Posts by amberrr

Original Post by garnet18:

because the media isn't trying to impress the guys, it's trying to sell to the girls.

they've successfully created the illusion that guys like it (which some do, but most claim they don't), and the girls believe it.

That's it right there. They sell the image of stick thin girls being "hot" which fuels the crazy ideals for women to be that thin, which, in turn fuels the diet industries multi-billion dollar corporation every year.

Here is your answer. PORN. Porn stars are curvy - not morbidly obese, diffinatley not emaciated. They have huge boobs, little waists, and generally a full butt. And yes - some have a little skin around there middle that they can pinch because they are humans.

How many men do you see reaching for a vogue magazine so they can oogle all of the so called "perfect anorexic body-types". It's all the girls who do, and we've impressioned in our minds that that is the only way to be beautiful.

I've asked many men which they would prefer, and many say they would rather have an overweight girlfriend (again - not morbidly obese), than an underweight one.

It doesn't always give you what you want, or what is the healthiest choice either.

I drink skim milk and it reccomends me 2%.

I eat dark chocolate and it recommends me milk chocolate.

It's just spitting out ideas of different foods that are realated in someway to your normal food choices. Just trying to give you a better variety. y no means is it saying you have to eat these foods, or that you will loose weight faster - or be healthier by eating those foods 

Original Post by gi-jane:

Your problem is that you don't have control around food.  You sound like you understand it pretty well (to the point of obsession) and you can explain it to others but you haven't worked out a way to manage it properly.  Currently, it's managing you. 

So I think you need to find ways that mean you feel more in control without obsessing, starving or resorting to fad quick fixes.  It almost certainly means that you don't count calories, for example, but learn to portion control those healthy foods you buy in other ways. 

 That sounds like it would actually be a good plan. I don't count everyday.. but on the days that I don't it usually because I've lost controll or I just wake up feeling like I don't give a crap.  I'll try breaking out my childrens serperator plates again. They are fun to eat off of anyways lol.

demi8 - i know what you're saying. and when I do plan ahead to eat healthy meals that I enjoy, I usually do pretty good. Its usually just those few days a week (like weekends, or bbq's for example!!) that are holding me back.  oh where did you go self control..

Original Post by becks4d:

 i eat around 1200 cals or on a good daqy 1100 to 1000 cals.

  do some reasearch please. unless you want your entire body to turn into a flab ball because you loose all your muscle, so you just become kind of like a kite, with flaps of skin blowing in the wind, and your body starts eating your vital organs, so you become deranged because your brain is being metabolized, then you die.  

Children and teens and ADULTS (which you are not) need WAY MORE than 1100-1000cals a day. Especially with excersize. Go on a childrens health website and find your actual needs, instead of just winging it and see how long it will take for you to kill yourself from starvation.

Original Post by muttlover:

 When I was suffereing from an ED, I never had a pimple because the lack of fat (and calories) in my diet caused my hormones to pretty much die. No hormones = no pimples.

 dido.

Original Post by wistfulxthinking:

A couple days ago.. I felt like I was the ugliest thing on Earth. I had felt like that for months and months.. suddenly.. I feel good about myself! I had an epiphany. So this might sound very concieted.. but I'm proud! I'm even more proud that I've broken through this self-loathing!

 Congrats on the confidence boost!!

I hate when that happens.. it's like a flip of a coin..

Yesterday I was feelin hot and happy... today not so much.. not even close.

Lol I'll just have to wake up tomorrow and force the hotness.  rawr!

Original Post by tinker8288:

the part about her "reaching puberty and was done growing" wasn't debatable.  As her mother, I know this to be true about her.  I have seen the same in her close friends and after talking to some of their parents they said the same thing.  The girls were done between 13-15.  They are all 16 now.  This is not a blanket statement for all teens, but for ours with whom we are very familiar.

 Sorry, it's just that when I look at my cousins and sister 14-17 I know for sure they are not done growing yet. They are tall, sure.. but no where close to being fully developed.

Original Post by nickiebabie:

Original Post by amberrr:

wow almond butter is expensive.. at least where i'm from anyways. that would have been like $12. I wanna go buy some now it's so tasty lol.

Almond butter isn't unhealthy.. you just need to think of other ways to eat it.. on celery or carrot sticks, apples, spread on a brown rice cake. very delicious.. and if your spreading it rather then eating it off a spoon it won't go as fast. think of  it as a condiment, like ketchup.. not a food group 

I think not buying it for a while may be a good idea. I do the same thing with cashews, i'll buy a tin and they'll be gone in 3 or 4 days.. so I've stopped buying them. Everyonce in a while try it by buying a small jar, and seeing what you do with it.. if you can't space it out, don't buy it again for another month or so.

On the positive side of your day, at least your fibre intake will be good!

and it was healthy fat. so it's better than eating 1500calories of doghnuts lol.

 

what is almond butter?? and where can i get some??? lol

 it is heaven.. and I find it at safeway lol.

Original Post by eddiepotter:

HAHAHAHAHA.....Jesus..man...HAHAHAHAHA...

oh and for the record...Jessica Alba...YUCK!!!!!

 

Jessica Biel...WHoa MOMMA!!!!!!!

 i'm straight and even I think jessica alba is a mega-hottie. although jessica biel is hot too.

wow almond butter is expensive.. at least where i'm from anyways. that would have been like $12. I wanna go buy some now it's so tasty lol.

Almond butter isn't unhealthy.. you just need to think of other ways to eat it.. on celery or carrot sticks, apples, spread on a brown rice cake. very delicious.. and if your spreading it rather then eating it off a spoon it won't go as fast. think of  it as a condiment, like ketchup.. not a food group 

I think not buying it for a while may be a good idea. I do the same thing with cashews, i'll buy a tin and they'll be gone in 3 or 4 days.. so I've stopped buying them. Everyonce in a while try it by buying a small jar, and seeing what you do with it.. if you can't space it out, don't buy it again for another month or so.

On the positive side of your day, at least your fibre intake will be good!

and it was healthy fat. so it's better than eating 1500calories of doghnuts lol.

i agree with petite power house. women need more fat for baby-making, that's why when they don't have enough of it, they're baby-maker stops working..

Since the testosterone is stoping you from mensrtuating and ovulating, you baby-maker will be rendered useless. So there's no reason that you could not achieve a more masculine look of more muscle - less fat.

Also men have less fat on thier overall body, because they don't have the huge stores that we do, boobs and booty. If you keep working out and build muscle quickly, those feminine areas with dicipate.. giving you a more manish look.

My puppy isn't bored at home all day, she loves it. She's old and she only plays like once a day. One time we were all outside in the front yard (no fence) and we came in and forgot ariel on the front step. When we opened the door an hour later.. she was just sitting there.. enjoying the sun. She has no desire to travel or adventure around the world. She likes her home, and would be lost without it. The only things she needs from us are food, water, a pee pad and a belly rub... no exciting glamourous puppy palace.

fuzzy: Yes, it always makes my blood boil when I hear about someone wanting to buy or has bought a puppy from a breeder.  WHY???

breaders are not the same as puppy mills. Having a select couple of very precious dogs and breeding them to create purebreads is much different then the stuff you get at the pet store. Most breeders don't breed "pom-terrier-bulldog-shihtzu-poo's" and most breeders take care of thier dogs because they are worth alot of money, and no one is going to buy a purebread animal only to have it come home being unable to walk on the ground or dying 2 weeks later from puppy flu. I personally would NEVER ever buy an animal from a pet store. #1) they are ridiculously priced, #2) they all carry diseases or are bread within the family resulting in deformities and health problems, #3) it supports puppy mills.

My ariel came from a farm, where she was bread. They have a male and a female who bread, and the puppies live in thier house. They were covered in poop but that's because the mother didn't wash them, and she was only $300 for a pure bread shihtzu.

CHICKA CHICKA YEEEEAAAAHHHH! YOU GO GIRL!

Original Post by jonesml:

I read a peice a on a dr's forum a while back saying about people cant seem to lose weight off there bums and thighs. The Dr's response was that your bum and legs are the last place to lose weight. This is due to it being the biggest muscles in your body and it takes longer for all the fat cells to break down. So dont give up. Just be persistant and you will see it eventually!

 I hope so! I'd love to keep my butt! .. the first time around it dissapeared!