Posts by manicmuse

Original Post by caiteliz014:

Original Post by karozel:

Original Post by hotfuss:

The main reason I run is so that I am ready for the imminent zombie apocalypse.  I guess I can apply that to lifting too.  In case I lose my firearms, I need some major upper body strength for head bashing with melee weapons!

Velociraptors for me.... 

XKCD reference for the win!

other people getting xkcd references ftw!

Being 85 pounds and thinking you're fat is ridiculous.

Wizardsyay, look up BMI's, and see a doctor. Talk to your parents about your weight and food issues.

I have some pictures in my gallery. A year and a half and sixty pounds. Don't give up after just a week. Just remember that the time would pass no matter what, and you can spend it changing your life and being healthier and happier, or you can remain overweight. You can do it, just give it time and patience.

Thank you guys! I was. :D

I have eczema, too, and I just got home from a walk and took off my socks and noticed all my skin was peeling off, so I searched for this post because I remembered reading it. I put lotion on every night and pumice stones kind of freak me out (yes, it's kind of irrational) so I was thinking I should probably use gold bond powder. I have some from back when I used to work.

Also, definitely what karozel said about soaps. I can only use dove for sensitive skin or my skin gets wayyy too dried out. and lubriderm for lotion.

Anyhow, my socks aren't 100 percent cotton because I have this huge issue with losing one of my socks so I have no matches anymore (it's actually due to the fact I take them off in my sleep to scratch my eczema).

Anyhow, I don't like soaking mine either because water dries out my skin, too (seriously, I am so very sensitive to everything. I get rashes from my own tears.)

clairelaine THAT IS AN AMAZING STORY! It makes me so happy for you.

Anyhow, I sometimes just feel like, HEY, this is for all the boys who called me fat and wanted to date my twin (who I am now skinnier than). I just really like seeing people who used to call me fat and put me down.

You can also, if you don't want to pay so much for their salads, order a side salad with a grilled chicken patty on it. A lot of my friends who diet do that.

I noticed this because the kids I babysit eat really, really slow and we're generally on a tight schedule, so I started using smaller bowls to make sure I gave them less. Their parents and I both try to teach them to eat healthy. When they get home from school, they have fruit and vegetables and then I ask if they're still hungry. I actually had a conversation with them about calories, because they were like, "I thought calories were bad and make you gain weight?" and I explained how they give their bodies fuel.

My parents, well, my mom, had an issue with all of us being overweight because of the unhealthy food she cooked and how she tried to overcompensate for a lot of things my dad did with food. When she lived here, we ate so much processed junk, and now my dad's like, "OUTSIDE OF THE STORE ONLY, NO JUNK, GET REAL FOOD!"

and I totally agree about smaller spoons.

I was having problems with only drinking water and then not drinking enough at all, but teas are a good thing to try. I'm not sure about how they are for you, but my dad makes huge pots of tea and mixes it with ice cubes, sweetener, and no-calorie lemonade. I really like it.

I really, really appreciate both the replies. I've felt like there was great support to be found here, but I wasn't yet fitting it on whatever.

My friends fit into those categories, too, except also a has an eating disorder and I don't want to trigger it or anything one, too.

I didn't mean to sound so sad, I was just feeling pretty lonely, I suppose.

lewiskimlc, I don't mind people not in high school. That sounds like a crazy though history and I know because I used to be over 200 and go shopping and end up crying and would wish to even be just 170.

Thanks for your replies!

: )

I'm sixteen, five foot three., between 147 and 145 pounds. I don't exercise that much - a half hour walk everyday, but I do work two jobs, one fast food (on my feet all the time) and the other babysitting and clean my house. So, I guess I'd be low activity, so I burn about 2220 calories a day? So a five hundred calorie deficient a day would be like, 1700?

I normally just eat three meals and no snacks, too.

One day soon, in the mail, we should be getting foodstamps and insurance cards, which will help A LOT. I'll go see my doctor then and talk to him about it.

I guess my weight loss goal isn't really too possible? Maybe I should make it 125 by my birthday at the end of July?

I just really feel like I'm not going to be able to lose ANY weight or it'll take forever.

My grandma noticed after just five pounds. I went over her house, and she was like, "you're losing weight. Your face is thinner." It took thirty five pounds for my dad to notice. Most people noticed around twenty.

Right now, after being on a plateau for oh, 8 months, I've lost ten pounds, and my grandma and my boyfriend are the only ones to really notice. But I notice and feel gooood. I described every single difference to my boyfriend last night, haha.

Yeah, I've had problems binging (mainly when it comes to pizza.) I try my best to just avoid pizza, because I have control issues with it. I generally try and tell myself, "Look, you have more control than this and know better."

I'm actually avoiding eating McDonald's all together because, well, I hate them for their ridiculous budget cuts and stupid scheduling and our corporate owner is absolutely awful, and I don't want to give them my money. Their fries smell so yummy, though, and those cookies. (I was, previously, with my discount, getting a side salad, apple dippers and then a desert like one cookie or a fudge sundae, no fudge.)

I actually don't like oatmeal, haha. I'm super picky. I've been eating cereal because it's quick, but apples and cottage cheese and eggs are all things I love. I also forgot to mention I don't eat meat and haven't for like four years.

The ability to drive and having money has also hindered me. I'll be like, YES, I CAN FOLLOW MY CRAVINGS AND DRIVE TO THE STORE AND BUY LOADS OF CHOCOLATE.

I'll look for fish oil supplements.

Thank you!

I actually had stomach issues similiar to this. Doctors never could figure out the cause, but as soon as I started walking everyday and managed my stress, that helped A LOT. They seem a lot like the kind of things that used to make me sick, so the list doesn't seem random at all to me.

You should see a doctor about it, but if that's not the cause, do you have a lot of stress? Managing it by things that include exercise and a healthier diet should probably help.