Posts by palipride47

omg I am exactly where you are. I weight 197, after really falling off the again from 175 lb in August. But listen, every time you make a mistake, think of the next minute as a time to start over. Log it and try to stick to healthier foods for this day. Think about what you could've eaten at McDonalds that might be a little better calorie wise-so you can do it next time you go to Mickey D's. I did the same thing, every time I made a mistake, I gave up and binged. Now in Dec, I'm paying for that attitude. Just chalk it up and try to "be good" for the rest of the day. you still have at least 500-ish calories to go. You'll be surprised how little calories some foods you may like have (or how much!). 

Yay! I go an "A"

90.91% to be exact. Guess I'm more suited to run for Congress than some politicians. I'm not surprised that so few (only half of "Joe the Plumbers" and less elected officials! knew that CONGRESS declares war, not the president. But then again, Congress hasn't officially declared war since 1941)

I also took a college equivalent course on Civics two years ago so I had somewhat of an advantage. I got the ones about the "Lincoln Douglas debate", "what it means  when government debt = 0", and about "why free market systems are better" wrong though.

My ex boyfriend got really bad mono right after we started dating (my bad...), and what he did was stay in bed, used a humidifier, and drank lots and lots of water. He says that applesauce helped his throat (he couldn't really chew or swallow, and it really hurt for him to breathe, and applesauce was the only thing he could really eat) Hopefully you don't have it as bad as he did. It took him about 2 weeks to get over the really bad part and about a month to fully recover (as in, not fatigued and weak and without an appetite).

But start resting right away or it will get really, really bad and painful (that's why my ex's was so bad, he waited a whole week to see the doctor and another to find out it was mono)

People don't write down what they eat. For me, it has been crucial to any recovery for my binge eating disorder and any weight loss that results.

By tracking how many calories you are consuming, you can get a better assessment of your overall eating patterns. Waste calories on soft drinks? Eat too much at a specific time? Tendency to eat unhealthy while doing certain things (watching TV!)? All that insight can be gained from a journal.  

People tend to underestimate how many calories they consume. Any time I ever lost weight, I did it by tracking my daily intake, and it also motivates me to eat up to my limit so I don't hit starvation mode or malnourish myself in an attempt to see results faster (I'm incredibly impatient, hence why I tend to give up on weight loss pretty quickly).

Well, when I had a craving, it would consume all of my thoughts and attention. The entire day, I would focus on nothing else but that food. It was debilitating, because I started severely overeating on everything (even peas! I ate two family sized bags of frozen peas when I started craving that). For me, it was partly emotional, partly physical since I was overeating on foods that had nutrients I wasn't getting on a rice-and-beans only diet. Now that I've gotten a much more varied, better diet, my cravings have been severely reduced, and they are controllable.

I am having that same fluctuation (between 177 to 179). But seriously, it could be all the water you're drinking (retaining itself), it could be muscle that you've gained by exercising. It could be ANYTHING. After I eat, my weight goes up to 180.

I understand the frustration watching those numbers (especially for me watching the numbers over the years go from 105 to 182) twiddle back and forth. When I feel like breaking the scale, I mentally think about how much better I feel when I get off my butt and exercise, how much healthier and happier I feel. And that doesn't come from numbers. I am happy for you that you have taken the initiative and started to invest in healthier habits. Be happy for yourself too.

Oh, I'm sorry. My mother has the other type of bipolar disorder (the "fun" one, with the crazy highs and not-fun manic episodes) so I kinda sorta understand the situation relating to your disorder, I guess. But it's good that you are losing weight (even though through maybe unhealthy means), and seemingly putting you on better medicine than lithium. Bipolar drugs are the worst, with such ugly side effects, at least the primitive stuff I remember. 

You are definitely not weak. And I'm sorry you had to wait so long for relief. I've had the opposite happen, where doctors diagnosed me with bipolar disorder, anxiety depression, regular depression, you name it. It took 10 years to figure out that I was just having issues with my family. And now, having moved away, everyone says I'm fine. Ah, doctors....

Weight training is a specific form of resistance training. Activities like pushups and other exercises that incorporate resistance are resistance training. Weight training is just resistance training with weights as resistance. umm, got all that? 

While weight training, I maintain the same calorie intake. Those who up their calories while weight training are more serious bodybuilders and others who want to gain (which I don't think is your goal). Of course, doing more exercise means you are burning calories, but you don't burn a lot of calories with weight training as opposed to cardio. So don't make that mistake of eating more to compensate for calories you haven't lost. 

I noticed it when my family (who are Arab and puts lots of emphasis on weight) started telling me that I needed to lose weight in order to be pretty and be attractive to a man (They told me this at age 11).

They (my aunt and my grandfather whom I live with) put me on a really strict diet and I dropped 30 pounds, but grew to resent them and started binge eating on sweets to piss them off (like I would eat 10 Little Debbie's at once or a half gallon of ice cream).

Now I'm 180 and can't control my bingeing. It's funny because when I was little, my mom and dad was poor so I went hungry alot (like days without food, and I used to eat the most). My family used to say I was beautiful back then. They started calling me fat when I was 8 (when I got put in foster care and started getting regular meals), and I've never felt beautiful since. My family ties my beauty to my weight so I've never heard them call me pretty or anything else but fat. They also make fun of me behind my back, talking about my weight to their friends and other relatives. And they wonder why I despise them. 

(Isn't it just fantastic that I actually had to starve to fit my family's definition of beautiful . I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way)

I love the myth that there are worms in your gut that make you gain weight.Cracks me up every time I read the page.

I would love it if the diet that involves drinking alcohol and lying in bed helped you lose weight. The possibilities are endless :-) (mojito or mamosa?)

starting-181

goal-120

Just remember that you are not fat! You don't have to take his guff. My family says the same nasty things to me, calling a fat slob, among other things, but it's only because they are unsatisfied with themselves and jealous of what I've achieved (Im going to be the first in my family to attend and finish college). Just remind yourself that his issue probably has nothing to do with you, and get some counseling, because if this is how you live on a regular basis, its going to come back and haunt you and you might turn to anorexia or bulimia to cope (I know how it feels, and I turned to binge eating) 

Any resources on binge eating disorder. I've had it for 9 years, and I'm trying to recover, but I'm only 17 and I'm kind of going it alone, since I don't really have a resource and can't really submit myself to intensive recuperation programs (I also technically don't fit the criteria since I don't have binges as frequently as twice a week). Any help for someone like me?

Weight training is kind of the only physical activity that I am decent at (I used to play softball, but I wasn't that good). I took the class 9th grade, am going to take it again, and try to do weightlifting in my spare time. I've gotten kind of lazy so I've lost muscle strength, but my highest bench was 200. It's really good for when you lose weight because when you begin dropping pounds, your body needs less calories than before but you continue to eat the same amount, so you end up gaining the weight back (which is what usually happens). By working your muscles and getting them bigger, you up your metabolism and you can still consume more calories.

Eat carbs if you want to gain weight because your body will not tolerate overeating when it comes to protein. A human can only ingest (without feeling sick) about 700 extra protein calories as opposed to about 1,000 calories for carbs. Fit more carbs in there (good carbs, no wonder bread) . The only thing that doesn't look right is the buttered popcorn and other junk. You want to gain weight (and i assume you mean muscle, not fat)

 And of course, take weight training (which I assume you are doing).