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Congratulations! That is GREAT!

Nope! What you eat most certainly DOES have the ability to jack up your cholesterol (and not only eating saturated fats. Eating processed carbohydrates, notably refined flour, can do this as well. This "it is just my genes" attitude is a cop-out for 99% of the people out there. It is defeatist attitude and only for the…

I wouldn't call this yo yo dieting. This is more like a plateau. I get these myself; I think probably everyone does. Time to shake things up a bit. And dig in your heels and get even more serious. Take a good look at your logging. Does it reflect what you have eaten accurately? Both in terms of "what" and "how much"? How's…

I hate the standard "Be Patient". Frustrating as HE**. Unfortunately, it also happens to be true. So you fell off the wagon again, so what? You caught yourself, just hop back on the horse. I don't think you will be able to lose 23 pounds in 8 weeks (DA** that patience again!), but you'll get there eventually.

Why are you doing this? This can be dangerous. People have died from doing this. Why would anyone make themselves sick like this? I don't understand......

I'm sorry that you are in this situation, but I don't understand how normal saline causes all these problems if you don't have some underlying issue? If you are getting the 0.9% that is what is in plasma! hence "normal", how is this the cause of physiological issues? And I have my MS in Clinical Laboratory Science, so I,…

Took a quick look at your diary. I agree with the above, no way are you getting enough fiber. Add fiber as one of your tracked nutrients and shoot for at least 40g a day.

1. Eating more will not make you lose more weight. 2. Weight loss does not happen as one might expect. You could stay the same for a few days, increase a bit for a couple of days, then lost two pounds in two day. Even while eating the same diet and doing the same exercise program for every one of those days. 3. You ARE…

You're kidding, right? You eat right, exercise right, and stop using excuses (like being at school). You have to find your own control, sorry, but that is the way it works.

Sorry, BMR of just over 18.

Well, if you go by what Joel Fuhrman says, 95 pounds for the first 5 feet then 4 pounds per inch above that (for women). Therefore, ideal weight for done one our height is 119. That is a BMR of just ver 1 I, and that is considered in the "normal" range.

Not true. My calculated BMR is 1266 and I'm 5'6".

You are crying about not losing weight in one week? What are you going to do when it is 4 weeks and no budge? Are you weighing your food? How are you getting your calorie burns? Not much more difficult than calories in vs calories out. You are either eating too much and not realizing it, not burning what you think, or a…

Cool to have a thread that isn't "I've got 100 pounds to lose". I've got 18 pounds myself to lose. I've lost 8 pounds since I started, so 10 to go! It doesn't feel like it is flying off, but I've only been into this for 30 days, so objectively, I can't say that it is bad. Just feels slow, I guess. I'm a young 51 (no,…

Yup! I don't know where this idea to "eat more, lose more" came from! And I don't get how people buy into it. I'm not saying that anyone should eat under what their body requires, but I don't believe that every person out there NEEDS to eat at least 1200 calories a day or they are in trouble! Some may need 1000, some may…

+1. And you do look fab!

Wish you luck. Can't really help you with specifics, your profile only shows you are a 20- something female. What are your height/weight? What are your goals? What is your correct diet like?

Let go of the concept of "starvation mode". No such thing. You're fine.

If you consciously decided this was a cheat day, then how can you consider that you fell off the wagon or have something to feel guilty about? Unless you feel guilty that you allowed yourself a cheat day? If that is the case, then just don't do that. Maybe easier said than done, I don't know, because I don't have cheat…

GypsyRunner is correct! Eating more is not going to make you lose weight! You probably are not in the deficient that you think you are. And weight changes are weird. You may not lose anything and then all of a sudden lose a couple of pounds. I don't understand why that happens, but it does. Just keep going. Carefully log…

Yea for you! I see you reaching your goal!

I'm not sure anyone can motivate you. YOU ned to motivate you. Losing weight for vanity sake never seems to work out well, IMHO. maybe talk yourself into making a change for a healthier you. Being a role model to someone else. Find something that really MEANS something to you. Then you will have the motivation you seek.…

It is mainly called discipline. You have to have the mindset that you are going to do it. Not try, but do it. So what if you eat some sweets one day. You just start the next day with a clean slate. Not that sweets are evil, but some people find them just too tempting and they are certainly filled with low nutrient…

This. And as someone else stated, you don't sound like you are really ready for recovery. It is a tough road and you have to be mentally and emotionally prepared for it. Wish you luck!

Good luck! I think you possess the attitude to help yourself. Now, just go and take a cooking class and you will do FINE!

Sorry to hear that. I know steroid use is really hard to overcome with regard to weight loss. Wish you the best!

It won't happen. The Exercise Gods have planned so that you lose inches first in the places you font want to lose inches. Then you finally start to lose inches last in the places in which you do want to lose inches. Cosmic karma.

Those darn 10-15 pounds are always demons. Good luck!

See a therapist. NOW. I am not being mean or flip. If you truly think that you are fat at this weight, you need to get some help. Feel free to think I'm a rotten SOB or stupid, or whatever, but I suggest that if any of those thoughts run through your mind, you need to RUN to that therapist. Go soon and you may not be…

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