Posts by anie87

Original Post by novileigh:

I try to plan that my cals are spread throughout the day, so even if I don't FEEL full, I know that I do have food in me at all times.

A tablespoon of extra virgin coconut oil in the morning keeps me feeling pretty full throughout the rest of the day though.

 A TB of EV coconut oil? That acts as an appetite suppressant? Do you have breakfast with it as well?

I am sorry for the loss of your last husband. What are you stats? Height? Current weight? Goal weight? Based on your height and weight you can figure out how many calories you should consume during a day. It also depends on how much exercise you do.

Original Post by vollard:

Original Post by anie87:

Original Post by vollard:

I don't think it's just a fashion week thing for Anne Slowey. She is a maniac. Seriously.

I was surprised by how much the female model ate, actually. That seems to be how much food a model eats normally, and on fashion week you wouldn't want to be bloated and whatnot. But if Anne has time to down 4384938 vitamins, I think she can eat a protein bar for breakfast. And while there's pressure for her to be thin as she's in the industry, she won't lose her job if she's 10 lbs heavier like a model would.

 How do you know she eats this way all the time? Are you a close friend or relative? Maybe she's like me - I'm not hungry at all for the first 2-3 hours when I get up.

...yeah she's just also "not hungry" for the remaining 16 hours of the day...

 She also doesn't list how much of certain foods she ate. For the Camembert and crackers, guacamole and chips, and fennell salad, it doesn't say how much. She could have had a whole box of crackers and a cup of guacamole. Not a high likelihood but still, we don't know. And really, I think it was just because of fashion week.

Original Post by direwolf689:

Original Post by anie87:

Okay, see, I think some CC members are hypocritical and just downright rude.

I see all the time people starting topics like "I ate 4000 calories today!" or "I had 10 doughnuts for lunch!" or "I binged 3 days in a row!" and are almost always consoled and told "Oh it's okay sweetie, just keep going, you can do it!"

Um, why is it fine to condone an unhealthy eating habit like severely overeating or making a meal of something completely void of nutritional value?... Then when someone posts "I only had 400 calories today." they are bashed and called unhealthy? Truth is BOTH are unhealthy and obviously sometimes people slip - either by over or under eating - but I have a problem when people seemingly condone overeating and look down upon people who sometimes don't eat enough.

Like someone else said, I'm sure it's not a way of life for Anne Slowey - it was fashion week and she was insanely busy. Sometimes people have days where they are incredibly stressed and busy and don't have time to/forget to eat. It doesn't make it any worse than pigging out like a cow for a day or week.

 Take into consideration also, a lot - I mean a LOT of the people on here who post up that they only ate 400 calories, say they do it FREQUENTLY, and usually have some sort of eating disorder going on as well. And there are a lot of people on this site who are very supportive to encourage others to increase their calories kindly. Do not simply just chose to see that people who under eat get 'attacked' while others are not. You are selectively reading, and since comming to this site I have read rude comments for both spectrums (over and under eating) as well as sympathetic, kind comments for both as well. uusually posters who get 'attacked' for under eating, have been posting up their undereating for long periods of time and are looking for some sort of sick satisfaction in posting their starvation and are not really looking for support.

But, I must agree as well, there is a lot of stress surrounding the Fashion wekk, however, on that SAME site (I clicked around) they brought up the Eating Disorder issue in the ashion industry, and it pinpoints just how hard it is to keep a healthy view of food and eating when the moment your weight gets up past a certain level, the risk of you getting tossed aside is even more increased. I feel sorry for models, and I don't think they deserve to have so much flak for just trying to keep in such a cut-throat environment.

 I don't selectively read posts... I as well have seen supportive and attacking comments for both sides, but it's mostly the undereaters who are attacked. People need to keep in mind that this site isn't just about losing weight, it's about changing eating habits in either direction to become healthy. Yes I agree I get annoyed when I see posts like "im 13 5'7 and 92 lbs, what do i do?" from the same poster over and over, yeah, that's wanting attention. But for some people, it's just as hard to make yourself eat as it is for another person to cut back and not eat as much.

And I'm just saying that in our society, if someone habitually overeats, they're just a typical American or they have a big appetite or whatever. Unless they are morbidly obese, rarely would a person say to them "You have a psychological disorder, you need to seek help." But when a person habitually undereats, it's all "You need to get help. You have a problem."

This about it, if you went out to dinner 3 times with a person who had an appetizer, fatty entree, and dessert to themselves, you probably wouldn't confront them about it. If anything you'd just think to yourself "Hm, they sure are eating a lot.." BUT if you went out 3 times with a person and all 3 times they only had a small salad or less, most people would say "Hey why aren't you eating? What's wrong with you? You need to eat more." I just don't think that's right.

Original Post by imolde_nuf:

Original Post by irishmum:

I personally love it when I get them- it's a sign my metabolism is alive & well after years of abuse. I spent so long living in starvation mode I now know what its like to feel hungry, eat, and enjoy food. And yes- I do eat something to alleviate them, I just smile when they happen!

 Me too!  I think I can actually FEEL the fat being sucked from my body to be digested, esp at night when I'm trying to go to bed.  Makes me happy!  I guess its really weird, but its a power trip for me...lol.

 See that's exactly how I feel! If I feel really hungry I don't think to rush to the fridge because I'm "missing something and my body is telling me to eat." I take it as a sign that, like you two said, my metabolism is working and I'm losing weight. I remember seeing an Oprah episode on weight (one of many!) where she talked about being hungry at night and ignoring it because, as she said, "I can either run to the kitchen for some cookies, or my body can eat it from my butt!" Or, something to that effect... lol.

Well I was recently dianosed with adult ADD and was put on Adderall. WOW. Talk about an appetite supressant! It COMPLETELY takes away your appetite. Food sounds totally unappetizing when I take it. I have to FORCE myself to eat even a few bites of chicken.

Now, obviously you shouldn't take it without doctor's orders. But, just saying, it definitely makes you eat less.