Posts by poofyball

Sometimes I find that it helps to do meal-sizes instead of snack-sizes. So I'll have breakfast, then lunch #1 at 11 and lunch #2 at 2 or 3 instead of lunch and two snacks. I think you should eat when you're hungry. For me, staving off hunger on a schedule leads to food fixation, so if I have one snack and it's not enough, I'll have the other at the same time and things will be fine. You may also want to try having a more protein-filled snack or lunch.

I don't think there's any need to judge "some posters." She posted a topic, and gi-jane tried to help. While I also disagreed that 110-115 was underweight for 5'3", 121 for 5'8" IS underweight and MAY cause health problems, even if it is "only a couple pounds."

The point that gi-jane seemd to be trying to make and which I agree with is that at 18, even if you feel like your body isn't growing, it still is. At that age, it's more important to nourish yourself than to lose a couple vanity pounds. If you don't see a difference between 138 and 129, how do you expect to see a difference from 129 to 125? I tend to think you may have a skewed body image mentality as well.

Add less water. You can't really make them not be mushy though, unless you make granola out of them instead.

Your average seems to be about 1700, and it looks like it's working for you. I would stick with the 1500-1900 calorie range.

If you don't want to go off a computer-generated number, then experiment around for yourself. The calculators give you a starting point, not a biblical number. They calculate based on averages, so if you feel you don't fit, then either get your BMR professionally tested or tweak the numbers until you find something that works.

If you're sure you're eating 1500-1600 and not losing weight, then drop it by 100 and see if it works. If it doesn't, then go the other way and add a hundred to the original number. If that doesn't work, then try cycling your calories. Just play with the numbers until you find something that is both healthy and works for you.

Have you tried Trader Joe's?

Try something spicy, it gives you flavor without many calories, and it's pretty hard to overeat on really spicy things. I usually snack on banana peppers when I want to eat but am not hungry, but that's because I'm a wuss. You could try jalapenos, or those peppers they have at The Hat are killers (to me, the wuss). A little hot salsa on some vegetables, steamed or fresh, is great too.

Yes you will, it's a matter of breaking a habit. As long as you're getting the signs from your body when you're full and when you're actually hungry, and if you continue mostly eating well, eating a maintenance amount should eventually come naturally. At that point, if you start to mentally force yourself to not estimate the calories, you'll be able to break the habit. Because estimating is usually a two step process, isn't it? First you think "I wonder how many calories this thing has" and then you go to "I estimate it to be ____." So instead of actually doing the calculation, you just stop at "I wonder..." ;)

I miss being able to snag all the good chocolates out of a box of chocolate before my boyfriend can get to them. I also miss being able to eat out twice in one day, although sometimes I do anyway.

Yeah the starvation mode thing is tired. At 5'1, she is not in starvation mode at 1200 calories. I have a good friend with a degree in nutrition as well, and 1200 is not a red flag number to her.