Posts by kagura

Their VOICE. It has to be just the right degree of deepness. Not too manly, but a voice that you know can sing. Sing you to sleep, or resonate in a theatre. xD

Personality-wise, I prefer a sort of dorkiness, or a way of saying something funny where they only realize it's funny after you burst out laughing.

Neither of these are too weird or out of the ordinary...

I love this survey. It's so interesting to read the answers. I'll have a go!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

RAT

What is your favourite variety of cheese? Probably Swiss or (not certain) Gouda just based on what boring cheese varieties I've tried and guessing at my preferred flavour of the more interesting ones.

Rats are usually tied in with unsanitary conditions. What is your worst memory relating to food hygiene? When I visited China a few years back and got diarrhea and vomitting from vegetables that weren't cleaned thoroughly enough.


OX

What is your favourite preparation of beef - or beef flavoured product? There's a Chinese method ("lu") of preparing beef that's braising where a handful of traditional herbs is lightly fried with oil/sugar and then enclosed in a tiny sac, which is tossed into a big pot of lean beef shanks and left to boil for a few hours. Then it's sliced and the flavour is just right while a miniscule amount of calories was absorbed by the beef!

Oxen are commonly used for manual labour purposes. What’s your favourite thing to eat after a hard day’s work, or an exam, or a long study or workout session, etc? Either homecooked stir-fry or roasted nuts.  Depends which is more available.


TIGER

Tiger, tiger, burning bright, famous for it’s vibrant stripes. What is the most colourful thing you’ve eaten? If I can cheat, then it would be cake icing or Smarties. 

Would you ever hunt for your food, whether meat or foraging? Have you already? If that's what it takes to survive, yes I would. But fortunately, I don't have to right now.


RABBIT

What’s your favourite preparation of carrots? Stir-fried or boiled in stew.

Would you eat a rabbit? I've never tried, so I'll say yes because trying new things is "good"..


DRAGON

How spicy do you like your food? Mildly spicy or not at all.

How well-done do you like your foods? Fan of burnt toast, perhaps? My favourite part of bread is the crust - kind of like the stage just before it's officially burned. It's like that with almost anything... I just prefer chewier/crunchier things.


SNAKE

What is your worst memory relating to food poisoning? No memories really, unless I count that last trip back to China...

Ever swallowed anything whole that you wouldn't normally? A shard of chicken bone, by accident.


HORSE

Horse is considered a delicacy in some countries but taboo in many others. Would you eat horse? Never. I'd turn vegetarian or starve before I do. Unless I grew up being accustomed to it, then perhaps I would.

What’s your favourite preparation of oats? Don't know; never had oats in any form before.


RAM

Are you a fan of goat’s cheese or milk? How about ewe’s? I can't stand goat's milk but love cow's. I've never tried ewe milk...

Goats are known to eat pretty much anything. What’s the most random thing you have ever consumed - even if you weren’t supposed to eat it? My friends' leftovers. xD 

MONKEY

How do you like your bananas? Raw...? Bananas as dried chips or flavouring just isn't as satisfying as the real deal.

Monkey brain is a Chinese delicacy. What is the most vile part of an animal you have consumed, or seen for sale? Dogs frozen in freezers. Oh wait, that was probably in my nightmares. I don't eat "vile" parts of animals in that sense... I think of pork liver and kidney once in a while, which is quite tasty and at least the animal isn't going to waste...


ROOSTER

Are you an advocate of free-range poultry rearing, or do you not care? I don't know enough about the topic, but I'd imagine I prefer free-range.

Considering many chickens are corn-fed, how do you best like to use corn in cooking? I love corn cooked in any way, and corn oil is what our house uses daily. Since I'm not a huge fan of chicken, go corn...?


DOG

Dogs can tolerate a lot of foods but are extremely sensitive to others. Do you have foods you can’t stomach - literally? Not that I know of. Anything I consume in excess bothers my stomach.

What is a balanced diet to you? In detail? One egg, vegetables as main food with some preparation, up to 5 fruits, a slice of each: tofu/natural cheese, some nuts, an ounce of meat, a slice of fresh whole-wheat bread, half a glass of milk.


PIG

Despite being well-mannered creatures, “pig” has far too many negative connotations. What food, cuisine, celebration or otherwise, do you stop counting for? (Short) Cruises. Period.

What’s your favourite preparation of pork - or a pork flavoured product? As lean as possible, so perhaps braised liver. 

XD I'm Chinese... and I've known how to use chopsticks since I was four. And yes, I have to admit, I'm quite proud of that habit (lol "instinct"). I don't even use spoons anymore. If you don't mind using chopsticks, and it helps to pace your eating and makes you savour the food more (it helps ME ^_^), then it will definitely get easier with practice.

I know I am a "shoveller" - even with chopsticks, I can shovel rice into my mouth quickly and with ease. *wince* Not to mention, pick up green peas one at a time at lightning speed. XD;;

Whoops. Got really off track there. Anyways, happy chopstick-ing!

I'm pretty sure you've already looked up "Birthday Cake" in the food database. The calories are measured in "1/10 [of whole cake] slice". Like said before, just estimate the amount.

Original Post by charming_imy27:

I only see a nutritionist every 2 weeks. Living in a dorm is a bit harder....every girls hate the idea od ED. I can't really tell people who are not my friends about what I have done to myself 3 months ago (as in not eating). It's a disaster putting a bunch of girls together like this. Everyone just look at each other -- see what they are eating -- tell other that they are not fat and saying that they themselves are fat when actually they are not. They said people with ED disgust them but it seems like they all want to have ED. It's a crazy world!!

Well...I guess I'm going to have some fruits and milk for breakfast. I don't know what can I have for lunch because school usually have leftover for weekend lunch and dinner...I can do this...! Thank you a million times for everyone support! Good luck on your diet as well!

 Oh yes... it sure IS a crazy world - teen girls are more and more competitive about things like weight and looks.

I don't have much to say about that except - now that I've learned to eat healthy, I can eat basically whatever I want until I'm full. I jog an hour every day while watching 3 episodes of my favourite online anime. It passes the time quite well. If at anytime you want to exercise but the gym is closed or something, do squats or another resistence exercise in your room. That way, some of the extra calories can go to building muscle. What I like to do is, while I'm on the computer doing homework, I don't sit and instead, I walk on the spot in front of my desk, leaning forward to type. Yes, call me weird, but it helps me believe that I'm burning SOME calories...

It sure feels good to have regular meals and then a treat, while other people look miserable not eating anything and "complaining" about how much I eat. But I DO work for it - in my own, fun way...

I hope this is not the wrong thing to say, and it sounds like you're feeling a bit better now. I just want to add that WOW I DID THAT EVERY DAY FOR 3 WEEKS OR SO WHEN I WAS RECOVERING. (No, seriously, I binged and almost finished an 8-oz bag of pistachio nuts, something like 1200+ calories). I woke up the next morning and the scale hadn't budged. Seriously.

I've calculated the total amount of calories (approximately) that you listed. The good news is - you're barely over 2000 calories. Since you're a teen, the MOST you could POSSIBLY gain from this experience is 0.06 lbs.

I know you're in recovery, and is trying to maintain your weight now. I've read your previous posts before, and wow - you got healthier MUCH faster than I did. Try to keep it up! Think of today as a treat day, and get back on track as fast as you can - which you're doing right now.

Like everyone's been telling you here - tomorrow is a new day. I think an orange and a cup of milk is good. Better something healthy than nothing at all or something sugary!

Good luck! ^_^

I am by no means agreeing or disagreeing. However, I find this thread interesting because that's EXACTLY what my Chinese mom tells me - that rice left in the cooker for a day is fine.

We eat like that EVERY single day - literally. We have rice for dinner, save the leftovers in a closed rice cooker, then scoop it out the next day and reheat it before eating it for lunch.

All five people in my family have been doing this for years. I think you're right to stay on the safe side, but keep in mind that probably 95%+ of Chinese people do it your wife's way. It's completely between you and your wife's preferences.

The 1680 number is your total estimated calorie burn for that day if you stay at the activity level that you had chosen when you set up your profile on the site. (Sedentary, Lightly Active, Active, etc.) If you add 1000 cals of exercise, it subtracts the calories that you WOULD have burned if you'd sat there doing nothing. Example: you would burn 60 cals an hour sitting, but if you'd jogged all that time and burned 400, realistically, only 340 cals should be added to your estimated total for the day.

 That's my take on how the burn meter works. If I explained it horribly, don't hesitate to ask again. ^^;

No one seems to have mentioned this yet. And since everyone's already said what I was going to say, I'll just add in my two cents. ^_^;;

Your roommate seems to... have an eating disorder? Well, that's too strong of a term to describe her, but you know what I mean. And, have you ever thought that the reason she is so competitive and grouchy is because she skips breakfast?

I used to have anorexia (it's HORRIBLE - I might have ate less than your friend, and I wasn't even trying to "beat" anyone). The ONLY thing  I DIDN'T do wrong is that I never skipped breakfast. I always guaranteed an egg and a glass of milk every single morning. Oh, I might also add that my parents are western and traditional doctors. Anyways, in the morning, I'd feel great, but then by afternoon, I kept feeling like I wanted to punch something because I was feeling... in control? Like I was "proud" of myself for controling what I ate. That may be what your friend is feeling - even if she doesn't realize it now, she's slowing getting to the point where, it's not even ABOUT you anymore - she just wants to get skinnier and skinnier because it makes her feel "in control". Teasing you is just a bonus.

I used to always feel down, and my Chinese parents, because they're so strict, thought I was just being stubborn and "teenager-ish", so there were times when we got into ridiculous fights. Literally, they threatened me if I refused to eat.

Another thing is, how can you be sure your friend eats "a sandwich and 700 calories later..."? Does she brag to you, like "Today, I ate this food and this food..."? If she really does eat so little, then by all means, don't let her teasing get to you; you sound MUCH healthier! And if she really IS losing weight by eating so much, by all means, there's nothing either of you can do to change that. She may just have a very fast metabolism (didn't you say she's like, 5 heads taller than you? XD). But, if she doesn't exercise now, that metabolism will slow down later or when she's older (oh wait... by that time, you won't be her roommate... ) while your metabolism will still be going strong.

Sorry for the very long "two cents".

Thanks for the support, everyone!

Well, I do hope that I am "growing". Although, I just measured myself and I'm half a cm shorter than how tall I was a month ago... Even if my last measurement was inaccurate, I'm not convinced that I got taller... T_T I wish I'd grow in the right places, like UPWARDS and not in the middle. ;) Oh wait... the chest and butt would be nice thought.

Wow, this forum thread is still up? XD Thank you for replying!

Haha, whoops, this is very outdated now. Now, my stat is 5'2.5", 99 pounds. -_-; I think what really "helped" with the rapid gain is my (literal) weakness of almonds and nuts. And my mom is deliberately punishing me by buying 5 pounds of them at a time, saying "I have to learn to control myself and it's my own fault if I get fat" which is very true... but I wish she could maybe buy some this week, then none the next, then buy them again, etc. Right now I can't help but eat roughly 400g of almonds per week.

But you know what's really strange? After entering my stats and logging exercise, my total calorie burn for the day usually comes to 1700kcal. I usually eat 1800+ these days, so I think that's why I'm gaining. It DOESN'T help when everyone's like "EAT MORE"...

Not to sound really ignorant, but I DON'T see why everyone thinks teenagers can just eat and eat and not worry about anything. It's not true.

It'd be very helpful if you'd offer us your stats. How much do you weigh, how tall are you, and what's your age?

Because losing weight is one of the most confusing things dependent on so many factors, usually it's not something you're doing "wrong" but perhaps even simply: you're already at a health weight.

Of course, I can't decide, but like I said before, more information is needed if you seek advice.

I think what we mean to say is, no, you will definitely not gain weight from eating that. If you log all that in, I'm very certain the nutrition grade will be an A and you'll only be at 300 calories.

How about trying for some nuts/protein? They provide really healthy good fat, and eating just a small handful of them won't even add a dent of weight to your body. Plus, I'm assuming you'd be hungry after eating what you've listed... try nuts, and you'll find it holds over for your hunger longer.

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*is shocked into silence*

:'D I didn't know I'd get so many responses. Holy smokes, I can't go through each and every one and decide! XD Great suggestions, everyone! I'll keep ALL these suggestions in mind next time my mom asks me where to go to eat and stuff. As for the really really rare and unusual foods... I'll try them too! ^_^ Next time I have a chance, I'll check this list and pick a tasty-looking one!

Original Post by lauren_s:

I love nuts especially raw almonds. I'll eat the whole can if I let myself. Well Blue Diamond just came out with 100 calorie packs! That way you pay attention to how much you eat. Also, if you eat nuts in shells keep the shells on a plate so you can pay attention to how much you eat. Hope this helps!

Sorry, this is just a poor penniless 14-year-old who's strict asian mom does all the strict asian shopping. *nod nod*

XD Yeah, I have NO choice about what my mom buys at the store. When I asked her to buy almonds in packages, or in-shell (so it takes longer for me to eat and allows time for someone to stop me), she refuses, saying, the whole, kerneled almonds are more convenient to buy, generally cheaper and the only way I'm going to learn to "control" myself is if she forces me to.

Dx Waaaahhhh how will I face alcohol and smoking when I'm older if I have no self-control??

Oh well. AT least it's only almonds NOW. >_>;;