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Sometimes during weight regain, body fat distributes differently at first. I remember seeing an article where Mila Kunis commented about a similar experience when she regained weight after her performance in Black Swan.

I think the idea is that yes, if you want a numeric metric, body measurements are more meaningful than scale weight. I think the more important part of the post, though, was the emphasis on fitness. What you can accomplish with your body rather than what size it is. But as with any numeric metric, too much focus on it…

Is there a reason anyone (other than your fiancé, who clearly already knows something is up) has to know? I didn't even tell my family when I went into therapy, although I knew I would have to tell them eventually when the free sessions my university offers every student ran out. When someone asks me if I can do something…

This is just repressing the problem. This sort of action doesn't actually resolve the underlying issue. As someone who has struggled with mental health, I can tell you that if you don't resolve underlying issues, the problem will not go away and will continue to seep insidiously into your life no matter how much you try to…

I think your best bets are probably high fiber, high protein. So some sort of low-fat-content meat and a vegetable, or egg whites and a vegetable. That's assuming you insist on staying within your low-fat low-calorie guidelines. Not sure what you mean by 5-a-day, so I can't address that. I know that it's hard to stay…

Bottled coffee, an egg, and a piece of sausage. Heated the sausage in the microwave for 60 seconds to let some grease out so I didn't have to grease the bowl, poured in the egg, heated for another 90 seconds. This process was actually done several days ago; I stayed the night at my boyfriend's, so I didn't really feel like…

It sounds like you were dehydrated. That can lead to temporary blurry/greyed-out vision and ringing ears. The heavy breathing could easily be from exertion if you haven't been that active in a good while. Deconditioning is very rapid. A rapid heart rate, as long as it's not wildly far away from your baseline, is fairly…

I'm 5'2"ish and currently around 120. I don't have a goal weight, really, more of a goal look. I know at this point if I want to achieve it I'll probably have to do some recomp because of how my body is structured and how it stores fat. I think if I achieved a degree of recomposition that gave me the appearance I want, I…

Narnia.

Sometimes I do. Sometimes I'm too good at being hungry in that I'll be hungry and will hesitate to eat. This usually happens around this time of day. For me, problems start not from physical hunger but from the effects of hunger on my emotional state. When I let that slip up, I tend to want ALL the sugar/pasta.…

Oats are one of the five grains that cannot be consumed during Pesach if they've been exposed to water for more than 18 minutes. Some oatmeal is exposed to water during its processing. Regardless of processing, I don't want to feel like I should be watching the clock while trying to eat breakfast with my family.

Same here... add on no bread, pasta, cake, brownies, oatmeal, cereal, pancakes, waffles... or anything made with flour except matzah.

Yeah, I don't know if I would go so far as to say BDD, but I think you have some self-esteem/self-confidence issues that won't really be solved by changing your body. It sounds like you're also starting to feel like changing your body won't change how you feel. I wouldn't necessarily say you need to stop with doing what…

Best way to go about it: don't. Should you invest in a juicer?: Why would a probably expensive (actual juicers are expensive, as are high-quality blenders) piece of equipment be a worthwhile investment for a three-day event? (Yes, I know this argument can be made about many material things.) How much juice?: Well, since…

I eat for a variety of reasons, and I find that I eat different things for different reasons. "Healthful" food (vegetables, lean meats, protein bars, etc.) I eat to fuel and fulfill macronutrient requirements. Less than healthful food (chocolate, high-sugar coffee drinks, chips out of the bag, etc.) I eat because I want…

If you lose weight too fast, you can lose too much muscle mass, which nobody wants to have happen. How long did it take to put the weight on? Keep that in perspective when you think about how long it'll take it to come off. 1.6 pounds/week is pretty fast when you have only 50 to lose, and a lot of people (myself included)…

I just move on. This means I have breakfast food that I mean to eat for three days in a row before I actually eat it sometimes, but that's okay. It gets eaten eventually. And my breakfasts tend to be small, so it's not too many calories to shift around.

Depends on what I'm feeling that day. Most days I try to get as close as I can without going over (some days this is actually like 2 calories) and I know that my deficit is probably less on those days because of variation error stuff. But other days I'm like, "Eh, I don't really feel like eating all that much" (this has…

I think what people say/mean is that you need to eat fewer calories than you *burn*. Calories burned go beyond calories expended during structured exercise--otherwise, if you didn't work out, you wouldn't need to eat at all! Which of course isn't the case. Example: My basal metabolic rate is what I would expend if I were…

Completely off-topic, but what kind of animal is this? It's driving me nuts and Google isn't working on my computer (actually isn't, no joke). ETA: Glad I'm not the only one baffled!

I've gotten comments/compliments on my butt, my hair, my waist/hip ratio (not in so many words), and my shoulder blades (don't ask about that last one, honestly...). I've gotten told that I look breakable and that how my organs fit inside of my torso is apparently a mystery. I have really weird friends... What do I like…

1. How long have you used MFP for? Joined <--, started tracking, stopped for a good while, started again May/June of 2013 too aggressively, had to stop, started again August 2013 after a surgery too aggressively, then finally put all the puzzle pieces together and realized I just had to be way less aggressive--1200…

I would say eat a normal dinner and take the hit today, especially because skimping on calories can make it super hard to focus on homework. Use today as a learning experience for the future in terms of planning to spread your calories out through the day.

I don't, but my suggestion (because this is where I do some of my exercises) is to do anything you don't want to do in front of others in the shower! I do some stuff like that while waiting for my conditioner to do its thing.

I don't know how tall you are/how much you weigh, so I don't know if you're a physically healthy weight for your height (the loss of periods makes me think maybe not, but amenorrhea can happen for other reasons), but I know that the emotional fluctuations you're experiencing can happen at any kind of weight, so I'm going…

This stuff is awesome. Had some last night (not in my diary) for the first time in ages. Must include!

nih.gov's BMI calculator puts you at a BMI of 24 at 5'8", 158lbs, which is within the normal range (overweight starts at 25). Granted, it's higher in the normal range, so it might not be your happy point, but medically speaking, you have a normal BMI.

Between 5'1" and 5'2", currently bouncing around in the middle of normal BMI range... I'm probably between 120 and 125 (don't own a scale), would like to get to probably like 115? More for me it's getting to the point where I really like what I see in the mirror (I know it'll never be perfect) and when I sit down--my…

I don't have a recipe, but honestly, it sounds like you know what you want and don't need one! I don't always follow recipes when I want a particular thing, or I modify them really heavily. I would probably bake a chicken breast almost all the way, then cut it, stuff it with the nut butter, and then do something separate…

Yeah, that's not the kind of person you want to be working with. Honestly, you could probably ditch the professional and do your own research--you could do a lot of research in just half the time you spend doing cardio!--but if you're more comfortable having someone structure a plan with you, by all means do so. And notice…