Posts by revolution3

I RARELY meet a food I don't like. But.. mint chutney ]: it's like all the mint flavor in 4000 tic-tacs crushed down and concentrated and stripped of sugar. grossness!

I'm 18, and I'm going trick-or-treating this year for the first time in 5 years hahaha (: I'll probably end up giving all my candy to my parents and sister.. I'm more in it for the novelty value.

soooo off the topic of das... !

The same thing is happening to me, actually. /: I've only increased to 1600 but I'm up 6 pounds. I'm sure most of that is just a water weight fluctuation, but I'm so afraid of seeing "140" that I pretty much freak out when my weight goes up [before, I was about 133]. I'm interested that you lost 2 pounds! Keep me updated on that :p I, too, want to lose weight the healthy way, but having recovered from an eating disorder it's hard to use this widely accepted method of weightloss when I know there's a foolproof [yet unhealthy] one out there. Getting your thyroid checked is a good idea. It might even be for me.. my mom has a thyroid issue, so I'm wondering if some has been passed on to me.. ah! I'm sorry we're so confused ><

Original Post by das1988:

Wrong, those are not necessities.  A necessity is something you will die without.  There are plenty of people in developed nations that get by without money or an education.  However, this is besides the point.

I realize you both missed the point.  I chose to work 8-10 hours/wk because I had to make cuts to things like sleep when I was working 20+ last year.  You always have choices, you can take out a loan.  You can use any scrap of free time you have.  You can cut sleep.  Carpool, public transportation.  Etc...
There is a lot of stuff you could do, but you won't.  So, you do have a choice. 

well sleep meets the definition of a "necessity".
and I DO use public transportation.
whatever dude, you're getting by on technicalities here, and it's really, frankly, annoying.

aah! glad to see we're on the same page sleepless :p

I realized I never got around to answering your question! in short, no, your metabolism isn't screwed over--it's something that can be easily repaired no matter how screwed you think it really is! haha. but to answer your questions about calorie intake.. I don't know, because I'm sort of facing the same dilemma /: I was eating 1800 and maintaining, then [unintentionally] eating 1400 and still maintaining. what I can tell you, though, is that during anorexia recovery, I gained 35 pounds from eating only 1600 calories, which should NOT have happened. I'd say eating more is your best bet! I'm gonna try it too.. I'm about as active as you are, with walking from class to class and standing at work. I'm nervous, but I'm tired of being stuck here!

Original Post by das1988:

Original Post by sleepless_in_america:

I'd love to exercise more, I really would, but I just don't have the time much anymore.

That's your decision, make time. 

 Um, no. Some people--especially, as far as I know, college students--just DON'T have the time. Right now I'm taking a 5-minute study break. Then it's back to studying and homework until like 11pm, and then school and work until next weekend.

Original Post by kriklaf:

I haven't tried it, but I did hear Alice Cooper complaining about the Phoenix news trotting that same old story out again (apparently they do it every year when the temperature gets around 120). I can say for certain that you can give yourself some seriously sore feet by walking barefoot on asphalt in July in Arizona! I've also heard stories about playgrounds with black rubber floors giving some toddler second-degree burns.

 yep yep. I live in Tucson, which is even drier than Phoenix. The first time we tried to fry an egg on concrete, my dog ate it [lol] but we tried it again this year, and it worked, albeit very slowly! It took a few hours before the egg was decently cooked. My mom makes sun tea, though, by leaving some teabags inside a jug of water out in the front yard for about 2 hours or so (:

I always get exhausted reading arguments about this kind of stuff. Sounds like everyone just needs to smoke a j.

I think that maintenance number might be a bit iffy too.. I maintained 100 pounds on 1600 calories with NO exercise.. are you sure that's accurate? /:

Of course luv! That's a valid worry. Based on personal experiences, I can tell you that doesn't have to happen! I too was around 145-150 pre-ED, but as long as you follow your recovery plan and don't fall back into old ways [that is, eating at an ED level OR eating as much as you did when you were 145.. assuming you ate unhealthily, because I certainly did lol] your body should settle nicely on a healthy weight. So no, you're not necessarily going to have to get those jeans out again :p

My lowest weight was.... very low. Haha! Now I'm around 128 pounds and a size 1-3 in [juniors'] jeans. For the most part, I'm happy with the way I look, aside from a little extra tummy jiggle that doesn't worry me much. 115 may be low for some, but I think it depends on your frame size.. It's a healthy weight, but at 115 I still looked reallyyy unhealthily skeeeny [mostly 'cause all the weight was in my ass and my arms were still skeletal lmao]. I wouldn't recommend going under 110!

Thanks for the info. Like I said before, though, I think I was pretty much sedentary in high school BESIDES my regular workouts [which I logged individually]--I seriously walked for like 15-20 minutes a day and did nothing else on days I didn't work out! I'm aware that they are calculators. Actually, the one you referenced there tells me I should be eating 1740 calories when sedentary--right around where I was before! My question was more along the lines of whether my lifestyle can be considered "light" or not, because I don't know if standing for 5 hours could be considered "exercise".

aww, congrats ((:

Pointing out the obvious: 1300 calories - about 200 [right?] burned on treadmill = 1100.. possibly starvation mode? Maybe you could try zig-zagging you calories or increasing them for a few days and seeing where that takes you, or increasing exercise WHILE increasing your calorie intake. Good luck!

Original Post by susiecue:

Original Post by sybil878:

Archaeological digs don't actually support the theory that humans ate any significant amount of fruits or veg except on an opportunistic basis.

 

Probably because tomatoes don't leave lasting evidence the way animal bones do.  Have you ever read The Invisible Sex by J.M. Adovasio, O. Soffer and J. Page?  It provides a very interesting discussion of how the role of meat in ancient civilizations may well be highly exaggerated due to the gender bias of those doing the research (i.e. men feeling that the male hunting role is more important than the female gathering role) and that introduction of nuts/seeds into the diet can explain all the development traditionally attributed to "big man bring back big meat".  People have a funny tendency to find what they're looking for, and traditional archaeology has tended to focus on the male side of things - overemphasizing the role that hunting and meat actually played in cultures.

The bolded part made me laugh hahah :p

other than that, I wouldn't doubt it.

that's the best explanation I've heard on this subject yet.