Posts by kosherbean

I think I look dang good, and I'm not too thin. I can;t post pictures but I'm sure you'd al agree I appear to be healthy as a horse. It's just this period, I don't know what happened....maybe I just screwed myself up so bad that it will never come back.

In order to not damage your metabolism you need to take in 2,596 calories per day to keep your weight right where it is. That's included in your body description and the amount of excersize you perform on a regular basis. Your Resting Metabolic rate is 1888 calories. That means that if you slothed around the house all day, you'd need 1888 calories to maintain your weight.

The calculator I use is from www.caloriesperhour.com and is incredibly accurate. I've been sticking to it for years with absolutely consistent results. It neither overestimates or under estimates if you use the 24 hour calculator (where you literally type in how many minutes per day you spend doing variaous activities throughout your day, even things like showering, eating, sitting, talking, ect like here)

For a balanced diet I would structure it like this (if in fact your are not a vegan or vegetarian)

You need about 70 g of protein per day (meat, beans, nuts, lowfat dairy, eggs, seeds)

... 45% to 65% of your calories to be from carbohydrates, mostly complex. (bran, barley, maize (corn), cornmeal, oatmeal, pasta, brown rice, potatoes...) 

...8.7 mg or iron (chicken liver, beef, clams, oysters, turkey, lentils, lima/navy/black/pinto beans, spinach raisins, oatmeal, iron fortified cereal, enriched bread)

Fruits are great but simple carbs and sugars. eeat plenty of them, but keep the ratio to complex carbs slightly lower for fruit.

eat dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, romaine lettuce). eat LOTS, but try not to absolutely fill up on these. These should compose a good 3rd of your diet. Yeah, tell me about it. That's a lot of salad, but it's good for you.

Drink plenty of water, but not enough to make you feel sick. Listen to your body. This will take several weeks perhaps, but learn to rely on your signals: eat when you are hungry(can be weakness feeling, lightheadedness, hunger pains, stomach growling, shakiness, fatigue for 'no reason'), drink when you are thirsty, but just in case you hardly ever get thirsty, drink atleast 3 or 4 20 oz water bottles a day.

A good tactic for me is just...reason. First, I don't have a lot of money and cashews are damned expensive, not too mention they really are (at least to me) a delicacy. I actually do 1.5-2 oz of nuts for my serving, which is 230-300 cals and I usually do that for my early morning snack. (I don't like having a large meal for breakfast). I've portioned it out to A) make it last, B) keep my costs down and C) so that I am not tempted to eat more than I really want to out of boredom or addiction. A good tactic is to hide the food in a drawer or do seomthing with yourself besides thinking about freaking nuts. heh, y'know?

Oh god....I don't want osteoporosis!

I would love to put on some healthy body fat, but how can I do that when I've only got enough food left for 35 days (which is the rest of may and june) and have to ration!?

I don't have ANY extra money to splurge on groceries. Just enough to pay for transportation, and laundry and a drip coffee at dawn before my work shift. The only things I'm able to swipe are apples or oranges from my suitmates now and then. 

Also, how is it possible to gain "healthy" fat? Any more fat on my body would look ugly...

In response to the first initial post, I'm pretty darn offended.

What's wrong with eating a lot? I NEED to eat a lot, and sure yeah, some people notice and make really rude comments about it, but if I don't eat as much as I need to, then I hurt my body! Why should I do that to myself? I would never think of it.

It's this whole stupid mentality that "calories are bad=food with many calories is bad" that's friggin screwed up. SCREWED UP.

You people only seem to think of calories as some sort of negative force that has to be wresteled with. A calorie means ENERGY, and energy makes you stronger. It's a positive thing! When I eat my hearty meals, I'm excited! To me, it means that I can get through my day and feel good.

I look right past the ads too, and as for the rest of the media, you can turn off the TV.  Not read the mags.  Not buy the products. 

 (to the person I quoted: what I say next is not to attack what you have said, but taken your opinion and isolated it, and using it as a general example for those people who claim to follow what you advise)

You guys look right past the ads do you? Wow, talk about DENIAL. So I take it you people who claim to not be affected by ads just live a in a shoebox on planet equality?

Here's the thing. There's a fine line between being healthy and being OBSESSED with being healthy. I suppose though, that it all depends on what's the most important thing to you in life: having fun with your brutally short lifespan, or intimately tracking each calorie of food you put in your mouth. To me, the second behaviour is a disfunction.

I think this website has some great points. Most of it is absolutely wonderful as far as the health education goes.

But in some areas it allows too much. The ads with the skinny waists pisses me off. (and no I'm not saying that because I'm fat and jealous, I'm pretty thin and angry) Another thing that enrages me is the posts some people make about how much they hate themselves. If I was a moderator, I'd lock those posts up tight and slap a big label on them that read DANGER ZONE, with a direct link to a website offering professional help. Why? Because first, it's our job in life to love ourselves and eachother. When you make a post about how much you feel like **** for eating a sandwich, then it's time to asess the situation and stop it from continuing. I've seen it continue, in response posts. Someone will say "OMG, I eat this and this and what should I do!?" and then, some perfect stranger halfway across the country who isn't a doctor will reply to that cry for help in a negative way, telling them "just eat less tomorrow", or "wow, that sucks, just make sure you don't do it again". Think I'm lying? Check it out for yourself. The threads like that should be HEAVILY monitored. The abuse has to be stopped somehow.

Even a small effort to keep tabs a little better by locking some of those threads or stepping in to stop the chain of abuse, is a neccessary baby step.

HUNGER IS POWER.

there's some motivation.

So, lets just take a deep breath and step back for a moment.

You ate things you don't normally eat? Ask yourself why you ate them. If the answer is that you don't know you just HAD to, then that's probably a reaction to deprivation. Like, what I'm trying to say is, you never have any of that stuff right? So maybe you couldn't take it anymore.

I did that once or twice. I was going really low on breads and stuff and went to a brunch and had like, a waffle, a huge bagel, and english muffin...toast, god i was STARVING. Not only was my body starving, but my brain was too. We can't do that to ourselves.

The really ironic thing about me seeing your post is that I'm sick too, and i have a real bad urge to excersize because I feel guilty. But I know it's because I'm trying to overcome my anorexia. I'm not going to starve myself when I'm sick, and I'm not going to go to the gym and KILL myself excersizing so that I can have a salad. I used to do that. But I always felt worse and worse.

elizabe92, don't tell someone they're "right" about wanting to starve themselves, please don't say things like that! You shouldn't feel guilty either. What's with all this guilt!

I divorce guilt and I aim for a balance. Listen to your bodies, not your social handcuffs.

Yes, but don't go overboard. You'll need to eat foods that replenish nutrients your body needs. Namely protein and iron rich foods. Add 2 tbsp of peanut butter and and a small box of raisins. That'll get you up to what you need without you having to think about it so much and give you enough fuel to satiate you and fuel your body. It'll bump up your cals to just over 2000. It's NOT that big of a jump. Beleive me, I go through the same thing and you really have to listen to what your body is telling you. I can't tell you exactly, I can only give advice.

If you're still "hungry" (stomach growling, knawing) include extra raw, green or orange veggies (broccoli, baby carrots and celery) and don't count them. because they are so fibrous your body will put them to use, especially with training.