Posts by charbycharb

Hii I'm Charlotte.

Sex: Female

Age: 21

Height: 5'6" or so

Current Weight: 170

Goal Weight: 135-140

I'm really not an active person at all and don't do any sport, but like walking and do Wii Fit when I'm at home, so most of my weight loss will have to come from cutting out calories rather than exercise. I'm trying to lose weight by eating mainly fruit, vegetables, seafood and spices with some bread, cheese and meat but I don't know how long it'll be before I'm craving chocolate and other unhealthy food. I really want to lose weight but in a healthy way and then maintain the weight loss once I'm down to my goal weight. I'm a language student and don't work so spend a lot of time sitting on my arse, unfortunately.

I've been watching this show on 4od and although I really enjoy it, I think it's fairly flawed.

Firstly, when they show you how much food the superskinny person eats in an average week, it always looks like pitifully little and mainly low calorie foods, but then apparently they are eating a 'shockingly low' 1700 calories, or there about. I always think that the show must have added up these calories wrongly, as I try to eat around the 1400 mark and I always eat more than the superskinnies do, and higher fat things at that.

Secondly, the main problem for a lot of these superskinnies is that they are afraid to eat certain food groups, such as carbs or dairy, and many believe that they have intolerances to these foods despite no medical evidence to back it up. Although I'm not a dietician or an expert on why people undereat, I doubt that forcing these people to then eat the diet of an obese person, filled with these dreaded food groups, is the way to make them re-embrace these foods. If you are convinced that eating dairy makes you feel ill, and then after being forced to eat a massive amount of ice cream, for example, you feel ill, you will continue to think that eating dairy makes you feel bad, when really it is the quantity not the food type which has caused you to feel that way.

This show does have its good points, however. Most of the contestants seem to learn at least a couple of things from their counterparts' eating habits, and in general the superskinnies gain weight and the supersizes lose some. For me, however, the best parts of Supersize vs. Superskinny are Anna Richardson's attempts and extreme diets and weightloss techniques, and their results, as they are often ridiculous and show that healthy eating really is the sensible option. The 'Ban Big Bums' campaign is interesting, but feels more same-y than other parts of the programme, though some of the bum-toning techniques are funny or interesting.

I've lost 5lb, though I had lost 8lb as of a week or so ago, but I've been out drinking three times this week which has upped my calorie intake, so I've gained a bit. Hopefully those three pounds will drop off pretty easily again though.

I've only heard of celery as being a negative calories food, and doubt that even that is true, let alone the rest of it. I do know that chillis increase your metabolic rate, though, so that could be true.

Why are you calling the mods?

I used to be about 18 pounds lighter a few years ago, and I just felt better and looked really good. I look alright at the moment, but I felt more healthy and sexy when I was that weight, even though I was still around 10 stone which is nowhere near skinny. I've got a curvy shape, so I look alright when I'm not thin, but I'd look a bit more shaped if I lost a bit.

Female

Aged 18

5'6"

Current weight: 157.5

Goal weight: 140 (ten stone)

Original Post by snotbubblez:

"Diet Coke"

Tsk tsk.. =[

What's wrong with diet coke for calories? It's only got about 5 in it. It's bad for health but not for calorie