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| Health & Support | well meaning boyfriend | Jul 31 2008 20:42 (UTC) |
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| You could save a little for yourself and bring the rest to work or school. It'll certainly make you popular. | |||
| Health & Support | What are some reasons periods are good? | Jul 14 2008 23:01 (UTC) |
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| Even if you have no intention of having children, your body is now strong enough to bring new life into the world. Before, your body was barely surviving. Each month, your period is a statement that says "I am powerful." | |||
| Foods | Pure, unadulterated ridiculousness... | Jul 11 2008 18:43 (UTC) |
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| My mother's husband is on a grapefruit-and-tuna-fish diet. Nothing but grapefruit and canned tuna. He has lost 30 pounds eating like this, but if he doesn't die of malnutrition, the mercury poisoning will kill him. | |||
| Weight Loss | Cutting Calories - Does it work? | Jul 10 2008 20:34 (UTC) |
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| Counting calories -- and eating a healthy number of calories -- really does work. I lost 22 pounds in four months, and I'm having no problem maintaining. Eating a healthy amount of food did two things for me: Obviously, it kept my body healthy, but it also kept my brain from obsessing about food all the time. I was able to develop a healthier relationship with food than I've ever had before because I wasn't starving all the time. This is vital if you ever want to stop looking at food as the enemy. | |||
| Weight Loss | Boyfriend vent. Any advice? | Jun 25 2008 17:59 (UTC) |
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| I find it interesting how many of us feel almost apologetic about our healthy eating habits, like we're an imposition on the people around us for caring about what we eat. I don't see what I eat as an "issue" in my relationship. My boyfriend can choose to deal with what I eat or not, but it's not a problem any more than his dietary choices are a problem for me. | |||
| Weight Loss | Boyfriend vent. Any advice? | Jun 24 2008 17:19 (UTC) |
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| I'd suggest finding stuff to do together that isn't food related: take a class, go to a show, etc. He can pamper you without feeding you. | |||
| Motivation | why do people eat so BADLY?? | Jun 20 2008 16:15 (UTC) |
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| I think it's a little more complicated than ignorance. I think it's human nature to do the least possible work to achieve a goal. It's easier to eat a bowl of ice cream and a cheese danish for breakfast than it is to make scrambled eggs and toast. Then, you add the fact that high-fat foods are a psychological comfort for many people in a way that vegetable salads and turkey sandwiches just aren't.
In my family, healthy eating is only for people trying to lose weight, and if you put too much thought into what you're eating, you're a health nut. Which is a big part of why most of my family is obese. When I was heavier, it was not because I didn't know any better: I knew eating a solid block of cheddar cheese for dinner was bad for me. I was just lazy and unmotivated. This may sound harsh, but in an age when just about everyone has access to a computer, either at home or through a public library, people who are still ignorant about what they eat are ignorant because they want to be. |
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| Maintaining | Biggest difference between losing and maintaining? | Jun 20 2008 15:06 (UTC) |
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| I found the biggest difference was psychological. I no longer measure progress as the number on the scale going down. I still need to challenge myself, so I'm working on increasing fitness. | |||
| Maintaining | I reached my goal… now what? | Jun 20 2008 15:03 (UTC) |
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| I no longer log calories every day, but I still find it helpful to log them a couple of days a week. It keeps me focused on eating well.
Figure out the number of calories you need to maintain, then increase your caloric intake a little at a time until you get there. I added 100 calories per day for a few weeks, and that worked well in preventing weight gain. I needed a new goal to keep me focused, a goal that wasn't weight loss, so now I'm working on increasing my overall fitness. |
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| Health & Support | How do you NOT purge after a binge? | Jun 12 2008 01:21 (UTC) |
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| I've never been a binger/purger, so I can't relate to that, but I have been in the binge/starve myself cycle, and the way I broke it was to force myself to have a sense of perspective about it. I remind myself that this binge is not the worst thing I've ever done; I don't need to punish myself or "make up" for it; it will be OK. My last binge was several months ago, and I can't for the life of me tell you what I ate. I know that entire box of soft-bake cookies I ate when I was 16 didn't stay on my ass: They're gone. Can you remember what you ate on March 23? Unless you're keeping a journal, probably not. That one day doesn't matter. The pattern of eating over many days is what matters. |
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| Health & Support | Vitamins-which one? | May 24 2008 02:26 (UTC) |
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| First, if you're getting sick often, you should definitely talk to your doctor. It could be a nutritional deficiency, but, then again, it could be something else, and you want to know for sure. Assuming you're lacking vitamins and minerals, take a good look at your diet. Vitamin supplements are more of an insurance policy than anything else. If your diet is weak, you need to start there. I would classify you as an adult for the purposes of choosing a multivitamin, but, again, speak with your doctor about it. Personally, I would choose a family doctor who sees adults, as well. You could see a pediatrician, but they are used to dealing with younger kids, and your body is more adult than child. A nutritionist I work with recommends taking brand-name multivitamins as opposed to generic. He believes the quality control is better, and I trust his opinion. Centrum is one option. One-A-Day is another. Good luck. |
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| Weight Loss | Has anyone tried cardio strip/ pole/ catwalk classes to lose weight? | May 24 2008 02:02 (UTC) |
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| I've tried pole dancing. It wasn't much of an aerobic workout, but it was great strength training. I ended up with some bruises from climbing the pole, but I definitely felt like I'd worked out my legs and arms. Plus, anything that keeps you moving is good, and it's a lot of fun. | |||
| Health & Support | I did it again.. | May 24 2008 01:58 (UTC) |
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| I know this is easier said than done, but try not to feel bad about yourself as a person for things you ate. This is not a moral issue, and you are not a bad person for binging. I really think you should just consider this part of your learning curve. First, I would try cutting out the alcohol. I had to cut out cheese for the first few months of my lifestyle change, because it was a trigger food, and once I started, I would eat everything in sight. I was able to add it back once I had better control of my eating, and the same may be true for you. Also, muttlover may be right: Are you eating enough during the day? Try beefing up what you're eating for breakfast and dinner and see how that impacts how hungry you are at night. |
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| Health & Support | I did it again.. | May 23 2008 18:11 (UTC) |
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| I know you're not happy about it, but this really doesn't sound like a terrible binge to me. I estimated that you ate:
Tortilla chips: 140 calories Pita chips: 60 calories Hummus: 25 calories Strawberries: 50 calories Blueberries: 40 calories Pizza: 50 calories Wine: 100 calories = 465 calories. If you normally have a deficit of 500 calories, then you didn't even gain a single ounce, you just didn't lose any weight. And that's just for one day. if you ate well the rest of the week, you may be just fine. You can console yourself with the fact that most of it was healthy. It sounds like the wine might be a trigger for you. Can you cut it out and see if that helps? |
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| Foods | How much does packaging lie/tell truth? | May 22 2008 23:37 (UTC) |
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| I think questioning the nutrition labels of everything I eat would be the road to madness. At some point, we have to trust that we understand what we're eating. If I'm eating at a restaurant, I assume the dish may be high in fat/calories and plan accordingly. As for supermarket foods, I have to trust that the labels are correct, otherwise I wouldn't eat anything. | |||
| Foods | luna and zone perfect bars?? | May 22 2008 17:09 (UTC) |
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| I eat Luna and Cliff bars. The Luna bars are good as a snack, and I pack some Cliff bars as a potential meal replacement if my other options are crap. They're not quite a meal replacement, but they do hold me over for a while. | |||
| Motivation | Am I Obsessing? | May 21 2008 17:50 (UTC) |
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| You could try focusing on the many other interesting things you have to talk about, like hobbies, work/school, movies, etc. Test yourself: See if you can go an entire convo without mentioning food or weight. | |||
| Weight Loss | But you're so skinny... | May 21 2008 17:26 (UTC) |
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| I've gotten down to my goal weight and am no longer trying to lose weight, just maintain, so my reaction to this has been: "EVERYONE should care about exercising and watching what they eat. Only one body per person, and I'd like to take care of this one."
For some reason, people seem to be better with healthy eating when it's connected more directly to health and not weight. |
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| Weight Loss | Starvation mode? | May 21 2008 04:07 (UTC) |
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| I eat my BMR and have been doing well. i would suggest you eat at least 1500. You should be fine. |
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| Weight Loss | "You Made Me Fat" and other weight loss taboo's | May 20 2008 15:16 (UTC) |
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| I'd like to see more emphasis put on healthy lunches and nutrition education in schools. It's so important to develop healthy eating habits when you're young. It's easy to say, "Parents should pack healthy lunches for their kids," but this fails when even parents don't know what's healthy and what isn't, or are simply too lazy to do what they need to do.
I would hope that some of that education would filter down to the families. If not, at least the kids grow up knowing what they should be eating. I think this nutrition education needs to extend beyond the theoretical and into the practical: Take kids on a field trip to the supermarket and show them how to read labels and find healthy foods; how to eat well on a budget; maybe even a few recipes. |
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| Weight Loss | Starvation mode? | May 20 2008 02:27 (UTC) |
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| Boy, will you get some opinions on this! Some people will tell you that this will send you into starvation mode, and you will not lose weight. Others will tell you it doesn't matter. My opinion: Losing 10 pounds in six weeks is doable, but a bit of a stretch. You can lose 10 pounds by the middle of the summer by eating your BMR, so why not? | |||
| Weight Loss | What do YOU like most about your new lifestyle? | May 18 2008 20:05 (UTC) |
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| This is going to sounds like a weird one, but I love how my body feels when I'm standing close to my boyfriend. I love not having those extra layers of fat padding the space between us. Also, I really love enjoying my food. I know I'm not going to eat that entire bag of truffles, so I enjoy every last bite of the one I do eat. My food tastes better than it ever did when I was shoving it mindlessly into my face. |
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| Health & Support | Gave blood! | May 18 2008 00:58 (UTC) |
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| I love donating blood. They give you the best cookies. :) | |||
| Weight Loss | if you're asian Asian.....is what I eat too much?? (Please, help me answering this..anyone can answer) | May 17 2008 17:17 (UTC) |
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| The answer is going to depend on a number of factors: Your height and current weight, and your activity level. And what you plan to eat for the rest of the day. But this doesn't seem like a lot of food to me. |
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| Weight Loss | "You Made Me Fat" and other weight loss taboo's | May 17 2008 17:09 (UTC) |
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| The main problem I see with fruit carts, at least for me (I live in NYC), is that I don't quite trust most things sold from a cart. I don't know how hygenic the cart owner is and how the food was handled. I know those problems exist in a supermarket, too, but at least there's the illusion that a manager oversees things. And I worry about accountability from a business that could disappear tomorrow and go to another corner. | |||
| Foods | Butter is EVIL | May 17 2008 02:32 (UTC) |
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| Cooking rice with chicken or vegetable broth makes it very tasty. | |||
| Weight Loss | "You Made Me Fat" and other weight loss taboo's | May 17 2008 02:21 (UTC) |
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| Lessin, I agree that the convenience store to grocery store ratio is a problem. In my neighborhood, the nearest grocery store, Pathmark, is 12 blocks away. That's not terrible, and I walk there to do my shopping, but there are five convenience stores between here and there. That's five convenience stores in eight blocks, not to mention a scattering of cheap Chinese-food places and a pizzeria. I didn't have anything to make for dinner tonight, and I very nearly decided to stop at one of the convenience stores for something quick. It took all the willpower I had not to, and to go to Pathmark instead on this cold and rainy night after a long day at work. Most people just won't do it, especially if they have to feed a family. I'm feeding just myself. |
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| Weight Loss | "You Made Me Fat" and other weight loss taboo's | May 16 2008 01:04 (UTC) |
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| In my family, I didn't really have food choices until I got to college. At home, I had to eat whatever was in the house, because I couldn't buy my own groceries. I had to eat whatever my mother cooked for dinner, which was more often than not dripping in fat. I was even forced to eat more than I wanted because my mother was part of the clean-plate club. Food was the focus of an ever-raging battle between what I was learning was right and my limitations as a minor with minimal income and freedom. Parents have enormous sway over their children's eating habits. My mother wasn't abusive: She truly thought she knew what was best. And those habits are incredibly hard to break once they are formed. Some of us manage to do it and others don't. Yes, we are all responsible for our choices, but we are shaped by our community -- parents and the larger society. Obesity is a societal problem because the health risks associated with it impact us all, especially in the form of rising health care costs. We do not live in a bubble. In the end, we make our own choices. But it would be a boon if society made it easier to make the right choices. |
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| Maintaining | Long-term calorie restriction - for longevity? | May 15 2008 14:39 (UTC) |
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| I respect your opinion on this, but anecdotal evidence isn't enough to convince me that severe calorie restriction is necessary, or even helpful, to achieving long life. Being a healthy weight is certainly better than being overweight (or underweight), but so many other factors come into play. In this case, additive-laden calories vs. whole-food calories is a separate issue. I can point out that my father, who is 86, is relatively healthy for his age, despite the fact that he is overweight now and was obese for most of his life and seems to survive on donuts. That doesn't mean donuts have been keeping him healthy.
I guess I'm just not going to be satisfied unless I see some real science. |
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| Maintaining | Long-term calorie restriction - for longevity? | May 14 2008 19:58 (UTC) |
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| There's woefully little science to back this up. The only substantial research has been done on rats. There's no evidence that this will work for larger species, or even whether starting this type of diet as an adult would be effective. | |||
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