Posts by fluffydragon

Since you are 17, you should never eat less than 1500 calories. I would strongly advise against doing a fasting routine like is suggested above, even for a few days, especially since you're still growing.  We aren't lions.  Or rats. Or strictly carnivorous. Predators do this because it's both inefficient to kill and eat every day, and if their bodies depended on daily eating, they would not do well during some seasons. Humans 'can' go a few days without eating, but we don't have to, and frankly, there's no reason to.

A) that's not enough food.

B) If I'm not mistaken, you don't need to lose any weight. My husband is 6'4 and needs to get down to 195 lbs. He'd be emaciated at 165. I know that's not everyone though.

One of my favorite cheapie but filling meals were ramen noodles with an egg cracked in and a half cup of mixed frozen veggies.  I still keep tons of frozen veggies in my freezer because they're good for a lot of things.  I'll add a bag of frozen cauliflower to mac n' cheese to thin out the calories. 

Good luck with everything - hugs.  Things will get better.

My husband and I have been close to where you are now.  His ex roommate once went without food for a full week so she could make sure her dogs ate.

What's your current weight/height?

You need to add fat to your routine, AND you need to eat more. A lot more.

You know your weight has plummeted, so you know you aren't eating enough. Losing 14 lbs in 'a couple of weeks' is SEVERE. Are you even keeping down your food at all?

You are doing SERIOUS damage to yourself because you aren't eating enough. Being cold is a sign that your blood is not circulating correctly.

You are my height and 126 is borderline underweight. You may not 'need' to gain weight, but you need to repair your metabolism, which may mean gaining weight for a while. Your body needs more nutrition.

For what it's worth, I was brought up southern baptist. I decided I was more comfortable as an atheist than a Christian. I can't believe in a god that would send my friends to hell for all eternity because they didn't believe in said god.

I don't believe in a heaven either. My best friend believes there is nothing after this life, but I like to hope for reincarnation. Can you imagine how boring heaven would be? forever?

I think your uncle's legacy will live on in your hearts as a life well-lived. Remember him always, and he will be there.

If you are 242, you are likely not eating enough calories. you do NOT want to go down to 1200, especially if you are working out. If you're worried now that your body is adjusting to loo low a calorie intake, then you'll have the exact same problem down the road going to 1200.

More importantly, you are not a short, sedentary woman. 

If you are eating close to 1200 right now, you are not doing everything right, I'm sorry.  You might also just be on a plateau.

The other poster was correct about the weight of the food itself vs. the calories.

If you weigh yourself, then immediately drink a half gallon of water, you will 'gain' 4 lbs because of the weight of the water. Try weighing yourself only every other day, and only in the morning right after you wake up and start your routine, but before you eat or drink anything. It will also give you a better baseline.

How many calories a day do you eat now and how much do you work out?

Original Post by MkayPBA17:

Although i did see on this one show on youtube that this girl lost 50 lbs taking these !! But im not saying i am . But also is my ED gone yet ? Yes im thinking about starving and purging and all that but im not physically doing it again yet . Im still eating a lot !! And im certainly not underweight even though i wish i was but. I just have thoughts thats it so im fine right ?

No. If you are thinking about it, thinking leads to doing. Do not comfort yourself by 'just thinking' about starving.  If you think about it too much, you'll do it. You'll tell yourself 'just one day'. It's never just one day. If you are thinking about it, your ED is not gone.  Stop wishing you were underweight. Underweight is bad.

Hint - People sell things. They say they will work so they can sell them.

Repeat after me. Pills don't work.

OF ANY KIND. 

Laxatives will move WATER out of your body, it doesn't reduce your fat.

Don't take green tea pills. Don't take cranberry pills. Don't take Laxative pills. The only thing that works permanently is a healthy lifestyle.

When I was in High School, I knew one gay person. When I was in college, I knew a lot of people who were single, some who had sig others, but a wider variety of preferences. 

Today, I know of at least a dozen people in Poly relationships. This is completely different from polygamy - these are people in open relationships, sometimes paired off, sometimes not. 

I still can't quite get my head around it - maybe it's just not for me. But they seem pretty happy, so I'm not passing judgement, it's just not my thing.

My husband and I have been married for six years.  And we seem to be above average for our age group. A number of friends or friends of friends have recently split up. A couple of friends are in permanent relationships but unmarried for various reasons.

I know a guy who used to have a .. erm. sex dungeon for lack of a better term? he had a woman who literally lived in a bathroom at his house (total sub). Today he is married and has a kid.

I know a lot of interesting people.  Some change, some don't. Oddly, I don't know of any who are in a true polygamous relationship - one husband, more than one wife, nor the opposite of one wife, more than one husband.