Posts by specca

i suggest that you allow yourself to eat spontaneously, but just write down everything that you eat. this way you still feel in control of your calories, but you arent totally aware of how many calories you have eaten. by doing this, you'll learn to listen/trust your body to tell you what/how much to eat, because you'll know that you cant rely so much on the calorie number

* i emphasized the word "learn" because you wont quite get it at first. i've been trying to do this for a few months, and it's still difficult, but i feel 100% more in control of my eating and my life. it's made me a happier person and even increased my sex drive.

i think people self medicate with food too much. when i do it, i regret it. feeling full and heavy sucks...the extra chocolate/ice cream/cake/pizza is never worth the regret felt afterwards.  she makes a good point. i think im gonna start using that phrase as a mantra

thanks again you guys (meryl+selena). i really appreciate your support.

hey...i just wanna shout out to all of you (selena, merylwhite, ohyum, gi-jane, claud) for being so supportive and having such interesting input. it's really refreshing to hear honest feedback and not just mindless argumentation.

a lot of you guys say that i should eat about 1800 calories. but CC and phord say that i should eat 1200-1300 to get down to my ideal weight (105 lbs) (and trust me...105 is NOT that thin...i have a freakishly small frame). i have been trying to eat 1200-1300 cals for the last couple years, and obviously slipping once in a while. do you think i could be in starvation mode? whats YOUR experience with this phenomenon. i just havent been able to convince myself that it really exists. 

well..one thing that i've noticed about my really tiny friends is that they tend to eat like little birds, and it's just very natural to them. i'm really tiny too (tiny, as in short) yet i want to eat more food than them (therefore i am fatter than they are).

for me, i understand that i am a boredom and emotional eater, so i guess my question should have been stated a bit differently. so here it is:

so to restate my question: how do you tiny little 100 pounders pull it off in a world full of huge portion sizes and emotional eating

i want to know how to reconnect with my body, because i think that the mind-body-hunger connection is something that naturally slim people really have nailed. it's something that i've lost and is so foreign to me that i actually depend on caloriecount.com to tell me how much more i can eat. i think CC is a nice tool to have, but i also think that to depend on it is ridiculous.

Original Post by selenaxoxo:

most people who are that weight are short. so it's not some secret. 100 at 5'0" is the same as 5'8" and 130.

i know...and i'm short too! but im not 100 pounds anymore.

either way, they still eat less than people who are 130 pounds.

Original Post by michachu:

Original Post by specca:

Original Post by michachu:

Original Post by specca:

I know that about 99% of people these days say that the best way to lose weight is to do a low carb, low calorie, high protein diet (duh...thats how i lost a bunch of weight a couple years ago)

 

 Ummm... no the majority of people are not on this diet. 

I eat 1500-1800 cals a day depending on activity level. And I usually have a 20-30% protein, 20-30% fats, 40-60% carbs.  That's not low carb.  And I know a lot of other people here have similar diets.

my point is that a lot of people talk about the importance of carb restriction, and im pretty sure that you are aware of that. you're diet sounds a little bit like mine, except my carbs are more in the 50-60% range and protein is 15-20%. are you losing weight on that diet? what are your stats like (if you dont mind my asking) in terms of weight, height, age. any perspective is really interesting to me.

 My point is this site promotes healthy weight loss NOT fad diets.

This is a fad diet.  Atkins was a fad.  The low fat diet before that was a fad, etc.  Any diet that severely restricts a food type is a fad diet.

You still said MAJORITY of people were on this diet.  And that is false.  Don't make generalizations about everyone who's trying to lose weight b/c a lot of people on this site are here to do so healthily and without any fad diets.

low carb is not a fad diet. its a lifestyle for many people, and many people consider 40% carbs to be low carb. i'm not trying to argue with you, i'm simply stating the obvious fact that carb restriction is a popular concept these days. to deny that fact is just ignorant.

Original Post by skinnyby2010:

i could never stick to high protein low carb diets because I too feel waaaay too tired and grumpy...

i just came across this article funnily enough:
http://health.ninemsn.com.au/healthnews/97076 4/low-carb-diets-make-you-a-grump

I managed to lose 15kg last year from just counting calories and watchin my fat intake.. that just shows it's up to the individual... whatever makes you happy  just eat less cals than you burn

15 kg?! wow...not bad. what kind of exercise were you doing?

p.s.- thanks for the article :)

thanks hilary. wuts your diet like? are you a low carber?

read Naturally Thin by Bethenny Frankel. If you're anything like me (and it sounds like you are) then this book will really help you. i no longer see the weekend as a time to cheat, i just eat whatever i want during the entire week so that i never feel deprived.

you may have found a bad daikon. usually it has a pretty mild taste, but every now and then you can get a really bitter one. try again, because its so awesome and low cal and wonderful

Original Post by gi-jane:

It's the calorie content of your choices that will affect whether or not you lose weight.  The actual food you get in restaurants often bears no relation to their published calorie-counts.  Secondary could be the salt content.... fast-food is notorious for being larded with salt... because that can show up on the scales as fluid retention.

Have a rethink, perhaps....?  How about taking some healthy snacks to have at work so that you're not famished by lunchtime?  And maybe pack your own lunch so that you're more sure of the calories?

Good luck

why do you say that the published calorie count has no relation to the actual calorie count?

1) low cal, carb-free chocolate pudding:

1/4 block mori-nu lite firm tofu - 30 cals

tablespoon cocoa powder - 10 cals

splenda or stevia to taste

blend it up with a little bit of water to desired consistency (you can use milk or cream to make it a little more decadent)

tip: as a post workout shake, ill use chocolate or vanilla protein powder instead of cocoa powder and maybe add some berries

2) carrots :) yumm

3) i LOOOVVVEEEE lite coolwhip too

yea...thats wut i thought. it always baffled me that people would remove bones...they're just so tasty.