Posts by homesick18

and one more question- 

is there a point where your muscle looks like muscle without having to MAKE a muscle? not that im trying to get to that point, i was just wondering- i have a very low body fat percentage for a woman, and when i make a muscle with my arm or abdomen or legs, there's hardly any fat at all covering the muscle- but it still looks like fat when im not making a muscle. how is it possible that there are people who look ripped all the time if i have very little body fat, good muscles when i tense them, but just look kinda curvy when im not tensing them? 

no carb usually translates to no starches and no sugary things...

like on atkins, you can't have starchy vegetables like potatoes, butternut squash, pumpkin... but you can have high-water-content vegetables like peppers, celery, broccoli, which are obviously all carbs...   and you can't have fruits

soy delicious makes SUGAR FREE, DAIRY FREE(of course), ALL NATURAL, 80 CALORIE FROZEN FUDGE BARS (!!)... 1 of them is pretty big and sooo good

yumm 

hey just posted this under someone else's thread but it applies here too so... here's what i said:

"wow this is exaaactly like me! i absolutely looooove bad carbs (cake, cookies, ice cream...) and find that i can't have just a little bit. even if i manage just to have a small treat for a few days, eventually i end up going overboard and eating way too much of them.  i wanted to cut them out totally but it was way too hard because i live with my family (im 17) and other people (bros and siss) wanted them around the house.  now though, my last sibling just moved out and i can make the house as healthy as i want! (my parents don't mind either way)  so i got rid of all the cakes and cookies and white flour things that tempt me.  todays day 2 1/2 of being free from sugar and white flour (the first day i was still getting rid of stuff and had a spoonful of sorbet, hence the "1/2") and its really an incredible feeling!  its waaay easier when the stuffs not around cuz even tho i still crave sweet things, as its only been 2 1/2 days, i am satisfied with fruit and/or decaf coffee made with truvia.  yesterday i went out and bought two all natural, sugar free cookies (made with fruit juice) to save for a treat at the end of the week if i make it til then with no sugar.  i was a little scared that i would end up eating them before then, but i was able to overcome my cravings for them pretty easily yesterday, and today i don't even crave them anymore.  so basically, cold turkey is DEFINITELY  a better option for some of us.  i feel much better about everything i eat and even when im very full, it feels good because i know its all fruits and veggies and healthy whole grains and lean protein (whereas with sugar, if i got full on it i'd just feel sluggish and fat- even though im at the low end of a healthy weight)

good luck! its definitely worth a try"

YES this is soo me.  my friends and family think i have soo much willpower, and only eat the healthiest food- meanwhile, when im alone i can suddenly get the urge to binge, and eat anything! but thankfully, i'm getting this under control now- a lot of the urge came from restricting i think, but after i stopped restricting i still binged for like 3 weeks straight.  basically its sugar i crave tho so now i got rid of almost every bit of sugar from the house (the stuff left is stuff that doesn't tempt me).  i dont restrict- i eat as much carbs and veggies as i want for breakfast, as much protein and veggies as i want for lunch, and then instead of a formal dinner i just snack on veggies, fruits, and fats (like avocado) the rest of the nite.  all the fruits and veggies make u so stuffed that even if i think what the heck, im just gonna have bread/crackers/cereal later in the day (when the cravings really kick in) i just don't have the room for it in my stomach.  see, with sugar it didn't really matter if i had the room cuz the taste was just so good and it seemed to not take up that much room (altho im talking cookies, cake and chocolate) but with bread and other starchy things that i crave, i can resist easily enough when im stuffed.  and btw, my entire day that keeps me so full is less than the amount of calories in one of my binges (binges= about 2000 cal, current day calories (i dont count but now thinking back on my day and estimating)= 16-1800)

im in sorta the same situation except i never had a period ever.  i am 17 (turning 18 this fall).  i've been trying to improve the way i eat lately because i have been dieting ever since i was chubby when i was about 12-every time i gain a little more than what i decide is a good weight, i freak out and try to lose it by eating less.  i was 5"1 1/2 and 96 lbs at my last "happy weight" but then i started to gain and i realized i shouldn't try to stop it.  i started eating a lot better recently and haven't gained any more (now i'm 104 but i look like less because im mostly muscle).  i'm not trying to gain- im just trying to eat good foods when hungry and make sure to get enough fat and protein and let my body get to whatever weight it needs to be healthy

and yes, there are bad effects of not having a period, like osteoporosis- so be sure to take a calcium supplement if you're not getting 1000-1300 mg of calcium every single day.

good luck!  hope u get it soon!

Original Post by mel_e_mel:

You are over-thinking things. First off, why would you add up food and water when weighting yourself? This is... not normal, I'll leave it there.

uh... sorry, i fail to see how that's over-thinking things or not normal.  i weighed myself after a big meal with my clothes on... why would i assume that the weight i see on the scale is my actual weight?

thanks for the advice everyone! i think im gonna start trying those push-up variations... my karate teacher told me recently that push-ups very much involve chest muscles, an area women are often weakest- that would explain why i can do bicep curls and presses holding 20+ pounds in each hand but have so much trouble with pushups.  as for the comments about endurance- i know thats the main thing, thats what im trying to build! because in other exercises my endurance is really pretty high up there- its just pushups that are the problem

PILATES! my thighs are my trouble spot and i used to do pilates but forgot about them for a long time... just started again a couple weeks ago and i already see the difference! i do winsor pilates buns and thighs workout (its only twenty minutes long and even shorter when you've done it long enough that you can do the exercises without the tape):

http://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Pilates-Bun-Thig h-Sculpting/dp/B0009VNYOY

OMG i was just at karate tonight and had a really good workout... my face was absolutely BURNING and it was still red even after I showered an hour later!  

yuuuuppp.  it depends what im doing- if its something stationary, i usually just get flushed (i.e. exercise bike) but if its something that includes a lot of moving around (i.e. karate, basketball, running...) my face is the color of a tomato after about half an hour, maybe even less.  i've also gotten that "are you ok? you're really red" or "omg ur face is the same color as ur (red) shirt!"  it actually makes me happy. its like my body tells me when its getting a good workout- i can judge the level of the exercise by the temperature of my face (warm/hot/burning a hole through my head!)

I'm eating baked chicken breasts, spiced cooked eggs w/ no oil or salt, low fat cottage cheese, steamed and raw veggies, nuts, nut butter,... so yes, I guess I am eating healthfully, but I've read- and this might be totally incorrect, but it seems to have some support- that starches ARE a necessary part of a healthy diet:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/02/hea lth/main640566.shtml

http://www.bodybuildingforyou.com/articles-su bmit/keith-klein/low-carb-diet-truth.htm  ;

(these are just a couple sites I saw that made this claim)

But most importantly, I must eat at least half a slice of bread one day a week and at least 1 1/2 slices one day for religious purposes (a lot more complicated than it sounds, it's not like we have a religious ritual centered around bread its just a necessary component... basically, don't ask)- so I fear that I'll start having intense cravings for carbs after a bite of bread.

Original Post by windrinre:

-HOT pepper slices: you can't eat them very fast and you'll need plenty of water with them.  For me Jalepenos are hot enough... get something that pushes your hot limits :)  This was actually my favorite, because it really got me drinking enough water!

OMG windrinre ur brilliant! i saw this tip today and decided to try it so i bought a jar of jalepeno pepper slices- i took one bite and had to down an entire cup of water.  fifteen minutes later my mouth was still burning slightly and i completely just didn't have an appetite for anything else.  thank u so much for this incredible advice!!!

malnutrition?! whoa thats a big assumption dont you think? i mean, seeing as you know nothing about me except for some 15 lines about one incident that happened the other day... it just so happens that its not so strange in my family to get it late- the earliest of my sisters was 13, the latest was 15, and my mother got it at 16.  im not saying that there's no other reason for it because maybe there is.  but with all the effort i put into making sure i get fruits, vegetables, protein, fats, and at LEAST 1000mg of calcium, i am seriously doubting the whole malnutrition theory... just my opinion

bananee- check a bmi calculator for ppl under age 18- according to that, 90 pounds is the lowest someone of my age and height could be and still be healthy.  as for protein, i usually have a couple yogurts in the day and then for supper i have either fish, meat, or chicken