urgh. how am i going to lose that much in 2 weeks????

summer, 5''1, 110

september, 100

day b4 yesterday i was still 103

now i'm 105.

and only 5''1.

i'm going on a cruise during winter break for like 2 weeks, and now i seriously look like this

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/stylewa tch/gallery/summer_suits/kristin_cavallari300 .jpg

except i don't have much boobs.

... i eat really really healthy stuff, about 1600/day. Why am i still gaining?... right now i just don't have time to workout every single day...

this is upsetting..

Cut down on carbs during dinnertime and eat more vegetables instead. I think that should do the trick.

Original Post by driftpsychosis:

Cut down on carbs during dinnertime and eat more vegetables instead. I think that should do the trick.

the thing is... most of the time all i eat during dinner time is something like tofu and veggies. that's just what i like...

I know that everybody is built differently, but I am 5'1 as well, and at 105 I had no problem fitting nicely into size 2 pants/jeans. I can't imagine that anyone on the cruise would think a size 2 is overweight. I totally understand wanting to lose that last 5 or 10 pounds, but honestly, at this point, it's not an "I can't be seen in public" emergency!

Is it possible that you have an unrealistic perception of what your body looks like?

Edited to add-- If you can find 10 minutes to jump rope twice during your day-- say once in the morning and once at night, it's a quick and efficient way to burn off 150 calories!

Take me with you! I am 5'10 and weigh well over 200lbs. Next to me you'll look all cute and petite! I'll wear hideous skimpy clothing to make myself look even worse, so you look even more beautiful than you already are. Because i am just nice like that!

So when are we going?

How do you know that you are gaining fat?   You may just be gaining muscle.

It's better at your size to go by measurements or size of cloths than the number on a scale.

Original Post by shinyblackpit:

I know that everybody is built differently, but I am 5'1 as well, and at 105 I had no problem fitting nicely into size 2 pants/jeans. I can't imagine that anyone on the cruise would think a size 2 is overweight. I totally understand wanting to lose that last 5 or 10 pounds, but honestly, at this point, it's not an "I can't be seen in public" emergency!

Is it possible that you have an unrealistic perception of what your body looks like?

Edited to add-- If you can find 10 minutes to jump rope twice during your day-- say once in the morning and once at night, it's a quick and efficient way to burn off 150 calories!

yeah, i went on a cruise.. and 90% of people on cruises are bigger people.. being a size 10 is tiny compared to most. and honestly... im 5'1" too so i know a healthy weight is 130 - 95lbs depending on build.... how low are you shooting for if your just barely over 100lbs?????

Um, are we supposed to feel sorry for you that you look like her? I think she looks great..

Original Post by shinyblackpit:

I know that everybody is built differently, but I am 5'1 as well, and at 105 I had no problem fitting nicely into size 2 pants/jeans. I can't imagine that anyone on the cruise would think a size 2 is overweight. I totally understand wanting to lose that last 5 or 10 pounds, but honestly, at this point, it's not an "I can't be seen in public" emergency!

Is it possible that you have an unrealistic perception of what your body looks like?

Edited to add-- If you can find 10 minutes to jump rope twice during your day-- say once in the morning and once at night, it's a quick and efficient way to burn off 150 calories!

thanks guys... i don't know... i would really like to be about 98lbs - i'm fully aware that it is on the really skinny side of the healthy-18.5bmi-spectrum, but that's just the type of body that i would really like to have. I know that i shouldn't freak out so much, but it's just so upsetting that after losing i'm gaining again, hope you guys know what i'm talking about?

the other thing is i'm not a cardio person. I've done yoga on and off for about 2 years. 2 months ago I found this great routine that i really liked so i decided to take yoga seriously, and i did receive great results and felt really good about myself though i wasn't at the weight that i wanted. Recently i just haven't had the time to workout everyday and right now i just feel horrible. i just really, really want to look toned. i guess it's an online community so i'm just babbling out all my thoughts... seems like sometimes they bother me but sometimes they don't... i'm not even making sense now.. >_<

Original Post by pen_coed:

Take me with you! I am 5'10 and weigh well over 200lbs. Next to me you'll look all cute and petite! I'll wear hideous skimpy clothing to make myself look even worse, so you look even more beautiful than you already are. Because i am just nice like that!

 

So when are we going?

oh my goodness, please don't say that... I understand your intention and i'm very sorry for the post that caused such a response from you... now i don't know what to say... i understand that we should be satisfied with the way our bodies are but there's just a barrier that i can't cross sometimes...

I'm becoming too concerned with numbers - they're so convenient to track that i just allow myself to be lazy and let the numbers guide me. I think nicole richie looks sick, but i feel that the kristen cavallari picture i posted doesn't correspond to what i want to look like...

i know that it's cheesy and pathetic to look at celebrity pictures and compare... but here's really, really what i want to look like...

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/20 06-07/07/xin_5207030716490251839016.jpg

best wishes to everyone who took the time to read my posts and even to respond to such a ridiculous thread...

i guess i'll be honest and just say whatever i want to now... hope i get to learn from your responses... i mean... what do i have to lose... right?

i'm asian so i've always gotten used to the images of the skinny celebrities that almost all asian girls look up to. i know that they have bmi of 16-17, and i don't want to look frail and even sick like some of them. But because i've gotten used to this type of judgement for beauty, i feel like i'm constantly thinking, everything little, everything skinny. I want skinnier legs.. but i'm already a size 0. When i first put my size 0 jeans on, they're tight, but usually after an hour or two they become really loose. So i would be thinking, what in the world are you thinking when you're already a size 0? But i would look in the mirror and think, i want better legs. And then i would realize that type of body would lead me to size00, which to be really is the equivalent of sick-skinny, somewhere that i don't want to be. but then i'm telling myself, you're only 5''1, so being a size 00 should be okay, right?

omg after reading everything i've wrote i feel like a failure for letting myself be so concerned with all these things... there're more valuable things in life and the truth is that i'm not a girl who's on the verge of becoming anorexic and concerned about her weight all the time. It's just... i have good moments and bad moments. I hate it when the bad moments impact the way i feel and the way i think, so i want to get rid of them all together. I feel like at 98lbs i would be fine with whatever i have. but then i have to remind myself that it's only a number and i'm weak to let such numbers guide me...

lol i probably should start writing in my journals instead... thanks for all who stopped by... i just... don't know what to say anymore... thanks...