Posts by plutonium_239

i assure you i don't end up plurging up my food lol that sounds a total waste of good food. again, you're not a doctor nor a nutritionist so i don't think you're qualified to "diagnose" me with an eating disorder. my family doctor has never even suggested to me to gain weight or that i might possibly have an eating disorder, which i of course don't. i appreciate your concern for my well being, but think i'll take science over personal experience :/ i'd laugh if you think that 2000 kcal is right for everyone to maintain a healthy weight. there's a very tedious series of calculations that you need to make to determine your maintenance caloric intake.

dansmum99- lol i think you misunderstood. i don't think going over 1000 kcals make me sick to my stomach, i know. if i eat too much i get a stomach ache, just generally feeling really uncomfortable and bloated. i'm a picky eater so if it's stuff i don't like i eat 800 kcal, but if i absolutely love the food then i might end up going over 2000 kcal. no i'm not starving myself, i'm still at a HEALTHY weight. still get my daily soda (coke classic which is 150 kcal). it's just that when i have salad i don't put any salad dressing on it, it tastes disgusting, nor do i eat much cheese. hence lowered caloric intake. as for caloric restriction and longevity and overall improved health you can check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restrict ion . i don't restrict my calories b/c of this lol i just don't eat until i feel sick. how can i be starving myself when i eat when i get hungry? oh yeah, i don't eat chips, cookies, and whatever else you guys eat for snacks :/ don't like the taste of those.

Original Post by dansmum99:

Original Post by _adrienne_:

Original Post by plutonium_239:
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You're starving yourself :(

1,000? absolutely you're starving yourself, just so you can be the absolute minimum for health.... Yup, I agree with Adrienne, it's very sad...

nah i eat a lot, but it just so happens that the stuff i eat are nutrient dense and less calorie dense :/ if i eat more than that my stomach really kills me. don't eat a lot of junk food, okay very rarely, so that has something to do with my low caloric intake >______>

Original Post by puddykat:

Plutonium you are getting those comments because you are eating less 900 calories a day and already slim and aiming to get to a BMI of 18.5.

i kind of find it hard to eat more than 900. the day before i pigged out on junk food for an entire day and woke up 116 lbs (bmi 18.2 x.x underweight...no worries, i got it back up to 18.5). the reason of me not eating that much is cause i don't really ever feel hungry eating ~900 kcals a day. there have also been studies i think of animals that are constantly being starved having a longer lifespan, dunno if it applies to humans lol so it's all good.

OP: thx <3 i get some not so nice comments sometimes as well. but you can tell that you look better at a lower healthy bmi by keeping an eye out on the number of guys staring at you on the subway lol when i was 127lbs i didn't get nearly as much attention as i do at my current weight (random guy walked up to me asking for my email the other day oO" weird). so don't get depressed if someone tells you you look underweight/unhealthy at what you consider a healthy weight, most people would agree that you look more attractive now :P

i guess my boobs don't change much. lol when i was 127 lbs i was a 32DD. now at 118 lbs i'm a 30E. so i guess my boobs don't change much? my hips don't change too much either, always been 36 inches in the hips. it's really only my waist measurement that go down when i lose weight, 26 inches at 127lbs and 24 inches at 118lbs.

your measurements sounds great, but you should really be focused on recovering from your ED. i can't base whether you're at a healthy weight on bmi calculators b/c it seems you're not yet over 20. don't try to lose more weight and have a relapse of your ED.

i find that if you look at the scale each morning it encourages you to keep trying to lose weight. if you find that you've gained weight, it'll motivate you to work extra hard to work off those extra pounds. just a few days ago i found myself 2lbs heavier. i went on an exercise spree, and by the next morning the 2 lbs were gone.

definitely tell her that it's bogus. i have a bachelor in nutritional sciences. everything is broken down into glucose eventually? wtf no. only when you're absolutely starving yourself will you convert amino acids (ie. proteins) into glucose through gluconeogenesis. not to mention there are amino acids that your body CAN'T make. you need those essential amino acids and also those essential fatty acids as well. what a total load of bull. to be healthy, you shouldn't be losing more than 2lbs per week if i remember correctly. point her to some real literature about nutrition and weight loss.

edit: muscles isn't the only place where proteins are needed. everything your body does depends on proteins. you smell things b/c there's a receptor in your nose made of proteins for that smell. you touch things and feel texture and temperature b/c there are thermoreceptors and proprioceptors in your finger tips. Same goes for hearing and seeing and much more. point is you need amino acids ie. protein intake.

Original Post by novileigh:

Original Post by plutonium_239:

edit: forgot to mention that my friend who is 4 or 5 lbs lighter than me and just about the same height (2 cm shorter) was a size 4. so i don't know how i ended up 4 sizes bigger than her.

Was it the EXACT same dress in a different size that your friend was wearing? Because its not just different designers and different dress styles, but different fabrics. Most dresses with sequins over the chest or hips fit tighter than other dresses. Dresses made of polyester without much spandex content fit tighter than other dresses. And on, and on...

yup, it was EXACTLY the same. so i don't what's going on. same dress, same store, we tried it on the same day lol

thx for all the positive replies and for those of you who feels insulted, that wasn't i intent. personally, i've never bought/owned a single dress so i have no idea how it's sized. compared to my other clothes, size 8 did sound a lot bigger. and i never did say i considered myself as fat. it's the size that makes me sound fat; hence, the confusion.

edit: forgot to mention that my friend who is 4 or 5 lbs lighter than me and just about the same height (2 cm shorter) was a size 4. so i don't know how i ended up 4 sizes bigger than her.