Posts by 4theloss

how many calories?

1) I usually go to bed late, sometime from midnight to 2am. I sleep in to ~11am except for a couple days a week when I have morning classes. I don't really have any rituals, just brushing my teeth. I usually eat a small snack close to bedtime, as this helps me sleep.

2) sometimes I will get up and surf the internet for a while, but usually I will just try to sleep for a long time. Or I might shower..the heat makes me sleepy.

We can't know all the complications

She should really ask her docs this question

You definitely have a right to be upest, but if you are considering dumping a 3 yr relationship over this then I have to ask... how has the relationship been the rest of the time? Only so-so? Is it WORTH it to you to work it out with him and get over this hump. Because his behavior may or may not be a "good" reason to dump him, depending on his reason for lying, but the only thing that matters in the end is whether you are happy with the relationship overall or not.

I think you shuold try to have a conversation with him at least... but definitely wait until you can CALM down, and do NOT accuse him of anything...just be calm and ask for explanations. good luck =(

your worst critic is yourself! Believe me, I am the same way! I tihnk you will look gorgeous because you are definitely at a healthy weight, and you will be all clean and hair done and makeup on and with a beautiful DRESS (everyone looks great in wedding dresses omg!) and honestly...? I tihnk people are more likely to be jealous that you are HAPPY and headed to a great marriage...

One tihng you might want to do is only eat very lightly on the day of the wedding... drink lots of water but not too much, moreso on the night before. If your belly isn't full then you will feel thinner even when you aren't, haha. Good luck and congratulations

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Um, how old are you and your friend? Kind of a vital piece of information here..

From what you describe, it sounds like in order for your friend to get any real help, something OUTSIDE of the family needs to interfere here. ie, Kids in Crisis or some other sort of protective agency. Seriously, what you describe is really messed up and you are right to be concerned.

I think that the father sounds like a proper a^&^hole and so I don't know why YOU should care about what his public face looks like. if he wanted a nice public face, he should have a nice private face. That's how it goes. It sounds to me like your only options are 1) convince your friend to do what she needs to do for HERSELF and forget her father or 2) make a call YOURSELF to a child protection agency or suicide hotline, whichever you feel is appopriate..

Hi, I went through the same thing a year or two ago. search for some fashion blogs online and read them. Go for the "casual" or "streetwear" types, not the runway fashion types lol. If there is a certain type of look you like, try to replicate it! You may feel a bit silly at first but remember that OTHER people do not know you do not normally dress this way. They will think these new outfits look perfectly normal on you.

really important!! search for some articles online called "dressing for your body type". these will give you general information on how to choose clothes that suit your body specifically. Try to figure out several clothing shapes/styles that flatter your shape, and then you can find endless variations on just those couple of styles and they will automatically look good on you. For example, I am an hourglass shape so many of my shirts are belted or cut to emphasize my natural waist, and I also stay away from puffed sleeves. lol

Finally, pay attention to what other people around you are wearing. I do not mean COPY them...but... it will give you ideas and you can do it all the time even when you are away from your computer. good luck!

edit: okay I forgot to add a couple of really crucial things that I did when I went about "building my wardrobe". the first is that I searched online for articles related to "building a wardrobe". lol! there's lots of advice on there. but anyway, as someone mentioned, the other important thing is to pick just several colors that you like and make those your core colors. You can get other colors occasionally but if you limit your colors you will end up being able to mix and match more.

about their existence? pretty neutral...

to have feelings one way or the other would require them to be in some sort of context.

we can't help you if we don't know what your diet was like before and then what it changed to..

it could certainly be related to the illness though, or you could be experiencing combined symptoms of diet change + the illness

As someone mentioned, what about schools that don't give grades? I believe education should be migrating AWAY from placing emphasis on very simple grade scales, not TOWARDS it. A 3.5 grade average says NOTHING about a person..I mean, just how much can it say? That they are a hard worker? That they are skilled at taking tests? That he/she is good at sucking up to teachers? It says squat about the details of a person's ability...details that will make or break someone's chances of making it in any one field.

I attend Hampshire College. they do not give point based grades-- instead, the teacher writes you a detailed evaluation for each class that you take. Hand a stack of THOSE to a potential employer and then it really says something about you! And they will know just what they are getting. Can you imagine hiring a 4.0 GPA and then finding out he/she can't even conduct any independent work, because all he/she was good at was taking tests.

altogether my peers make up one of the most intelligent and hard-working groups of people I've ever met.

Perhaps its not the definition of eating disorder that needs to change, but rather your definition of mental illness.

I don't go to church, so I don't really care.

But that seems like a ridiculous excuse to give. There are probably plenty of churches that would be honored to have him, disturbance or no.

HOPEFULLY he's just busy doing other things.

I like to squeeze fresh lemon juice over anything green

And add cinnamon to anything orange.

Or toss lightly with a little oil and black pepper.

Original Post by jetswings:

Peanut butter sandwiches.

1 tablespoon of the peanut butter blended well with some lite silken tofu. Then i warm it in the microwave and spread it on some whole wheat toast.

It's been a life saver. I hope that helps someone else with a peanut butter addiction. :)

 wow, I'm totally going to try that asap.

for a salty snack substitute, search online recipes for "cauliflower popcorn". yum.