Posts by kalugin

Original Post by timmcdonald44:

As you are already underweight, losing any weight is dangerous for you. I am amazed at any doctor telling you to watch your sugar, unless you are pre-diabetic or have another health issue.

You should be eating more in an effort to raise your weight to a healthy level, and there is nothing inherently bad about sugar, it is just dense calories.

Your body, unless you have diabetes/other health issues, will take the sugar calories and use them the same as any other carb calories.

123 pounds and 5'8" is not healthy. I would see a second doctor for another opinion. Eat healthy, but mostly, EAT.

Perhaps your friends are simply concerned that you are not eating enough calories and are trying to be supportive and you are misunderstanding their motives?

I also want to point out that I am an athlete, and I have the body of an athlete, I can easily run 5 miles without stopping and lift more weight than any of my 130lb 140lb friends. I wear a size 6 shoe and I'm tall. I have small bone structure. If you think I look like a skeletor you've been mistaken. Some people have small bones and they carry weight differently than others.

I think that it is sad that someone like me, who is perfectly normal, can write about their high sugar intake and be in a way, told they are wrong for chosing a healthier lifestyle.

This is probably the last time I will ever post on this site because it seems a bit biased and everyone is a little bit parcial to the fact that if your not overweight you shouldn't be conscious of your diet. There is an ED thread in this site, and I did not post on it.

Thanks everybody for your comments though!!

Well music-love, I thank you for your warning! But I have only lost 7 lbs in 3 months lol. I think a lot of the weight loss was me not drinking pop. And trust me, I still eat my indulgences. But just so you know where I'm coming from... I used to eat half a box of krispy kreme donuts on the regular. I was so skinny in hs and middle school that i wanted to gain weight so bad i ate and ate and nothing!

and eventually i just got into really bad eating habits. I have a lot of self control and im very comfortable with my body in mind and spirit! I love my body!

Original Post by jem599:

Why are you doing so much cardio in the first place?  What are your goals?  Try using different elliptical programs for variety.  I have bad feet, ankles, and achilles and the elliptical is about the only cardio I can do...but different programs hit different muscles...

You shouldn't be doing cardio on the days you wgt train...but if you must, do it after the wgt training...

But I'm really wondering about your reason for sooooooo much cardio...there are no real benefits and you're burning up alot of muscle.

I imagine she's doing it to lose weight! Cardio is the fastest way (besides not eating lol) to lose fat, especially in the midsection...

Original Post by bert_rountree:

If you want to weigh yourself everyday, that's fine but you may have to deal with the emotional ups and downs that come with it.  I weigh myself several times a week out of curiosity but the only one I consider important and document is my Sunday morning weigh in. 

I also use an Omron Fat Loss Monitor to measure what really counts, how much Fat I've lost.  Weighing yourself may give you a general idea of your progress but monitoring your body fat percentage tells you what you really want to know (or don't want to know). 

By monitoring your fat you may find that your weight has increased by a pound or so due to additional muscle mass while losing 1% body fat.  When you have that kind of information you won't care so much about what the scale says.

Just my two cents. 

Thats a really good idea!

Thank y guys all for your answers, they really are helping me to understand it...

But one thing I'd like to point out to a comment houck made about me not believing her... I don't think she'll feel that way because I was the one who pointed out her habits to her...See, I've always been underweight, when I was in middle school people used to call me anorexic and things of that nature, so when I started getting curves and putting on weight in college I was EXTATIC!and while I'm not worried about being fat, I'm still very self-conscious because so much attention was on my body when I was younger.... But when she started eating less and less and getting skinnier and skinnier and exercising more and more, I started up on here, to see whats RIGHT.

But I think she is also dealing with depression. Her and her boyfriend of 2 years broke up recently and she's always been VERY dependent on him, and I think she's just really lost control.

Original Post by xo_ericaaa15:

i think my problem is that i leave them all sitting ontop of the fridge where i can just go grab one (or three) whenever i please.

i was thinking of putting them in the back of the cupboard.

i don't have any right now, but next time i go grocery shopping i think i'll pick up some luna's. i prefer them to the clif.

especially since i dropped my cal intake again.

Try BALANCE bars 100 cal. or Pria 110. They have way less cals and the same nutritional stuff. They may be a little smaller but if you can't help just eating one, eating two is still just 200 cal!! The vanilla caramel is the best

Maybe you've programmed yourself to be that way! Out of habit.

Try to resist snacking so much. Plan it out more.

When you finish eating, leave the room you ate in. Do something, busy yourself. Whenever I find myself craving something sweet after dinner I do pilates for 15 min. then I completely forget about eating!

But for the most part, I'm exactly the same. All day long I do what my parents used to call "grazing". They call me a "grazer" all I do is constantly hit up the pantry. Handfull of peanuts, bags of fruit snacks, graham crackers etc... I can't stop it!

Your best advice is STAY BUSY!!