Posts by veggie_love

I've dealt a lot with binge eating in my life. First of all... You're under 18, so you should definitely not be eating 1,750 to maintain... You probably burn 2,000 to maintain, so the lowest amount of calories you should eat per day is 1,500 if you're trying to lose. If you eat lower than that, you will destroy your metabolism so that when you begin to eat regularly again you will gain the weight back immediately. On a day when you binge, the worst thing you can do to yourself is restrict the next day. That's what I had problems with before... I would think I could only eat a tiny bit the next day so that I wouldn't feel bad about the previous day... That just led to an awful binge/starve/binge/starve cycle. You should eat normally. If you aren't hungry, don't eat! But if you are, you're young enough, and at a perfectly healthy weight where you really should not be super-focused on eating because it can honestly destroy a lot of fun and relationships in your life... Good luck :) Message me if you're having a rough day/feel like bingeing. I understand what you're going through. Keep your chin up!

This will make all of you feel better about yourselves... My mom came to visit me at college and she brough a pumpkin pie (my weakness around Thanksgiving) and told me I should share it with the girls in my dorm. I ended up watching NipTuck and eating the entire thing and throwing away the packaging and telling my mom I shared it when she asked where it was. HAHAHA I'm awful!!!!

Oh my gosh, I've been wanting to talk about this for a while. I've been with this guy recently who loves to eat meat, and I've been a vegetarian for a few years. I'm totally fine with him eating meat, I can't judge another person BUT when we eat a meal and he has a steak or burger or something and afterwards he wants to kiss me I cringe and I still can't find the balls to tell him why I never want to make out after he's chowed down a bloody burger. EWWW!!!!

Haha thanks! Saying it like that makes it sound so easy but actually being at a party and avoiding it is SO hard for me! I've noticed that when I binge it's almost always mindless... It's more of a "HELL YEAH let's run to the grocery store and buy a ton of ice cream and chocolate!!!" and then I gorge myself and it's only until I've already done the damage that I realize it did more harm than good and that I feel miserable. I'm not the type to weigh pros and cons before eating.. more like an EAT NOW CRY LATER type ;)

hey danilove! I'm 5'3" and 125 right now but REALLY want to lose 15 pounds so I'm 110 as soon as possible. I've been doing a lousy job losing this summer and am stuck on 125. Want to be buddies??

I'm 5'3" 125 pounds. I have 15 pounds to lose by August 29th... so about 9 weeks to do it :) Good luck everyone!

I'm so in! Probably going to aim for 8 pounds (2 per week) this month because 10 is a lot for me. I'm 18, 5'3" and currently 127 pounds. If I'm 119 (or in the teens at all) by July I will be SO HAPPY! I need motivation BADLY. I just ate about half of my graduation cake and didn't count it because nobody saw me... haha oh boy I have a challenge ahead of me. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

p.s. are we doing a weekly check-in??

This morning I weighed in at 126. I'm forcing myself to stay positive but I feel like curling over and giving up. 16 pounds to go until my 110 goal... (I'm still planning on 105 eventually but 110 is much more reasonable right now). Ugh, I hate that I was so close before... I was less than 10 pounds to go!!! This is driving me crazy... I'm going to try really hard to get to the gym a bunch this week and eating simple, healthy food. Thanks for the support, ladies... it means a lot

Original Post by makinitcount44:

veggie_love, what are you upping your cals to? Has your exercise increased?

Hey! I'm upping my cals to 1,600-1,800 because I was at 1,200 for a year (I lost 20 pounds total in the year) and all of a sudden couldn't budge the scale and when I asked why I found out my body was in starvation mode from eating too little.. I thought 1,200 was a fine amount for my age but found out it's only for 21's and up! Yikes!! So I've been working on upping my cals.. It's been really hard though because I'm not hungry but I know I have to do it to help my metabolism. Ugh. It's been a struggle just eating 1,500 (I have no idea how I'm going to make it to 1,800!) I know I won't lose a pound a week (I might not even lost at all!) this way but that's okay with me as long as I'm not hurting my body.

P.S. 2nluv: Thanks girl! I have WAY too much time on my hands

5'3"

120lbs

18 years

Ultimate goal: 105lbs for summer (this year I'm trying to get EXCITED about being in a bikini rather than let bathing suits control my summer activities)

I'm not doing so great right now... I've been sick this week so mostly sitting in bed... unfortunately my stomach is not affected so I'm eating more than normal and hardly moving... I've gained a couple pounds this week.. I was hoping to not see 120 again but here it is... yuck.. well 15 pounds to go...

lets stick together and keep this group going strong!!! (even if you're 5'8" )

heyy! i'm a senior

18 years old, 5'3" and currently 126 pounds. (Gained a few pounds over the holidays)

I'm trying to get down to 110 and from there just maintain and be athletic and toned.

anyone about the same? the lowest ive been in the last couple years is 123 and I felt great there... but the holidays this year killed my motivation! 16 pounds to lose... hopefully in the next few months.

May I join?? I just saw the forum and I could definitely use some motivation trying to lose the last five pounds. I'm currently 5'3", 18 years old, and 125 pounds. My goal is 120 by Christmas day. It's definitely possible, it's just a matter of staying strong because it's easy to get comfortable when you are so close and the worst would be to not make it once you get so close. I do eventually want to get down to 110 lbs. but not by any date really... just eventually.

Original Post by gi-jane:

What would you prefer people say?  'Oh my goodness you look so fat and ugly!'?   For heaven's sake, they're just trying to say something nice.  Lighten up.

Haha NO! That would be so mean! But it's when they say it with the undertone of being annoyed that you look good when it bugs me. For example this girl (I would kill for her body) was looking me up and down one day and goes "Wow, you look really skinny this year. Did you lose like 50 pounds this summer?" I lost 3. haha I couldn't tell if she was trying to be nice or making some secretly mean fat joke!

I've found this to be pretty helpful:

To estimate how many calories you should consume in order to maintain your weight, you'll need to do a little math. By using a simple formula called the Harris-Benedict principle, you can assess your basal metabolic rate -- also known as your BMR.

Calculate Your BMR

Your BMR is the amount of energy your body needs to function. We use about 60% of the calories we consume each day for basic bodily functions such as breathing.

Other factors that influence your BMR are height, weight, age and sex.

Step one is to calculate your BMR with the following formula:

Women:
655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)

Calculate Activity

Step two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:

• If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent

 

• If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent

 

• If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 40 percent

   

• If you are very active (You exercise intensely on a daily basis or for prolonged periods.): BMR x 50 percent

 

• If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 60 percent

 

Add this number to your BMR.

The result of this formula will be the number of calories you can eat every day and maintain your current weight.

Hope that helped!!