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She (your sister) says it because it hurts you, not because it's true. When I was young my brother would call me fat to be mean. I weighed 105 pounds at the time. My mom is seriously obese, and still points out when I gain even half a pound. I ignore her. Calculate your BMI, and next time your mom or sister say anything,…

I just put your stats into a BMR/TDEE calculator - at sedentary you need at least 1500 just to exist (BMR) and have an 1815 TDEE. Add exercise and it will go up from there. On that basis it appears you are undereating significantly. At our heights, more than a 500-600 calorie daily deficit will result in you being hungry.…

Those calories seem quite low for a guy. I'm only 5'1", but my calorie goal with the activity level set at sedentary is nearly what yours is. It's well nigh impossible to lose weight at a rate of 2 pounds a week, when you are short and have not much to lose (<50 pounds). Check your settings and reset to lose 0.5-1 pound a…

I buy Jordans, which you can get at Tesco, and cook with half milk and half water. I've also gotten organic porridge oats at Holland and Barrett, and those were nice. I put a ton of cinnamon in, along with either a few golden raisins (15 g) or a touch of maple syrup.

Sometimes people crave chocolate when their magnesium is low. Try a multivitamin and see if that helps.

Clanadonia. Anything off their cd "Keep it Tribal". But only if you don't hate bagpipes.

In the UK, most people eat chili over rice, though I refuse to allow them to eat my Texas chili that way.

Magnesium supplements, 300mg a day. Keeps hormones balanced and the plumbing moving.

I had tendonitis in my arms and plantar fasciitis, for which I had tons of physical therapy. Dead Sea Salts/Epsom salts worked a treat. A good soak in a hot salty water every day or so really made a huge difference in recovery time. Very inexpensive and very effective, plus it was enjoyable (compared to physical therapy).…

Yes, you nailed it. She has apologised, I've forgiven her, and I am kind to her because she is old and lonely and her son is all she has and we both love him dearly. I've made my boundaries clear, and accepted that she'll probably say something inappropriate again. I'll not exclude her from the planning, but maybe just…

THANK YOU!!!!!:blushing:

It's his cat. :laugh:

I feel your pain! I'm only 5'1". I had a lot more success (and much less frustration) when I set it to lose 0.5 pound per week. I get to eat around 1500 calories as day, and if I get more exercise than usual I lose a bit more. I'm not even close to a "small" frame, definitely medium/large frame, and feel best around…

I'm 44, so if I had the good fortune to become pregnant, nothing she could say would bother me!

I just got engaged, we've been together nearly four years, living together for two.

Thanks, everyone (well, except the guy who said to pull up my big girl pants as I'll be wearing sexy lacy undies with my dress instead). My fiance knows exactly how his mother is and for everything like this she has said to me she has been 10x worse to him over the years. She, as several of you have pointed out, has no…

Yep, she's uninvited to any and all future dress-related planning. Thanks, guys! I'll keep a wary eye out for the other four problems . . .

There is a quick trick for the day before you can use, soak in a 20 minute hot bath with epsom salts or Dead Sea salts. It works for supermodels on bikini shoots and it works for me when I am feeling a bit bloated.

I don't know about Prometrium, but I've been using progesterone cream (over the counter) on the advice of my naturopath for some time and have shorter periods, fewer PMS symptoms, and feel better overall. I haven't really considered it to either help or hinder weight loss, except insofar as I don't have cravings for…

"but my TDEE is a little over 1300 calories" I just ran the numbers on http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html, and even with little or no exercise (sedentary) your TDEE is at least 1500. I think you might be confusing BMR with TDEE. I mention this only because it will be really hard for you to tone up…

I'm also 5'1" and haven't been 92 pounds since I was in middle school and was several inches shorter. My ideal weight is somewhere around 115-120, and if I was down at 92 pounds people would be commneting as well, and not for the good "you look great" reasons, but because they would be worried about me. I'm concerned that…

Yep, been there. I carefully explained to my partner (who would fastidiously divide the lovely dinner he had cooked into two precisely even portions) that I at 5'1" needed less food than he did at 6'1". That, and I asked him to stop putting sticky toffee puddings into the grocery trolley, which he did constantly because he…

What, does he weigh you each morning? Most guys have no idea what their girlfriend/wife/OH weighs and are smart enough not to ask. Any guy that comments on you about 5 pounds is clearly a controlling jerk best left at the kerb. Losing weight within healthy boundaries for yourself or for your health is one thing, losing…

This means that you use 1240 calories when you are in a coma, and need 1800+ to maintain (that means fuel) your body. What you are doing is disordered eating, and you need to seek professional help.

Sometimes craving salty foods is a mineral deficiency, so a good multivitamin with minerals might help. I do that, plus I get the tiny 25 gram serving size bags - eating one bag is ok, and the thought of opening a second bag reminds me to stop.