jessgallison

I agree that you absolutely need to count calories when you are trying to lose weight. I was never the kind of person to eat junk food and fast food all the time. I always ate healthy meals, i just had too much at a time. Once I started counting calories I realized how much I was eating. If you are gaining weight you are…

Okay, well I understand what that is saying. Its just that eating 1800 calories seems kind of ridiculous. Ive never eaten that much. My question was more if I needed to eat them ALL back, or if the 100 or 200 ive been eating is enough.

Well, if you are a relatively small person already you shouldnt expect large weight losses. I started at 138 and I lost about four pounds my first month and I was pretty happy with that. If you are pretty heavy then that probably wont apply, but I thought I would throw that out there. I would suggest you get a measuring…

This gift isnt at all insensitive, because its actually really really sweet, if perhaps a bit misguided. My boyfriend gave me a really nice REI sweatshirt...I was super excited (because I'm a big backpacker and really could have used one) until I realized that it was MASSIVELY large. Like, it was a mens medium when I wear…

I dont mean to sound unhelpful either, but I find there sizing runs quiet large. Especially in things like slacks and tee shirts. I had to buy a size 2 pair of slacks when I usually get like, a 7 in jeans.

Thank you everyone for your responses. I meant that my mom is fairly attached to making dinner for the whole family. I dont meant to say that my family eats crap, because they dont. They do, however, have things like spaghetti and sandwiches on rolls and things like that. I will try to work on portion control, but its hard…

Senator, I found your comment extremely rude. I don't feel that I was complaining as much as looking for advice and support from other people in a similar situation. I thought this was what this site was about. If you didn't like the topic, you didnt have to open it or respond. I think it speaks to some pretty large issues…

I always take measurements in the morning before I drink anything or take a shower. The thing is, the scale doesn't fluctuate, it basically always says 32. My BMI has been going down, as has my weight, but the body fat percent doesnt really move...

I am a little bit confused about this. If you are overweight your wrists are going to be larger than they would be if you were a healthy weight. So...wouldnt that make a lot of people who are overweight think they have a larger bone frame then they really do? Also, I'm a bit confused about what I would be. How much are…

Unfortunately the place I am going is not a chain. However, I looked up a local chain that I know to have similar sizes of slices based on your guys' recommendations. I'm a vegetarian, so I dont eat any of the high calorie meat toppings. I was thinking of just getting a slice of cheese. This place said a large single slice…

I'm 5'3"-5'4". I weigh 130 pounds now and no one would tell me that I need to 'lose weight'. My dress size is about a 4-6. That being said, I'd like to weigh 118-125. I personally wouldnt want to weigh 115 pounds or less. Using a general BMI calculator that is about 19 percent body fat, which is the very very lowest end of…

Honestly, 12 glasses a day seems like a lot. There is something called 'hyponatremia'. Its when you basically flush out all the electrolytes in your body. It can actually be quiet serious, people can actually die from drinking an extreme excess amount of water. Clearly you are no where near that stage, but I just wanted to…

I understand what you are saying. I'm a bio major in college, so i've taken nutrition and understand that people are different body sizes. Even though I look okay and my BMI range in healthy, it is at the higher side of healthy. I'm not 'fat' but I do have excess body fat to lose. I'm not willing to say i'm just muslely…