Posts by joebirdsall

Your diet is horrible.  Calorie content aside, you are risking all kinds of conditions if you continue eating this way.  A packages of hot pockets has over 700 calories.  18 grams of fat, 6.6 of which are saturated.  That's just one of the things that you are torturing yourself with. 

I think you know what you are eating is not good. 

It's a lot of weight to lose and besides, you are at a perfect body weight.  Maybe all you need is some toning.  109 puts you on the lower end of healthy weight. 

I don't know your age either.  If you are a teen, you may be on dangerous ground doing this.

It sounds as if you aren't eating enough calories  There are a myriad of reasons why you might not be losing the weight you want to.  Fact is, though, you are probably in great shape.  You probably have a lot of muscle mass.  At least the lean muscle. 

Not eating enough is actually worse than eating too much.  I am sure you know that by now. 

Yes, it's best to take rest days.  On those days, simply eat less.  You aren't doing yourself any favors not allowing your body to regenerate.

Yep. The tuna salad sub is one of their highest calorie offerings.  Be careful.  What appears to be the right choice isn't sometimes.

Here's a website that gives some advice:

http://www.menopausehysterectomy.com/weightga in.htm

Original Post by fenrik_reinsdyr:

I was refering to the post before. But keep in mind A. You are already at a very low weight for your age and height as it is, more weight loss is not advised (unless you want to stop growing and stunt the development of vital organs like your heart and brain) and B. the CC recommends that an adolescent (under 21), sedentary (0 to no exercise- AKA if you sat at a computer/couch all day) female eats no less than 1,500 calories.

Also, 2 pounds a week is a pretty lofty goal- even obese individuals on a strict, medically supervised diet, who tend to lose weight rather quickly, can rarely see a loss of 2 pounds a week on average. Essenceofinsanity has a BMI of 17.5, classified as anorectic, and is essentially promoting a starvation diet.

Why not focus on toning up- assuming you have 'jiggle' you want to get rid if. Weight loss may not mean weight lost in fat, but muscle, thus leaving more 'jiggle' behind.

Eat enough for your body to be fueled (I would assume no less than 2,000 calories) and work on strength-training exercises to tone up- not weight loss.

Exactly.  Scary, scary posts.  I am saddened to see that looking so thin is so important.  The OP is endangering her health by believing that 2 pounds a week is a good goal.  OP...you are exactly in the middle of your healthy BMI.  Leave it alone.  Exercise.  Don't starve yourself.  Please be healthy. 

The size of the portions should help:

• Vegetables or fruit is about the size of your fist.
• Pasta is about the size of one scoop of ice cream.
• Meat, fish, or poultry is the size of a deck of cards or the size of your palm (minus the fingers).
• Snacks such as pretzels and chips is about the size of a cupped handful.
• Apple is the size of a baseball.
• Potato is the size of a computer mouse.
• Bagel is the size of a hockey puck.
• Pancake is the size of a compact disc.
• Steamed rice is the size of a cupcake wrapper.
• Cheese is the size of a pair of dice or the size of your whole thumb (from the tip to the base).

http://www.webmd.com/diet/control-portion-siz e

I haven't read all of the replies, but having been the father of 2 teenage girls, I have been through this on the other side.  When my daughter was 17 she told me she hated me.  Cursing, explosive anger etc.  I tried to act in a loving manner.  Didn't work too well.  I didn't return anger for anger though.

I know she meant it at the time.  Teens generally don't know how to express themselves in a rational way.  Concrete thinking.  Either it is or it isn't.  Black and white.  No gray. 

But I know she loves me.  Sometimes it's hard to get by the hurtful things that are said.  They sometimes seem to reside in the back side of your mind and they seem to spring up when there is a flash of anger. 

All I can say is, think before you act.  Don't react.  No one causes you to act in any manner.  Hate only destroys you.  Unforgiveness only hurts you.  Any negative feelings that reside in you only hurt you. 

I'm pretty well convinced that we sabotage ourselves on purpose.  We are afraid of success so we "fail". 

Not sure of the psychological underpinnings of this, but someone should study it.  I guess the best way to avoid it is to not do it.