Posts by soyboy1

how accurate is that bmi calc? (http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html)

i'm 18, and it states that at 6'3" and 188 lbs I burn 3000 calories while inactive.

seems pretty wild considering I usually aim for 1800-2000 a day. 

I sympathize with people who have such a high level of shyness and anxiety.

I'm nowhere as bad as some people, but my anxiety will prevent me from walking into my college classes late, (almost everyone's attention is diverted to whoever walkes in) so I miss them. It's really stupid, so if it happens again, I think I'm going to force myself to walk through that door. I mean, I'm wasting good money!

He should really work on his insecurity issues, at least that's what I think. Good for you on the weight loss, though!

Original Post by tiffgw:

Original Post by fuzzys:

I do have a difficult time believing anything about your body releasing "toxins" from meat - I would like to see some scientific basis for that.  What does this doctor consider to be toxins?

 Watch Fast Food Nation or Supersize me. Also... imagine if someone took a handful of contraceptive pills all at once or if someone in hormone replacement therapy took their entire bottle at once... yeah, they'd become sick, duh. But the hormones in meat (oh, they're in there) come in small doses so our body goes "Huh? What's this... well, it's not much so I'll just store it," then when new, uninformed vegetarians start eating a barrage of just fruits and vegetables, it detoxifies the body big time and all of those hormones and other toxins stored in the body (from processed foods, the environment, etc) are released all at once. So it's sort of, but not quite like taking too many meds at once. Something like that.... The point is, there are toxic materials in meat because of the living conditions of the animals. Plus, when in detox mode, your body dispells most/all toxins, whether it's from meat or otherwise. This is a good thing, but if it happens like someone dropped a bomb (meaning all at once) then yeah, you're going to get sick.

I went vegetarian at the age of 13 or so and I don't remember ever getting sick. Then again, I never was much for eating meat for dinner as a kid, so the effect was probably not noticeable to me.

Goodluck on your new diet :)

Breakfast/Lunch: 2 cups of rice with 4 oz of noodles, topped off with a little margarine and soy sauce. Also had some Sprite to down it all with.

That's it, unfortunately.  1200 cals is ok, but  I'll try again tomorrow at my goal of 1600 :]