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| Weight Loss | why do you REALLY want to lose weight [be honest] | Mar 31 2009 00:38 (UTC) |
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I have gained 25 pounds in the 18 months and I really want to loose it again so I can stop worrying that when I meet people who I haven't seen in ages they'll think "God she's got fat!" I want to be able to wear what I want and look good. I want to stop avoiding being in photographs because I'll look fat next to all my skinny friends. I want to dance confidently in clubs again, I used to LOVE dancing but now I feel too self-concious. I want to fit back into my black skinny jeans. |
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| Weight Loss | lose 10 pounds by April 28th!!. Anyone want to join in? | Mar 23 2009 15:17 (UTC) |
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I have almost the exact same stats as the person about me. I'm 5 ft 9 and currently 150pounds, I'm aiming for 140 by the 28th April. I hope I can do it! |
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| Weight Loss | Calling all TALL women... PLEASE!! 5'9 or taller | Mar 22 2009 12:39 (UTC) |
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5"9 here and 154 pounds. I'm aiming for 135 which means I have 20 pounds to loose. I've gone a bit off track at the moment because I haven't been exercising enough I think. I'm going to restart walking and jogging and eat about 1400 calories. |
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| Weight Loss | Pet Peeve - Teenagers who diet when they don't need to | Sep 06 2008 03:37 (UTC) |
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"To all the young girls out there....CURVES ARE BEAUTIFUL! A REAL MAN WILL LOVE YOUR CURVES!" I hate to rain on the parade but I' honestly sick of people saying this. What about those of us who aren't naturally curvey? I am a 32AA bra size with a small bum, all the extra weight I am carrying seems to just go onto my stomach and thighs. I'll never be a "curvy" girl, if I don't shift these extra pounds I'll just be a fat girl with no cleavage. Is that attractive? It's disusting how much having large breasts or a "booty" is promoted as "what men want" and people are happy to say "REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES" but nobody would ever say "Men don't like fatties". There are two "ideals" in society: The curvey girl with cleavage and an hourglass figure or the super-skinny super model with the chest of a 12 year old boy. I will never be the first one so I feel under constant pressure to conform to the latter. It's still not OK to be chubby with small breasts, "worst of both worlds" so to speak. I'm not being negative, I'm just saying that before people rattle of the old "real women have curves" saying, have a think about how you would feel if you didn't. |
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| Health & Support | Help :( I think I may have an Eating Disorder.. | Aug 28 2008 10:02 (UTC) |
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Original Post by bonjourlaure: Dead on. Or in my case it was anyway. When I used to have an ED, doing many of the things you describe, I used to be extrememly secretive about it but then just occasionally I'd have the strangest urges to tell people about how little I'd eaten that day or how much weight I was losing. It was usually when I'd had a few drinks and for some reason I wanted people to either pity me or admire my willpower. I think what it actually was was my survival instinct making a desperate cry for help. You sound like you should definately check out the somethingfishy website suggested above and probably try and make youself speak to someone, if you can. I had prolonged behaviour like yours and ended up letting it take over my life. I'd avoid social situations for fear of having to eat, weigh myself mulitple times a day and and even started smoking as I thought it would help me loose more weight. Please don't let it go unchecked. Anorexia is a miserable way of life and you're better trying to nip it in the bud rather than letting it go unchecked. Good luck. |
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| Health & Support | Secret eating...thrill factor binging? | Jul 23 2008 23:37 (UTC) |
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Yes it is harsh, and unneccesarry to be honest. Do you not think I KNOW these things? A "binge" is an episode of eating where you feel out of control. I am already incredibly ashamed and disgusted at myself every time I do this. It makes me guilty ridden and unhappy and yet I can't stop it. I was looking for help on how to control it. Instead of offering me help or support your cruel response has made me feel so much worse. I understand your take on "tough love" but I think I, along with all the other people who suffer from binging on this forum, are already critical enough of ourselves without having more nasty little voices added to chorus. As someone who has had a diasnosed ED in the past, the feelings of self-loathing are very easily triggered. You may have the willpower of a saint, but not all of us do, and some of us really struggle. Maybe next time you respond to a problem imagine how YOU would feel in that persons shoes, and the kind of constructive replies you appreciate on your questions. |
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| Weight Loss | 5'8" to 5'9" | Jul 23 2008 03:32 (UTC) |
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I'm 5 ft 9, currently 144, aiming for 130. I would strongly advise against anyone of my height going much lower than 130. I used to suffer from an eating disorder and got down to just about 120. I looked unhealthily skinny and I was always cold and tired, I think losing when you are within the healthy BMI range already is fine, but don't go outside it. |
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| Weight Loss | Food Hangover? | Jul 21 2008 18:46 (UTC) |
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Wow, thanks for directing me to that. I never thought to search for "food hangover" in the older posts because it seemed like such a ridiculous term, but someone else did actually say it!
Original Post by bugsylover:
This describes exactly how I feel after a binge too. I hate the fact that there is nobody to blame for my binging other than myself. It's one of the few scenarios in my life where I'm literally the ONLY one who can control it and yet it's just too too hard. |
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| Weight Loss | Why does my goal date keep moving? | Jul 21 2008 18:42 (UTC) |
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I noticed this too, I think it's because as you loose weight your BMR decreases so you have to either lower your daily intake or up your exercise burn to keep on loosing. A 200 pound person could loose weight eating 1800 cals per day, while a 150 pound person would probably just maintain on that amount. When you weigh less your body requires less calories. Try lowering you intake and see if this makes a difference.
Hope this helps! |
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| Games & Challenges | 6 weeks, 10 pounds, no excuses! You in? | Jun 27 2008 14:42 (UTC) |
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I lost 2.5 pounds this week guys! I'm chuffed. Think I'm gonna do a final weigh in every Friday now. I do tend to weigh myself at least every other day but taking note of only one reading per week will help to even out any fluctuations. I'm 139.5 now....only 9.5 pounds to go. If I can keep going at 2 pounds a week I'm gonna make it! Keep it up eveyone! |
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| Games & Challenges | 6 weeks, 10 pounds, no excuses! You in? | Jun 26 2008 16:56 (UTC) |
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burnyh short hair is the way forward, I'm thinking of getting mine cut next week but I'm a bit nervous. I had a nightmare weigh in this morning, 144.5. I'm almost certain it's mainly water weight though, there's no way I could gain 4.5 pounds in 2 days. I have been binging a bit but I'm going through a lot of man-related drama so I'm comfort eating a bit. Time to pick myself up and get back on track! |
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| Weight Loss | SATC movie... samantha's weight | Jun 26 2008 16:48 (UTC) |
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Original Post by killerqueen215: I think you just gave me my new life phlosophy, thanks! x |
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| Weight Loss | SATC movie... samantha's weight | Jun 24 2008 15:52 (UTC) |
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Original Post by spirochete: Ahahahhaha. "The Blimp" should be a superhero with the power of making emaciated hollywood celebrities admit what they really eat instead of all the size zero girls mouthing off about how they eat 5 bags of crisps and a big mac every day. That "white man with a baby" comment from miranda was shocking and small-minded, it's true, but probably quite accurate for her character. At least it seemed like an honest comment, actually speaking her mind as opposed to Samantha's cheerful laughter as people mocked her size.I'm sure even a woman as confident as samantha would take cruel comments like that more personally. |
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| Games & Challenges | 6 weeks, 10 pounds, no excuses! You in? | Jun 24 2008 15:08 (UTC) |
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aww gorgeous dress, read an article the other day about dip-dye stuff being very "This season" , dahling! Hehehe. I'm no officially 140 which means 10 pounds to go....I'm feeling really positive today, I KNOW I can do this....and so can you guys! I kind of want to find a nice dress or something to have my eye on when I reach my goal weight. I'm thinking of a nice new pair of jeans maybe. |
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| Motivation | It's Friday and I'm not sure I won't binge again... | Jun 23 2008 18:31 (UTC) |
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Wow, your stats are basically the same as mine. I'm ft 9 and 140.5, aiming for 130 at the moment. I do the same weekend thing, I'm at university and I go home to my parents house which is always full of junk. I have something to drink and then I just think "F- it, I've started so I might as well keep going.." It's a killer. I also understand the slow weightloss. I think if your BMI is already in the "healhty" range it is more difficult to loose weight as your Metabolic base rate is dependant on your BMI. |
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| Motivation | Does anyone else photo-document? | Jun 23 2008 16:10 (UTC) |
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| i photodocumented yesterday. I felt so dumb standing in my underwear infront of the mirror with my camera but it'll be worth it when I start to see a difference! | |||
| Young Calorie Counters | newbie-not trying to lose but to maintain...any buddies??? | Jun 23 2008 14:42 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the add Johnathon! Once I've shifted this 10 pounds I'll be looking to maintain too, wish I was already there though! What are your stats? I'm 5 ft 8 and 140.5, looking to be 130. |
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| Games & Challenges | 6 weeks, 10 pounds, no excuses! You in? | Jun 23 2008 14:40 (UTC) |
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Ahh late night eating....the sabotage of so many of my good diet days I've already lost a couple of pounds after the first 2 days....water weight probably but it's put me at just above 140 so now I really do have 10 pounds to loose. Hope everyone is doing good!
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| Weight Loss | Celebrity Measurements...? | Jun 23 2008 01:01 (UTC) |
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Sigh, how depressing, most of the girls at my height are 20-30 pounds lighter than I am.... |
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| New Members | Hello all, need to get back in shape | Jun 22 2008 20:02 (UTC) |
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My anorexia started with starvation, eating only 300-600 calories a day for weeks on end, but then having on and off binging episodes where I would feel so out of control I'd eat hundreds of cals worth of whatever it was that triggered me then sometimes make myself sick. After I'd "recovered" I would eat more, between 1500 and 1800 calories a day but would go to the gym and burn off almost 1000 cals per day. I don't think this was real "recovery" as I would still stress over my weight constantly and write down every thing I ate. It all stopped when I went to university and was taken out of my comfort zone completely. I moved away from home with no scales and, due to a demanding course, not a lot of time to exercise. As a result I've gained over a stone in the last 18 months and the modelling career has gone down the tubes. Now I want to try to get both back on track but do it the healthy way. Today I've eaten about 1200 calories and burned off 800 at the gym, but I feel really good. I'll probably eat a bit more before bed but I'm hoping for a 2-3 pound loss for this week. Thanks for the support. What about you, do you feel fully "recovered" or is it like my feeling which is that I will never be totally "free" from my eating disorder but am trying to learn to manage it? ella xx |
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| Games & Challenges | Lose 10 pounds by July 24th, Anyone want to be my buddy (buddies)? | Jun 22 2008 14:30 (UTC) |
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If you are still looking for a buddy I'd love to help motivate eachother. I'm 5 ft 9 and 143 pounds. It doesn't seem like much but I used to model and be 126. I'm a UK size12 now and would love to get down to an 8 but it's proving near impossible. I post on here quite a lot but woud love to do weigh ins etc on this thread to keep track of our progress. I'm off down the gym! Ella xx |
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| Games & Challenges | 6 weeks, 10 pounds, no excuses! You in? | Jun 22 2008 14:24 (UTC) |
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Hi, I know I'm a bit late in joining but I am SO up for the challenge of loosing 10 pounds by August 1st. My Current weight is around 143 and I wanna get down to 130 so this sounds ideal. I've eaten 750 calories for breakfast/lunch today. Now I'm going down the gym to try to burn off all 750 cals and then I'm going to have 300 cals for dinner. We have FIVE WEEKS left to shift those 10 pounds, which means we need to loose 2 pounds per week...totally managable- stay motivated!!! |
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| Weight Loss | ugh, thought id stopped binge eating! | Jun 22 2008 13:36 (UTC) |
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I do the same thing sometimes, binging is THE WORST feeling ever afterwards. All you can do is tell yourself how much worse it could have been and vow to correct the damage tomorrow. I try to treat myself occasionally to prevent my binging behaviour but sometimes it happens anyway. It's important to identify which situations are most likely to trigger a binge. For me it's either babysitting my niece at my aunts house, who always has junk food in, or sitting watching TV in the evening instead of going out of tp the gym. If you can't avoid the situations brace yourself to want to binge and just tell yourself how much better you will feel tomorrow if you don't. |
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| Fitness | Gym ettiquette | Jun 22 2008 09:06 (UTC) |
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I hate it when a guy stares at me at the gym, find it uncomfortable. I always seem to accidently catch people's eyes in the wall mirror, men and women. I don't do it on purpose, I just can't look at myself in the mirror while I'm on the treadmill, it makes me dizzy! |
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