Posts by growantree

Original Post by kkenne14:

For the past two weeks, I've been exercising like crazy! My workouts typically total anywhere from 500calories to 1500 a night, and I physically feel much more toned and lighter than before. Not to mention, my eating habits are healthy to the point of strange! But, when I got on the scale... 190?! Eek! I can't believe it. I feel and look smaller, and so much better overall. What's happening?! 

Hi kkenne14, I feel completely the same as you!

Our situations are a little different, i'm 30 and weigh 80kg. I have been eating healthily for the last 10 days. Kept my calories to 1200 for a boost week. And I'm doing some excercise, 3 times a week. And I got on the scales at the gym and I gained 0.2 kg. I know that is tiny, but I was so disappointing. I have seen a diffeerence in my shape, so you expect a loss. I have been this weight for months and it's at times like this where you just need some encouragement.

So, keep it up, vary your intake, up it perhaps little by little to find the tipping point. If you are excercising you are getting healthier. Keep going and you will get there!



Breakfast - What is your favourite…

Cold Cereal: Jordan's crispy musli Raisin or nuts (with yoghurt)

Hot Cereal: none

Milk: semi skimmed

Bread for toasting: white

Toast topping: margerine

Fruit Juice: fresh orange or grapefruit

Quick Breakfast: cheese sandwich

Naughty breakfast treat:cream cheese and smoked salmon bagel (with capers, onions and ghurkins)

Way of serving eggs: omelet, boiled

Pastry: any without fruit. French croissants rule

Lunch – What is your favourite…

Sandwich: cheese salad

Wrap: houmous and mediteranian veg

Soup: chicken noodle or potato and leek

Rice Salad: don't tend to make them

Pasta Salad: with pesto, chicken, plenty of veg

Salad: tomato salad with onion, capers ( + mozzerella) with a lemon juice and olive oil dressing

Dressing: balsamic vinigar, sometimes with olive oil

Couscous Salad: normal and giant couscous with lots of veg, some olives and feta

Cheese: how many can I name?

Quiche: not bothered, but I will have some of any if they are freshly made

Snack – What is your favourite…

Crisp/Chip Flavour: ready salted

Chocolate Bar: bounty or kitkat

Nut: cashew or pistachio

Seed: not really my thing

Sweets/Candy: right now two flavour Skittles

Doughnut: just plain sugared ring

Fruit: depends on the mood

Dip: home made guacamole, salsa or sourcream and chives

Yogurt: greek yoghurt with honey and melon

Milkshake: chocolate (or bounty if I can choose)

Coffee Shop Drink: don't drink coffee, so chocolate ice drink

Coffee Shop Snack: not that bothered by them, little choc waffles?

Biscuit/Cookie: Prince biscuits with choc cream between 2 biscuits

Cereal Bar: none

Dinner – What is your favourite…

Pasta dish: lasagna (home made from scratch) with white sauce and cheese

Mexican meal: nachos and chili with rice

Chinese Take-away:sweet and sour chicken balls or king prawns in dry pepper salt

Baked Potato Topping: chili and sour cream

Vegetable: any from my garden!

Noodle dish: bami

Rice dish: nasi

Italian meal: Pollo con funghi, mushroom risotto

Comfort Food: mash potato or chili with rice

Healthy meal: cottage pie without cheese (250 cal per serving!)

Fish dish: salmon/ tuna/ prawns

Meat: chicken (it's so versitile)

Curry: the ones my colleague makes (chicken jalfrezi and turka dahl)

Pizza: pepperoni or tuna, onion and anchovis

Condiment: depends on the food, ketchup perhaps

Ultimate Dish: depends on my mood

Dessert – What is your favourite…

Pie:

Crumble:

Cake:

Cheesecake:

Ice Cream:

Tart:

Hot Dessert:

Cold Dessert:

Ultimate Dessert

I think a lot of people are trying to say a similar thing, but all slightly different. It's good that so many people realise that weight is not an answer to your problem, it's more of a variable. If the variable is good, the problem seems less?

For me personally, I know that becoming and hopefully staying slimmer will not always be a happy thing. I love food and dealing with cravings and such does not make me happy. But then again I am feeling stronger and more in control than I have in months, because I am making so many healthy choices.

I know that I am still uncomfortable meeting new people. Applying for jobs soon is going to be hard enough, with all the rejections. but I can be happy knowing that I don't have to worry about how they will perceive me, meaning my body (healthy). And not having to worry about that, makes it just that tiny bit easier to bear.

I agree with skydoll. I have been to uni. I now live in Dubai (a party capital) and I decide when I want a drink.

Sure I have night where I have 5+ drinks and I usually drinks spirits or cocktails. cosmos pack a great punch without too much sugar. I avoid beer, rarely drink wine as they are calorie choices for me. they make me want to eat as well as drink.

But just try to be smart about it. you can drink every night, but the questions is do you want to and have to?

While parents should be able to decide for their kids, wouldn't any parent what's best for their child?

It seems kind of logic to choose the option that protects your child.

Measels can cause a lot of problems, with teenage girls especcially.

In the Netherlands (where I'm from) these combined shots are completely normal and I think it helps to keep the population healthy as a result. I think it's a great medical achievement that illnesses such as polio desease does not exist anymore in Europe. Surely that's a good thing?

I don't have children yet, but when I do I will always want to keep them healthy and preventative jabs are part of that.

I guess the easiest answer is to not eat it.

But that doesn't really help you. i can give some examples that I have that are similar. My sister likes chocolate, but will always feel sick after eating a small amount; cake, just chocolate, pudding. this is (we think) because when she was 2 (20 years ago) she had to take horrible medication, syrup, and was given a small piece of chocolate after to make her feel better.

I used to love jacket sweet potato, with cottage cheese and/ or chili sauce. I ate this several times last year when my father in law was very ill. this was a stressfull week and he passed away that week too. Now I cannot eat sweet potato anymore. I used to love it, but now it makes me feel sick.

I think lots of people have different experiences, but I know that some extremely stressfull situations can be linked to a food. My sister and I both have this. It's weird, but for me that is the reason why I can't eat something I liked and is healthy.

Sorry for the essay-style post.

Original Post by dlbrown1020:

There is a Hydration Calculator that you can check out to be sure that you are getting enough (or too much) water.

[ Link ]

It may surprise you,  I thought that I was drinking too much, until I did my calculations.  There are about 10 questions to answer.

Thanks for the link. i really liked the application. Shame there isn't some extra info with the specific questions, like why this makes a difference.

I drink about 2 l. per day. I have a desk job so drink more during work hours and yes, sometimes you need to go more than once an hour ;-)

Original Post by risza:

Post your BMI for an accountability reality check!

Mine -   5'8 F/26 154lbs  23.4 BMI   (healthy)

 

(good BMI calculator!) http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm

Thanks for your BMI calculator!

I just found out I had my height wrong! I am 174 in cm and never use feet/inches. I once guessed that I was 5'6", but the website puts me at 5'8".

It makes sense as I was finding it hard to compare with others my size and how much their goal weights were.

Thanks!

lynnmm, I think that's a great idea. That is very positive and nobody will even notice your different food choice.

I'm not sure. I know that I hardly eat chocolate (in a bar) now. I have sugar free boiled sweets at work of which i eat 1 - 3 a day. I haven't eaten crisps in like 2 months. I still have something, usually cake based with chocolate once a week.

I don't really think about those foods, unless i'm in the supermarket and it's staring me in the face. It's kinda hard then.

I now feel like I'm craving different food. For example, I crave chocolate milkshakes and frappechinos, and ice cream. I seem to crave things that I see that are on my way back from work.