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| Weight Loss | weight loss after college | Jul 07 2008 01:45 (UTC) |
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I am in the same situation as you are. I just got done with college less than two months back and in the last 4 years I developed the worst eating habits ever. Sometimes I would completely skip meals and sometimes I would eat, eat and eat!! I would eat any time in the day and the food I was eating was not good either. I just joined cc but I started getting into healthy habits a little more than a month ago. I am used to it now and my lifestyle has already changed!! I started by avoiding fattening food like chocolates, ice cream, cakes etc. I went on a week of diet where I only had healthy food i.e: No sugar, no fried food etc. That was the hardest week ever. I was just trying to get my system clean for a new healthy start. My second step was to start exercising. I do cardio (stairs) anywhere from 3-6 days a week. I dont exercise for hours.. but let my body decide how much exercise it wants. (It mainly depends on what I have planned for the week. If I am going out to the mall.. and I know I am going to walk for a few hours, I skip the normal exercise!). I started eating three heatly meals.. and I NEVER skip breakfast anymore. I also dont skip dinner (which I normally did when I was in college!). I also have some healthy snacks, which actually increased my food intake. But the unhealthy food is being replaced by healthy... hence the increase in metabolism and also less calories! And believe me... fattening and oily food does not appeal me anymore. I have also started drinking about 2 litres (68 ounces) of water day... which is a HUGE change as I never really drank water before. I never liked soda, so the only fluis I really drink is tea (both green and black), coffee, water and sometimes juice. Everyone has noticed my weight loss.. (within a month!), and it makes me feel awsome. I have not weighed myself though.. as I want to really have lost significant weight when i do weigh myself. I have just started and I am crossing my fingers and waiting for results!! :D |
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| Weight Loss | Do you eat out of boredom? | Jul 06 2008 22:39 (UTC) |
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I am sure that I eat when I am bored, because I eat the most when I am home alone and have nothing planned for the day. I will sit in front of the T.V and go the refrigerator every 30 minutes and get something to eat. I think that when our mind is not occupied.. we need something to think about.. so we tend to think about all the yummy treats that are hidden in the kitchen! Thats one reason I try to keep myself busy, so that I dont think about what I should eat next!! I think that it happens to most of us, because some of my friends have confessed to over-eating when they are home alone and bored. So you are not alone in this. Some people are also emotional eaters though.. so if you find yourself eating when you are sad, anxious or unhappy.. then it shows that you eat when you are getting emotional. Did you know that food can also act as anti-depressant for some people by releasing hormones that actually make you feel good? Who would have guessed that our body is trying to lure us into eating more? If you do find yourself eating when you are in a bad mood or depressed, I would recommend you to do something that makes you feel better, or talk to someone instead of getting something to eat. Afterall, all these things do the same thing.. make you feel less sad and more at ease! |
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| Weight Loss | Eating healthy... yet not losing a lb.! | Jul 04 2008 00:57 (UTC) |
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jlapj, The link you sent me was really cool! I will get my measurements everyday and see if there is a difference. Thanks a ton! bryndhildr, I wish it was muscle gain, but I dont think so! |
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| Weight Loss | How do I increase my metabolism? | Jun 25 2008 01:58 (UTC) |
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Thanks a lot. My BMR is 1300. I will try doing that and I will cross my fingers and hope all goes well. :) |
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| Weight Loss | How do I increase my metabolism? | Jun 25 2008 01:31 (UTC) |
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Thanks for the reply. I did do research on how many calories I needed to have per day for my height, weight and age.. and according to different sources I should have 1300 to 1500 calories. The thing is I dont know what kind of food I should eat because whenever I eat something more than my normal amount... I seem to gain weight. Do you think I should ease into having more healthy calories per day? I am sort of frustrated right now and my mom seemed to think that having less calories should help me lose weight! |
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| Weight Loss | The "Skinny B**** " | Jun 23 2008 03:03 (UTC) |
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Its almost opposite in my case but not quite. I just graduated from my Uni. a month back and the hectic schedule did not allow me to exercise like I use to. I ended up gaining more than 20 pounds which is a lot when you consider my height which is 5'1". When my mom came to visit me, she had lost more than 30 pounds and now we wear the same size clothes. I am 23 and she is 46! My mom was pretty shocked when she saw me and she started ordering me to not have fattening food... she did not even let me put any sugar in my coffee!! She is also taller than me, hence though we wear the same size, she looks skinnier than I do. It got frustrating when she tried to impose herself on me and not let me eat anything at all when all I wanted was some coffee with sugar. I do want to loose weight though and I am starting on a diet and am also joining a gym (that I had stopped going to months ago)!! And seriously... I think you look great at your current weight and if you want to lose 15 more pounds, dont let anyone tell you different. I think it is a little hard on people who are quite not your size to look at you nd be envious and wish they were your size but just dont have the will power to do it. If your mom feels insecure about your current weight, then dont talk to her about it... afterall, as long as you feel good, its all that counts! |
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