Posts by lynnlette

- monterey jack and organic genoa salami on italian.

- nonfat caramel macchiato.

- black bean soup with lowfat sour cream; toasted italian loaf; apple slices and grapes.

- tequila sunrise; brownie.

- apple cinnamon cheerios with light vanilla silk.

- fried eggs; plain wheat toast; smoothie (berries, banana, agave, silk).

You are at a healthy weight.  Going below this, even if still in the "healthy" BMI range, could be dangerous for you.  If you are completely sedentary, you would maintain at ~1540kcal/day.  3,500kcal make up 1lbs fatty tissue.

I'm sorry it's been rough for you lately, but this isn't going to fix it.  Rather than trying to lose weight, concentrate on eating healthily.  Eat when you're hungry, eat all the colors and all the food groups and get enough water.  Don't restrict and don't binge, don't focus on food or weight.  Be active in ways you enjoy.  If you lose a bit of weight while doing this, fine, but concentrating on it (especially when you have a history of slipping to unhealthily low weights) won't help you.

Hair loss is a serious sign of a problem and you need to see your doctor.  Let them know if you've also experienced amenorrhea or inconsistencies with your menstrual cycle, dizziness, or fatigue as well.

You may also want to read my address to healthy teenage girls, this article on the longterm effects of under-eating during teenage years, and the Calorie-Count Plus Unofficial Guide.  Also, be aware that because of your age CC's tools are inaccurate for you, and you'll need to use this calculator.

Original Post by berryface:

even if i am already a healthy weight, is it bad to lose just a couple more pounds if i will still be at a healthy reasonable weight?

At your age?  Yes, it's bad.  Your body won't be done growing and developing for 6-7 more years.  You will continue to gain weight until then, though you probably won't grow taller.  You're developing a necessary layer of fat under your skin that all women have, your brain is maturing, and you're acquiring the bone density that will have to last you for the rest of your life.  So much important stuff is going on in your body right now, that you need to give it the energy it asks for.

Feeling like your "proportions are a bit funky" means your a normal teenager, they're supposed to be.  Do not go down the dieting road this young.  Please.  Diets never fix anything, and for most women and a good number of men, they only lead to misery at best or life-threatening eating disorders at worst.

Don't start counting calories.  Eat when you're hungry, even at night, you're ALWAYS using energy even when asleep.  Make sure you try everything and eat all the colors, all the food groups, 5-9 fruits and veggies every day.  Get enough calcium.  Stay away from consuming things created in a laboratory.  Move at least an hour a day, whether it be sports, dancing, yoga, horseback riding, whatever.  Dress flatteringly and be happy with your body for everything it lets you do.  You're pretty.  Don't compare yourself to others and don't put up with people who do.

- honey smacks with light vanilla silk; peach; lemon-herbal tea.

- cheese pizza; italian bake with marinara.

- ice cream over blue-strawberry dump cake.

- pepperidge farm light wheat topped with smoky cheddar and organic genoa salami; garden salad (baby greens mix, broccoli, tomato, bell pepper, mushroom, mozzarella) with a dab of light caesar; peach; iced black tea.

- smoothie (strawberries, blueberries, light vanilla silk, agave nectar).

- apple with natural peanut butter.

- baby greens salad with breaded chicken, mozzarella, and greek vinaigrette; spinach dip with tortilla strips; iced lemon-herb tea.

- nonfat mocha with whip; cioccolato tusoni.

- berry banana smoothie; chicken salad on wheat; peach.

Quit your job. :)  No money = no Starbucks.  Ew.. just the thought makes me shudder.

In all seriousness, though, activate your brain.  Eating out of boredom means you're allowing your brain to be idle.  There's too much cool stuff in the world, and too much that needs to be done, for boredom.  You didn't say what kind of job you have, other than it's physical, but maybe it's something you could do while listening to an mp3 player?  Podcasts and audiobooks about every subject are out there, you could use the hours to learn about new world events (Haiti, anyone?), new technologies, medical studies,  learn a new language; anything that engages your brain and gives your temporal lobe a workout.

If you just need something to do after work, volunteer with an organization that really makes you feel good, hit a walking park, or go window-shopping, if consumerism is your game.  Promise yourself a fun activity after work, and maybe food won't be your first choice for entertainment.

edit: Teach me to reply without reading the entire thread.  Okay, podcasts and audiobooks after work.

Iunno, modern genocide has really been eating at me lately.  World hunger, the healthcare bill, etc etc.  I try not to sweat the small stuff, big issues take enough energy to worry about.

Original Post by gi-jane:

Like so many people on this board you don't have a bingeing problem as much as you have a 'restriciting your calories' problem.   You're a perfectly healthy weight and, since you're 15, your body needs a lot of energy in order to grow and develop healthily.  By  trying to exist on 1700 a day you're keeping your body short of energy to the tune of about 4000 cals a week.  You're also presumably depriving yourself of innocent pleasures like cakes.   So at the weekend the message comes 'top that energy up please'..... You call it a binge, your body calls it 'self-preservation'. 

If you stopped dieting completely, ate normally, ate regularly and got the daily 2200 or so that you actually need  - including a few cakes and cookies in the mix - you'd probably find the problem went away.

It's hard for me to feel useful on this forum when you say everything before I do!  I end up just following you around and going...

Listen to gi-jane.

Original Post by sugaree0920:

Personally, I felt this post was too derogatory -  regardless of age, weight, or past ED experiences. I'm actually a little shocked that it got past the moderators. I see how this post would make a person feel less in control of their situation/weight/life and continue on their current path.

"Well - I'll show them, I can be 5'5" and 105 lbs" That's not the mindset we want to be inspiring, here.

Body dysmorphia is a psychological issue and needs professional attention - not a rant in a blog forum.

They are misinformed and deluded...because they are teens, children even. Where are their parents?

I honestly find it really insulting when people's response to a problem a teen is having is "where are the parents".  I think it promotes a lack of personal responsibility, and it offends me that most "adults" don't feel I have the right to make my own mistakes or the intelligence to fix them.  Maybe that's just me being a child, though.

"Well - I'll show them, I can be 5'5" and 105 lbs" I don't know where you got the idea of this?  I presented a believable scenario, and provided supported facts on why it was a bad idea.  Yes, it can be done, and it's horrible.

Not every teenage girl in the world who feels this way has a medical condition, body dismorphia, anorexia nervosa, EDNOS, we all know the list of them.  While an uncharacteristically large portion of CC+ users do fall into those categories, an even larger percentage of YCCers do not.  They are simply normal girls.  This has become normal.  That is the problem, and that is what I'm addressing.

Someone mentioned "teens already on this site are looking for positive enforcement" which might be true for some (and I'm sure they're capable of realizing this post is not aimed at them, and moving on), but there are teens here who are simply acting stupidly.  How many times have you beat the moderators to another post from a perfectly healthy girl wanting to know how to "become anorexic", or if her new chicken soup diet will make her look like Filippa Hamilton?  For some, it's not a disease, it's just a fad.