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| Motivation | What is your #1 motivator? | Aug 07 2007 22:44 (UTC) |
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| hmmm... Thats a good question. I suppose since I have no real motivation internal or external thats most likely why I find it so hard to loose weight.
Motivation.... Theatre! |
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| Weight Loss | 30 pounds to lose club | Aug 07 2007 16:19 (UTC) |
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| Hi there. Im new to this thread.
My Stats:Wieght: 155lbs Hight: 5'6.5" Build: Medium Age: 24 GOAL: 130lbs by next year or sooner. AND FOREVER!!! What I do: I eat around 1200 calories a day when I am having a good day. I go to the gym and get in about 30-60 min of cardio plus a 30-45 min strength training session five times a week. I am fairly active. I don't own a TV so that means I have to find my entertainment elswhere and I don't drive very often (unless there is an emergency or a long trip planned) so I walk everywhere I need to go. My problem, consistancy. Sometimes I am really good. Sometimes I eat all day. I know I can't loose weight because I am afraid. I had borderline anorexia a few years ago and ever since my "recovery" I haven't gained a decent relationship to food. I am afraid to start counting calories again because thats what started the anorexic obsessive behaivours. But I know calorie counting works... any ideas for a fearmonger such as myself??? |
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| Weight Loss | Trying to lose 10 lbs. forever club | Aug 04 2007 16:51 (UTC) |
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| Hi there.... I am not entirely new to this site... but I wasnt really sure what my goals should be untill today. I love this group because it dosn't really focus on what you weigh only that you are trying to loose 10 forever. A little history on me...
My Mom is a Yo- Yo dieter. I was always kinda chunky but it didn't bother me much becuase I new both of my parents were larger and it ran in the family. When I started working out My wieght sky rocketed... I know I was putting on muscle but I also kept the fat... or so I thought... I started to get a little concerned so I went on a ridiculously low cal diet. Of course thats when the trouble started... I lost 40lbs real quick... then gained them back.... then lost and now I have gained them back again. I still work out and am in good shape but I am just so large. I guess Im here because I really want to loose 10lbs while staying in shape. Instead of not eating and loosing 10lbs due to muscle loss. So I guess I need some diet advice. I need to take in approximatly 1300 calories a day. How does everyone else stay within that goal in a healthy way??? Also if anyone needs exercise advice that is something I know a bit about. |
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| Weight Loss | 30 pounds to lose club | Jul 09 2007 17:47 (UTC) |
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| Start Weight: 159lbs (5' 6.5")
Current: 153lbs Goal: 130lbs ( By December 2007) What Ive done: Monitered my daily eating habits. Experimented with different work out routines and levels. ( still trying to find the best combinations of cardio and strength training) Thinking before eating. What Ive Eaten: Lots of Exotic Fruits and Veggies. Whole grain pasta and breads. Beans. And about 2oz of meat weekly. What I Drink: Water Water Water, Tea (there are so many yummy kinds) the occasional diet soda, or wine on the weekends. Why I am doing it: To Finally beat my ED and break the string on the YO- YO that it created. |
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| Health & Support | water | Jul 09 2007 17:36 (UTC) |
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| Be Carefull not to get overzelous on the water front though. I started drinking 8 glasses a day because I wanted to feel better but on the second day I guzzeled around six glasses over an hour and I got the worst stomach cramps. Other then that the advice everyone else is giving seems sound. | |||
| Health & Support | ED Recovery...cant eat around others | Jul 09 2007 17:22 (UTC) |
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| Thanks... I went out today and bought a whole bunch of colourful veggies and fruits I figure I will start with those. Then maybe work my way into real meals. | |||
| Weight Loss | Not good news | Jul 09 2007 17:20 (UTC) |
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| I just went through the same thing. It is so Frustraiting... but remember to focus on the losses you've made! It is so much more then the number. | |||
| Health & Support | Anorexia Recovery - Weight Redistribution | Jul 09 2007 04:58 (UTC) |
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| Thank you so much for this post... I am in recovery and I have put weight back on... now I am working on the psychological aspects of this tourture. I don't feel so alone now. The only people I seem to meet are either still severely underweight or undereating, or trying to loose weight. All I want is to be normal again. I think that everything you are going through is somwhat normal for this type of recovery. I so get the wishing you never started the anorexic path... keep posting we can work together! | |||
| Weight Loss | How many calories did you used to eat? | Jul 09 2007 04:49 (UTC) |
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| Oddly enough on average I used to eat 500 calories a day but around 3000 on the weekends thats when I wieghed 167 lbs! That is so not good for your meatabolism! | |||
| Weight Loss | Egad!!! | Jun 27 2007 19:18 (UTC) |
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| Thanks everyone. I know how silly I sound. The fear of food thing releated to my former ED has taken a really long time to subside and it crops every now and again. I appriciate the birthday wishes and the support. I will keep on truckin! | |||
| Weight Loss | What triggered your weight gain? | Jun 27 2007 16:09 (UTC) |
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| I was always larger... but never really unhealthy.... but the real weight gain was triggered by my first starvation diet. Boy was that ever a mistake.... sure I lost 50lbs and my lowest wieght was 108lbs (I'm 5' 6.5") but I put it all back on and then some when I tried to start eating normally again reasulting in a weigh in of about 160lbs. The normal eating made me gain then the depression from gaining inspired me to gain more...the cycle continued.... starve and gorge, starve and gorge, now my metabolism is so messed up its really hard to eat well and loose anything.... I am lucky if I can maintain the 155lbs I am now let alone loose.... Its going to take a long time. But I really want it dont you? | |||
| Weight Loss | Im Done with Alcohol! | Jun 27 2007 15:56 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the ideas.... Im glad Im not the only one faced with this trouble... people don't seem to understand that when you are struggling to loose weight alcohol really messes with your healthy habits and good results after all it is poisen! I am glad I don't need alcohol to have a good time but is unfortunate that most people think that you do.
I like the piggy idea! Thanks for the suggestions keep them coming! |
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| Motivation | Please tell me slow and steady works! | Jun 26 2007 18:05 (UTC) |
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| Im in the same boat....
But I have tried it the other way and sure I lost but I gained it all back with reinforcements... Slow and steady is a lifetime healthy habit change instead of a get results quick change. Keep it up! |
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| Motivation | Fed up with "YO-YOING" and addicted to sugar. | Jun 26 2007 18:03 (UTC) |
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| No Donut.... those donuts really arn't worth breaking a diet for..... just because, you know what they taste like and they really arn't very good.... Realize they are just fried white dough....ew!
Way to go on yesterday.... planning ahead really does work. I am struggling a bit on finding a balence between being prepared and being obsessed though... I am already planning the weekend. Doing good too! Birthday hike turned into birthday stroll though because Its so hot out today...but I will still hit the gym tonight when my bf finishes work. |
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| Motivation | Fed up with "YO-YOING" and addicted to sugar. | Jun 26 2007 03:18 (UTC) |
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| I suppose it really only takes some planning ahead. I seemed to have lost that ability when I finished my last semester of school. Thanks.... This is not impossible. We can do it.
Tomorrow my goals 1. Keep under my calorie limit &nb sp; &nb sp; 2. Get an hour of exercise. &nb sp; &nb sp; 3. Go out for a birthday hike!!! Goals anyone else? |
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| Motivation | Fed up with "YO-YOING" and addicted to sugar. | Jun 25 2007 20:37 (UTC) |
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| I am so with you....I think I need some support from other people who are in the dame baot as I am. I have been loosing and gaining the same weight since I was 19... I am 24 tomorrow...(Happy Birthday both of you!!!)
I am so ready take it off and keep it off for good. So this plan to dump two pounds by Saturday sounds good but how do you stick to you plan forever??? Is it possible maybe that if you mess up one day that you can say alright thats fine everything in moderation??? Does anyone know any stratagies for sticking to it??? |
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| Weight Loss | can't get back on track! | Jun 25 2007 18:23 (UTC) |
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| I sooo fell off the wagon at the end of the school year. I was doing so well too.... I know how this feels. It is a struggle to get back on track, and it seems as though the weight that you lost should just vanish when you have decided to get back on track but it doesnt. I forget about how long it took to loose it the first time. But I agree... stop thinking about how much your loosing and stop thinking about food. Stick to healthy food and an exercise scheduale and maybe weigh in once a week to make sure you are on track but thats how I have been dealing with it. I am trying to do this slowly and surely so it will last the rest of my life instead of untill next year.
Keep posting that way we can keep motivating each other and staying on track. - good luck. |
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| Weight Loss | Eating back calories to 1200 minimum for women... | Jun 22 2007 15:28 (UTC) |
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| I don't disagree at all... I think all of the calculations are differnt depending on all sorts of factors. I work out heavy five times a week and light on the weekends, I eat around 1200 a day and I am still gaining (because I am putting on healhty muscle and loosing that not so healthy fat). | |||
| Health & Support | Getting panicky about eating... | Jun 21 2007 20:38 (UTC) |
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| Hey David Good Job on the weight loss. I have to agree with Jainasolo.... This is a critical time where you are going to develop the habits that will help you maintain your healthy weight. But Fear is not a good thing, and if you can't overcome it, you should talk to a professional, a nutritionist, a councellor, or even go to a family doctor to see what they recommend. Beleive me if you can't get over these feelings of anxiety you will have a really hard go. I have had some expereince with this. | |||
| Motivation | Tempting Commercials | Jun 21 2007 20:31 (UTC) |
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| Its not the Commertials that do it to me... its the smell.. you ever notice when you pass a pizza place and you have been avoiding that kind of food it smells like they are pumping the sent right onto the street. Or Even when M&M's does their BBQ I can smell it for a good block... it attracts me.... | |||
| Motivation | why are we overweight?????????????? | Jun 21 2007 19:51 (UTC) |
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| I agree with tully. I was healthy and happy before I went on my first diet. That diet turned into anorexia... which turned into a binge eating disorder, which now is a cycle of binge and restrict. Leading to a low metabolic rate and an extra pound every time I gain that will never go away. | |||
| Weight Loss | Ohmygosh, now I am nervous! | Jun 21 2007 19:06 (UTC) |
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| Thank you for this question... I was feeling the same way.. I am rather muscular... 5'6.5" and am around 155lbs... and loosing is taking forever. I feel like I am a failure. I eat right most of the time. And I exercise vigorously 5 times a week. Lightly on the weekends. I just can loose the weight. I originally wanted to get down to 125. But I can see now that I would have to loose some of my wonderfull muscle to do that. I just hate that the BMI index says I am overweight. It bugs me, so I have ajusted my first goal to be 145lbs. Then I will see how I feel once I am there. I will see if it is maintainable. | |||
| Motivation | Preventing another "freshman 15" (Sophomore year) | Jun 20 2007 21:08 (UTC) |
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| Definatley, go to the gym... It will help you concentrait, no lies. Start right now get into a habit.
Also you can now plan your own meals and have your own food around. If you really can handle the chocolate habit... I used to keep on really good quality bar in the house and anytime I was tempted to buy when I was out I would remember that I had some at home, by the time I got home I would look at it and think... Ill save it untill I really need it ... like during exams. Remember, If you don't buy junk food you can save alot of money. |
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| Health & Support | ED Recovery Club | Jun 20 2007 21:04 (UTC) |
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| First of all I live in Ontario too... second... I still have all of these feelings and thoughts but I don't know who to talk to because (I don't want to scare anyone) I have gained back my weight because I gain weight really easily... and because of this I just want to lose... I don't want to maintain because I not only feel like I am the fattest in the room I am . I have been doing this for so long... Sorry. Gaining the wieght back is just the first step. You are right Kylie, it is mental and that is that voice in your head is the hardest thing to change. |
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| Motivation | Calorie level for those 5'6" / 5'7" who want to lose | Jun 20 2007 20:52 (UTC) |
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| mctami: I love the breaking the string on my yo-yo tag! | |||
| Motivation | Calorie level for those 5'6" / 5'7" who want to lose | Jun 20 2007 20:48 (UTC) |
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| I am 5' 6.5" and I find that I need to stay at around 1200, on most days, and I get a fair bit of exercise at least an hour every day... However I am in yo-yo diet recovery and my metabolism is shot. | |||
| Motivation | Help! My Boyfriend it out with his ex and I want to binge! | Jun 20 2007 20:27 (UTC) |
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| Thank you... I am doing good... I was planning to go to the gym tonight so I am not going out right now... but I like the ideas.... It also feel good to know that some of you understand how I feel... I have been feeling irrational... I have been making some real attempts to change my responses to situations lately just being in the house with all the food, and not bingeing, and writing it out in my "novel" (one day I hope) has been a major victory for me... I think I can keep this up.
In his defence... he met her out west and was her boss so they never really got together because he had a strict policy about that...She is just stopping by as she goes through our city toward back home... far away, thats why they are getting together just to catch up. She has always provided him with advice which he finds helpfull... who am I to deny him that. Thanks again... The battle cry reverberates... We will win the weight wars together!!! |
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| Motivation | Help! My Boyfriend it out with his ex and I want to binge! | Jun 20 2007 19:40 (UTC) |
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| Thnak you... something that will get me physically active is a good Idea! ladies and gentlemen....hear my "I am loosing weight no matter what anxiety confronts me" battle cry across the world!!!! | |||
| Foods | What does your grocery list look like? | Jun 15 2007 00:57 (UTC) |
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| This is what I buy for me and my boy toy....
Five Veggies (some times more depending on food prep for the week) Apples Bananas Some exotic fruit for fun!!! Mmmmm Mangoes Salsa Low fat Mozza Cheese ( I make my own Pizza, from scratch) Tomatoe paste ( For the sauce!) 2 kg of beef ( He likes meat on his side of the pizza) Beans ( Beans and salsa make a great dip!) Dark Rye Bread ( the all natural peanut butter was already at home) |
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| Foods | What does your grocery list look like? | Jun 15 2007 00:57 (UTC) |
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| This is what I buy for me and my boy toy....
Five Veggies (some times more depending on food prep for the week) Apples Bananas Some exotic fruit for fun!!! Mmmmm Mangoes Salsa Low fat Mozza Cheese ( I make my own Pizza, from scratch) Tomatoe paste ( For the sauce!) 2 kg of beef ( He likes meat on his side of the pizza) Beans ( Beans and salsa make a great dip!) Dark Rye Bread ( the all natural peanut butter was already at home) |
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