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You'd be surprised at the amount of things that can cause weight gain, especially with water weight. Chronic constipation is one of them; if you have chronic constipation however you might want to visit your Dr.

Everytime!!!

Actually in the industry of mental health we treat alcoholism & EDs as both mental illnesses, relapse is very possible after the point of 'recovery' and that is why they are lifelong. My mom is now a 7 year recovered alcoholic if she were to have a drink now she would relapse into a very damaging cycle, this is coming from…

coming also from a disordered background I am aiming overall for health, but aesthetics is always going to be a big part of it, because I need to be able to be happy with myself it's an on going struggle. You need to do what you want to, and just be mindful & careful of relapses, ensuring you have a support network.

wonderful! very inspiring! I appreciate what you said about exercise, I'm going to make the effort to do more.

Anything with cheese will end up being too high fat & I cam here to give you my cheese pudding recipe XD All kinds of berries will be good, so you could make almond flour biscuits, with a little low fat cottage cheese & some berry compote made with sweetner.

5'7" Highest weight: 300-310 Starting: 275 Current: 199 Lowest: 178 Goal: 145 or less (nothing solid, as long as within healthy weight range & happy) Having a healthy relationship with food and recovering properly from my ED is a large goal. As for losing weight, it's more about 'looking ok' and being a healthy weight so…

Dry reds and dry whites, most mixer drinks, vodka is the lowest calorie alcohol favourite - pair that with a diet mixer of your choice & that will be low cal. Beware of tonic water, it's not the same as sparkling/carbonated/soda water; tonic has kcals, soda doesn't. Also no-one is going to care if you don't drink much,…

I can 'click' my spine & neck really loudly, can also do elbows, shoulders, hands, knees, toes, wrists etc but the neck and spine freak people out the most, I got the nickname 'bubbles' because apparently it sounds like popping bubblewrap. I can swallow a tiptop (don't know what people call those outside the uk) in one go,…

The only thing I don't really like to see in red is carbs, though I don't beat myself up about it. I like seeing fat in red, and protein I don't really mind about at all.

Awesome, you seem to have yourself sorted out :smile: 125lbs lost, that's amazing. Well done you are absolutely killing it!

Foods high in fat will make most people feel more satiated than foods high in sugar. (this is just slow release vs quick release) This may be different for you though & I don't know if changing macro balance would be something you would like to consider - otherwise switching to more complex carbohydrates may have the same…

You get a better cup of tea if you let it steep ;)

First I would suggest you calculate your TDEE - total daily energy expenditure, and then subtract 500-1000(max) from this, you will probably find that is higher than 1200kcal. Calories do in fact average out, but it is not a good idea to only eat 600 for a day to compensate for over eating, it is more sustainable to make…

That's awesome! This is how you get things done! well done to you OP, and thanks for sharing.

Prevention for me, good advice already has been given - prudent planning & portioning out food. If you plan ahead you wont have any extra food around to 'binge' on, portioning will force you to go out of you way to carry on eating - reducing that risk. Ensuring that when you eat this is the only activity you are doing (not…

Precisely it depends on the trend, with a long term client who has recently moved into the overweight category from the 'healthy' category there is a significant concern; for an overweight person who has moved into the category from obese there is less concern. BMI allows us to see if changes can be made to reduce weight…

Indeed. I mainly wanted to kek at the presentation "we would become trees" tickled me.

See this is an individual question using an umbrella tool. We use BMI to judge who may be more at risk of developing certain negative heal conditions. Being in the overweight category puts you at risk of - becoming obese, developing diabetes (research shows) & developing osteoporosis. It doesn't mean you will, it just puts…

Swimming is a great suggestion. Other low impact exercises include using a stationary bike or elliptical in terms of cardio. I notice you were asking about weight-training; I also have bad knees (RA) & while I love my squats I seriously feel you about getting back up again. Strengthening the muscles around your knees will…

The fat stored in your adipose tissue is a source of energy, it gets used up by the body for energy - the same as proteins in your muscles & glucose; this is why eating at a deficit causes weight loss, as the energy stored in your body is used to make up the energy you have taken away from your intake. This is taught as…

I know this isn't what you want to hear, but right now it's a "deal with it" situation, like some others have said. I've spoken to a lot (like seriously a lot) of people with lose skin, as it's also an issue I have problems with in the same, and other areas. Most people seem to find that it will shrink back considerably,…

I'm going to steal that - convenience foods I mean, that's much more accurate. I think oils being 'clean' and not is to do with the process needed to extract the oil, cold-pressed vs chemically extracted. I really do not know the ins and outs of extracting oil from plants, but the quality of the fat is scored by it's…

no, not oil bad, but chemically processed oils aren't part of 100% clean are they? pls re-read mine. I am not one of those people. *oil delicious

I'm assuming you mean me, the vegetable oils that potato chips are cooked in are certainly not "clean" by any definition. Actually my use of those processes was just highlighting the fact that "process" is not a dirty word.

So many this & thankfully this is the attitude of the majority of the forum, which is why it's still worth coming here.

So the issue is just that I used the term clean? I didn't really want to attach myself to the label - hence keeping some distance by using quote marks. I am one of those people who say & think the clean eating mantra isn't meaningful (ofc it works for some which is great) I personally HATE the label, it suggests that other…

in for examples, gotta see this.

That's why I used quote marks when stating "clean" I am to build the majority of my diet from unprocessed (disregarding cooking, cutting & cleaning) sources. I didn't claim I ate no processed foods, I did the opposite. I was using it to point out that some things work for some (like 100% clean) but not others, and using my…

@RunRutheeRun that's awesome! Those few extra lbs are apparently always the hardest. Keep doing at it, you will get there! You diary looks delicious btw! If you really just want that number on the scale you could probably flush out some water weight (we all have some) by upping water & dropping anything that bloats (eg:…