NadineSabbagh Member

I know a lot of people will find what you've said strange, but I completely understand what you mean! I'm not a stranger to attention, good and bad, but either way, it's all unwanted attention! I keep to myself a lot nowadays. I used to be pretty outgoing, always wanted to be around people, always wanted to be in a…

I always feel terrible after a binge but, thankfully, I don't do it all that often nowadays. When I do, I log what I've eaten so I can see the damage, and then I try to make up for it the rest of the week. I'll eat at a slightly greater deficit each day to try and offset the binge day, or I'll work some of it off in the…

I've set my current goal weight based on BMI. I'm happy to just reach a healthy weight, even if it's at the top end of the scale! But when I get down to my prospective goal weight, I'll probably re-evaluate things. As my goal is still so far off I'm finding it difficult to determine what a good goal weight for me is! I…

Wow!

You look fantastic! And that dress... I want!!! Keep up the amazing work :)

Have you set your goal on MFP to lose 2lbs per week? If so, you might want to consider changing it as 1200 is obviously not a sustainable amount of calories for you. If you want to keep your goals the same, then you might have to look at your nutrition. I currently eat 1200cals, which I am finding sustainable at the…

Surprisingly, it's been spot on for me - but only when I've been spot on with my calorie intake for those 5 week periods. If I happen to go over or under my calories one day it amuses me how drastically the predicted weight loss changes :P I don't really pay much attention to it, but it is quite motivating to see the…

I always thought 'thick' was a word used to mean 'fat', so I'm as confused as you. Personally, I would tell your boyfriend to get stuffed! Saying you look like a skinny crack head, then criticising you when you put on weight? How dare he tell you how you should look! Do what YOU want to do, look how YOU want to look, and…

Wanting to save this post for later! Thanks so much for posting - I remember seeing your post a few months ago when I was looking for stretchmark success stories, and I'm glad I've managed to find it again because I've started to notice that I'm getting saggy skin around my stretchmarks and it's really damaging my…

My sister has a genuine gluten intolerance. As I live with her, cooking was always a problem as I would want the 'normal' versions of everything, whereas she would need to have the gluten free options, so it always resulted in a lot of hassle in the kitchen! I choose to eat a predominantly gluten free diet nowadays purely…

Just had my night out... I won't divulge my alcohol consumption :) Was absolutely worth it, will get back on track tomorrow!

Yes!! Why can't this be true?! Someone once said to me 'you're hot, for a fat girl'... Eh, no!! If he found me attractive then why feel the need to add 'for a fat girl'?! I can't believe some people actually have the audacity to come out with comments like that, or the 'you're pretty, but...'ones. Who are they to throw…

I'm annoyed at myself as I didn't do the whole 'sports bra' pictures when I was at my heaviest because I was too ashamed of myself. I took some when I'd lost around 30lbs, and I hid them away and didn't look at them again, as I was still ashamed of myself. As much as I don't like taking them, I'm glad I at least have them…

Oh wow, I'm just going to ignore this thread now. The insinuation that I am somewhat of an alcoholic, an irresponsible child or even in any way morally reprehensible is utterly ridiculous. There is absolutely nothing wrong with not enjoying being around drunk people when you are not participating. I'm not going to…

Haha! I would probably think that was slightly creepy, if it wasn't exactly the kind of thing I would do myself :p I always thought my profile WAS private, but it's clearly not :p I'm basing it on the fact that, according to my bmi, I'm 70-odd pounds overweight :/ and that's JUST to get into the healthy range. If I want to…

I'm 5'6", so I'm not particularly short, but I do still have around 70lbs to lose which is why my deficit is quite significant for the time being! I guess it's kinda hard to see how much I have to lose as I don't have a full body shot up!

Yeah, 9-10 doubles is very easily consumed on a night out in the UK (and perhaps other countries, I don't know!) And, if an American single measure is roughly 40ml, then that's almost the equivalent of a UK double - so I understand why people are quite shocked in this post! Just want to say also that you look AMAZING in…

Haha, this made me smile, because I actually do all of this but it's usually unintentionally!! I always alternate with a glass of water - but it's purely because I'm usually skint and can't afford the alcohol! (or the barman is incredibly attractive and I want a chance to chat to him, without having to spend money on…

Yeah, my nights out can last quite a long time! I'll definitely pre-log, and hopefully that will help me stick to a moderate limit. I've got a decent deficit from this week, so I'm sure that will definitely cover any alcohol I drink :) Haha, I'm definitely not drinking 40ml shots! That would be almost a double over here,…

I did a search and couldn't quite find what I was looking for. I wanted to make my question more personal to me in order to get advice that was specific to my own lifestyle. If you have a problem with my post, then there's no need to read it? Ignore it, wave it off as yet another person asking the exact same thing as…

That's a bit like me! I wasn't as slim as you were, but during my 2nd and 3rd year of Uni (when I was drinking the most) I was at my slimmest! I'm not going to specify how much I was drinking in those days, as the '19 drinks' thing seemed to shock some people enough!! I lived and breathed the student life here - every…

My diet is low carb at the moment anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem keeping it low on the days I drink :)

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A lot of people have mentioned those 0 calorie flavour things, so I think I'll look into them! Thankfully, I'm not a huge fan of flavoured alcohol, alcopops etc... so I generally just stick to my vodka the whole night anyway :) Definitely going to try adding different low calorie mixers though :)

I actually started reading that earlier as I saw it posted somewhere else, but didn't get round to finishing it! I was finding it pretty interesting, so thanks for the link - I'll get back to reading it!!

I haven't had much luck with the professionals where my anxiety issues are concerned unfortunately. I know drinking isn't the answer, I just find it easier to be around loud, drunk people if I'm drinking myself. A sober night out in the city I live in is quite a scary thought haha! I've decided to log my alcohol in…

Haha, I could never not eat a thing to compensate for the vodka - I like my food too much :P I would still definitely have a reasonable amount of food before drinking, perhaps less than usual, but I would never not eat and just consume vodka for the day :P I've been eating at a fairly significant deficit this week (nothing…

Thank you for this haha. At the end of the day, I do binge drink on the odd occasion and no amount of people telling me how terrible it is is going to stop it - it's just the nature of the culture I live in. I know it's not good for me, I know some people think the idea is completely abhorrent, but a drunken night out is a…

Hehe, thank you for sticking up for me :) And yes, I'm in the UK. I think our pub measures of vodka (at least in the local bars) are 25ml generally, 0.8 of an ounce maybe?. My own measures of vodka (when I'm measuring it out precisely) are roughly the same, or around 20ml (just over half an ounce, I think?) I don't know if…

I think you're absolutely right - I've just had a look the profiles of the people who were shocked by my drinking, and nearly all of them don't live in the UK. I definitely think it is just a culture difference! To be honest, in the student culture I was in, 19 drinks would've constituted quite a 'reserved' night! We live…