Posts by bricole

Original Post by mollymouser:

QUESTION OF THE DAY: AUG 29

Labor Day Weekend -- the last "official" weekend of summer, so they say. Whatcha doin' this weekend? Anything special or out of the ordinary?

MOLLY

 Working--ick!

Had a blended root beer float from Sonic a few weeks ago... bleargh.  375 calories I couldn't bring myself to finish.  Tossed it in the trash!

Thank you so much... I think a good rant helped, but your words of encouragement helped so much more.  I'm going to take a deep breath and keep sloggin' along.

Original Post by mollymouser:

QUESTION OF THE DAY -- FRIDAY AUGUST 22

Do you plan your meals/menus as you go throughout the day, or do you plan ahead? (Like when grocery shopping?) How and when do you decide what you will be eating on any given day?

MOLLY

 I usually plan the night before in my head, but try to be flexible.  I have a lot of cravings.  :)

Usual meals:

Breakfast: 24 Frosted Mini Wheats biscuits, 1 cup skim milk, 1 banana

Lunch: 1 pb and j, carrot sticks, and more milk

Dinner: pasta with lean ground beef and veggie sauce, dark chocolate stick

May vary as new, exciting healthy alternatives turn up in grocery stores.

I once dreamed I was swimming in a root beer float bigger than an Olympic-sized pool.  Somehow I was eating it too... mmm...

WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS!  Most people get very flustered when talking about personal things with physicians, especially with so much scrutiny on them, so it helps to have a written set of questions to take with you.

Original Post by carrie317:

Original Post by bricole:

There was a lady at work who, when I told her about my weight loss, said, "Oh, you're going to have a ghetto butt forever, and there's nothing you can do about your boobs. Once you lose that belly you'll be so cute!"

I was so offended.  I happen to like my shape, thanks very much, I just want it... smaller.  I had to work really hard not to eat an ice cream later to make me feel better.

Hater!  She's just jealous... At least, that's what I tell myself.  :)

Hmm...I think she was actually trying to give you a (admittedly awkward) compliment.  She was trying to say you have a nice butt and boobs.  Maybe she assumed that since you mentioned your weight loss you wanted to lose your belly.  Just trying to give people the benefit of the doubt :).  I mean, haven't you ever said something with good intentions that didn't sound at all like you meant it?

 I think maybe she might have been, but I didn't bring the subject up--she asked if I had lost weight, and I told her about it.  I have said things with good intentions that come out looking stupid (hey, I'm nineteen) but it was mostly her tone, if you know what I mean.  A sort of 'holier than thou' attitude.

There was a lady at work who, when I told her about my weight loss, said, "Oh, you're going to have a ghetto butt forever, and there's nothing you can do about your boobs. Once you lose that belly you'll be so cute!"

I was so offended.  I happen to like my shape, thanks very much, I just want it... smaller.  I had to work really hard not to eat an ice cream later to make me feel better.

Hater!  She's just jealous... At least, that's what I tell myself.  :)

New thought, everybody!

I was just wondering about too little fat.  We all know, as IBS sufferers, that a low-fat diet is treated as somewhat akin to a Maggic Bullet.  We're encouraged to eat between thirty and sixty grams of fat a day.  (Not an easy thing to do in this era of Big Macs and Chili's Molten Cake.)

Dieters know it's easy to go overboard with a cutback.  I was wondering exactly how much fat a person needs in their diet for hair and skin health--not to mention lipid cell walls, but we won't go there.

If you only get ten or fifteen grams over the course of several days, can it make you sick?  Do you need to (gasp!) eat more?  Does it matter?

Just curious to see what people would say--I'm going to go do some research on it right now!

Thanks everbody!