VioletNightshade

I hate having anyone look at me when I work out, so I joined a 24 hour gym so I can go at all hours of the night when it's all-but deserted and can be by my lonesome not looking at anyone.

I'm worried about this, too... luckily atm, I'm losing mostly in my hips and lower tummy. I figure, with all the money I'm saving on food, I can put some away and if the girls decide to bail on me, I can just buy more. Not exactly the same, but win some lose some.

I would be wearing my fingers, internet and printer out typing up and sending letters and going hoarse from being on the phone calling someone, anyone who can put me in touch with the right people to get that clinic shut down like yesterday. Take pictures of your mum now and some from a while ago before she started this,…

It's very bad for you, you feel like death and you gain back whatever you've temporarily lost almost immediately and with a vengeance. Definitely not worth it. Source: Personal experience and the personal experiences of 14 of my friends, as well as commentaries from doctors and health care professionals. I've tried it, and…

I guessed 7.5% bigger than I am... interesting...

Becasue when people say "sedentary" colloquially, they mean "He who is one with the couch." It's (incorrectly) used as a synonym for "lazy."

I didn't say anything at work for the longest time, until my boss pulled me aside and asked me if I was eating enough. The next week, one of my coworkers asked if I'd lost some weight, and then quizzed me at length about what I did to get there. More, because I have lost a significant amount (over 40lb) I get asked what…

Yep... Most of my friends eat meat. I don't and haven't for over half a year now, and even when I did, I didn't often because it's always been difficult for me. Some of them, I find it hard to eat around (the more obvious and overt things which blatantly remind me that what's on their plate was at one point alive make me…

Also vegetarian here! I have a bunch of recipes that even my omnivorous compadres ask me for that I'm planning on sharing as soon as I get around to typing them up (I'm working on revamping my personal cookbook to not only reflect my newly permanent vegetarianism, but to promote weight loss by including calorie and…

My Zooey (of the dog variety) doesn't sleep in my bed with me, but sometimes she is invited up for a snuggle session. One of our favourite things to do is I sit on the kitchen floor with a piece of cheese or a biscuit between my lips and she comes and gets it. I can feel her little whiskers when she does and she's so…

Remember the Tortoise and the Hare fairy tale? You're slowly and surely working towards your goal steadily and he's bouncing about, wearing himself out, lazing around, and when the time comes to put his money where his mouth is, he'll be asleep under a tree while you pass him by. Let him gloat, it's all he really has. He…

Weight loss is supposed to be slow if it's going to be permanent, and yo-yoing is worse than just strictly being overweight. I have to agree with the band company and say you don't need a band. If anything, until you can control your binging, you shouldn't have the surgeries anyway. If you have the band and you continue to…

For me, taste trumps all. I always go out of my way to make whatever I'm cooking tastes good. If I don't like it, I won't eat it - period, end of story. Most everything I make has some sort of yummy sauce or is otherwise very flavourful. Whether I'm watching what I eat or not, I've never had people complain about the food…

It depends on who it is and what I think their intentions are with the comment. Typically, I just say "I think I'll be fine," and do what I like. I'm the one who has access to my food logs. I'm the one who's strategizing and I'm the one who knows how many calories I've allowed for what over the course of my day. If I'm…

I pretty much head for the veggie tray (pretty much every potluck has one! Yay, lazy dude who just wanted to come eat and not cook!) and stay there if I can. If there is no veggie tray, I essentially take a plate and eat maybe a quarter of it and then double the calories I think I had. Good thing about potlucks for me is…

That's why if you're going to go by clothing size, you pick one brand and one line / cut within that brand. It's rare for the same line (if professionally made) to have too much variance in their sizing that one pair of 7s will be the same as a pair of 9s in that same line.

Sounds to me like the Greek pharmacy scale was off, if all the others are in agreement. It's not impossible, just because it's in a pharmacy, for it to be incorrect or broken.

Still trying to figure out what works for me on this. I'm a night owl, and love being up at night. It's the only time I really have to myself, and I intensely need my "me" time, but I work long hours and end up wanting to chew someone's arm off (despite being a vegetarian) if I don't eat breakfast before work. I have…

I'm the same way, but for me it has to do with the texture... and that when I was in preschool, I got sick right after eating a little bit of cottage cheese on a piece of peach, and I've never forgiven it. I still remember the taste and texture... *gag*

I always gain right before and drop some right after, which was disheartening this morning when I got on the scale and was two pounds up from where I should've been and getting ready to be quite upset with myself following a binge which now makes sense because everything I was craving had high protein or iron levels…

Nope. When I tried it, the texture made me want to cry haha

I never liked cereal until I tried it with almond milk. Now I look forward to breakfast. In the 3 weeks since I took the chance and tried it out, I've gone through two boxes and went from a no breakfast ever person to a wake up and head for the kitchen person. On the other hand, the taste of cow's milk makes me cringe, and…

Chips and salsa - I could eat myself into a salty, delirious coma if the texture of the chips is just right and the salsa's good... Cereal - if I don't portion it out and put it in little baggies right off, I WILL eat the whole box in a sitting. French Fries - mouth is watering just thinking about it Tortilla with butter…

Not necessarily strictly educational, but the UK series Supersize vs Superskinny (all 6 series available on youtube) does tackle across the board weight issues from fad diets to anorexia and bulimia to binge eating to emotional overeating. They take a quite obese person and an underweight person, put them in a house…

Aside from being my mother's receptionist / assistant at her run-from-home businesses, which turned into me running them at one point because she fell ill and my just above minimum wage (by a whole quarter an hour!) drug store register drone job, which began at around 13, the first one was a receptionist at a hair salon.…

I wear yoga pants most places, unless the dress is expected to be anything aside from casual. As soon as I switch departments at work and I'll no longer have to clip things on to my waist band or give the impression that my shirt's tucked in, I'll start wearing them to work, too, as no one will be able to tell (we have to…

I've said something similar to one of my close friends. I doubt it was meant to be dismissive of your disappointment in your weight gain. It was probably disbelief that someone, after losing a bunch of weight, would be disappointed to around 90lb lighter than you mixed with a wish to be where you are. The 250lb girl…

I prefer not eating meat for various reasons. If you're considering it, I'd certainly give it a try. Purely from a weight loss perspective, I lost probably 15lb just from cutting meat out of my diet, which I did permanently in January. Just make sure to up your intake of things like beans / legumes and nuts, so all the…

Pre package and bring your lunch and a couple of snacks to work. I work at a casino that has four restaurants and a cafeteria that will make 'anything' you want... Unfortunately, steamed vegetables and rice (my favourite lunch to keep me going strong all day) is rarely on the menu, and when it is, the vegetables are quite…

I have a few: When I was a kid, about... seven, I think, could've been eight, my mother entered me into a costume contest. I wanted to go as Pocahontas (I've a medium skin tone and dark hair), but she made me go as Jasmine. I was angry, and I hated my costume, even though I won the contest. I ended up giving the trophy to…