Posts by lady_stardust

This is called "reactive" hypoglycemia.  Your blood sugar isn't dropping below a safe level, but your body over-produces insulin JUST in response to high amounts of carbohydrates or sugar, giving you what seems to others like an over the top case of post-dinner napping.  I know, because I have it.  You can try and help with not eating large amounts of sugar at a time, or not having sugary beverages with meals.  (In my case, I stopped being a vegetarian to increase the amount of protein I was getting in ratio to carbohydrates, but I've never had much of a sweet tooth...)  Hope you feel better soon!

-Dayna

Your waist to hip ratio is around .7, and your bust is about the same as your hips, which means you are an hourglass shape.

TRIUMPH in the fact that I will always walk on my pants... just a little bit.

Me =

age 19 (but I burn cals at the rate of a 27 yr. old, I know, they've checked my TH levels)

height 5'1" (though there is dispute as to whether or not I'm boasting the inch)

highest weight 143 (but that was way before this site..)

current weight 118

goal weight 110

I aim for 1200 cals a day... but it averages out to be around 1400

And lilreenz, I know what you mean, there are days when I can't eat a bite over 900.  (And then there are days when I could eat an entire pizza...)  Eat as much as you're hungry! Big people don't understand that the "estimates" are meant for them, and becomes less accurate the further from average you get. 

I am a coffee person, and I've had my cup every morning since 7th grade. 

Coffee does have one particular antioxidant which is very beneficial to your health which has a particularly bitter flavor.  This antioxidant is also found in dark chocolate, green tea, and brussel sprouts.

Besides which, with 2 cups a day or more it has been shown to reduce the risk of Parkinson's disease.  Not to mention reduce LDL cholesterol levels.

The caffiene in about 2-3 cups of coffee a day is alright for the average person, but may be bad for those who are diabetic, or have a heart condition.  (Not to mention it bumps up that metabolism, some people drink before working out to get the most calorie burn.)

However, the chemical processes of decaffinating coffee often remove the antioxidants.  Those which don't are called water-filtering or something like that.  Newman's own coffee, and the coffee bean co. do their decaffinating that way, as do some others. 

I drink all coffee, but usually only decaf when I'm home visiting the folks.  I love flavored and good latin american nutty blends.  I probably get about 22 oz. a day, and while I don't sweeten, I put 2% milk in my coffee. (It's a dieting cutback from half and half...) I like a mug in the morning, or else the day never begins, and a cup after dinner to get over the post-eating slump.  (I have VERY low blood pressure, at about 83/51 and if I don't caffinate after eating, especially heavy food, I HAVE to take a nap immediately.)

Yum! Oh, and by the way, I've found that Juan Valdez doesn't make a half bad instant coffee for emergencies.

I guess the best way to initiate conversation with a female would be to approach it the same way as you would with a guy.  We're all human.  Also, try not to think of college as "a convenient time to form a lasting relationship."  That puts an awful lot of weight on things that can make something akward even more so.  You'll meet people throughout your whole life.  And I read your bio page, you sound like you have alot of interests.  Talk about the things you're comfortable with.  If the person you're talking to is interesting in the same things as you, there might be potential. 

Hey, everybody's jittery the couple times... but have confidence.  Confidence is SEXY!

I fear to admit I'm from Cincinnati...

I remember when I got a flyer for that place, I was frightened (but hung it on the fridge for a week to see if anyone'd notice!).  I didn't know it had dinosaurs....

Yikes...

You know there's a giant Jesus in a lake off of I-71?

I changed the spelling of my name as a 7th grade birthday present!  From Dana to Dayna.  Of course... it only costed me $75.  I say GO FOR IT!  I'm happy with my change.  I'd be sure you want what you change it to though (I did want Jade, but my mother was skeptical, and now I'm glad I didn't.  Course I regret not changing my last name too while I was at it...)

It's like a new hairstyle, but better!

I have the same problem, but I've found two ways where I can go about it.  The easy way is having a cup of coffee or tea late at night, something that takes me a long time to finish.  If I get a sweet craving with it -- hard candy.  The twenty cals of five pieces of good hard candy is still better than alot of other things.

 The hard way; pre-portioned snacks.  Stay under 200 cals with them and it should be alright.  I have particular difficulty with this because I can portion it all out and put the rest away (or buy some of those snack sized bags of something), and still go back for a second one. 

 What I really wish is that my pantry and fridge locked at nine!  Then I couldn't get into them until the morning. 

Good luck!

It took me a little while to get the burn meter too.  What it is is that the big number is the estimated number of calories per day that you burn.  The little number is how many you have burnt so far in the day.  (If you log on at six am, it's lower than at 9 pm, etc.)  If you want to add extra activity to your burn meter it will up BOTH numbers. 

And good luck!