CloudyMao Member

Remember only a calorie deficit will make you lose weight, the nutritional density of the food (I assume that by 'eating right' you mean nutritionally dense) you eat does not make any difference to weight loss. Are you maintaining a deficit? It sounds like you're eating at maintenance, still two weeks is a very short…

that 1.9g carbs is net carbohydrates, with the fibre subtracted, to find the 'true' carbohydrate count add the amount of fibre onto the carb one. Also if you are on a low carb diet, it is usually the net carbohydrates which are counted anyway. It will help you to ensure you weigh your food. Are you attempting a low carb…

nah, I don;t want to/am not trying to be condecending - I re-read this and it sounds a little, so thought i'd better say. Ketosis works on the principle that fat is your secondary source of energy, if bodies started rejecting dietary fat people doing low carb would literally starve... Calorie deficits are achieved by…

Awesome! :D

I was brought up thinking that to lose weight you needed to replace food with this kindof crap. All the way up until I went to college, there is seriously poor nutritional health education, at least here in the UK.

I find it's much healthier to push dietary ketosis rather than "atkins" I personally feel atkins is just a money push, all the bars and shakes they have, it's just a low carber's slim fast.

Lmfao. oh christ. Source, i'd love to see it. Your body starts rejecting dietary fat. Oh my word. No please, your sauce. ketosis* Calorie deficit comes from a calorie deficit.

This was supposed to be an edit, not a repost- disregard.

Sounds like you've had a really tough time of it :neutral_face:

I just got my quals in nutrition & I'm a health worker. I only use low carb for myself because of how it makes me feel; i'm under no delusions that if I were to eat 3000kcal of butter erryday that i'd get all skinny. Nah I like to push that the two are completely seperate - because of this magic low carb group +_+ You get…

I literally said disregarding water weight. This can be true when it comes to a lack of understanding or control with our weights, especially with the added frustration, but this is a good reason why we (as a health community on here) shouldn't shoot people down when they ask questions about different styles of eating. It…

Weight is a matter only of energy in vs energy out, dietary changes do not effect that - only the amount of consumption effects that, going low carb or high carb in itself does not have an effect on weight loss/gain (disregarding water weight) What I'm saying is: for some people having a low consumption of carbohydrate…

but sugar is delicious.

If you google you'll find an absolute ton of success stories. Ketosis works for a lot of people because it curbs hunger, which means people may find it easier to reduce their calorie intake. It does upset me when people brush any modified way of eating just to say "OH NOTHING AT ALL WORKS OTHER THAN ENGERY IN vs ENERGY…

England, we only have one type of weather - Grey.

I hope you mean 1200 net kcal per day, rather than total.

10/10 | A***** | Full marks. ^ everything & all of this^

Came here to say "sugar isn't bad" Saw 5 pages of comments. I'm so late to the party.

I don't mean to be forward, but i'd like to direct you here: http://www.b-eat.co.uk/get-help/ I know they're UK based, but they provide live 1-1 chats & they have seriously helped me a great deal during my recovery.

If someone has grounds to sue them like that, then this implies they have reasonable evidence that the academy is responsible in large part for the development of that ED; this in itself should be a massive red flag to you that they do not have your health in mind, only your short term performance statistic adding to their…

I second this so hard, all of this.

Then it might be an idea to make sure they're aware that a few people are taking them (not naming any names ofc!!) that way they can at least help to make sure people are aware that it is unhealthy to do so. If the academy really cares about the health of it's dancers then it sure be ensuring they are not pressured into…

It's good that you're happy where you are, but you need to be in charge of your own health, especially as you are an adult - they should not be pressuring you into health decisions like that & they are acting extremely authoritarian when it comes to you seeing medical professionals, seemingly they have something to hide.…

Christ that's a high caffine "weight loss" pill. Document absolutely everything from these people and go to the media, honestly this is insane.

Eat plenty of foods high in water, drink lots of water, avoid high sodium foods, eat less high starch style foods (root vegetables) & replace them with less starchy foods (leaves like spinach or kale). Avoid high intensity exercise or more exercise than usual, use lots of herbs in your food instead of salt. Eat a ton of…

Well they would be taking it to treat stomach ulcers. I'm actually quite concerned, not just for your health but the health of anyone under the care of this academy.

You can message me anytime you want to, I log on pretty much everyday. That sounds... isolating, and not just a little totalitarian. Honestly that's quite scary. I think mainly that if someone were to suggest you lose weight that you point out that you are actually underweight & need to maintain lean muscle so that you can…

Yes I wasn't quite clear on that, I was trying to suggest swapping high fiber foods (as they retain water) for other foods. In the short term it reduces some bloating, but it's not suitable for long term - it'd help drop a few lbs before having to do any qualifiers or anything. There has been so many horror stories when it…

Well right from the off I would strongly suggest confronting anyone who tells you or implied that you need to lose weight. You are clearly passionate about ballet, having got into a good academy & you want to ensure you're at your absolute healthiest - the best way to ensure that is to maintain energy, by eating way closer…

Swapping out 'bloater' or retaining foods like things high in fibre can cause you to let some water go without any risk of dehydration.