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From your post in another thread about previously having sufferred from bulimia (you described binging and purging), I'm not sure you've recovered entirely :( It sounds like while you may no longer suffer from the b/p cycle, your diary shows that you are restricting heavily and it sounds like you are unhappy with your body…

This :( You know you need more than you are eating to maintain your weight, yet are struggling to eat it and at the same time struggling to control what you eat. I think it's time to talk with someone about how you've been feeling.

if it's runny I pour it into tablespoon to measure, and if it's thick I weigh it :) Also this -- it helps me dress my salad with the right amount of dressing every time!

Cups are notoriously inaccurate anyway, and to make matters worse, teaspoons and tablespoons are actually DIFFERENT VOLUME in the US vs. the UK, and there's no way to know which one the nutrition info is referring to in the database sometimes (US tablespoon is like 14 ml, UK is like 15, which you know when measuring oil…

That I would be eating more delicious foods and be more culinary adventurous when eating healthy than I ever experienced while supposedly having the freedom to eat whatever I want. I put it off for so long because I thought I'd have to eat un-tasty food!

Pasta. And no, shirataki noodles do not even come close to counting @_@

I do hate cutting calories -- that is, during the time I'm losing weight I'm always a bit hungry. It's like the TV in a distant room -- not really hugely audible, but always there in the background. You can eat more protein and fiber and all those awesome things and it does help take the edge off, and some people swear up…

My metabolism! If I could burn through food like some of my naturally under 10% body fat friends, I would be awash with joy! I am such a foodie.

Yep. If I get up very early though, by 10 a.m. I might have 250g greek yoghurt with sugar free maple syrup and 20g of peanut butter. It's around 250 calories, no fiber, and 30g protein.

As long as you are voiding a reasonable amount of fluid each time you pee, it's just because you are drinking a lot of water. Your diet may contain more water than the average persons, and we do get a lot of fluid from food, so it's possible you are drinking more water than you need. Once every few hours doesn't sound…

Depends on several things! - If I know the host well then I might ask about food preparation to help me estimate, or if it is catered then I can ask where it was catered from to help me estimate - If I know in advance I'm going to a party, I might just take it as a "cheat meal" that I just assume is 2000 calories and then…

I notice from your post history that you mention doing weights and cardio interchangably, 6 days a week, spending an hour at the gym each time. I'm assuming then, that 3x a week you do an hour of cardio, and I'm guessing that's why you are seeing this hunger. If you consider the difference in nutritional needs between a…

You have my agreement there! Particularly since people don't wake up one day with full-blown eating disorders -- they develop over time and, when treated earlier in an outpatient setting, have much better success rates. Once individuals are inpatient and on IV drips, it's so much harder for everyone involved -- the…

For the symptomology of a disorder, it is true that people can experience it anywhere from mildy to severely, with of course the sliding scale you would expect to be found in human diversity. We all can be a bit OCD sometimes. To actually be diagnosed by a mental health practitioner, though, you would have to reach a…

I don't know how this conversation keeps coming back to "it's not a disorder, this is modern society being crazy and vilifying healthy people." Criteria for psychological disorders involve extreme disruption to life and inability to function normally in everyday life -- e.g. stories mentioned in this thread about people…

I can't speak from personal experience, but I worked in the mental healthcare field for two years and spoke to many young women taking antidepressants. Sometimes, gaining weight was the reason they had stopped taking their medication, but as their symptoms worsened, two things soon became evident. First, not taking…

I'm going to pretend you are a member of the Jain religion because otherwise I think this is a terrible idea. Let's assume that, for deeply held religious and personal convictions, you need to switch to eating only fruit. Okay, in that case you should probably first start with going vegetarian. Then vegan. Then raw vegan.…

It depends how fancy you want to get, I think. I think a BodyBugg is probably your best bet, but I don't recommend it because of both the upfront and ongoing cost of use. The next best thing, I think, would be a heart rate monitor, but these can vary in cost and you may not want to wear a chest strap (and the wrist ones…

I have a restaurant meal once a week at which I can eat however much I like. Sometimes even two in one day! I log each one as 2000 calories, which is probably pretty accurate as to what I can put away at a restaurant. It may seem silly, but logging them that way is really important to me -- I'm not going to blow a…

Thanks so much Karen, this really helps! I think lifting after cycling works best for me as well. I've been cycling these kinds of distances more than a year now so I hope it holds true for me too!

Thank you so much! This was super helpful. I didn't think about not being able to cycle after leg-intensive lifts. I wonder if I did lifting after my daily cycling, then maybe by the next day I'd be recovered enough to be able to use my legs again? I guess I will have to experiment!

Awesome! Was lifting before cycling the way to go (or maybe you never experimented with lifting after cycling?) My TDEE is currently 2300-2500 so that sounds about right!

It's commute cycling sadly, so that's every weekday -- 5 days back to back. I take a complete break on the weekends, but that isn't very helpful because of then lifting back to back.

Thanks Stef! I never would have thought there would be a conflict or "either or" between lifting and cardio, but both Jamie Eason and New Rules of Lifting for Women specifically say to stay away from the cardio, so that made me think there might be a conflict or some reason they said that. So I guess I just wanted to…

I think there's an obvious and clear difference between choosing to live a healthy lifestyle and having this disorder. Those of you who turn down cake at a birthday party aren't remotely captured by this definition. In fact, the symptoms are very similar to anorexia. - Continually cutting out foods that are not "pure" -…

This is the conclusion I've come to. I echo the shirataki noodle recommendation! Edit to add, I've tried all of the following with no real effect on hunger: - Making sure I eat 1g of protein per pound of body weight, with at least some protein at every meal. (Still do) - Eat mainly whole foods, with the majority being meat…

Eat as much natural food as I can possibly stuff into myself? Damn son, that's how I gained weight in the first place. Sprouted grains and fresh organic veg, while delicious, are not made of magical calorie-free faries. Anyway macademia nuts are real food, and I can eat 3000 kcal worth of those before you even finish…

Firstly, as other posters have said, only excess calories create weight gain. So why have a "limit" at all, you might ask? Rather than actually being a hard ceiling, the number is a generall recommendation for the average person, but there is great variety individually when it comes to what macros work for you. One factor…

Of course, but I don't log added salt (naughty!) and occasionally I don't log dried herbs and spices (e.g. basil, black pepper) . I would, but you never know how much salt something needs until you keep tasting it and it tastes just right! Hard to measure it out beforehand :)

Far from being opposed to dating someone who is overweight, I really, really wish I could find overweight people (and in fact, all people) attractive. I genuinely wish I had more control over what I am sexually attracted to. One of my good friends is someone who is a soul mate candidate, and while we are both dating other…