Posts by awertz

those sound so good!!! i have seen the La Tortilla ones at the grocery store before and they do look delicious!! I am going to have to give them a try. and what is evoo??

i understand completely. i have the same problem but for me its in my hips/oblique area. no matter how much weight i lose, i always have really curvy looking hips because my bone is really big and sticks out a ton. but ribs showing looks good. i mean as long as its not starving looking, some ribs showing look really attractive. its just your bone frame, really there is nothing to do about it. everyone is built differently and you jsut have to work with it. as long as you are thin all over, you will look thin!! so just keep your weight down and your ribs will jsut go along with the rest of your body!! jsut walk tall and be proud of your small frame!!! jsut one part of your body doesnt "ruin" the rest of your figure!!! so be happy with yourself:)

thank you very much!!! this is great inspiration, info, and ideas!!! you are so helpful!!!

5'4" 117. anywhere from a US 0-3

i am and 16 and my friend used to use cc and i decided i would give it a try. i dont really count calories because it doesnt help me much but i like the forum for tips.

i do about 20 minutes of static lifting exercises and 20 minutes of weights with movement of the rest of my body. im not worried about getting hurt with 12 for the static but for the dynamic things i dont want to accidently swing the weights and pull something or for something bad to happen. i dont want to bulk up either. i just want to keep toned arms and for my body to keep being challenged, not get stuck on a plateau by staying at the same amount of lifting weight

i used to binge a lot and this is what helped me (i lost 3 lbs in the 1st week of doing it!!)

try to eat a really filling breakfast. this is what i like to have:

• start it off with either a grapefruit or an orange or a fruit with a lot of water that makes you full
• fry 2 eggs in butter (not any artificial stuff, butter has fat which leaves you full longer)
• have one or two thin slices of ham or bacon.

yes, it may sound like a heart attack on a plate, but its delicious and leaves you full for hours!!!

5 hrs later, eat a good lunch until you are full:

• once again, have a fruit with water to make you full or unsweetened fruit juice
• have a piece of lean meat or fish prepared however you like it (grilled, baked, poached, boiled, etc)
• make a huge green salad and eat as much of the lettuce as you need to make you full. use a sugar free dressing (i love olive oil and red wine vinegar with salt and pepper!!)

5 hrs later, eat a good dinner until you are full:

• again, a fruit with lots of water or unsweetened fruit juice
• another piece of lean meat or fish however you like it prepared. if you use a gravy, make sure its not amde with flour or corn starch.
• have another large green salad with sugar free dressing (as much lettuce as you need to fill you up)
• put red green and yellow veggies into your salad (tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, bell peppers) but NO corn/potatoes/sweet potatoes!!!

Right before bed, have a glass of tomato juice or skimmed milk. that will give you enough satiety before bed, and if you drink the milk, your body will use the protien to build muscle!!!!

i hope this helps!!

i understand you completely because i was in the same boat as you in the summer. i was 5'4" and i only weighed 98 lbs this summer, and i stopped getting my periods for about 6 months. i didnt diet and i didnt think i was fat or anything, but i exercised about an hour and a half a day and i only ate around 900 cals a day.

when i went to the doctors to get my sports physical, i was forced to gain body fat, but not weight, although weight gain was recommended. this was because i had been missing my period and if you dont get your period when you have had it regularly before, you are at risk for bone diseases such as ostheoperosis.

so if you like your body the way it is and dont want to gain weight, just add more fats into your diet so that your body feels it is healthy enough to nourish an egg and let you have your periods. my guess is that although you are very thin you probably dont look sickly so you prob dont need to gain weight, but if your doctor, parents, or peers are telling you to gain weight, its probably because you need to. i hope this helps!

my mom used to have them on her thighs/butt but they arent visible at all anymore!! she got rid of them being noticeable by drinking a lot of water! like 100 oz a day

thanks everyone im glad to hear your take on it!!

thanks so much develinne and leiann!!! you both have given WONDERFUL advice

develinne- i actually completely agree with you. i think it could be an ed but then again i was once anorexic so i dont think i could ever become a compulsive overeater. im hoping its a phase, but ive been saying that for awhile now. nothing happened really; i jsut got sick of being so healthy so i decided to eat some junk food then it kept adding to more and more and now im stuck in a deep whole of feeling horrible and just making it worse daily. its actually like ruining my social life because all i think about is food and i feel like i draw away from public situations. i agree that i need to stop thinking about it but i dont know how. and i actually feel like a different person- my friends dont act the same towards me and my whole life seems changed. i really hope i do get back to myself and thanks for the positive inspiration

Leiann- i think that you are actually like a double version of me! its crazy!!! tahts exactly what has been happenning to me! i say that i want to eat healthy but deep down i really dont. i always do the "ill start eating healthy after____" but then i crash like the 2nd day. so i think i will try that, doing loss for three days and then maintenance 3 days. thanks so much for the great idea!!!

god bless you both:)