Posts by shadowmystika

the hardest for me to resist and the one I crave the most often is SWEET.
my favvvvorite is SPICY though :]

i dont actually like sweets that much. i just crave it -_-
but spicy stuff...LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. hehe. i always get the spiciest flavor of wings when i get wings with my friends.

as far as i know (one of my best friends is a muslim and also has to fast every year at this time) there are a few exceptions.
in her case, if you're more than moderately sick, pregnant/nursing, elderly, or on TTOM, you can skip fasting during that time, but i think you have to make it up later and fast for extra time when everyone else is done.  im not 100% sure...id have to ask her again.
i have not heard of dieting issues as an exception, or even health issues (only virus/bacteria-caused illnesses, like if you get the flu, pnemonia, malaria, etc.)

i don't think it would hurt to change your rule for just this period of time to 8:00 PM. it is only an hour's difference.
Since you can't change the fasting part, you'll just have to work with what you CAN change. unless you want your metabolism to slow down like traffic in rush hour by the end of the month.

its possible to continue losing in starvation mode initially, if you lower your calories even more.
been there, done that T_T
but when your starving and still losing weight, chances are you're mostly losing muscle.
and eventually, the weight loss will stop. because your metabolism will lag majorly since your body doesn't want you to die. basically.

AHHH!

that's what i'm like!
Its hard for me to lose weight and eat right because the last time i lost weight, my mom watched me like a hawk and said i was too skinny and i when we had something high calorie for dinner or just something i didnt like, i wasn't allowed to refuse it and it was hard to sneak eating less with my mom watching me.

well, i did get too skinny eventually and gained all my weight back last winter, but ive started losing weight again and my mom is watching me as usual and so ive been losing weight SOOO slowly this time having to eat with the rest of the family when we have an unhealthy meal and being watched =_=

my mom doesn't realize that not everyone has a messed up body like hers that is unable to store fat. And just because she needs to gain weight doesn't mean I can't spare 5-10 pounds lost to look better.

My sister is 5'0 and 107 pounds but she looks great and I wouldn't say she's on the high end of her weight...
sometimes what your body is and not the numbers it puts on the scale makes a huge difference

As counter intuitive as it seems, the only way to flatten your belly is to bring your metabolism up by slowly increasing your calories until its in a normal range for a teenager...like 1800-2000 and increasing your exercise as well. Except you're already exercising a lot, so I guess you just need to bring your calories up.

You WILL probably gain weight at first, as a warning, but have no fear. After your metabolism goes back up, the weight will come off faster than it ever could've if you keep up what you're doing now :)

Exercise plays a HUGEEE part in weight loss and is more efficient than cutting tons of calories.  Exercise plus cutting SOME calories is the most efficient in weight loss.

Join the swim team or tennis! IF your school is small and doesn't have them, most schools let you join another school's team for that sport.

Or take P.E class.

That's what I do. During the summer I have time to exercise myself, and during the school year, i don't as much, and I'm also a lot less motivated since my school is really tough and we get buttloads of work so I have a hard time pushing myself to physically work too once school is over.

So I take competitive P.E every year, even though I got all my P.E credits a longgg time ago, and second semester, I do soccer, because when you join a school sport, it doesn't matter if you're motivated or not (well, it does...but thats not the point). You have to go to practice and push yourself and organize your time around it no matter what.

i dont think they necessarily want to sabotage you.

my sister did stuff like this, and it definitely wasnt to sabotage me...
the rest of my family isnt particularly picky about eating, and when i started losing weight, i became really picky.

everyone got annoyed at my apparent "obsession" with health food, and started mocking me and purposely offering me a cookie and then saying sarcastically "oh WAIT, you dont eat normal food anymore." or eating tasty food in front of me and rolling their eyes when i didnt participate.

the rest of my family doesnt have weight problems really, so to them, my attitude towards food was annoying.

in some cases, it may be jealousy and sabotage. in other cases, it might just be ignorant annoyance from people who dont understand. or dont care about their health as much as we do :)

just remember....YOU decide what you put into your body. Don't let other people change that...they'll get used to it with time. :)

the best exercise is exercise you enjoy

trust me, if you make yourself do exercise that you dont like just because if seems more efficient, you won't be able to stick to it

who said biking can't burn as many calories as running? bike like a madman! ride on hills!

the difference is what muscles you use

good luck!

id like to say i know how you feel, but everyone feels things differently, so all i can say is ive been in the EXACT same position as you before. not too long ago too.

don't worry, the first week i still ate over 2000 calories everyday.
if i wanted to eat something, i let myself have a little and it builds up, but eventually, letting myself have whatever i wanted stopped the binging and i brought it below 2000 calories everyday again.

sometimes i still eat around 2000 calories some days, but i dont worry about it. and the next day i try to do better whilst still satisfying my need

Original Post by alibsam:

spanish! practice would help me reach fluency.
japanese would be nice too. i suck at it now haha

I can't help with either of those. Try www.italki.com I've got a couple language exchange buddies from there.

that is a sweet website!
i have been looking for a site lite that for ages and kept finding dating sites instead... :|
or like myspace type things

thankss!

edit:

and si quieres practicar tu espanol, puedes hablar conmigo! (: o encuentreme en italki :P

exercise does not have to be a defined amount of time set aside where you're doing set moves, routines, or whatever.

if you could take a short 5 minute walk every hour or so then in 6 hours of work you would have 30 minutes of walking! which is a lot more exercise than none.

mines changes a lot...its weird

right now it is ice cream, ice cream sandwiches...ice cream bars...god i love ice cream

and one that's always around is bread (any kind) and rice! i can eat plain rice forever and ever and ever!

hmm, i never answered my own question
i speak english :P of course.
close to fluent in spanish.
close to fluent in chinese (i can understand all and speak a lot but with circumlocution...native tongue worn away after years of not being used D:)
and then theres the japanese i mentioned. i do not consider myself able to speak japanese :P

Original Post by alibsam:

and also looking for language buddies i can practice with :P


What are you wanting to practice?

spanish! practice would help me reach fluency.
japanese would be nice too. i suck at it now haha

i weigh myself like, once every 3 weeks in order so see significant change since im not planning to lose all the 15 lbs i need to los in 6 weeks like last time :P

so, i will be reporting my (hopeful) progress this saturday or sunday :]

food is definitely the hardest addiction, though i have never been addicted to anything else, so i guess i can't say xD

but just imagine...if people HAD to drink some beer everyday in order to survive, how hard would it be for an alcoholic to break their addiction?

stupid food :P