Posts by seizestars

hey guys,

mind if i join in? I know I'm a little late, but I've got the same goal. =)

age: 16

current weight: 145

goal weight: 130

first goal: 140

i'm starting slow, i'm going by goals of five pounds. i originally started losing weight earlier this summer but i backslid bad after losing about five pounds. i was so annoyed with myself. i haven't been under 130 in almost a year, now, but i know if i let myself go on eating badly like this much longer i'm gonna be caught in a cycle.

also, i don't know if any of you happen to have this in common, but I have Crohn's disease. So far it hasn't given me any trouble, thank goodness.

I run two miles almost every day, but because my calories are usually way out of line i never lose weight [although i have gained more definition in other areas]. i'm taking up jump roping starting this week [burns 950 calories an hour, wow] and might throw in biking and stuff. mostly, besides just losing weight, i want to gain a lot of muscle tone and definition.

I'm hoping to reach 140 by early-mid september.

I'm sixteen and had a colonoscopy/endoscopy six months ago, when I was fifteen [so it may be a little different for me than it is for you, since i'm younger, but probably the basics are still there]

just a word of comfort: the prep is the worst part. drinking the nasty stuff, feeling like you cannot drink any more of it, wanting to spit it back up....it's bad. The drug they put you on is Versed, usually, which is just a drug that keeps you awake but makes you forget everything....I remember it being like a blur, a whirlwind around me, and then it was over. by the time i had my procedure i wasn't eating much anyway, my Crohn's disease was pretty bad and I was nauseous the whole time...I'd recommend starting the prep early, unless you already have really good bowel movements/your bowels generally behave well. ;) don't go contrary to the doctor, of course, but I recall having difficulty getting the initial bowel movement to come out.

by the time you stop having bowel movements it's basically water and it feels very weird, but at the end you will have nice pictures of your lovely colon [hopefully squeaky clean.] I named mine, since it's given me so much trouble.

his name is Eustace the colon, and he is behaving pretty well these days. You people probably think I'm crazy, naming my organs and stuff, but you know...what else can you do?

good luck with your procedure, I'm sure it will go well. :)

Original Post by fyrfli:

i eat to enjoy, if it isnt very good i have no problem not eating much of it.... but if it is REALLY good i have a hard time telling myself to stop.... i have to remind myself that some things taste better the 2nd day (and that is what i normally order at a restaurant, foods that r better later)... Tho rich food, like ice cream i can only take in small doses, same with strong flavors like dark chocolate a tiny bar will last me 2 or 3 days (i take a tiny bit and let it melt mmm!).

this is me, pretty much.

I have no trouble not finishing things if I get bored with food. but some food it is impossible to truly get bored with....and I eat way too much.

I'm a weird eater, mostly, though. I eat pretty random stuff from day to day, hardly ever the same thing [except breakfast, which is always honey nut cheerios].

thanks for the links and tips!

the diet link made a lot of sense to me and fits right in with what my doctor has said.

I've been meaning to talk to the doc about this particular problem..I will be seeing him sometime the end of this month, though, so I'll question him about it then.

I do exercise. I'm a dancer, and dance three-four times a week, and I run almost every day that I don't dance, for about an hour and a half.

I do ab workouts [not heavy intense workouts, just enough to feel the burn] every night. I have trouble focusing the work on my lower abs, which could be part of the problem.

I'm 5'4 and I know what you mean. ugh. small frame can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your metabolism.