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| Weight Loss | What is going on? | May 01 2009 20:13 (UTC) |
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It's possible that with all of the excersise you're doing, you're not actually eating enough calories. I'm also 5'4" but don't excersise at all and have an estimated calorie burn of 1800 a day. To lose weight it's recommended that I eat 1200-1300 cals a day so the difference between what I burn and what I eat is still less than 1000 calories. I imagine that if you exersize you burn more calories in a day than I do, so you also need to eat more. When you said you don't eat crap, did you mean you don't eat bad foods or that you hardly eat anything? Believe it or not, you can stop loosing weight if you eat too little. |
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| Recipes | Looking for a healthy pizza style recipe | Feb 21 2009 18:23 (UTC) |
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Original Post by kaileysgran: The link to print it doesn't work. Can you give me the link to go straight to the recipie? I'd really like to try it. :) Also, do you know how many servings this makes? |
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| Health & Support | Cravings and Vitamin Deficiencies | Feb 14 2009 17:27 (UTC) |
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Original Post by silverbutterfly: Thank you, silverbutterfly. This was the kind of response I had in mind when I first posted this. I had heard of cravings signaling deficiencies and wanted to see if anyone had experienced something like I'm experiencing right now. Your craving isn't exactly like mine, but your response is way more on track than the others I've recieved. I have the same problem of craving this so badly even after I've eaten a good meal. Like I mentioned, I will eat like half a bag of chips each day, and I've never had cravings like this before. I did call my doctor (before even posting this) and have an appointment to see him. I'm just the kind of person who likes to do some research before going in so that I can be informed. Anyone else had similar experiences with cravings and vitamin deficiencies? :) |
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| Health & Support | Cravings and Vitamin Deficiencies | Feb 14 2009 01:42 (UTC) |
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camilyna: I couldn't get to the video with the link you gave me... what was it about or what were the search words you used? Thanks.
And to clarify for anyone else who reads this post, my question is not about the nutritional value of my cravings or how to stop them. There are certain cravings that signify certain vitamin deficiencies and I was wondering if this could be one of those. If you are not a doctor, nutritionist, or other health expert, please do not respond. Thank you. |
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| Weight Loss | Im Confused | Feb 13 2009 20:57 (UTC) |
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I agree that for the amount of activity that you get working out, 1300 cals is probably too little. (I don't work out at all, have a desk job, study all night, and still eat 1200-1300 cals a day... And still lose weight if I stick to that count.) You might want to try sticking to your "maintainance" calorie count for a few weeks to let your body's metabolism get back on track. Then try recalculating your burn, maintenance, and restriction for weight loss calorie amounts. Another suggestion (if you're still not happy with the results), is to include more protein in your diet. I've read about several studies that proved that people who included 10-20 grams of protien above the usual daily recommendation in their diet lost more weight than those who ate exactly the daily recommended amounts. Also try to keep in mind that certain foods (like those that are high in salt and sugar) will make you gain a few pounds. Those pounds will drop again in a day or two if you drink plenty of water and watch the amount of salt/sugar you consume. I don't know if any of this helps, but I hope you can find at least one of these suggestions useful. :) |
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| Weight Loss | Depression... | Jan 21 2009 21:48 (UTC) |
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I know it's expensive, but counseling helps... even if you don't have much to say either than "I get sad around this time." It's still nice to have someone you can completely confide in and who is there to give non-judgmental help. I was so resistant at first because I thought it meant that I wasn't strong enough to handle my own life, but I've changed my mind. It never hurts to ask for help. :) |
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| The Lounge | need advice/opinions about job | Nov 06 2008 00:04 (UTC) |
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I'd deffinitely go for whatever you feel will help you grow the most. You seem to really want that other job instead of retail, so go for it. :) |
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| Fitness | A Girl Question/I'm just curious... | Oct 28 2008 05:39 (UTC) |
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Maybe you're just tightening the straps too much? I don't know, just a suggestion... |
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| Weight Loss | Today is my anniversary >>NEED HELP!! | Oct 18 2008 16:31 (UTC) |
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I'm with Vicki... Just enjoy the day. You don't want to spend such a special day worrying about calories. :) |
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| Health & Support | Binge. What am I missing? | Oct 02 2008 22:14 (UTC) |
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I've read that salt and sugar increase your appetite, as well as high levelsof vitamin B. (Which is weird because vitamin B is also supposed to aid in weight loss. How can you loose weight with vitamin B if it makes you hungrier??) Copy & paste the following link into your web browser so you an see some examples of what this person claims increases appetite: http://loseweight.haktanir.org/2007/02/foods- that-increase-appetite.html |
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| Health & Support | Birth Control. | Sep 30 2008 20:08 (UTC) |
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I would never reccomend not using a condom nowadays. You need that protection from STDs because some don't show up on tests for months, and some are deadly. Plus, with the rise in sex addictions nowadays, you never know if your partner is telling the truth about who he/she is sleeping with or what they might have. Use the condom to protect yourself. |
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| Fitness | Need good running songs! | Sep 27 2008 18:21 (UTC) |
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Any Metallica from before 2000 pretty much. Some Cowboy Mouth- Easy, Jenny Says, Why You Wanna Do Me?, Drummer Man, Let Me Hold it Open... You have to be selective with Cowboy Mouth... Some stuff is really good, some is way too country for my tastes... LOL Some Garbage- Breaking up the Girl, When I grow up, I'm Only Happy when it Rains, Cherry Lips, Special Jimi Hendrix Beatles Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Start Me Up AC/DC Offspring Linkin Park Papa Roach Nine Inch Nails I'm a big fan of 80's rock/pop/dance too, so these are the kinds of things that are on my playlists... LOL |
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| Recipes | Honey Molasses Harvest Cookies (50 cal/cookie!) | Sep 25 2008 20:19 (UTC) |
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Original Post by smwhipple: it randomly inserts a space, so just check for spaces, delete the space, and hit enter again. |
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| Foods | Snack Veggies | Sep 13 2008 18:39 (UTC) |
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cherry tomatoes, but you have to be careful not to squish them... Cucumber is good with some lime and paprika sprinkled on top. |
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| Health & Support | Kinda gross question, please be sensitive! | Sep 12 2008 23:11 (UTC) |
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don't know... when I got constipated it took about a week, but I was taking miralax and also changed my diet... I think it's different for everyone... good luck |
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| New Members | Birthday blues | Sep 11 2008 23:15 (UTC) |
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Your birthday only comes once a year, so enjoy it! I would eat all the goodies I wanted that day. If you feel like your stomach might hurt after all that, then just serve yourself smaller portions. But just so you know, I wouldn't deny myself anything on my b-day. :) |
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| Foods | Nutrition Bars | Sep 06 2008 19:09 (UTC) |
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I have the same situation you do. The two protien bars that I really like are the Atkins Peanut Butter chocolate bars and the Special K Double Chocolate bars.
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| Weight Loss | I'm SO hungry today | Sep 05 2008 20:45 (UTC) |
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Maybe you're just eating unhealthy foods. I just scrarffed down a couple of brownies, a cookie, and a raspberry tart... over 1000 cals and my goal is 1200 cals for the day... of course I'll be starving the rest of the day... So my suggestion is eat a huge salad for dinner with as little dressing as possible. That's what I'll be doing... And if you're worried about nutrition, maybe you should take a daily vitamin in addition to eating healthy foods. Something to keep in mind, foods that are high in added sugar, salt, and fat are not only higher in calories, but they actually increase your appetite, so you want to keep eating more all day.... Good luck, you're not alone :) |
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| Health & Support | Sleep Deprived! PLEASE HELP! | Sep 05 2008 19:43 (UTC) |
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Yoga relaxes the hell outta me. I don't even bother trying to do homework on yoga nights... LOL I told my yoga instructor about how well I sleep at night and we had a discussion about how much trouble I have falling asleep at night (3-4 hours is a GOOD night for me...). She said to try the downward-facing dog pose for a few minutes (like 3-5 minutes) and it should help me sleep better. Haven't tried it yet, but it's worth a shot. (Here's a link to some instructions in case you don't know how to do this pose yet http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/info/downward-faci ng-dog.asp )
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| Weight Loss | Response to ALL succesful losers | Sep 05 2008 19:26 (UTC) |
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I take a Vitamin B suppliment too, and even though it increases my appetite, I have successfully lost 2 lbs a week for the past 3 months. I just have to make sure that if I snack on stuff, that it's healthy, low cal stuff like fruit & veggies. When I forget to take my b-vitamin, I like to drink Propel waters because they are low cal and high in vitamin b...
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| Motivation | Food Addict: Is there a support group? | Sep 03 2008 19:44 (UTC) |
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Sometimes you can find recovery programs for addictions online. I did a quick google search for "food addiction" and got these websites. Hope it helps a little bit...
http://www.addictionrecov.org/food.htm http://www.realizationcenter.net/fdaddct.htm http://www.foodaddictsinrecovery.com/id9.html http://www.foodaddiction.com/Resources.html
Good luck :)
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| Weight Loss | Will going off birth control help lose weight? | Sep 02 2008 22:30 (UTC) |
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This may not help you at all... BUT I started calorie-counting about a month before I started on BCP, so have not noticed any weight gained since I started (I'm actually loosing weight because of CC). I couldn't tell you if it makes any difference. |
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| Calorie Count | my burn-meter just changed and i didn't do anything: wut?!?!? | Sep 02 2008 09:04 (UTC) |
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Original Post by keb1984: Aha! Thanks :) |
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| Health & Support | Need a little lady help. :) | Sep 01 2008 22:31 (UTC) |
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Another possibility is endometriosis. I've had this problem since I was 12 (I'm now 25) and didn't know what it was until I asked my doctor about it after the pains went away when I started taking birth control pills. Appearantly, it's to blame for the pains I got in my tummy, back, and colon every month around the time of my period. (Maybe TMI, but I couldn't poop because it was too painful. I thought it was just constipation, so I never asked about it until one week, after being on the pill a couple of months, I didn't have that pain anymore.) And in case you're wondering what endometriosis is, it's something along the lines of tissue growing outside your uterus (instead of staying inside like it should). The pressure from the new tissue causes pains as it grows, but then it dies and the pain goes away after your period... but next month it's regrown, and the cycle continues. I was surprised to hear that this could ever happen in the first place, and even more suprised that the doctor had seen patients who had endometriosis up to thier arms or legs! Anyway, it's appearantly quite common and the main treatment for it is birth control pills, so that's why the pains went away when I started taking the pill... I'm only going into this long explaination, because if I had only known about this, I wouldn't have had to suffer all through my teen and early college years. Go figure! |
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| Motivation | Lost 100lbs 80lbs more to go and starting to lose my motivation. Any help? | Sep 01 2008 22:02 (UTC) |
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You lost 100 lbs?! That's amazing! You're my hero :) I know you can make it through the last 80.... |
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| Weight Loss | A Student in Need of Help | Aug 31 2008 04:03 (UTC) |
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Salads, a pre-packed tuna lunch thingy (with a pack of gum or a toothbrush & toothpaste for right after!), sandwiches, protien bars, veggies and hummus, healthy cereal (you can get the little carton of milk at school)... any veggies/ fruit they sell at the cafeteria should be fine just take into account weather you think the veggies are fried, sauteed, or steamed, or if they have any added butter, etc. And of course, it's okay to treat yourself to something that's not TOTALLY healthy every once in awhile :) I pack breakfast on the go for myself (cuz I always wake up like 10 mins before I'm supposed to be in class...) and that usually consists of a fruit (apple, plum, pear, peach, handfull of berries, etc.), some type of juice or propel drink, and either a slice of double fiber bread or stick of light string cheese. This wouldn't be enough for me at lunch time, but it's just an example. |
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| Motivation | Bit Too Good For Its Own Good | Aug 31 2008 03:40 (UTC) |
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Original Post by carrie317: I have a problem with it on my pc too... No matter what weight I put in (200 lbs or 106 lbs) the model doesn't change. It's stuck at whatever I put in when I first logged on I guess... too bad :( |
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| Calorie Count | my burn-meter just changed and i didn't do anything: wut?!?!? | Aug 29 2008 18:22 (UTC) |
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I've had something similar happen. My burn meter used to be set at 1800 (sedentary) then I add my activities. Now it defaults at 1740 instead, which means less cals I can consume if I want the same deficit... I didn't change anything either. It just showed up that way one day and I haven't figured out what happened or how to get it to go back to 1800... |
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| Foods | One Food | Aug 26 2008 06:49 (UTC) |
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Anything Italian!!! I love pastas and cheeses and sauces.... yuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmah
*edit* Damn!! I saw cheesecake above and now I'm really debating... I literally CAN eat a WHOLE cheesecake in one sitting cuz I just love it so much! But, I can also eat ton's of pasta in one sitting.... Wow, tough choice :) |
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| Young Calorie Counters | My boyfriend cheated on me with more than one girl. | Aug 26 2008 06:27 (UTC) |
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He is an ass and will never love you as much as you've cared about him. In fact, he doesn't care about you at all. I'm sorry, I know this sounds harsh, but you have to face the truth. You deserve better. You deserve to be happily in love with someone who respects you and is faithful to you. He is obviously not that person.
** And I would report him to the police. We have a right and duty to report child abuse and/or rape of a person at any age. |
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