sunshinesoprano Member

Thank you! Great suggestion.

You are just a little harsh and snarky. I'm not saying anyone offering advice is judgmental. There have been some on here who made incorrect assumptions about me. I'm not some overly obese, grossly fat person. I work out hard and most people have no idea I weigh what I do because of how I'm built. I have a 37 inch…

Those are good questions. If I eat at work, I ask. It's an Aramark cafeteria, so it's pretty easy to get info from the chef. I don't like things mixed together, so I rarely eat anything that isn't just tiself. A potato, a piece of turkey, etc. If I make a salad, I make it myself and measure everything I put in it. If I eat…

Really, because I'm pretty sure I do. I have done this consistently almost every day for three years. I know exactly what I eat to the point it drives my family and my co-workers crazy. I ask the people in the cafeteria to measure out certain portions, what brand things are and they look at me like I'm NUTS. DO NOT JUDGE.

I greatly appreciate all of you who have provided feedback and I certainly never meant to come off in a defensive way. I have always struggled with this, especially given my muscle mass and how quickly I build it. It even amazed my weight trainer in high school. I used to be a dancer, in case you want to know, and was in…

Really?

You are rude.

Again I say about my doctor...I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH HER. She even said she couldn't know how I felt. OMG...before you all jump my case, read the posts I never said I wasn't going to weigh my food. Most of the people think I'm trying to starve myself because I eat so little. I appreciate all of you who have given me…

This photo was actually a little deceptive. My waist circumference is 37 inches now. Most of my weight is in my legs. Thank you for your advise and non-judgemental comments.

I work out at least 3 days a week currently, at least 45 minutes, cardio, lifting, etc.

As I've stated before, we've discussed it.

Really? Because I know a lot of thin people that eat like crap and are skinny anyway. I think you and I are going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

I am very open to suggestions. What I"m trying to explain is that I make good choices and that's why I'm frustrated. I know the answer everyone likes to give is... Don't eat out Don't eat junk Don't eat processed.... But I don't. That's just the thing. I eat healthy foods and get no where. I eat out and eat the healthy…

I think there is a lot more to being thin or heavy than just doing something right. If you look at my family, we're all built like football players. We're not meant to weigh 120 lbs. Not an excuse, but you can't put the skin of a WV Beetle on a Ford Explorer.

Y'all just forget about it, okay? No one seems to be able to help, even my doctor, when I explained that there was a history of hypothyroidsim in the family. She just snurled and said it was my food. It cannot just be my food. There has to be something else. Thanks to those who really tried to offer advice. For the rest of…

I eat very little salt, believe it or not. I rarely salt my food and to be honest I don't eat a lot of packaged food, either. It's hard to explain, I suppose. We eat out but I always choose good options like lean meats and again, little fat, fried, etc.

I'm not getting defensive at all...if you'll go back and read, even another person noticed that it sounded a bit like an attack. I asked for advice and said what I was doing. Nothing I said was defensive. If I didn't have a struggle with losing weight I wouldn't be here. Thanks for your encouragement and assistance.

Yes, I understand all of that.

I don't cook at home s what I eat either comes out of a package (like a frozen item) or something that already has a calorie assignment. I've discussed things with the chef at work and they actually weigh out and measure their portions because they are health-conscious...it's a large chain of cafeterias that services my…

1. Because we've spoken about it.... 2. I measure cereals and milk and things like that and most everything else I can get the calorie count from the package.

Several months. I don't use a digital scale but when I eat at work I ask them what the measurements are...it's a cafeteria so that's pretty easy for them. The rest is a pretty good estimate, and I know I tend to overestimate the portions because I'm afraid to underestimate.

No, that's being realistic that an historically thin person has no idea what it's like to have a lifelong weight struggle. If I said I hated her because she was skinny, that would be discrimination.

I use MFP all the time and track everything I eat. I have a desk job but I work out at least 3 days/wk for 45-50 minutes. I've been eating at around 1740 and nothing. I've ranged from 1200-1800 trying to figure it out, however.

Let me also note that... I eat very little bread. I eat very little candy and junk. I can't eat fried crap because it hurts my stomach. I drink coffee and water and that's about it...other than diet coke.

Last year when i went back to the doctor she said, stay at 1200 and exercise 5 days/wk. Unfortunately, I just don't have time to do that with other cmmitments. She's a really skinny person and an OBGYN so I'm not sure this is really her forte. I was starving and tired at 1200/day. I've played around with all sorts of…

SPOT ON! I went to a 1200 cal diet per my doctor's advisement and it worked great until I hit 50lbs. Now I'm plateaued because I can't possibly live on 1200 cals anymore. Thank you for sharing.

Okay, so it's going the wrong direction now....I increased my cals by a couple hundred and have been working out even more frequently and now I've gained 4 pounds! What the what? HELP!!!

That's what I'm afraid of for myself. I go back to the doctor who suggested the 1200 kcal diet for me on 7/5 so hopefully she'll give me some feedback, too.