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| Foods | Wanting Bread | Aug 27 2007 03:48 (UTC) |
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| just bread in general, i love wheat bread, but since I've been at college I've been having a bagel in the morning. It's all in my calories but I thought it meant you weren't getting enough of something else | |||
| Health & Support | ED Recovery Club | May 31 2007 02:44 (UTC) |
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tuffghost- That's exactly how I feel. I started going to see a pschyatrist that specializes in eating disorders and I was going once a week. I only had went I think 3 times and then I got a call from her office saying she broke both her feet. They didn't even have someone fill in and so I tried to get an appt. with the other ED specialized doctor and the closest appt (it was back in early May when this was happening) was June 7th. I can talk to my mom about things but it is just so hard. I feel like I'm not getting anywhere to help me along in my recovery. I want to control my calories and keep them at 1400. I was doing this for awhile and the dietitian explained I needed 1800 calories. It's all so confusing to me because I really want to keep them at 1400 but another part of me is telling me at that number you're not getting enough fat and remember what the dietitian explained. My mind is pulling me in two different directions and it's stressful. Then, recently, binging has been regular, and the guilt is hard to deal with. I have been keeping my calories around 1600, so it is somewhere in the middle, but on a binge I eat crazy amounts. AHHH! |
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| Motivation | binge-free challenge, anyone? | May 30 2007 14:14 (UTC) |
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| I wouldn't call that a binge at all.
You planned everything out and allowed it in your daily intake. There is nothing wrong with that, we should all allow ourselves things like that. :) |
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| Weight Loss | Day 1. starting a new diet. wattcha think. | May 21 2007 15:40 (UTC) |
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| I'm going to say this plain and simple.
Dieting = Bad The quickest way to fail and/or lose weight but in the long run gain it all back is dieting. Just eat healthy, control your portion sizes, and don't deprive. I am in the process of learning all this again because obsessing over food and being afraid of weight also combined with dieting lead me into an eating disorder. Please try this. You are only 15. :) Good Luck |
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| Health & Support | Binge Eating | May 18 2007 17:16 (UTC) |
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| www.something-fishy.org www.edreferral.com www.oa.org www.nedic.ca www.nationaleatingdisorders.org |
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| Weight Loss | how many do i need to be healthy? | May 18 2007 16:52 (UTC) |
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| first off, this site has great tools to figure that out. Just click tools and then under it, it has many different links.
I checked your BMI and you are actually underweight. You are an 18.6. The healthy range is 20-24 So losing weight is not good. To maintain the weight you are at right now, you need to consume 2100 calories. Remember, exercise burns calories and your body needs fuel. Please do not become obsessed with counting calories and the feeling off needing to lose weight. I am recovering from an eating disorder and let me tell you, it is no fun. A healthy BMI for you would at 120 lbs which would give you a BMI of 20. That is on the very low end of healthy also. To gain the weight to become 120, you would need to eat 2560, according the the tools on this site. |
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| Weight Loss | Going off birth control | May 08 2007 17:45 (UTC) |
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| I was on YAZ from January until the end of April, Right after that pack ended I start on Ortho-Tri Cyclen Lo
Last night was the first night I didn't take it |
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| Foods | Dole Whip Ice cream | May 06 2007 05:04 (UTC) |
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| Kensi00- where did you find it??!! I've looked all over! &nb sp; Thankss |
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| Health & Support | okay.... i'm going insane (bc and ttom) | May 01 2007 00:41 (UTC) |
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| yeah i would ask your doctor I hadn't had my period for four months and it wasn't just gonna come on its own. They had me start it right away after I saw him. They might let you do that, cause your period isn't likely to come. |
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| Health & Support | ED Recovery Club | Apr 25 2007 14:50 (UTC) |
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| Your Recovery Toolbox Filled with the essential tools neccessary for recovery... With the help of your treatment team or therapist there are many things to address while working towards your own recovery... The items in your Recovery Toolbox are some of them. Your Recovery Toolbox: Recovery is not just about learning to eat in a healthy way. It is not just about gaining or losing the required amount of weight. While for some patients it may be important to get medically stable first, somewhere along the path of recovery everyone will need to fill their Recovery Toolbox with many items not included on the dietician's menu of what to eat. What needs to be in the toolbox: The Issues & Feelings Viewfinder: Eating Disorders are not about weight and food. They may seem to be, but these are just symptoms of something much deeper going on, triggered by your own feelings and issues. Feelings such as low self-worth, depression, sadness, anger, confusion, frustration, fear and insecurities -- Issues like low self-esteem, dysfunctional relationships, lack of boundaries, perfectionism, being a "yes" person, social self-judgement, phobia or isolation -- are just some simple examples. You need to be willing to find and explore what those issue are. You need to be willing to heal from the pain and/or anger. You will have to learn to express and talk about what you feel, and to address what your issues may be. You will need to learn to identify your own negative emotions and what triggers negative thinking. Ultimately, you need to learn to identify and cope with the stress in your life and the emotions that you feel. Therapy is a great way to help you discover what's going on inside. Support groups are helpful. Journaling about how you feel, buying self-help books and workbooks, going to self-esteem seminars, thinking about how your relationships and pivotal people in your life have effected you, thinking about choices you've made, exploring what you have (had) and do not (did not) have control over, visiting with past major events of your life -- these are all important parts of getting to your issues and feelings. The True-Voice Megaphone: It's common to hear in the recovery community -- "use your voice". As part of recovery you need to learn to use your voice... to express what it is that you are feeling, to be able to communicate effectively with others what it is you need, what it is you lack, what they can do to help. You have to be able to tell someone you are feeling insecure. You need to learn to say "I'm feeling sad today, I could use a hug." Using your voice is about the benefit you get in doing so. There are many ways to learn to express yourself through recovery. Sometimes it will be by taking risks to just say how you feel to someone you trust. Sometimes it will be to write a letter to someone, expressing your emotions. A good place to start is in a journal, in therapy or a support group, or even in an online support forum. T he important part to remember -- this is your TRUE-voice megaphone. When you talk about nothing but what you weigh, or losing weight, or food, you are censoring your true voice and what it is your really are feeling and going through. You may have spent many years translating your problems and emotions into concentrated discussion on weight and food... you must learn to find your TRUE voice beneith the symptoms of your Eating Disorder. A Coping Bank: Suffering with Anorexia, Bulimia or Compulsive Overeating/Binge Eating, as said above, isn't about food... but you use your food behaviors to comfort, numb, isolate, "purge", self-punish, etc -- to COPE with whatever is eating you up inside. It's essential on the recovery path to find new coping skills. Once you learn to identify your feelings and issues, you then need to be able to cope with them. It is a difficult slow process, but without the process of learning healthier coping skills, you're left with nothing as a healthy replacement for a set of really unhealthy behaviors. We take the money we earn and put it in the bank for when we need it... A Coping Bank is essentially the same thing. We take what we learn about coping alternatives and put them away, in the backs of our minds, for when we need them. Click here Read more about making your own coping back. A Glass That's Half-Full: Constantly thinking "I can't do it" will set you up for something called "self-fulfilled prophecy", which means you predict and carry out your own future. You do have the ability to create your own success. If you are constantly thinking negatively about yourself and what you need to do, you only makes it all the harder a task... and it becomes all the easier to just give in to your negative thinking. Being a negative thinker may seem "natural", but learning to give yourself credit, to look for the positives in yourself, and to say "I can do this" is an essential part of recovery. Affirmations can help. Motivational exercises/games can help. Doing a gratitude list each day ("Today I'm thankful for [fill in the blanks]" -- it can be as simple as "I'm thankful I made it through today" or "I'm thankful for supportive friends"). Asking those you love and trust to give you a different (healthier) perspective can help. Surrounding yourself with supportive people can help. Something as simple as a bumper sticker on the ceiling above your bed that says "I CAN DO IT" can help. Find creative ways to be your own cheerleader, and to ask for reassurance when you're having a hard time. Support Network: Is it impossible to recover all on your own? Probably not. Is it more helpful to have supportive people around you? Absolutely. It is important to surround yourself will people who will encourage your recovery; Who will provide you with some accountability while you're learning to be accountable to yourself; Who will listen to what you are going through and what you are feeling. A therapist, a support group, a close friend, a spouse or partner, a family member, or even an online bulletin board... they can all be supportive in your fight for self discovery and recovery. Ask friends to make you accountable. Ask family members to ask you how you really feel when you start harping on weight and food. Ask your spouse to listen to your insecurities. Ask anyone willing to support you to listen, and ask them for what you need. Personal Responsibility Checklist: Ultimately, you are responsible for your own recovery. Your checklist is the way you learn to be accountable to yourself.
Regardless of coexiting psychological illness, regardless of life circumstance, everyone can improve their life by illiminating the part of them that says "I hate me" and by getting rid of an unhealthy coping mechanism such as an Eating Disorder. Fill up your recovery toolbox, reach out and ask for help, and I know you can do it! |
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| Health & Support | ED Recovery Club | Apr 25 2007 14:49 (UTC) |
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| I would like to join this club. For 2 years now I have been struggling with restricting most of the time, and a form of bulimia also ( not purging by vomiting but excessive exercise). The binges are followed by extreme guilt and lots of tears. I finally looked in my area for help. I have found a place that finally seems like it will be helpful. I have the support of my mom, I would love to have your support and give support also. They have told me to change around what I eat and they said I need to get away from fat free/ sugar free etc food products. My exercise is limited to 30 min a day. This is to concetrate to recover from the obsession/disorder. I found this really neat article on something-fishy.com about recovery. I will post it. |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Apr 23 2007 14:13 (UTC) |
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| I have been binging a lot lately too, at least once or twice a week.
if you had to estimate how many calories you have in a binge, what would it be? |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Apr 23 2007 14:13 (UTC) |
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| Health & Support | when does BC become effective?? | Apr 21 2007 13:44 (UTC) |
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| have you noticed any symptoms being on that? especially weight gain? |
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| Fitness | HELP! Reducing Chest Size | Apr 20 2007 17:05 (UTC) |
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| Yeah I actually just switched yesterday to Ortho Tri-Cyclin Lo
Has anyone taken this or taking it? What symptoms occured for you? |
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| Foods | Dole Whip Ice cream | Apr 20 2007 16:40 (UTC) |
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| no its actually a soft serve type ice cream that is served at ice cream stands and such. | |||
| Fitness | HELP! Reducing Chest Size | Apr 20 2007 01:22 (UTC) |
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| yeah i'm actually going tomorrow to see if it can get altered. The bodice is kinda different so we weren't sure if it would work but we will see and I will post.
I won't be going on any crazy diets though, I am recovering from an eating disorder. I am just going to maintain and get over this (because the dietitian said so).
I'm changing pills though because I know that the BC is the reason.
Thanks! |
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| Fitness | HELP! Reducing Chest Size | Apr 19 2007 17:35 (UTC) |
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| haha well thats what my boyfriend keeps saying.
The reason why it's bothering me is because my prom dress can't zip up toward that region. It zips up my waist and everything, but is trouble there. I think it is the birth control because before that I had lost weight to my current weight and I was like 'where did they go?!?" Then when I went on it, it was 'Hello, surprise surprise' haha anyone have any suggestions??! |
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| Fitness | HELP! Reducing Chest Size | Apr 19 2007 17:20 (UTC) |
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| just in my breasts | |||
| Foods | Dole Whip Ice cream | Apr 18 2007 17:02 (UTC) |
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| anyonee?! | |||
| Weight Loss | Find your twin on CC! | Apr 18 2007 16:42 (UTC) |
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5'8"
18 years old, female Start weight: 167 lbs Current Weight: 145 lbs Would like to get to: 140 lbs Medium Frame Let me know! |
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| Weight Loss | Find your twin on CC! | Apr 18 2007 16:42 (UTC) |
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| double post. sorry. | |||
| Weight Loss | Find your twin on CC! | Apr 18 2007 16:42 (UTC) |
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| Health & Support | ~~Bingers Anonymous~~ | Apr 18 2007 15:35 (UTC) |
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| I have been binging more often for the past two months or so. Like once or twice a week.
I did it again yesterday. I did a basic calculation and it was around 5000. I felt awful and cried to my mom after. I am trying to work my way through an eating diorder that is not exactly anorexia, binge eating disorder, or bulima. A bit of each I guess. I just need support. Please help. |
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| Foods | Is it bad to consume alot of carbs?? | Apr 12 2007 15:52 (UTC) |
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| I actually just saw a dietitian yesterday. She talked about this. Carbs are absolutely essential for you, you need them. Her analogy was that carbs are like the gas in your car. They are turned into gluclose which the brain needs to function. If it is not getting sufficient amounts then it starts to eat away at your lean muscle, then eventually it may start at your fat tissue. It starts at the muscle first though, so you would lose that. Thats pointless because many of us would like to be lean and have muscle tone. So long story short, don't skimp on carbs. The calories are what makes you gain or lose weight. |
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| Recipes | dessert ideas, that are not sugar free, fat free | Apr 12 2007 15:46 (UTC) |
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| oo fruit cobbler, yumm! | |||
| Motivation | :-( | Apr 12 2007 15:43 (UTC) |
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| yeah other dinner ideas would be: baked fish with a baked sweet potato clear broth soup with a sandwhich lean cuisine (something quick) even omelet with veggies would have more protien and a piece of bread |
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| Recipes | dessert ideas, that are not sugar free, fat free | Apr 12 2007 14:38 (UTC) |
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| anyone have any other ideas??! :) | |||
| Recipes | dessert ideas, that are not sugar free, fat free | Apr 12 2007 02:51 (UTC) |
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| mmm sounds good, thanks! | |||
| The Lounge | tragus piercing | Apr 08 2007 19:29 (UTC) |
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| so you do need the pliers to take the beads in and out? is it hard the change them? also, how long did you wait to change your ring after you got it pierced? |
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