's always nice to hear other ppl's stories. I am on day 7 of being binge free. maybe some of this extra flab will disappear??? who knows- haha. I hope you all have a great week! :) |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 04 2007 14:02 (UTC) |
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| i know how EXACTLY how you feel about the morning after a binge. you don't want to move, you don't want to go anywhere or see anyone, don't want to put on any clothes because "of course" they won't fit (even though they probably will fit just the same as before the binge).. our minds just tell us our bodies are way bigger than the day before. I am SO happy to say that I am binge free day #3 (that is if i don't screw up today). I used to see people having binge free day #'s and i used to think to myself, wow how do they make it through the day without a binge? i was so jealous, now i am there. I hate to say this but i think this is all a process we just need to go through. i remember when I was so bad that i would starve myself alllll day and finally have a binge at like midnight, that cycle was the worst.:(. that was two years ago and thank God I am wayy past that. Now I just need to work on watching what I put into my mouth. It really helps to journal before you eat ( if you have enough will power), pre package your food out, put your food on a plate then eat it, never eat in the process of making your meal, etc. I'm sure you guys have all heard these methods before but sometimes just hearing it again helps to refresh things. I wish i could take my own advice haha. Well I'm actually gonna head to the gym and start the day off right. GOOD LUCK to everyone and i hope your day goes well. Just remember, this is a phase and it will pass. | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 04 2007 05:08 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone! hope you are all hanging in there and doing well. welll... i went to the doctor today and she is setting me up with a psychologist (sigh), I hate telling my entire eating story. she also is recommending that i see a nutritionist. i finally realized that basically the only way for someone to get over binge eating, is to do it yourself. counseling helps, but its my own fault that i continuously over eat. it is so hard that it is easy. i am so proud to say that i am two days binge free :). ahhh how annoying is all of this? glad i'm not the only one who suffers. | |||
| Health & Support | Has anyone gotten professional help for BED? | May 03 2007 00:58 (UTC) |
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| as for the treatment etc... i am currently on lexapro 20 mg for stress and anxiety, which may be a huge piece of the binge eating. I do not expect a magical wand to "fix" me, but I wish I had someone, a counselor or something to talk with. That is all I am hoping for, and for one day to finally live a day without worrying about what I consume. My goal is to eat healthy and live healthy. BED is totally not healthy and I hope to someday overcome it. | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 03 2007 00:55 (UTC) |
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| Hey ozfiz- thanks for the reply! I will see how the appointment goes well tomorrow. I have searched for eating disorder psychologists/psychiatrists before and it is so hard to find someone who specializes in that field. how did u search for that person.... did u get a referral from your doc or did you ask the insurance company? Thanks again- you are so helpful :) | |||
| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | May 02 2007 23:24 (UTC) |
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| HEY EVERYONE- SORRY FOR THE CAPS BUT I NEED TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND HOPE YOU SEE THIS MESSAGE. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH EATING/BINGING/STARVATION MODE/OVER EXERCISING. Has anyone ever tried to receive professional help for binge eating? I have battled it for a few years now and I am sooooo frustrated with myself. I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow so hopefully she will be familiar with BED. There is nothing more frustrating than binge eating, especially just after you have had an amazing workout. & nbsp; | |||
| Foods | Peanut Butter | Jan 23 2007 01:36 (UTC) |
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| okay i just need to reply on this one... peanut butter... my most craved food! glad to hear that someone else struggles with this. I love having peanut butter toast with sugar free jelly and light bread (haha... gotta make up for the calories somehow) and i love peanut butter crunch cereal... also i have boughten peanutbutter icecream that is light and has half the fat as normal peanut butter/chocolate ice cream. see??? if you don't get my drift, i love peanut butter haha. another thing that i struggle with is having chocolate chips with peanut butter. this started to become a problem and so i went ahead and measured out one tablespoon of chocolate chips and put it in a baggie for the next time i get a craving. sounds weird but its pre portioned and it works. i have no idea why we crave peanut butter so much.. it must have some ingrediant/nutrient or vitamin that our body needs... or its just the taste that we love- as long as i see it..... peanut butter is good if in moderation!! if you cannot control the addiction i'd say try to go without... but be careful, this could lead into deprivation which equals a binge on peanut butter.
good luck with that my fellow peanut butter lover :) |
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| Motivation | 150/140's out there? | Jan 21 2007 22:51 (UTC) |
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| i just wanted to congradulate everyone on their weight losses! I cannot wait to be able to tell you guys about my weight loss, even if it is only a pound! keep up the hard work everyone and lets start with a
fresh week!!! |
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| Motivation | 150/140's out there? | Jan 21 2007 22:47 (UTC) |
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| hey everyone- this group pretty much sums up my situation- i am currently at 152 and working towards 140- or 135. I am 5'8'' and I work out daily by doing atleast 45 minutes of cardio (either running, eliptical, biking) one of those.. and then I lift weights 2-3 times a week, upper and lower body. I know I have muscle and i know that it weighs more than fat, BUTTTTTTTTT (and this is capitalized with years of frustration), i want to weight less and be more confident with my body. I am constantly thinking about my weight and looking at other girls wishing i was their size.. and i know i would be a happier, and more confident person if i could slim down a bit. so.. anyone else looking to lose about 10-15 lbs? I would honestly like to have a few ppl to talk with on here instead of writing only on the forums. it'd be nice to have someone to vent with or talk about how we did with our calories and stuff-
georgieann or anyone else in that range/loss desire... interested?? |
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| Motivation | 150's group...daily updates | Jan 21 2007 20:05 (UTC) |
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| well i started at 152 and now im at 150.4... that was a nice drop! except when we got home last night i decided to have a bowl and a half of cereal... kind of frustrating considering i was doing great yesterday... but i still was under my caloric intake goal of 1400. i started out today struggling a little bit but im hoping i have things under control.
When i get the munchies or just feel like i am hungry (when I know i am not), I often make sugar free apple cider (15 cal only) or no sugar added hot chocolate (15 cal also) or just try to get a nice glass of ice water. anyone else try this? if not... do! it works sometimes! |
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