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| Games & Challenges | I want some people who are SERIOUS about losing 15 pounds by Christmas to join me! I need buddies! | Nov 04 2008 07:39 (UTC) |
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i'm so sorry to hear about your stepdad. i wish the best for your family. |
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| Games & Challenges | I want some people who are SERIOUS about losing 15 pounds by Christmas to join me! I need buddies! | Nov 04 2008 07:38 (UTC) |
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ok! so i finally made it to the gym, and then forgot to weigh. i went back two days later and i'm down 2lbs! so on monday nov 3 i'm at 160 (give or take a half pound).
i am finding that going for long runs and plyometrics in the mornings really just gets my day going so well, i have so much more energy throughout the day, and a special little gem i carry with me-- the sunrise, the birds, the colors and smells changing. and plus it makes me super hungry for breakfast, which ends up being so satisfying. i think at the gym i was putting a lot of negative energy into my workout and it was building bulk without streamlining. anyway... hope it keeps working!! |
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| Games & Challenges | I want some people who are SERIOUS about losing 15 pounds by Christmas to join me! I need buddies! | Oct 31 2008 06:41 (UTC) |
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hi! so i didn't make it to the gym today-- i got in my morning run, worked 9 hours, and then had a birthday party to go to-- but i'm gonna Pump some Iron tomorrow and will hit the scale then... hopefully I've budged under 162, but likely I've gone up. My gym has one of those slidey scale things like at the doctor's office, so it's always a rough estimate anyway. I just wanna break to the 150 mark... |
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| Health & Support | Mood Disorders support thread | Oct 25 2008 09:16 (UTC) |
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hey you,
it's been a while since this thread was active, but i wanted to respond by saying: sometimes, a therapist's main goal is to put herself out of business. :-) |
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| Motivation | Runners (old, new, getting back to it) looking to increase their mileage | Oct 25 2008 09:09 (UTC) |
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i prefer running outdoors rather than the treadmill-- fresh air, obstacles, new things to see, and new roads to take. it helps increase my mental agility as well as my cardiovascular integrity. i also find that my exhaustion level fluctuates depending on the time of day, how much sleep i've had, how much i've eaten, the weather, and my general mood. i absolutely LOVE morning runs-- not pitch black runs, but around 7:30 in the morning when the sun is just changing from pink to yellow and people are just starting to be out and about. the neighborhoods seem so beautiful then.
i don't look at my mileage as much as i look at my time. i give myself however much time i have and make sure to factor in hills. if i were to train for a particular distance i'd take out the hills and do a mapmyrun.com to figure out the mileage i covered in the amount of time. hills really do work wonders for activating strength beyond your endurance level. also, for every hill i run up, i get to run/walk down!
that's another thing-- if i feel like walking, i walk. it usually comes strongly when i'm dehydrated or tired. most of all i run to connect my brain to my body, and to connect my body to the world around me. i train by accepting each challenge (hill) that comes before me, and doing my best every time. i am sure that with this sort of internal inspiration i could easily run a 5k, 10k, or more. it's both a tricky and wonderful thing to merge the calculations of mileage with the freedom of exploration! good luck to everyone!! |
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| Games & Challenges | I want some people who are SERIOUS about losing 15 pounds by Christmas to join me! I need buddies! | Oct 25 2008 08:51 (UTC) |
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hey! i'm totally in too. i have a goal of 20lb in 6months, since it took me a year to put it on. but i think 15lb in 9 weeks is totally do-able if i have the support of a great group.
CW: 162 GW: 148 |
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| Foods | What would your last meal be? | Oct 13 2008 06:10 (UTC) |
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I'll second that "drowning in whiskey" statement (drowning emphasis mine)... but before the whiskey, I'll take a bottle of 2000 Margaux. This is assuming I won't hit the gas chambers before 2010... |
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| Weight Loss | want to share..want to cry...disaster day | Oct 13 2008 06:00 (UTC) |
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Hey there,
How frustrating that you don't have access to the foods that you like and are used to. Your breakfast certainly lacks protein-- protein will fill you up, help keep you satisfied, and help you not think so much about having more food when you've already eaten. If you can ask the chef to hard boil an egg or two for you in the morning (if you might enjoy eggs, that is), you might feel better when lunchtime rolls around.
I think it's a great idea to have five or six meals a day, as you're doing. But it really seems to me that you're eating a lot of carbs and some fat early in the day, and then by noon or thereabouts, you're starving for protein. The suggestions of canned tuna are great, but for me, I find that if I don't eat some kind of hot protein in one of my three earlier meals, I tend to crave carbs all the rest of the afternoon. I don't know the details of your situation, but I wonder if you're similar to me in that regard.
If you can, try to have some animal proteins in your early meals. Try to avoid starchy carbs after your third meal. And try going for a walk when you're getting frustrated about your studies-- just getting outside, even when it's freezing and smelly and polluted out there-- can really change your perspective on things.
Hope this helps, I really wish you the best in your studies, and I am sorry to hear your parents are so far away. |
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| Health & Support | Mood Disorders support thread | May 08 2007 17:42 (UTC) |
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cerhiunnhn, i'm so sorry to hear about your negative experiences with psychotherapists. as a therapist-in-training, it disappoints me that some mental health practicioners don't see the damage that breaking the patient's trust can do. we're trained to offer the patient an attempt at a reparative emotional experience, and when therapists become corrupted by the power in the relationship they may sometimes end up working out their *own* issues and replaying their *own* patterns which is extremely destructive to the patient.
i hope you find someone whom you can trust to work through your experiences of your mood disorder. therapy can offer a safe space where you can examine your patterns and try to understand what compels you to do things the way you do them. it sounds as if you already are psychologically-minded and that you have a desire for insight. the therapist doesn't know any more than you do about what you're going through, but it's their job to allow you to explore yourself in a safe way. again, i am sorry to hear of your negative experiences. it might be interesting to explore why this has happened to you so consistently, and where else in your life you may see this happening too. therapy is all an experiment! but it should be done safely and in a contained environment, *not* with people who will break your trust. best wishes to you. |
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| Foods | How on earth can POP CORN be BAD? | Apr 12 2007 17:08 (UTC) |
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| i prefer to make popcorn with 1/2 tbsp oil and 3 tbsp corn in a heavy saucepan-- makes about 3 or 4 cups-- and sprinkle nutritional yeast over it. the nutritional yeast has lots of vitamin B12 and makes the popcorn taste nutty and cheesy. it's low sodium, fat free, and a really nice accompaniment to a movie. i believe the whole thing has around 150-200 calories. i can't find a nutritional/caloric assesment of nutritional yeast though. | |||
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