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| Motivation | Feeling grosssssss after a binge, advice needed | Aug 08 2007 00:10 (UTC) |
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Your body basically makes you binge on high fat foods because it believes that you're going into some sort of famine. When you diet, you cut back on your body's need for calories, so it panics and starts to make you crave high fat foods to store up for this famine you're going into. That's why you constantly think about/crave high fat foods while rescricting your calories. This is also why you feel obsessed with food. Binges aren't from being a glutton, Lack of will-power, emotional reasons, or being greedy. Your body is simply taking over to keep you from starvation. ("Emotional binges" are usually triggered from stress. You're more likely to "fall off the wagon" when you're stressed out, because you're so tired from rescricting your food, and your body is craving fat to give you energy. This is also why most binges consist of high carb content. Fast energy kick.) That's what dieting and calorie rescriction does, sadly. Binges can be prevented from satisfying your body's hunger with high quality, nutritious, delicious foods until you feel satisfied. Your body knows how much food you need, so eat as much as you want until you look at the food, and know you don't want anymore. You will more then likely overeat at first, because you've been undereating for so long, and depriving your body. But in time, your appetite will return to normal. (A lot of people crave bread. Eat as much as your body craves. These cravings balance out in time. Don't be afraid to give your body as much as it asks for. Just as long as it's healthy food/s.) We control our eating with our minds instead of our bodies, so we get all these messed up eating patterns. The less we eat, the more our bodies crave fat/junk foods, and are more likely to store calories from fat. This is because our bodies are programmed to prepare for famines if we get a lack in our food supply. But if we eat well, and eat until we are satisfied constantly, our bodies priorites shift from starvation to abundance mode. Then the body starts craving more lean foods, and naturally metabolises the food you eat. This is why naturally, children are not overweight. They haven't been messed up by dieting yet. Their bodies control their eating, and not their minds. The children that are becoming overweight, are the ones who get poor nutrition, and bad foods. They eat when they are hungry. Hunger is a powerful force. And they don't think about nutrition. The bodies priority lies in the body saying, "Eat! I need fuel!" So they eat when they are hungry, and satisfy their bodies needs with whatever food is available. Plus junk food is more appealing when you're hungry, because it has such high fat content. And when the body needs fuel, and feels as if it's going into a famine, it craves fat the most. I hope some of this information has helped you.. It's just my advice. That's why people binge. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask me-- Take care! =) |
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| Motivation | I hate this game... | Jul 30 2007 21:05 (UTC) |
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| Molly, have you heard of Intuitive Eating? You should Google it. Intuitive eating is changing my life. I've been developing a more healthier relationship with food since I discovered it. I haven't felt this close to being "normal" with my relationship with food since I was really little. At first when I started out, I gained a few lbs, but now I'm back down and I might be still losing. My struggle with counting calories and bingeing is like.. taking leave. And I'm so happy. Please research it a little. Take it easy. I know exactly how you feel right now. Seriously. It's hell- I know. :( |
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| Maintaining | i just want to be my oldself:(:(:( | Jul 27 2007 18:44 (UTC) |
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| This book has helped me so much, I believe that God practically brought it my way. Maybe it will help you. It's called, How to Survive Your Diet and Conquer Your Food Issues Forever. (by Linda Moran) Check it out on Amazon.com. Buy it, or borrow it. Just read it. Take care. =] |
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| Weight Loss | Intuitive Eating | Jul 25 2007 00:34 (UTC) |
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| Yeah, that's exactly what I'm working on, marneedear. =] | |||
| The Lounge | Why do people....(fill in the blank)? | Jul 24 2007 23:53 (UTC) |
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| Why do us girls always have our mouths hanging open weird when we're putting on eye makeup? Lmao! |
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| The Lounge | Lyndsay Lohan...another DUI! | Jul 24 2007 23:51 (UTC) |
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| The poor girl. | |||
| The Lounge | single worst movie i have seen in my entire life is...... | Jul 23 2007 01:03 (UTC) |
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| Worst movie that I can think of right now? Soul Plane It was just a complete waste of time. That's all to be said. |
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| Weight Loss | I binged yesterday-- | Jul 23 2007 00:48 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for your advice bernst31. And for getting to your point. Sucks be to me, lol. =] I was not trying to imply in any way that I didn't appreciate other peoples replies-- all I was asking was if I could keep from gaining weight if I fasted today since I binged yesterday. And the advice I got was that I should eat anyway, and get over it. But I didn't want to know what I should do, I wanted to know if fasting helped because I binged yesterday. |
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| Weight Loss | I binged yesterday-- | Jul 23 2007 00:20 (UTC) |
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| No, no no! My binge was 1,800 that day, + 1,200 more. So that's 3,000 calories. What I meaned by "planned", was that I was counting calories while binging. I wasn't just munching away not thinking about it. 0h well. I've been fasting all day, and I feel tired and blah, but I didn't exactly need food for energy to do anything. I've just been sitting around. Tomorrow I'll eat normal again. No one really answered my question. Everyone just said that I should eat anyway. 0r whether I could still lose weight by doing this. 0h well. Thanks anyway. =] |
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| Weight Loss | I bet you all think I'm stupid buuuttt. Under 500 calorie diet. | Jul 22 2007 21:30 (UTC) |
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| In the long run, after you've starved yourself for so long, and you decide to eat normally again, you basically gain all the weight back because your body needed the food so badly. It's not worth shutting down your matabolsm just for a flat stomach. Good for you that you're going to try to live healthy! Take care. =] |
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| Weight Loss | I binged yesterday-- | Jul 22 2007 21:20 (UTC) |
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| I don't think I'll binge again tomorrow. Definately not. I feel too bad from yesterday to do it again. Yesterday I actually made sure the binge stayed within 1,200 because that was what I would've eaten today. Can I keep myself from gaining weight if I eat normally again tomorrow without binging? |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Jul 15 2007 03:48 (UTC) |
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| Wow. I binged today, and I feel so numb. I feel so worthless. It's like I didn't have any control over my body. It just took over, and I consumed. I chose to do that. Now I'm going to fast to make up for it. I don't know why I ate so much. It's so hard not to hate myself for this. I'm crying. I don't understand. I feel like a monster. I hate this. |
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| The Lounge | The Harry Potter Book Seven Discussion Thread (Now with Spoilers - Do not read if you want no spoilers) | Jul 14 2007 04:17 (UTC) |
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| I've always liked Snape. And disliked him. It's too bad he relates Harry to his father so much though.. <3333333 J.K. Rowling's storys. |
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| Weight Loss | Cookie binge | Jul 14 2007 01:18 (UTC) |
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| 0kay, thank you all so much for pushing me out of this insanity! I didn't even know the calories in the cookies, and I just looked them up. They're way high, and it's totally not worth eating. Plus it would be a bad idea, now that I'm thinking rationally. This guy I know is having his graduation party tomorrow, and if I was fasting I'd be all tired and grumpy around him. And that's just selfish on my part too. I'm just going to have a banana instead. 0r something that I can handle. Thanks guys.. :] |
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| Weight Loss | Cookie binge | Jul 14 2007 01:00 (UTC) |
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| No, I don't have enough self control. I think I'm rebelling against myself. I don't know. I hate it when my body craves something and I feel no control. |
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| Weight Loss | My tip for staving off a binge | Jul 13 2007 23:08 (UTC) |
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| I've done this before, and it helps me too. 0nly if it's really bad though.. =] | |||
| Weight Loss | Extreme hunger in the morning | Jul 13 2007 18:44 (UTC) |
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| Lmao! We should have a breakfast club. xD I guess this is a really good sign of working matabolisms. It's nice to be able to eat more without going blimpy... :p |
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| Weight Loss | Extreme hunger in the morning | Jul 13 2007 16:00 (UTC) |
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| kate44sc, Thanks for the ideas! I really hope it is my matabolism just speeding up, because I haven't been gaining weight from eating a little more lately. As far as I know. I haven't weighed myself this week yet. (Tomorrow I'll find out.. weekly weigh will be interesting) I've been trying to get to maintaining on 1,600-1,700. Right now I can usually maintain on 1,400 if I don't exercise. Which is a little better then before. Compared to 1,200. =] I've been trying to eat 1,300-400, even if I don't exercise. I want to see if I can still maintain/lose from it. Thank you for your long post! Long posts are good answers! xD |
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| Weight Loss | Extreme hunger in the morning | Jul 13 2007 15:54 (UTC) |
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| humor pam; Isn't a 1/4 cup of sunflower seeds almost 200 cals? Like 190 or something? That's a lot! Usually I snack on fruits and veggies. Sometimes if I have a craving for fat I'll take a tbsp. of PB or something. For protein I usually get it from tuna, lol. Which I'll eat an intire can or something. I have eggs sometimes for breakfast. But they're not really filling. I used to have oatmeal every morning, it's really filling, but it just got really boring for me or something. -Thanks for your suggestions though pam. |
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| Weight Loss | Extreme hunger in the morning | Jul 13 2007 15:49 (UTC) |
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| Yes, I did have problems with that. But I'm eating enough now. Maybe more then enough. =[ Yeah, maybe it is coming back, but too much. Eating half my calories for breakfast is not normal or cool. So what am I supposed to do? |
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| Weight Loss | going on a trip | Jul 13 2007 15:46 (UTC) |
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| Congratulations! That's really inspirational. There's nothing like reaching a goal once you've set it.. Have an awesome time on your trip, and enjoy your new healthy body to it's fullest! :D |
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| Foods | movies tonight......... | Jul 12 2007 19:16 (UTC) |
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| Someone on here mentioned that they brought a baked potato with them to the movies before. It sounds really good. =] Enjoy the movie! |
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| Weight Loss | Calorie Issues! | Jul 12 2007 19:14 (UTC) |
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| IM0, both are pretty important. Like, if I don't plan out my meals, and just eat really high calorie foods and use up all of my calorie expenditure earlier in the day, I'll most likely binge later on that night because I'll get too hungry. Usually what I do, is eat 200-300 calorie meals. This way I'll have extra calories leftover for snacks and stuff. Like usually, this is how it goes, Breakfast=200-230 Snack=50 Lunch=200-300 snack=100 Dinner=500 Nightime snack=100-150 So that's how I space things out. Try and find what's right for you! Drink lots of water, and eats foods that are filling. Like a bad choice for lunch would be something like mac & cheese. It's about 400 for one cup, and it's not very satisfing. But if your problem is that you're not hungry enough to eat your calorie needs, then just eat things higher in calories.. You just need to work out a plan that suits your body. It seems to differ with everyone. Just make sure that you're eating enough, or your body will hang onto extra fat because it thinks you're going to starve or something. Good luck! |
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| The Lounge | Any crazed Harry Potter fans? | Jul 11 2007 16:16 (UTC) |
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| <3 HP. I'm reading through the series right now, actually. I've almost finshed The 0rder of The Pheonix.. It's proabably the most "dark" book I've read in the series so far. So many bad things are happening.... Anyway, I love the way they've casted the characters in the movie series. Radcliffe is definately not "Hot", but he is an average looking, realistic guy, basically exactly how I imagined Potter to be. That's one of the things I love about all the cast. None of them look like teen models, they look like average people, the way J.K. Rowling described them in her books. And more then likely the way she wanted them to be. -I'm trying to get my brother to take me to the theatre to see the most recent movie.. I think I'll wait `til the crowd dies down abit though. Everything's been mad packed! |
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| The Lounge | OK, I'm going to get implants, and I need help | Jul 11 2007 16:06 (UTC) |
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| This is really big decision! I mean, think of when you get intimate with someone in a relationship physically. Touch wouldn't be the same.. and they're.. Well. Fake.=\ Wouldn't that be embarrassing? It would for me.. I would really, really think this through before you do this. |
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| Fitness | possibly a dumb question | Jul 11 2007 15:56 (UTC) |
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| 0kay, here, THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS. =] I, am a perfect example of that. =p I've asked that same question before on here, and I've been told that it does automatically place your stats into consideration for your activities. But I'm still skeptical about this.. |
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| Foods | oh my god. splenda has 4 calories per packet?! | Jul 09 2007 15:57 (UTC) |
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| 0h, and doesn't that mean that "zero calorie" diet sodas and teas have calorie value too? Hmm. Tha'd be like, 20 something calories for a bottle or something? |
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| Foods | oh my god. splenda has 4 calories per packet?! | Jul 09 2007 15:56 (UTC) |
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| Yeah, mustard has calories in it too. It says "0", but it's not true. All food has some calorie value, no matter what. If you can eat it, then it has some calorie value. That's the way I see it. Whenever I add things like artificial sweeteners, I always count them as 5 calories. I've always done that, because I never believed they were completely 0. Ugh, marketing. -_- |
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| Motivation | . | Jul 09 2007 15:43 (UTC) |
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| Just stick through to your word, and when you go to bed tonight, not having that McDonalds food in your stomach, you'll feel so happy and at peace-- not having to worry about gaining weight from it, because you didn't eat it! And you proved to yourself that-- you can do this! | |||
| Motivation | Any girls ages 14/15/16 that want to lose between 5-15 pounds and want to be each other's motivation/competor? | Jul 09 2007 15:40 (UTC) |
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| Hey wannabe, :] I'm 16, 5" 4', 107-110 lbs, and I want to lose 3 more annoying flab pounds, or just tone up. Yeah, losing weight for a boy is a pretty shaky thing to do, imo..lol. |
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