Posts by asphyxiac

Welcome to CC, Nicole! I just graduated from college and reached my goal weight of 135 (I am 5'10.5"), and am currently working on maintaining/toning. You're pretty tall, so I'd recommend eating at least 1500 calories a day - it really helps with binge prevention. As for weird cravings ... I drink a ton of Hansen's Diet Ginger Ale. It has 0 calories, 0 sodium, and a lot of ginger flavor, which totally kills my appetite for some unknown reason.

Can you find someone to share them with? OR, do you think you have enough willpower to immediately throw half of them in the trash, eating only the remaining 20-25 m&m's? If you think you can do that, then go for it. It sounds kind of crazy (throwing away candy!?) but it helped me lose 75 lbs. It might be a waste, but at least it's going into the trash instead of to your thighs.

Oh, I used to have this issue, and I hated it. My 6'2" boyfriend stepped on the scale one day, and it said 158. I weighed 151 (I am 5'10.5") at the time. I nearly had a heart attack, especially because my weight of 151 was AFTER losing 60 lbs. It's only recently that I've been comfortable standing next to him (CW: 139-141 lbs).

Haha, my entire Sunday was a fail, because I went to visit a friend's new restaurant (he's a chef), but I have 0 regrets.

Brunch:

Duo of Latke + Ginger Pancake with Mascarpone and Date

Duck Confit Hash with 2 Fried Eggs

Peanut Butter and Jelly Macaron

Caramel Corn Homemade Ice Cream

Mimosa

Snack:

Espresso + Chocolate Cherry Macaron

Lunch: 

Herbed Tuna + Buttery Asparagus

Snack:

Hot Chocolate w/ Whipped Cream + Cinnamon

Handful of Wasabi Peas

Buffalo Jerky

Dinner:

Shiitaki/Organic Veggie Stir-Fry

Sauteed Sesame Encrusted Tofu

Red Wine

What's the point of living if you can't indulge your hedonistic food cravings once in awhile?

Original Post by ilovefruit13:

should i sacrifice sleep by waking up earlier in order to eat breakfast (which just ends up being extra calories in the day)?  for example: i could potentially wake up at 10 but forego the possibility of eating breakfast.  or i could wake up at 9:30 just to go and eat breakfast.  the problem is that i love breakfast foods - too much.  one bowl of oatmeal easily becomes two or three.  breakfast fruits... mmmm - hard to pass up (hehe, i LOVE fruit).  my breakfast would usually add up to about 1/2 of my caloric intake for the day... so if i wake up later, i wouldn't have the problem of having to be more strict in my eating for the rest of the day. 

what do you think?  sleep or food? :P

I mean... when do you go to bed? And does that affect when you eat your last meal? For example, on the weekends, I eat my last meal at like 10 or 11pm, go to bed at 2 or 2:30am, and wake up at 10 to 11am. That leaves a 12ish hour window between dinner/breakfast, which is usually how it is for most people. I think it really depends on your cycle. My first meal on the weekends is what most people would consider brunch or lunch.

Edit: During mid-terms and finals, I fall asleep late, and don't eat much for breakfast (grab some yogurt and an apple) - however, I grub while I study. I seriously eat until I fall asleep during finals, so I don't experience food related fatigue, lol. Lack of sleep, on the other hand...

Original Post by pork1965:

a calorie it is a unit of measure. There are not apple calories and candy bar calories. What I think you mean is a 100 calories of apple is alot better for you than 100 cals. of pie. It is like the old what weighs more a pound of feathers or a pound of steel. I log everything that way I know where i stand for the day. The only things I don't log are coffee (black) and water.

This.

Congrats! So proud of you, 56 lbs is a lot. Also, I love both cats + elves.

Original Post by merylwhite1:

I have to say I don't think the fact there are a billion overweight people on the planet is anything to be proud of.

Agreed. Though I gained a lot of my weight due to medication, and became clinically obese - it wasn't all medication. The drugs made me lethargic, but I could have counter-acted the lethargy if I weren't so lazy. I could also have eaten less, since I knew I was moving around less. I chose not to, and had to face up to the consequences of my choices and spend the next 7-8 months losing 70 lbs. It was tough, but nowhere near impossible. My mother is overweight, and so is my brother. They eat horribly and don't move much. My father and I are/were not overweight ('til the medicine fiasco), and we ate reasonably/were moderately active. There are some disorders that cause massive weight gain, and I sympathize with those who have to endure that - but for the rest of us, it's usually just poor eating habits/misinformation about food and laziness. Of course, the people on CC are here to try and change that ('cause habits are tough to break), so kudos to everyone for making an effort.

145 seems a bit low for your height. I'm 5'10.5", female, and 140-143 lbs, 20% BF and I look quite thin. Being a male, you'll have less body fat (I think dudes average 12-17% ?) than me, which means that you will look even thinner. If you can't go much lower than 161, then it's probably as Hedgren said: your body is comfortable at its current weight and it will be difficult for you to lose more.

Original Post by penkwin:

@listedmal I've been toying with the idea of asking them to dig out the bread... but I feel like kind of a ninny asking for that. Do they get the request or do you get a blank stare and have to explain a few times?

They always know what I'm talking about when I ask for it. I'm sure it varies by location, though.