Posts by binkymimo88

Chest...hmm I never really measured and I'm not sure...but I'm a 36 B...

waist-23 hips-35

Original Post by bec88:

I really do not like hitting my calories every day... 1200 is so many and ahhh i just can't get past the mentality that I won't lose weight by eating this much!!!

That being said what should I have for dinner tonight does any one have a nice recipe? I have had around 700 calories today... but would like dinner to be around 300 cals, or under so I can have an icecream or some frozen fruit.

thanks

x   B

1200 is so many? I don't mean to be rude, but that is way too few. I am sure I am older than you - I am 20, and I need at LEAST 1700-1800 just to LIVE. I eat that amount everyday - sometimes more, and exercise and weigh only 105lbs. Do you think I need to lose weight? No. You need to stop being afraid of calories. Eating only 700cals a day is a fast weigh to put on more weight when you start eating normally again. And you will have to unless you want to die. You cannot survive off 700 cals a day forever....you cannot. You will not lose...your body will become a fat storing machine, and I doubt that is what you want, but it IS what you are doing right now, and killing your metabolism. You'd lose more weight by eating about 1500 cals and doing a little exercise. That way at least your body doesn't think your in a famine and will be more willing to let go of fat if it's getting a sufficient amount.

Original Post by erindempsey:

looking at other girls around me, and friends, who r my height, around my size (waist, hips, thighs, boobs, and such) i get confused about y i weigh so much.

im 16, 5'3", thin, work out everyday, so im fairly toned, and eat well, and ppl tell me i am thin, yet i weigh 120-122 lbs. so y do these girls who look exactly like my frame weigh around 105?? it makes me think i am so heavy and stocky.

Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are toned, and they are not, well you are not bigger than they are, you have more muscle so the scale will say more. Scales are not a good indicator of fat percentage. Be proud of that 12o-122 because it means you're in better shape

Original Post by spirochete:

I met my husband online. I prefer young Australian men so that's what I got!

For those who worry about the stigma, we'll YOU'RE online, aren't you? I'll never understand that whole thing over meeting people online. it's like people think they are the only normal human beings to use a computer.

Also, 20 years ago it was considered gross to meet guys at bars. Never hear that one anymore

 True, true. LOL

Australian men...that's funny you mentioned that because a while back I had a HUGE thing for Australian men. I'd take one now if I could

Interesting reads here. Since I lasted posted, I have gained some muscle mass (which is essentially in the long run, what I wanted because looking toned it hot), and I weigh between 104-110 (I'm 5'2)...it depends on the day it seems..I'm not sure what's up with the scale or what my true weight is. For the record as well, I have never had an ED/starved myseld nor have I ever lost my period. I'm 20 years old, and last year when I had a micro-fit test my body fat was 16.5%. STILL had a period. Always have, always normal and right on time. I've always been a small person, and being at this size is what I am most comfortable with, and I do not, nor have I ever look emanciated. I wear a size 3 not a 00. Everyone truly is different. Numbers are numbers, but if you have never seen a person LIVE before, you cannot make such generalized statements. JMO. I am only speaking for myself, and I cannot diagnose others so I'm not applying this post to the whole thread.

Original Post by fycul66:

So i got my first period today and i am a little worried and embarissed. How long do they usually last for(a day, a week?) and any embarisssing stories you have to make me feel better about mine. oh, and how to get rid of blating and cramps. THANKS! (sorry about my poor spelling)

 I won't say "congrats" because let's be honest, periods, SUCK. They are just something that we have to put up with, and seem to come at the most inconvenient of times; vacations, sports games, plays, graduation, sleepovers - you name it. I remember right after I got my first one, I was already calculating how many years until menopause LOL.

Mine last for 5 days - always has, though as others say, how long yours will last is up to your body, and you'll find out once your body gets into a rhythm. That might take a few months. When I started mine, I had two really close together, and then it skipped 3 months....no periods. I thought they were gone, and the whole thing had been a fluke. But then they came back and became regular, and I've had them ever since, like clockwork, give or take some delays due to stressing out/change in diet.

I've never had bad cramps, so I got lucky there. A little uncomfortable the first and second days, but nothing to keep me from doing my daily activities. I believe my consistent exercise has been the cause for that. Blaoting? Well I've had a period for ten years now, and bloating has just now started to creep up on me. I found that drinking LOTS of WATER helps tremendously. Your body will flush out excess water if it knows it will be getting it on a regular basis. Not enough water intake, and your body will store even more, causing you to bloat. Also, avoid salty foods like the plague. I know that sounds hard, especially during PMS, but you don't want to exacerbate the problem ;). Also, exercise....SWEAT. Sweating helps to get rid of extra bodily fluids as well.

Embarrassing stories? Oh yeah, we all have 'em. Let's see. In sixth grade Japanese class, I had white pants on (can you believe it!) and my period had started. Back then, I wasn't so good at tracking, or was really even sure how to, so my periods always seemed to surprise me while in school. Anywayz, I had to stand up in front of the class (half the class was seated facing behind me) and recite some sentences for the teacher. I knew I had blood on my jeans and that at least half the class could see it....you see because in Japanese, it's proper to bow, which means, BENDING over. Clear view, wouldn't ya know....

There was another time that I was at a friend's sleepover....lots of girls around, and we were all playing video games and took terms, and moved down the couch as we got closer to our turn. So my period has just came that day (surprise, surprise) and I only had one pad, and was too embarrassed to ask anyone in the girl's house for one, so I sat there and bled on her furniture Luckily it seemed, that no one was really paying attention (too engrossed in the game) and no one figured out it was I, because literally, everyone ended up sitting in the stain.

Good luck!

Original Post by svkas09:

yay! we can all help eachother out then if anyone's struggling or at a point of halting weight and everything :) right now im working on upping my calorie intake, how much should i be intaking a day? i'm new to healthy eating hah i used to just...not eat, bad i know. but ive been doin pretty well with the healthy foods lately :) just gotta make sure i eating enough because i workout everyday

 From what I have read, you should be taking in no less than 1200 calories (any less than that is basically starvation mode), because that is what one needs just to live and function as a human. If you are doing exercise, I would suggest taking in around 1500-1700 a day depending on how much you do. I'm no expert and these are mrerely estimates, but this seems to be the most common range I have seen. Plus, we are short, so we don't need as many cals as someone who is 5'10

Hi I'm 5'2 1/2 and 105lbs and I want to get back to where I was last summer at an even 100. I feel the most comfortable there, because being so small, a little fat goes a looong way, and it's mostly concentrated in my back - so now I have this bra overhang stuff I never had before and it's bothering me. Also, my jeans are a little tight, and anymore inches and I'll be in the next size. So 5lbs by the end of the month or early Aug. would be great for me. I'm signing up at my local gym tomorrow to have access to machines that I don't have at home. I usually do 45 minutes of morning aerobics, and that has targeted my legs, and arms, and my stomach, so-so, but I really think I need more advanced machines to help me along the rest of the way.

What do you say?...I'm a little shorter, but I'm pretty much in the same ballpark! :D