Posts by melt_the_fat

i'm in.

hope this keeps me accountable :) losing 10 lbs by July 4th would be amazing :) i'm approx 140 now and 5'7. gotta run now, get back to you later!

Original Post by coach_k:

1000 calories per day is too little unless you are under doctor's supervision.  A basic breakdown of why you need at least 1200 calories per day is below. 

Your body needs at least 1200 calories per day to survive. Here is a very rough scientific break down provided by a dietician for a  5' 2", 19 year old female weighing approximately 100 pounds, sitting around all day and doing nothing:


-The heart needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The kidney needs 12% of the calories (144 cals)
-The Liver needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The brain needs 23% of the calories (276 cals)
-The skeletal muscle needs 30% of the calories (360 cals)

So, if you are taller or weigh more, you need to set your minimum at more than 1200 calories anyway.

hmmm, this seems interesting. i would really like to get how it works. soooo....  if you say the heart uses 12% of calories, well than it will use 12% of whatever amount of calories it will get....right? so will the heart use 120 cals if a person eats 1000 cals and 360 cals if a person eats 3000 cals? (or will it still use 144 and the rest turns into fat) or does the heart of a 19 yo female, 5'2 and weighing 100 lbs need 144 cals? and it uses that no matter how many cals the girl eats? and other organs are deprived of ebnrgy? then what is the proportion for taller and heavier people? does my heart use 12% of my estimated BMR? or...?

Nov 26 

i stalled ... :(

Starting Weight: 140lbs

Starting Weight this week: 136.8lbs

Ending Weight this week: 136.8bs

Total lbs Lost This Week: 0

Starting Weight: 140lbs

Starting Weight this week: 136.8lbs

Ending Weight this week: 136.8bs

Total lbs Lost: 0, bummmer period tomorrow, next week will be better, i hope

cyro i think i envy you! i just logged my breakfast, snack and gallons of coffee and i'm already at 600 cals :( a veggie lunch and dinner for me today....

yeah ok i agree a little competition is good

cherry i stocked on tangereines as well !!!! though i still have cookies and ice-cream for firends, who come round a lot, but so far i'm resisitng but it's my pms week, grrrrr.

hello TEAM!!! naija, aftonmae, cambrose67, eanoe, imsvicky2u, sequoia, thainic, adictv, xzcandizx i know we can create a great support network and have great weigh-los results, so let's do it!

oh goody celebration day today

i think i wanna make one remark about the team-thing. i think it's great to have teams TO SUPPORT each other, but NOT TO COMPARE with each other. i'd rather not want it to turn into a competition kind of thing-which team loses the most weight? so how about we don't write which team lost how many lbs...? what do you think, cause it's such a rainy day today that i can't seem to think straight...

:) hi cherry and all

candles? i have to try that!

well for me the best way not to overgo my cals is to plan something for the evening which does not include eating. like the night before i went to a concert and yesterday i attended a lecture, keeps my mind and hands of food.

also what really prevents cravings for me is exercise and proper food combination and avoiding sweets - the less i have them the less i want them. but exercise is crucial keeps my mood up and probably the level of endorphines and i eat less. my exercise plan is: 3xweek vigorous yoga, 1xweek swimming, and i walk a lot cause i don't have a car

and loving attitude towards myself helps a lot! thinking that i can and deserve to be who i want to and that i want to nourish my body with the food not posion myself.

this evening i'm going for dinner to my best friend's :) lots of cals... :/

cherry thanks for the encouragement :) yeah i know it's not that bad, it's just that, well, you know, i'm working on my attitude towards food, not just the weight and binging due to emotional reasons is a sign of unhealthy attitude towards food, booo BUT i do feel i can get it under control. thanks again *gives flowers*

and yellow i'd say WELCOME. but since it's not me who started the challenge probably the last word doesn't belong to me...

i hope we will soon creat a network of support, casue so far not so many discussion going on here, only ppl posting their stats, which i know is the point, i'm ust sort of talkative. sometimes, lol

have a great day everyone.

hi! while i can't give you any scientific prove for anything i can say two things: my former employer lost about 50 lbs by following this diet. he was eating CRAZY amounts of food. just as he always used to, he just changed what he ate not how much. he became a freak about this diet and tried to convince all of us who worked together to follow it. when he provided us with the info it turned out i have been basicly following this diet my whole life!!! i am vegetarian and that's what the book recommended for me... anyways he's type 0, i'm type A. let's say we're both following this diet, sort of in my case, and he's lost 50lbs and i'm overweight. BUT he has developed serious health problems with kidneys and something called ketosis becasue he was eating almost only meet whole year long..

 i guess that's all i know about this diet

yeah, what happened with the team-thing...?  

but anyway it's my first official weigh-in, NOV 4:

Starting Weight: 140lbs

Weight Nov 4: 138lbs

Total lbs Lost: 2lbs

Goal for Next Weigh In: 1.5lbs less!

it's 4 days until our first official weigh in!!!!!!!

so keep it up and see you all on Sunday :)

amazing transformation!

congrats, i wish i were where you are now. i also like your profile, especially the part you titled 'what i've learned'

both thumbs up!

hey, I think it's great you turned veggie! i'm going to address only one of your questions, about the vitamins -- if you stay on the vegan diet absolutely, and i mean absolutely, take B12 suplemments. also soy milk and cereal is often fortified in B12, but usualy not enough.

best of luck :)