Posts by elfbane5

A calorie is a calorie, but how you got it is important. "empty" calories like from soda, are from a lot of sugar, which jumps your insulin, which shuts down your metabolism, which makes you fat. Carbs are important, but they have to be controlled with complex carbs, you want your blood sugar to stay balanced.

Lean meats, complex carbs only, high fiber, low fat, plus protein at the right times are what you are looking for in general. Be careful of fad BB stuff, look for the tried and true stuff that is backed with solid nutrition information.

I will state that I am shedding size, but It's possible that the muscles are holding glycogen & water around the muscle. However, when I say martial arts, Boxing is a large chunk of that, as well as kickboxing. I should have also mentioned that WITH the yoga is a strength training regimen like lunges, planks, that kind of thing. Sorry, I was kinda sleepy when I wrote my post earlier.

My husband has noticed a marked difference in my movement and strength. The poor guy has started bracing when I am punching the training mitts. He's nearly fallen on his butt several times. I lost about 20 lbs in 8 weeks or so, then I hit this suspended mode where I am losing size, but not weight.

Because everything I eat is considered weird anyhow, I have a hard time answering this. I eat so much international stuff, instead of "American".

I'm OCD and hate my food to touch usually, BUT I like to take yeast rolls, stuff mash potatoes in and green beans.

It was a survival tactic as a kid when eating school lunch. They always had those things, but the rest of the meal would be like Salisbury steak, or something drowned in gravy. I can't stand that stuff, so I discovered that not only could I get mine, but the other kids didn't want their veggies, so we would trade. I got the veggies and rolls, they got my nasty greasy meat.

because I hate gravy and stuff, I also adapted to my mom's rather dry cooking by taking whatever meat I did like, steak, shnitzel, porkchops, chicken, and would scrape up some mashed potatoes, dab it in corn, then stab a peice of meat. yum. It felt like KFC ripped me off when they started their chicken bowls, but they add gravy and cheese, gross. (her food's good now when I visit, but I can't break the habit now.)

Original Post by singing_girl:

what exactly is bisquick? Is there a similar product in the UK?

Its a baking mix that has a little salt, baking powder, flour. It's essentially biscuit (not cookies) or pancake mix, so I'm sure you can find something. :)

Oh BTW you can add anything you like into it. Curry, veggies, spinach, whatever. I used to hate eggs but this helped ease me into them. It has a lovely flavor, but it isn't like getting hit over the head with an egg carton.

Because of the simplified ingredient list this is also fairly healthy depending on your cheese level. :) If you do feel like indulging with pastry, use puff pastry thinly placed on the bottom of the casserol dish, pour in a double batch of the egg mix, then put a thin layer or strips across the top. Reduce the temp a little and increase the baking time by 10-20 minutes. Check it with a poke in the middle for doneness. You can skip the layer on the bottom and just strip it accross the top, that way you get the flavor without adding too much. Enjoy!

Original Post by stephaineasb:

Yeah I Guess U Guys Are Right:)

But I Lost 40 Pounds Doing That..

I AmJust Hoping To Be Able To Lose 20 Or 30 More Pounds And Then I Will Be At A Healthy Happy Weight... Then I'm Sure I'll Start Eating 1200 Calories To maintain It! I Just Want Fast Results!

 

Stephanie Nicole

 I can totally understand, BUT... you won't maintain once you go to "maintenence". Your body will think you are starving and lock down your food. You are loosing muscle and bone density, and of course fat, but I'm not kidding, you could actually trigger organ failure with that kind of diet. Don't be suprised when you have the same problem as someone who has an ED when they go into recovery.

Just seriously consider it, ok? You are playing with a loaded gun. :/

I just keep it really simple. I mix one serving of Chocolate body fortress from walmart, then mix with a tall glass of 1%. I add a squirt of hershy's chocolate to mask that nasty sweetner flavor mix like crazy and suck it down. My only real complaint is that the stuff is kinda gritty but the syrup helps.

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 See the funny thing is, you're giving the bad advice. You say "you don't like adding calories". Well I hate to burst your bubble, but for MANY people, THAT is the problem. Not everyone got fat from eating twinkies and chowing on pizza, beer, and chocolate.

You also state you aren't advocating unhealthy eating and starvation, but frankly your posts scream it.

I didn't see any name calling. All I see is a "20" year old acting like a 14 year old having a hissy becasue she can't have her way. I'm really starting to question your age, I have more mature KIDS in my classes that are willing to listen to solid advice. If you didn't want a reaction like this after what people told you before, you should have posted in your journal, not out to the entire community. You arn't going to get any sympathy with a combative attitude. I couldn't believe that adding calories would work either, but it does. I have had a lot of success with it actually. I was nervous at first, but I didn't have any problems.

Matter of fact, you sound like one student I had that was obsessed with losing weight. She was around 5 ft and wouldn't eat anything. She looked terrible because her body was digesting itself, but at the same time she had a little pudge. Her answer was to eat even less, pop diet pills like candy and nearly died from it. I had another one, a tall strapping handsom fellow who was determined to fit into emo jeans. Hestopped eating and started passing out at work. He lost 30 lbs but then turned around and gained it back and then some when he was forced to eat. Now he is heavier then before and looks sick all the time.

You many not be that severe, but it's not that different. Someone your size is going to probably burn food faster then you think, and all you are doing is hurting yourself.

Original Post by sageatty:

Original Post by justinagrado:

if you're seriously concerned for her well being then just befriend her, get to know her, gain her friendship and confidence and then little by little the changes will happen by your influence and honest want to help :)

You're just completely wrong here. Changes won't happen until the fat lady wants them to happen and not one minute before.

My wife & I have been together 7 years (married for 5). She was a big girl when we got together (5'11, about 200 lbs), and that was totally ok with me. I started running about 4 years ago, dropped 40 lbs, and continue to run to this day. My wife got a new desk job (her old job was very physical and though she was big, she was very strong) in the past year and in total over the years has put on about 75 additional lbs. Yes, it's affecting her health. No, she won't do a damn thing about it.

I'm a 20-year vegetarian, as are my two teenage sons. My wife won't eat our "weird" food. She eats like most teenage boys without any boundaries. Candy, cookies, ice cream, fast food every day. I've been modeling good eating habits for SEVEN years. It hasn't caught on.

(and for any of you women who are temped to pile on because it's "easy" for a man to start running and drop 40 lbs: I'm a woman.)

 

Totally true. But you never know, being a good influence can have some of the funniest effects. Hence why I said earlier that I'd probably punch her in the nose for her "niceness". I got over the whole staring in my cart thing a long time ago. I only get embarrased when we buy junk food for my skrawny dad or for snacks at a club meeting for my band of teenage maniacs. (I'm a teacher)

Honestly, I know you meant well, but if you did that to me, I would probably deck you. I'm short, and kinda heavy, but I am working on it. I had a bad problem of not eating enough and making my metabolism slooooow down. I wasn't doing it on purpose, I just wasn't hungry.Then my husband would say lets go to Taco bell. If your body is in constant starvation mode, tacos are satan.

The really annoying part is that I was still strong as an ox, Seriously(was in drumline in school). I have shoulders like a bull and can fling my husband over my shoulder if I really had to XD. I also filled my cart with really healthy stuff (other then soda). I even went so far as to go Veg. All I did was starve my body of enough protein. ugh. bad idea.

I of course learned differently now that I'm on here, but then I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I did know I wasn't moving enough and I drank WAY too much soda. Sitting at a desk for 12-18 hours a day will do that to you, add caffine as your only life line and BAM you have a recipe for disaster.

I changed jobs, started moving again, and dumped the soda. I miss my Mt Dew, but I want to get on a ride at six flags again. Good luck, just be nice, maybe once she's comfortable, tell her how much you love blah blah and how tasty it is in a recipe. tell her she should try it and give the recipe to her. influence her carefully and slowly. You might be able to get her eating better. If you really connect with her, tell her about a great and easy walking path, invite her. you never know.

Yeah, sorta. Last night actually. I ordered the super veggie burrito at la parilla. I remembered to say no sour cream, but I forgot the cheese. It tasted like I was eating a lard vat. I'm not a vegan, but I have been cutting out cheese, i ate it anyhow but I felt kinda gross after. No matter how much I got off the top, there was still cheese sauce or something inside. ugh. I used to LOVE that burrito.

BTW if you are a vegan, did you know that sometimes they use lard in their refried beans? Just a heads up.