Posts by silentdeadlyrose

God, I haven't ate movie theater popcorn since I was 12 if not younger and I'm almost 23 now. I never really cared for it. (Thank god, apparently. :P) The thought of that popcorn laying there for god who knows how long kind of seems unappealing. The way too much butter on it and salt. The hands of the workers scooping it out with the utensil and using their hands to keep it in the bag. (who knows if they clean them?) Then to make matters worse I can't even believe it when people go and drench more butter on it (the stuff looks nasty. Ha Ha.) Not to mention the price they charge way too much. My guy eats it sometimes and always complains about the price. When I go I usually don't get anything, but I will occasionally sneak in my own drink. Just not my thing. When I did eat stuff there I usually went for the Sour Patch kids or something along the lines of it. Ahhh...the burned roof of my mouth from those little sour crystals....way more worth it then that stale overpowered buttered crap that I can make ten times better at home. :P

After asking one of my past dietitians (she's the head one in a local hospital.) she said the lowest healthy weight for someone who is female and 5'3 is 107 pounds. Which is a BMI of 19 or so. Hope this helps. :)

Edit to add: I got most of my compliments when I was around 113-117 pounds.

I've also wondered this! Ha Ha. I only know of two other people from around my area that are on CC (though I'm sure there are many more.) but I've never seen them at the gym I attend. It does make you wonder if some people there recognize you though. :P

I know this is a little too late now, but for future reference. If you do have plans and do tend to over eat and most importantly are not actually hungry then I believe the best policy with people is honesty. I know it's a little embarrassing, but just tell them the truth that you got a little carried away (I'm sure they will understand I think everyone has done this at least once in their lives.) and are no longer hungry for dinner. You could always suggest to do something else like get together and watch a movie, go bowling. Whatever you can think of and if they still want to eat you can meet up with them afterwards to do the other parts.

Don't feel too bad, the next day is always a new day. Just don't bake so much at once and you won't be so tempted. Ha Ha. Kind of like people who can't buy certain things because they know they will get carried away with it. If you can't resist the urge then just don't have it around. But, eh one day (or a few) won't kill you.

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Wow...I don't know what's sadder here. The fact that the girl is so young and now won't get the chance to live and finish out her childhood, let alone teen years or the guy who is 19 and had sex with such a young girl. Yuck.

So sorry for my late response as I did not see this post until now, but my best wishes go out to Claire. I hope you feel better soon, Sweetie! Keep fighting that fight!

Sounds like she has a lot of great family and friends at her side. :)

"Livin' on a Prayer," by Bon Jovi seems like it would be a fun one to do. Ha Ha. :P

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I think the idea of studying or doing homework in those 2.5 hours is a great idea. Is there a library near or around the area? If you like to read you could always go to one and read a book to take your focus off of the other people and *escape* to a different place. :)

I have no clue. (sorry not much help.) But, I've heard of people doing this with bagels...it is a really good idea. I would just feel funny with everyone looking at me ripping my bread a part unless I brought it home. Ha Ha!

In a sense I can believe this because I've heard of many doctor's telling patients to eat as low as 800 calories a day. I really don't think this is the healthiest way to go about it either.

You can eat lower then 1200 calories, BUT the main purpose to eat that amount is to get adequate nutrition and vitamins from food. Without them your body is going to be severely lacking, not to mention you will be very low on energy. You can eat 1200 calories and still lose weight, you can even eat more then that and lose weight.

Truth of the matter is, doctors arent really experts when it comes to the nutrition field. I've learned this from many doctors I have seen. I'm with others and suggest you get a second opinion. I would even recommend more so that you see a nutritionist someone who actually studied the field of nutrition and the amount YOUR body truly needs. I think you would get better advice.

Definitely don't go by this plan you are going to be miserable and lack a lot of energy. So I'm with others, get a second opinion.

Original Post by das1988:

Try to overeat on carrots; your stomach will explode before you consume excess calories.

 Lmao...I always found celery makes me quite full and you can eat so much of it and still have calories down in the low. Plus it really doesn't make you want to eat much more until your next meal. :P

Ha Ha Ha...All of these are pretty interesting! I haven't really encountered anything too funny per say, but I've found something pretty inspirational. There are two elder ladies who are regulars at the gym I go to and they believe it or not mostly focus on the weight machines. I tell you, you haven't lived until you've seen two old ladies at the gym working the pull up bar! I don't even do that! Puts me to shame. Lmao.

One time on the elliptical I was going at a regular pace then Nickelback's "Just to get High," song came on and that song always pumps me for some reason. So to the tune I started going faster without really realizing it and in the process my cord to my headphones grabbed one of the inner bars of the elliptical and bam off goes my headphones! I was pretty embarrassed as a woman was right next to me...so I just said "Oops!" and kind of laughed and the woman just kind of smirked. Teaches me to get amped to a beloved Nickelback song. Ha Ha. ;)

Thanks for the link. It was, indeed, very interesting and gave a lot of insight that will probably help a lot of individuals that use this site. Myself included.

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I've had the same problem besides the stress/depression/anxiety and boredom...I just loved to eat, I loved the taste of food. I was never hungry since I would eat at reasonable times (and a lot of it!) Hence why I had a binging problem for awhile.

Now I will not buy tempting foods. I just won't bring them in the house because I know better. If someone else brings something I like into the house I make a mental note that says "They bought that food for themselves so it is theirs and not mine." Knowing it belongs to someone else keeps me away from it.

I totally agree that you should not deprive yourself and I don't either. I would most definitely say in the case of any snack food that may cause you to binge that as soon as you put your groceries away that you immediately portion it out into little bags and set one bag out if you plan it into your meals and snacks for the day and put the rest away out of sight until the next day then you can bring out another bag, etc.

I tend to just not buy the stuff. If I want something bad enough I will go out and buy ONE. I totally love bagels and cream cheese because of this I will definitely not buy the bagels at the store that come with 6...because chances are I will end up eating 2 or 3 in a sitting or be overindulging every day on them until they are gone. So if I want one I will go to a store that serves  them and purchase one as a special treat every now and then. I find this helps as usually when you buy treats at the grocery store they usually come in bulk.

If I am at the store sometimes I'll look for lower calorie options of a certain food I like that way I can incorporate them into my daily meals each day without the guilt.

You can definitely treat yourself every now and then and it will not hurt you, but you just have to know your limits on what you personally can or can not do.

Good Luck. :)

I'm not a newbie to pumpkin in itself just when adding it to my oatmeal. Ha Ha...I will definitely try the second tip! Thank you so much! I'm so excited to try this. :)