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Agreed. I don't blame that girl one bit for complaining. If it doesn't bother you, fine, but they're still inappropriate comments about someone's body. That doesn't make them "delicate girls that run off complaining about the most trivial of things". The topic of swimwear doesn't invite commentary on her body. Anyway, back…

Same. Same same same. Cutting scars included. Thank you so much for this thread, OP. Loose skin is an issue not discussed enough. I truly believe that if I had known more about the realities of loose skin (especially the inevitability of it once you reach a certain point) I might never have ended up weighing what I did. I,…

It's just another way to decrease caloric intake. Note that you don't have to eliminate any of those foods in order to lose weight, and there's no such thing as "resetting your metabolism" as the authors claim. That being said, some people prefer to have a set of rules and a specific plan to stick to. If you like it and…

How are you counting your calories? 2 weeks isn't a plateau, but being 223 lbs with such a small caloric intake and no loss, it leads me to believe that your calorie-counting might be off. Are you weighing your food?

It sounds like you're more afraid of the idea plateauing than you are actually plateauing. The good news is that if you continue to stick to it and make sure to re-evaluate your goals as you lose weight, you won't truly plateau. As you lose weight, you may find that you have to either decrease your caloric intake even…

Super eye-opening, right??? I also applaud you for starting to weigh things. There are SO many times on this board people swear up and down they are getting a certain amount of calories per day, but refuse to try weighing their food. When people get closer and closer to their goal weight in a healthy weight range, it gets…

72 lbs down, 68 to go! That I'd be okay with my rate of weight loss slowing down. For a long time I was so impatient. I wanted to lose weight NOW and reach my goal ASAP. I felt like results were SOOOO slow and the days were crawling. Now that my weight loss is noticeable to everyone (and everyone feels it's their business…

Sorry, I don't buy it. That's still not very specific, and alcoholism is unfortunately not rare. If she said that to me, I might have thought "yeah, alcoholism runs in my family and I have considered suicide on more than one occasion by way of ingesting meds while I was drinking rum." Many people might be able to apply…

Nope- completely fake- entertainment purposes only, but humans will believe anything and everything. I believe some people believe they are psychic. I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing if someone is truly helped by it, but a lot of times I'm disgusted with the exploitation- i.e. making money by pretending to talk to…

Yes, I did read your last paragraph. I followed along and for the most part agreed with your entire post, I'm just pointing out that again- this is exactly the point many of us are making in this thread. Nobody here said it should be a gold standard or wasn't without its serious limitations. You make lots of good…

Exactly this. The weight of celebrities is a COMPLETELY different story and are in no way representative of the rest of the population. The average national weight has increased dramatically over the years. Here's a little anecdote regarding societal perceptions: When I was in high school, I had lived for a couple years in…

Please understand that my (and others') point is simply that BMI is not complete bullpucky and is valid as a generalization for a large portion of the population. It's important to take other things into consideration as well and there is nothing wrong with aiming for a higher BMI all other things considered (like body…

Even still, if you are vomiting that much, there's no way people on a forum are going to be able to tell you how to log calories in your situation. It is still a question for your doctor.

Definitely need to consult your doctor.

The problem is, you are solely looking at body fat percentage and ignoring total body weight (and every other parameter out there). 15% body fat is not an outlier in and of itself, but the work to achieve and maintain 15% body fat at various weights is definitely not equal. You are talking as if there's a whole slew of…

I'll bite. Had you read and understood everyone else's posts, and had decent reading comprehension skills yourself, you would understand that your personal goals are that of an extreme outlier and will be very hard to achieve and maintain. If you can, that's good on you but you'd be an outlier and by no means…

I'm very slightly under 5'5" (5'4.5" to be exact) and my goal is around 120 lbs. My highest was 260. Really, I have more of a goal range of ~120-125, to account for daily fluctuations. I really won't know until I get there, though. I don't know what I look/feel like at that weight, but in high school I was about 140-145…

I see this advice on the boards a lot, and while I appreciate it to some extent, it's important to remember that events like these can be very frequent in an individual's life (such as those with large families), while rare in another's. Excess eating from events without accounting for it in other parts of your life…

One of the best pieces of advice someone gave me regarding events: Only eat things that you can't easily find somewhere else or are unlikely to ever make/buy yourself. If your aunt's homemade deviled eggs are just the bomb- go ahead and grab them. You could easily buy a bag of potato chips from the grocery store, so skip…

Not sure where you got this bogus info but I couldn't give a flip what ratio is considered attractive to men (what men are we talking about?) or if it (incorrectly) indicates my ability to bear their children. Thought we were talking about health here? I've run out of things to say in this thread as rebuttals- I stand by…

The parameters of the current BMI scale were set by the CDC, National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization in the late 90's. Again- our perceptions of what looks good is culturally set.

Maybe not to someone who is very serious about fitness, but for most people that's pretty steep and a lot of hassle. I wouldn't expect most people to be able to do that on a regular basis.

We're going to have to agree to disagree. BMI is a guide that correlates to fat, not a direct measure, yes. If you have extra body fat, a lot of it is going to be visceral. Pretty sure I've agreed several times that BF percentage is much more accurate- just difficult to obtain an accurate measurement on a regular basis.…

I'm not sure where you got most of this information, especially that which I bolded. I think a lot of what you said in your post is a prime example of people in the U.S. (or other overweight nation) having a skewed idea of what a healthy weight is because we are surrounded by overweight/obese people. We consider people in…

I know there's been people on MFP who have had great success dieting while being wheelchair-bound- it's certainly not impossible. You can do it! I don't have any personal experience, but the good news is that you can lose weight by doing absolutely no exercise. Exercise is non-essential for weight loss. It has other health…

BMI is a good guideline for most people, and is not dated. It does not apply as well to the very old (due to muscle wasting) and serious body-builders. We use it often in the hospital to guide dose-adjusting of various medications (along with ideal body weight). It works great as a generalization. The thing to keep in…

I just want to reiterate what others are saying- if you are truly eating at a deficit, you will lose weight. Increasing calories to lose more weight is never the answer (it will only slow down your rate of loss). In the end, you have to be honest with yourself and how you're doing things- it's not us you have to impress,…

I lived in Japan for quite a while, and shirataki common there- I learned various ways of cooking it from multiple women (along with reading the package directions) and boiling is definitely an acceptable way to prepare it. I usually pre-boil the water (like a hot water kettle) and then pour it over the noodles and let it…

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Welcome to onederland! It feels great, doesn't it? I just hit that milestone myself last month and the excitement is still fresh in my mind. When I go to write or type my weight now, I still default to "2..." and have to stop myself and go "NO! I'm 100-something lbs, not 200-something lbs!" Now go do…

I agree with everyone here- great advice. 2 lbs per week is perfect when you have more to lose. It's so hard to be patient- we all want to have lost weight yesterday! I do want to ask- are you eating back your exercise calories? It sounds like you are- just be aware that a lot of machines overestimate how much you burn.…