Posts by rjs243

"I loaded it up with Parkay, I can't believe it's butter spray (0) calories"

Don't get sucked in by that "0 calories per serving" nonsense.  A bottle of this spray butter actually contains 900 calories and 90 grams of fat.

Good article about how this form of misleading labeling works...

http://voices.yahoo.com/fat-free-calorie-free -spray-butters-better-count-5209517.html?cat= 51

"... I have an ED, so these kinds of foods are a BIG no no! .... I ate the whole thing (one donut)! I'm supposed to be gaining ... I just lost control like that! .... how can I stop it from happening again?"

At 5' 4" and 110 lbs, your BMI is 18.9, which is already at the very low end of the healthy range.  

Your July post said that you're trying to survive on 700 calories per day, so I conclude that the eating disorder you refer to is anorexia. 

You are anguishing over "losing control" by eating a single doughnut and asking this group to help you avoid doing it again? 

Sounds to me like you're asking for help in maintaining your ED.

Original Post by navvygrl30:

im 17 , i currently weigh 129 and i'ver been at a 1200 cal diet

According to the CC BMI tool, at 5'8" and 129 lbs, you are already slightly underweight with a BMI of 19.6. 

At age 17 with the calories you're burning in skating, you need to be eating a *LOT* more than 1200 calories per day.  When you're working out, you are burning about 450 calories per hour.  You should never have more than a 500-1000 calorie per day deficit.   My guess is that you're burning AT LEAST 3,000 calories per day.  You have to eat that much to maintain your present weight and probably should never go below 2,000 to 2,500 calories daily.

If you're being told to get to 110 lbs, you are getting very *wrong* and very *unhealthy* advice from someone.  I suggest you fire that person and find someone who knows what they're talking about... before you end up hospitalized with severe anorexia.

BTW: I'm 5'2" at 112 lbs and I'm also an ice skater.  My BMI is 20.5 (low end of normal).  I generally wear size 00 or size 0 depending on brand.  But, there is no such thing as a "universal" size in clothing.  Every company uses their own templates.

If ya' done it.... it ain't braggin'

Congratulations!

Hi SkinnyHippo,

Your numbers caught my eye because they are so similar to my own.  I am also 5'2" and 2 years ago, I weighed 159. This morning, my weight was 117.  Went from wearing sizes 12 and 14 into sizes 0 and 2.  Feels great!  Looks great!  And I didn't diet this time.  Done that before.  Lots of yo-yo-ing.  Doesn't work.  Lifestyle changes do. 

Small changes made over time: Switching to some low-fat and no-fat products instead of full-fat.  Deciding that butter was evil and that I could live without it.  But, I still splurge on full-fat cheeses on occasion - in moderation.  Yum!  Salad dressings and sauces served on the side instead of mixed in.  Putting a single serving on my plate at the counter instead of putting the whole serving dish on the table.  Choosing the side of fresh fruit instead of the hashbrowns.  Really enjoying a few bites of my partner's dessert instead of ordering a whole dessert of my own.  Eating lots more fresh veggies and fruits and fewer processed foods.  Lucky there because I like fruits and veggies anyway.  Being attentive to my body signals - not just stuffing myself mindlessly.  Reducing portion sizes slightly.  Two or three fewer bites each meal does add up.  Love snacking - just doing it in smaller quantities and picking healthier choices.   

Bigger changes:  Monitoring what I eat.  Counting every calorie.  Without being obsessive about it.  Generally eat between 1200 and 1500 calories a day.  I'm 52 years old, have hypothyroidism, and am only moderately active.  I definitely enjoy my food and still have days of food decadence.  But not every day or even every week.  Enjoying those days of eating what I want and not feeling the need to stuff myself in the process.  Not even trying to lose any weight between Thankgiving and New Year's.  I consider it a great success to not gain weight  during those 5 weeks.  Buying a food scale and actually measuring what I eat.  MEASURE what you eat.  So important.  Amazing how easy it is to pile up 2 servings while only counting it as one.  For me, logging what I eat is part of my daily routine.  I don't cheat on that.  Even when I have a splurge day, I record everything I eat.   

Small activity changes:  I don't take elevators anymore.  Regular meetings on the 11th floor of my office building.  Don't fuss about parking nearby anymore.  Prefer to park far away or walk.  Walking across a large parking lot is an opportunity, not a chore.  Make multiple trips up the stairs with the groceries instead of loading myself up to make just one.  Look for small ways everyday to burn an extra calorie or two.  A little more formal exercise - not a lot - has always been hard for me to maintain a daily exercise routine, so all those little daily things become more important.  A little more regular with my exercise.  I weigh myself every morning and log it.  Probably not good for many people but it works for me.  Don't fuss over a few pounds in either direction.  Last Friday I weighed 115.  Today I weigh 117.  No fuss....  I had a wonderfully decadent  weekend at a 5-star resort in Las Vegas!

Biggest change of all:  Attitude adjustment.  Not dieting.  Not being hungry all the time.  Not doing anything that isn't sustainable.  Not depriving myself of foods I like.  Not trying to restrict my foods to a few specific items.  Defining this as a change of lifestyle.  Paying more attention to what I eat.  I eat the foods I want.  Just in smaller portions.  Being very happy with my body as it is.  Being patient.  Being very patient.  Being especially kind to myself after that fourth chocolate chip cookie sings its irresistable siren song.  Not using it as an excuse to blow off my attention to being healthy the next day.  Rewarding myself for all this attention to my own health and well-being with a new pair of jeans in a smaller size instead of with a hot fudge sundae. 

Whatever we give our attention to shall flourish.  Paying attention to our health means that our health will flourish.  Good luck to you!

"Last time I made an excel spreadsheet with formulas to what I burned/consumed and what amount of calories I saved.  It was perfect and effective." 

"Does anyone know a website, a book, personal advice, of food that is *simple* and fast to make that I can put togethor?"  

You seem to be unclear about the purpose of this site.  CC is not a diet plan.  It's a remarkable way to encourage a safe, healthy, permanent change in your relationship to food.  CC will track your calorie intake and expenditures simply and much more effectively than an excel spreadsheet.  Heck of a lot faster too.  Also includes weight tracking and food nutrition analysis tools.  The database of foods and recipes includes tens of thousands of items and includes more nutrition information than just calories (fats, sodium, carbs, etc.).  If you're looking for new foods, just browse the recipe collection.  The exercise database includes the calorie burn counts for every exercise I've ever heard of.  And a few that I haven't   .  If you need support, encouragement, have questions, or just want to share your successes, there are a lot of knowledgable and helpful folks using this site and a few professionals who offer excellent advice.   

So, if you're looking for a website.... you've found a really fantastic one. You might want to begin with the "getting started" tab to discover what CC can provide.  Good luck.

P.S.  Many thanks to the folks that are providing us with all the sophisticated features of CC at no cost to the users.  You are very very much appreciated!  

If jae89latina is a college student, and choses to communicate the way she did, then our entire educational system may be in more trouble than I ever could have imagined possible.  I am a university professor and I teach adult literacy.  My students at the first grade level communicate more clearly than the above posting.  But this is her problem not ours.

Frankly, my issue is that I do not appreciate being insulted, "everyone is making me feel super fat" and being called an "a-hole" by this rude, ignorant, and juvenile illiterate.  Particularly as she chose to express these sentiments in the context of asking for our help.

Those of you who have generously and graciously offered your help have more tolerance than I for this sort of uncivil behavior.

Try a moderately dry white like a Sauvignon Blanc. New Zealand whites are very nice and are inexpensive.  If you want to spend a little more, get a Sancerre Blanc (Loire Valley, France).  Won't compete with the sweet potatoes or overwhelm your mock chicken (tofu?).

Original Post by meganr:

One could always turn off the TV.

 I vote for this answer!   Better yet, SELL the TV! 

   Just to add a trivial but kind of interesting side note...   the egg shells your grandmother put in the coffee weren't meant to decrease the bitterness but rather just to help settle the coffee grinds onto the bottom of the pot.