I am astounded by this article.....

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  • hockeyfan87
    hockeyfan87 Posts: 206 Member
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    Wow. I'm speechless.
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
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    Wow. I'm speechless.
    My husband sent me that earlier this morning and I keep reading it over and over again.
  • milesvictors
    milesvictors Posts: 83 Member
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    Astounded because you love it or.......

    I think it is awesome and spot on. One of the best written articles involving how to properly view and treat our bodies, how to feed them and move them, etc. I hope thats what you're going for too...
  • acheron03
    acheron03 Posts: 27
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    Yeah there is another thread around here that linked to that article. I would of been turned away by her qualification as a " past life regression specialist"
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
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    Astounded because you love it or.......

    I think it is awesome and spot on. One of the best written articles involving how to properly view and treat our bodies, how to feed them and move them, etc. I hope thats what you're going for too...
    Astounded because I love it and find it so moving. I couldn't agree more with what you just said.
  • christineellis
    christineellis Posts: 296 Member
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    Astounded because you love it or.......

    I think it is awesome and spot on. One of the best written articles involving how to properly view and treat our bodies, how to feed them and move them, etc. I hope thats what you're going for too...
    Astounded because I love it and find it so moving. I couldn't agree more with what you just said.

    All that!!!
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
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    Love it.
  • KimINfortheWin
    KimINfortheWin Posts: 251 Member
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    Amazing. LOVE IT!!
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
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    Yeah there is another thread around here that linked to that article. I would of been turned away by her qualification as a " past life regression specialist"
    LOL....I was worried about posting something that was already out there.
  • Goal175lbs
    Goal175lbs Posts: 21 Member
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    Overly dramatic. Nothing wrong with 1200 calories a day for most women. She's acting like she assisted Hitler with the Holocaust. I'm not a fan of those weightloss diet companies but they are a business, use their services of don't, its up to you. They aren't committing genocide like the article seems to suggest.
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
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    She only did it to promote a new diet she made up...
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
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    Nothing wrong with 1200 calories a day for most women

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :huh:
  • momRN2B
    momRN2B Posts: 247 Member
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    nice article but it just tells you why not to eat 1200 calories. It doesn't say what IS a healthy way to eat.
  • Goal175lbs
    Goal175lbs Posts: 21 Member
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    1200 calories for a woman that's 5'2 and 150lbs trying to get to 120lbs or 115lbs is FINE. Nothing wrong with it what so ever, I eat 1700 to 1800 calories a day as a 274lbs man and its plenty of food and I'm losing weight. A small woman trying to lose that last 30 pounds or so is not going to eat much over 1200 calories a day. Especially If they aren't extremely active...
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
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    Overly dramatic. Nothing wrong with 1200 calories a day for most women. She's acting like she assisted Hitler with the Holocaust. I'm not a fan of those weightloss diet companies but they are a business, use their services of don't, its up to you. They aren't committing genocide like the article seems to suggest.
    To me it's more about the reminder to love and take care of yourself...that's what I got out of it anyway. Not to mention the fact that if don't net enough calories I can't sleep and start to shake a little.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
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    1200 calories for a woman that's 5'2 and 150lbs trying to get to 120lbs or 115lbs is FINE. Nothing wrong with it what so ever, I eat 1700 to 1800 calories a day as a 274lbs man and its plenty of food and I'm losing weight. A small woman trying to lose that last 30 pounds or so is not going to eat much over 1200 calories a day. Especially If they aren't extremely active...

    Yes, you're right. For a sedentary 5'2" woman, 1200 probably is fine. However, that is not "most women." I'm willing to bet that the majority of women looking to lose weight are a) taller than 5'2" and b) at least somewhat physically active.

    I'm 5'4", moderately active and looking to lose the last five pounds or so. I eat around 2300 a day. 1200 is a joke for most people.
  • DVaughan1975
    DVaughan1975 Posts: 158 Member
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    nice article but it just tells you why not to eat 1200 calories. It doesn't say what IS a healthy way to eat.
    At the end she suggests eating REAL food. She worked for a company that sold pre-packaged, chemical laden food.
  • Goal175lbs
    Goal175lbs Posts: 21 Member
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    The part about loving yourself is cool, I'm just not seeing what she did that was so wrong, She just seemed to overreact a bit. The advice she gave when working for the weight loss company want bad. Nothing wrong with the calorie limits, nothing wrong with encouraging someone to "get back on the bandwagon".
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
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    Overly dramatic. Nothing wrong with 1200 calories a day for most women. She's acting like she assisted Hitler with the Holocaust. I'm not a fan of those weightloss diet companies but they are a business, use their services of don't, its up to you. They aren't committing genocide like the article seems to suggest.
    To me it's more about the reminder to love and take care of yourself...that's what I got out of it anyway. Not to mention the fact that if don't net enough calories I can't sleep and start to shake a little.

    Very true! I didn't mean to start the whole evil 1200 calories debate. I loved the article :smile:
  • Goal175lbs
    Goal175lbs Posts: 21 Member
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    2300 calories is a lot for a woman trying to lose weight unless you're a triathlete or something. Most women I know trying to lose weight eat around 1200 to 1500. It's actually plenty of calories for weight loss. You need a 500 calorie deficit a day to lose only a pound a week.

    I ate 1695 cals today and it was plenty of food...

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