How can I get skinny?
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I can't help but feel her every reply is trolling.11
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How much your food weighs doesn't translate to how much it will effect your body weight. We're talking about an energy exchange here not a mass exchange. All that weighing tells you exactly nothing useful. Well, perhaps how much waste is currently in your digestive system but I don't think that's really useful information.
The process is an energy exchange not a mass exchange so the actual weight (mass) of the food you're eating doesn't correlate with how much your body fat goes up or down.
To use a silly, overly simplified and extreme example:
Eating 2lb of lettuce over maintenance you'll be 2lb heavier on the scale (obviously). That lettuce would be stored as about 0.5oz of fat.
Eat 8oz of Avocado, jump on the scales and you'll only weigh 8oz more (again duh) but that avocado would increase your body fat by 1.6oz.
So eating a serving of avocado that is 1/4 the weight of a serving of lettuce will equate to 3x as much body fat storage. Or looked at another way, you'd need to eat enough lettuce to make your scales jump up 6lb in order to have the same impact on your body fat as eating a serving of avocado that caused your scales to move by 1/2lb6 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?12 -
All of her threads just need locked.20
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Good luck on your weight loss and on all of life's journeys! Be safe and be well.3
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Unfortunately I think your issue is more mental than physical. I'm sure your therapist has mentioned you have an addictive personality. Most people who use drugs on a large scale are (if this makes me feel better, imagine how much doing it all the time will, etc.). You can also see this in your obsessiveness of losing weight, etc. So first thing I'd say is work on the mental side of things. You look great in the photo. You've got thigh gap showing and look healthy. Sure maybe a few lbs here or there could be moved to improve your shape, but nothing extreme, my wife would kill for your body. Learning to love oneself is often the hardest part of dealing with weight. Try not to be so hard on yourself. Congrats on the kicking the bad habit and good luck on your weight journey!13
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MalkinMagic71 wrote: »All of her threads just need locked.
Okay then6 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.15 -
I think you don't really understand that the weight of your food or drink does not really correlate to the amount of weight/fat it would make you gain. You drink 16oz of water and gain a pound on the scale, but it would have nothing to do with gaining fat. Calories over your maintenance are the only thing that really matters for weight gain. Count calories.19
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ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.
Stop weighing yourself.
Stop with the weight loss efforts, for the moment.
You are not in a good mental place to lose weight in a healthy way.
Please please please please please focus on treatment with your team. Obsession of any kind is not healthy no matter its focus. Your mental health right now is so much more important than losing weight.15 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.
Show this statement to your therapist.17 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.
The weight of your food has nothing to do with losing body fat. Weighing your food is how you obtain calorie numbers to ensure your in an overall deficit. To me this sounds like your incredibly lost on how to lose weight. Just eat fewer calories then you burn. That’s all. That’s literally it.10 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »jennlynne2018 wrote: »Sometimes I think we can mistakenly become a part of someone's illness. I know I am not trained enough to help instead of hurt, so I agree and am no longer participating.
I didn’t mean to hurt you. It’s not like I’m dropping a stack of weight and starving myself because I’m not. I just don’t understand why everyone is so worried. I really can’t see how I’ve got an eating disorder. I’m just obsessing over weight loss because I want to be healthy and if I stop obsessing I might fail at losing weight and I might go back to old ways. I’m not trying to hurt anyone honestly. Everyone has there ways of losing weight and I have mine and people say keep doing what your doing because it’s working. I really am starting to worry about everyone that is concerned about me on here. I’ve noticed I have 18 posts on help to lose weight and I’ve gone overboard with the same questions over and over again and I really didn’t mean to get obsessed with weight loss all I want is to be passionate about weight loss and get healthy mentally and physically. I know bpd can be annoying to people and I apologize to you and everyone. Because everyone probably thinks I’m annoying and everyone probably don’t want me on here. I am going to talk to my therapist about this because it sounds like everyone wants me to so I will. I am working on being healthy
Obsession is disordered thinking. When the obsessive thoughts interfere with your ability to enjoy regular day to day life it becomes a form of self harm. That isn’t healthy.
I hesitated on commenting but decided I should. Please feel free to add me if you ever want to chat.
I’ve dealt with addictions since adolescence and am in recovery for an eating disorder. I know how easy it is to transfer that obsessive thought pattern from one thing to the next. Most recently I found myself acting out with online shopping after reaching maintenance. It felt justified at first. I worked hard to need a new size. Then I was up until 2am every night for a week placing bids on Poshmark (not healthy). So I told a friend and redirected my energy into more balanced living again. It is totally normal for people in recovery for anything to go through this and I see it in your posts.22 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.
That... is not helping you lose weight. What it is doing is highlighting how little you you understand what you are doing, how little attention you pay to anyone's replies to any of your questions, and how disordered your thinking is.
I agree with those above; show this statement to your therapist. That's the person whose help you really need right now.13 -
Sorry...sometimes I can’t help myself
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If you want to change the way your body is shaped, do weight training. Build muscles. It works. But reschereach the exercises your going to do so that you build the muscles that you want.6
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ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
How, exactly, do you think that weighing yourself seven times a day helps you?
It’s something that I do everyone has there ways that help them losing weight and this is one that I think helps me and it helps so I don’t eat to much food that weighs more than 0.5kg.
That... is not helping you lose weight. What it is doing is highlighting how little you you understand what you are doing, how little attention you pay to anyone's replies to any of your questions, and how disordered your thinking is.
I agree with those above; show this statement to your therapist. That's the person whose help you really need right now.
That is why I’m asking everyone how can I lose weight. I do listen to what people say. I just don’t do everything people say because somethings don’t work for me or I’m not good at9 -
Losing weight is the same for you as for everyone else - eat less than you burn.
But do it in a sensible realistic way with realistic expectations and some basic idea of how your body works ( eg water weight fluctuations)6 -
paperpudding wrote: »Losing weight is the same for you as for everyone else - eat less than you burn.
But do it in a sensible realistic way with realistic expectations and some basic idea of how your body works ( eg water weight fluctuations)
I know I have to eat less. But how do I know how much I burn? I don’t understand that part.3 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Losing weight is the same for you as for everyone else - eat less than you burn.
But do it in a sensible realistic way with realistic expectations and some basic idea of how your body works ( eg water weight fluctuations)
I know I have to eat less. But how do I know how much I burn? I don’t understand that part.
That’s what the stickied threads are for. And reading people’s replies to your questions. And not going off spinning your wheels with half-baked ideas about weighing yourself seven times a day instead of doing either of those things.9 -
Redordeadhead wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Based on your post history it is affecting you though, and it isn't helping you because weighing multiple times per day cannot help (anyone) to determine how much you can or cannot eat on a day to day basis.
Have you read all of the "most helpful" "stickied" threads at the top of these forums and the thread on weight fluctuations?
I'm going to repeat my previous question: have you read these?6 -
I have read some I will try to read them allRedordeadhead wrote: »Redordeadhead wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Based on your post history it is affecting you though, and it isn't helping you because weighing multiple times per day cannot help (anyone) to determine how much you can or cannot eat on a day to day basis.
Have you read all of the "most helpful" "stickied" threads at the top of these forums and the thread on weight fluctuations?
I'm going to repeat my previous question: have you read these?
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ashleygroizard wrote: »
I have read some I will try to read them allRedordeadhead wrote: »Redordeadhead wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Based on your post history it is affecting you though, and it isn't helping you because weighing multiple times per day cannot help (anyone) to determine how much you can or cannot eat on a day to day basis.
Have you read all of the "most helpful" "stickied" threads at the top of these forums and the thread on weight fluctuations?
I'm going to repeat my previous question: have you read these?
Do they help answer some of your questions? They should.
Also, are you going to go through these threads with your therapist at your next appointment?8 -
MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »jennlynne2018 wrote: »How often are you weighing yourself?
Up to 7 times a day
Why? What do you expect to get from that?
So I know how much I can eat and drink in a day so I don’t gain weight.
That's what tracking your calories will do.
I really don't think you're currently in the right mindset to lose weight.
Your right I have atypical anorexia nervosa and in recovery. I’m getting rid of my eating disorder11 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Have you talked to your therapist(s) about any of this recently? Say within the past two weeks? Also note the "yourself" part of "danger to yourself or others". Also given your diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, has anyone recommended DBT to you?
My eating disorder specialist is enrolling me in dbt. I’m really sorry for all my posts. I don’t mean no harm8 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Have you talked to your therapist(s) about any of this recently? Say within the past two weeks? Also note the "yourself" part of "danger to yourself or others". Also given your diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, has anyone recommended DBT to you?
My eating disorder specialist is enrolling me in dbt. I’m really sorry for all my posts. I don’t mean no harm
No need to be sorry. I'm guessing that "all the posts" are a symptom of the disorder. Even if not, why should anyone blame anybody for reaching out for help, whether they have a disorder or not? Best of luck to you with your treatment.10 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Have you talked to your therapist(s) about any of this recently? Say within the past two weeks? Also note the "yourself" part of "danger to yourself or others". Also given your diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, has anyone recommended DBT to you?
My eating disorder specialist is enrolling me in dbt. I’m really sorry for all my posts. I don’t mean no harm
No need to be sorry. I'm guessing that "all the posts" are a symptom of the disorder. Even if not, why should anyone blame anybody for reaching out for help, whether they have a disorder or not? Best of luck to you with your treatment.
Yeah I have atypical anorexia nervosa and an obsession with weight loss honestly I didn’t mean to become so obsessed. I started dieting and it became an eating disorder. I honestly wasn’t trolling I just couldn’t help it. Weight loss became my life but I’m going much better and the eating disorder almost gone. Thank you12 -
ashleygroizard wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »ashleygroizard wrote: »But are you also going to stop constantly weighing yourself, accept that if the scale goes up and down over the course of a couple of days it means absolutely nothing, and start thinking in terms of weight gained or lost on average over the course of a couple of weeks?
I enjoy weighing myself it isn’t affecting me in a bad way and it helps me so I’ll probably keep doing it. I will start thinking of weight gained or lost over a couple of weeks
Have you talked to your therapist(s) about any of this recently? Say within the past two weeks? Also note the "yourself" part of "danger to yourself or others". Also given your diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, has anyone recommended DBT to you?
My eating disorder specialist is enrolling me in dbt. I’m really sorry for all my posts. I don’t mean no harm
No need to be sorry. I'm guessing that "all the posts" are a symptom of the disorder. Even if not, why should anyone blame anybody for reaching out for help, whether they have a disorder or not? Best of luck to you with your treatment.
Yeah I have atypical anorexia nervosa and an obsession with weight loss honestly I didn’t mean to become so obsessed. I started dieting and it became an eating disorder. I honestly wasn’t trolling I just couldn’t help it. Weight loss became my life but I’m going much better and the eating disorder almost gone. Thank you
I am so glad you're working with your specialist now, please bear in mind though that eating disorders don't typically go, you just find ways to manage them.9
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