Posts by sulfyr

How much are you restricting?

For one, up your calories a little.

1200 is the bare minimum for a very petite sedentary woman. Neither of which you are. According to: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calc ulator.htm you could eat 1450 and still lose weight (although you may need to play around with it yourself... I don't know your age and entered 20)

In terms of foods I would recommend lots of fresh and whole foods. Avoid processed foods.

Eat lots of veggies, they contain vitamins and fiber (which keeps you feeling fuller longer). Eat lean proteins... things like chicken breast, white fish (tuna for example) (or if you're a vegetarian, egg whites and cottage cheese are my favourites).

If you get a craving for somethign sweet try something like a licorice tea (with or without a sweetener like Splenda). Or a sugar free jello is only about 5 calories, you can even toss a tablespoon of Cool Whip Free for 10 extra calories.

Original Post by kathyklotz:

Well, I think people who have Bulemia may disagree with the use of the word binge. But holy smokes thats a lot of food you ate! If it's a rash departure from your normal intake I would look at what the heck was going on that day that made you dive into what looks like enough calorie intake for 3 days...

Most of us are emotional eaters...and it feels good to eat something that tastes good when life is feeling crappy. Try to get to the bottom of it--and next time you want to eat that much--invite a friend! hang in!!

 

^^^ this.

You ate badly and a lot, but I would in no way consider that a binge. A binge is when you're out of control when eating (or drinking for that matter). You're full and in physical pain from the amount of food you've stuffed in your face and yet still keep eating. You're crying over what you're doing, don't know why you're doing it, want to stop, but still keep going.

You did not binge.

Surely you can't hate all fruits and vegetables... Try preparing them in different ways. They are delish, low calorie and full of fiber AND vitamins!  Try adding steamed broccoli and carrots to a tomato sauce for some whole wheat pasta... Or how about a baked potato/sweet potato (more of a starch, but full of fiber)

Do you like oatmeal? Half a cup of dry rolled oats has a whopping 4 grams (and 5 of protein)... It's the reason everyone says it 'sticks to your ribs'

Fiber One cereal is another good way... if you can stand the taste...
I add at least half a cup of berries to it myself (also contain fiber) with a little sugar/sweetener ontop. Yumyum.

I can't really say I've had the fiber epiphany myself (but I get at least 35g a day anyways) but congrats! Good luck with your salad and finding some vegetables that you like, and your weightloss journey! : D

Original Post by bitersweetcowgrl:

do any of you know where i can find the calorie count to the orginal receipe

Copy and paste it into the recipe analyzer.

Original Post by oxsunrisesunset:

Alcohol, and too much restriction.

Ditto!

Booze makes me want anything I restricted from having earlier in the week.

I thought it might be the cost thing... but so many people there actually eat the salad. Sure a lot also eat the crap, but why only portion out one thing? (And remove the other options from it)

No you can't live on salads, but they're one of the only things in that place that tastes somewhat decent. Everything else is overcooked, unappealing (and swimming in oils) or contains some meat/cheese. The vegetarian dishes are the some of the saltiest things I've tasted.

I just wish we had more of an option. If this mealplan wasn't mandatory I would eat up in my dorm room and eat as decently as one can with a toaster oven and microwave.

.5 Mechanical pencils.

Drawing with a .7 is just TOO messy.
(One day I will find the elusive .3)

I LOVE squash. I have so many sitting around my dorm room just waiting to be baked.

I cut it in half and remove the seeds, then weigh each half and log accordingly. 

Place the to halves cut side down in a lightly sprayed baking pan... add water to the dish (the squash should be sitting about .5-1inch deep in it) and bake at 375 for 50min.
Depending on whether you're making a puree or just eating the half, you can flip it towards the end to brown the top a little.

I love mine with a little cinnamon/sweetener and some hotsauce.

I also eat the shell too so when I weigh I account for the whole thing. If you don't eat the shell, weigh the remains and subtract it from your previous number.

Original Post by sarahjcpatton:

I was recently told (by a dietitian) that reheated rice is a major source of salmonella. You may want to do some research on this. Perhaps you should consider getting some microwavable ready rice (such as Uncle Ben's) which is usually ready in under a minute and is pretty good!

I was told once by a dietitian that I could easiely maintain my weight on 1300-1400 calories a day.  I laughed.

Just as many others have said, it should last a week in the fridge, two tops. And be sure to pack up the extra portions when you're done cooking, to avoid having them sit on the countertop for a couple of hours.

Plan a maintenance day? Go to the gym/take an extra long walk or something to add a little more to your daily burn that day?

Eat lighter (more veggies) during the day? You wont be starving, 800-1000 calories in veggies is A LOT.

A rum and diet coke (1.5oz of alcohol) is about 100calories...
Same with any straight liquor and diet soda.

How old are you if you don't mind me asking? College students 21 and under need way more than 1200 calories.

Original Post by susiecue:

How can you not have calories to spend on vegetables?  Most of them have almost negligible calories, and having 100 cals/day less deficit but getting fibre from real foods would be far better than taking a supplement like Benefibre.

^^^ Ditto.

You can have a huge cup of broccoli for about 30cal and that would give you 2.3 grams of fibre. A bowl of fibreone is 60 cal and gets you 14grams. Explain how even if you can't do the fibreone... you can't toss in some veggies to boost your fibre?

I used to use a TON of those things but have been gradually been weaning myself from them.

What used to be 5-6 packets of splenda in my morning oatmeal is now 2 (sometimes just one ontop with a few drops of Stevia)...

I was honestly addicted to the uber-sweet effect they gave me, so much that I was brely tasting the foods anymore. I don't think it ever made me ill, but I know that the amount I was using was giving me terrible (and foul smelling) gas, and made me feel bloated.

And contrary to popular belief, those little bad boys do contain calories. One gram of splenda has 1 carbohydrate, which equals 4 calories. And when you're using them throughout the day... those buggers add up.

A similar thing happened to me. I lost a deal of weight (30lbs) but when the time came for me to leave for college in a whole new city I began to stress eat. Ice cream, huge costco chocolate muffincakes... Whatever I could get my hand on.

I gained the freshman15 before I even left.

Now that I'm out here I've done a complete revamp. I stopped buying all the foods that I knew I couldn't control myself around (except peanut butter, but having that jar there seems to keep me on track. A little bit every day as opposed to a whole jar in one sitting).
Is it possible for you to do that? Make a list of your trigger foods and throw out whatever you have left of them, and try to avoid buying them for a while, until you feel ready to incorporate them into your diet (start with only having three bananas in the house and try to make them last).

After 2 weeks of having foods around that I know are healthy, like, and wont overeat on, and I'm down 3 pounds already.

LOLWait, so you know you broke some rules, got caught, and are now PMSing about it?

Am I missing something here?