Posts by lcrum

And I repeat once again, I am NOT obsessing about this. I just merely asked for some advice. Do not jump to conclusions when you do not know me or what kind of parent I am. There is no leaving her alone to do because I have not said anything to her about it in the first place. My daughter and I have open communication and a great relationship. I can talk to her about anything, even something like this. In my opinion I would be a bad parent if I showed no concern at all. Even though it does not apply to her, childhood obesity is a major issue these days that we as parents need to monitor.

Thanks everyone for your input. jcl76 summed up my feelings exactly. I am not concerned that she is overweight at all right now. But everyone knows how it starts with a few pounds here and there and before you know it you are overweight. And if anyone thinks I am obsessed with this you couldn't be further from the truth. Her dad mentioned it to me first and my daughter herself noticed it before anyone said anything to her. I agree her grandmother should not have said anything. I would not have said anything to her myself. I was just thinking that the weight training will add muscle to her. She will probably get even bigger in size but lose some of the fat. We have a great relationship and do alot together. I agree that school lunches are not always the healthiest but there are no pop or junk machines in the school.

Part of my post was an observation also. I have noticed this trend in alot of girls from the ages of 25 under. Is it just because the pants are cut so low that the lower stomach is not held in? The girls are all healthy weight wise but they have this area of fat that is prominent. I was just wondering if it is our diets, the hormones and additives in food or the clothing styles that causes this? No offense is meant to anyone because I am working on this area myself.

I wear either a ball cap or bandanna during spin class. My hair is short and cut in a way that the front is a little longer. If I don't wear something on my head and tuck all the hair in, the sweat will be running in my eyes. That is when I miss longer hair that can be pulled back.

I have to agree with chaotickitty. I worked at McDonalds back in the 80's (of course I can't vouch for how anything is now) and we kept the prep table clean and actually the chicken was cooked in a separate area of the grill away from the beef. We did not have snack wraps then but we did make chicken fajitas. I think it is that way with any chain or even small restaurant. You get good ones that follow procedure and bad ones that don't care. Actually if a customer had a special request as to how their sandwich was made we did "give a crap" and complied.

Original Post by a_kelly:

Holy smokes... How do you people survive on 1200-1500 cal a day?? Do you not even climb stairs or something? Work from home?

I do 2,000 and have been loosing weight like crazy. Four workouts per week, some daily walking to work, shopping - nothing drastic. I get so hungry even on 2,000 but 1200???? That would have finished me during the first three days.

You have to remember that the amount of calories that you need depends on your age and stats. I have a desk job. I am only 5' tall and a small frame, and 43 years old. I work out about 6 days a week and according to CC I need 1400 calories without exercise. So if I burn about 300 calories with exercise, that puts me at a 500 calories deficit. I plan on gradually increasing my calories to maintain though and maybe I can actually eat way more, I don't know.