TheCaren Member

I have gastroparesis which is where my stomach empties slower than it should, leaving me feeling full when I shouldn't be. And if I try to eat when that happens, I will get sick. and it's random as far as what food sets it off. So that could explain why weird foods will make you sick. It is identified by means of a…

A pound a week is respectable! However, I understand what you mean about being honest and logging EVERYTHING and not just ignoring little things here and there.

Waste time reading message boards on MFP instead of eating my lunch. LOL :)

I struggled with fear of regaining my weight, and if I were to be completely honest, I continue to struggle with it at times. I was unable to force myself to eat at maintenance calories because I was convinced it would cause me to regain all the weight I'd lost. I have had to stop tracking food because it became obsessive…

I am 5'4" and my starting weight was 165 last September. I'm 44 years old. Hit my goal weight of 125 in March. Did it by making a lifestyle change. I did not then, nor am I now, on a diet. I increased my lean protein intake, and focused on not just counting calories, but making my calories count. Lots of fruits and veggies…

First: It probably was an anxiety attack (from which I also suffer). However, Karen Carpenter (a vocalist who died way before you were born) died due to cardiac arrest as a result of a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. So it might not hurt to have a little health check up and make sure you're not developing an…

"Junk food" for me is anything that does not provide an over all nutritional benefit of some sort.

So do I!!!! (little in the middle but she's got much back)

Oh now you're just spoilin' for a fight... <goes to get popcorn and wait for the fun to begin>

Clearly I missed the couch-****ting incident. Do tell...

You are still talking about the dog, right?

She's beautiful. I had Englsh Mastiffs previously. Currently have a German Shepherd and a rat terrier mix of some sort.

I am a criminal defense investigator. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE my job. I have worked sales in the past, which I did not love. I have done administrative work (budget preparation for government departments, etc.) and didn't really care for that either. I have found my happy place. :wink:

I've never calculated BMI for a male, but for females, a BMI of 18 is in the "underweight" category. I'm guessing it's similar to how guys generally carry lower body fat than women at an equal level of fitness maybe?

I started out at 28.3 and am maintaining at 20.6 (I'm 5'4" and currently weigh 120#).

My only suggestion would be to be cautious about labeling foods "good" or "bad". While it's doubtful it will occur in your daughter's case, some who suffer from eating disorders come from good homes with well meaning parents who innocently villify food. Add that to a child who has tendency toward obsessive behavior to…

I went to a group hypnosis session in 1989 to try and quit smoking. Left there thinking "wow, did I just get riped off". And am still cigarette free today, 24 years later.

Log everything you eat, and weigh/measure what you eat. I was fascinated when I began doing this and realized just what the correct portion of certain foods were. As for calorie burning, many people overestimate what they're actually burning. MFP doesn't help when some of their burn rates are inflated, but in MFPs defense,…

5'4" 120 pounds (plus or minus a pound) and wear a size 2 or 4 depending on the brand. Starting weight was 165 pounds and I wore a solid size 12 at that time.

^^^This coincides with everthing I've learned about eating patterns amd weight/fat loss. I don't know a lot about IF as I have not chosen to go this route to get to my goal weight. But the one thing I ask anyone who asks if their way is a good way to lose weight. Is this sustainable for you? Can you see yourself eating…

^^^This, according to a dietician I saw a few times.

I plateaued about ten pounds from my goal weight. Upped my calories from 1240 to about 1500 per day. After a couple weeks the weight was dropping again.

Lunar landing.

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I'd like to pick up where I left off learning American Sign Language. Do you do the toilet paper over or under?

No. Do you ever envision what your life could have been if you'd made different choices?

If you could pick, which famous person (alive) would you have dinner with? [/quote] Vin Diesel. And then breakfast too... LOL Just kidding. What's up with Miley Cyrus?

^^ This

I've seen a number of people on here do the 5:2 diet also. And find success. You just have to ask yourself is eating that way sustainable for you. Because otherwise it's just another diet that has a beginning and an end and those usually lead us back where we started at some point.

I wouldn't say a word. She knows she's overweight, and I suspect has a pretty good idea why. However, the first time you hear the words "I don't understand why I can't lose this weight/why I keep gaining weight", I'd be all over that like flies on stink. In a gentle way. My response would be something like "For me, I…