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frozen coke: 341 cals in one serving and really it's just a drink

My shape has changed after my children, but that is not to say that with a lot of effort I couldn't work against it. Part of it is also getting older and actually accepting myself. Killing myself in the gym to get to a body that represents what mainstream media tells me is beautiful is simply not worth my time. I eat…

same happens with me :-)

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judging by your other post on how you lost your weight and how little you ate, I personally would go and explain that to the doctor. Get checked for deficiencies perhaps. Given your age and gender it is not something a doctor would normally consider, but it might be worth exploring.

I was about to say that if you are overweight then you probably eat more then 800 cals on a normal day and then I looked at your stats where you say that you are 5ft and 110lbs. That is a perfectly fine weight (I know that because I am exactly your height and weight), so why do you need to lose weight very quickly? Also at…

I am assuming you actually eat more then that on your days off, so just take the weekly average, because no, you don't go into starvation mode if you don't eat properly for a few days.

If I eat only 1200 cals I don't actually have as much energy to put into my exercise and day to day living, but I do have to say that my 1200 were carefully measured and as exact as I could be. The eat more to lose more concept relies on the fact that you are very accurate with your calorie counting, because frequently…

if it was for medical reasons though OP should have clarified that instead of just saying that she hates all veggies. There is a difference between people who can't eat veggies and people who won't eat veggies. The former needs to find alternatives whereas the latter needs to have a think about why and deal with that

I quite like the occasional cucumber and celery juice, not as a fast or anything, I just like the taste :-)

I know I am late to this thread, but I am really ravenous the week before my period, yet not very hungry the week or so after my period. In the past I used to make myself eat when I wasn't hungry and then starve when I was craving lots of food, but now I am essentially working on a monthly average and it seems to be…

At 280lbs you are highly likely to have more lean body mass then what the person cited, so chances are you are actually looking at 150g of protein or so daily. Nuts/seeds have protein, so does avocado, eggs, tinned tuna or sardines are also options that you don't need to cook very much. Alternatively don't be a vegetarian…

no we don't, the word Eating Disorder should not be diluted to that extent. Safe foods is a term that features heavily with anorexics and it most certainly does not mean 'healthy to eat and tastes great' it means filling without substantial calories.

Eating healthy is not an accurate measurement in terms of losing weight. What is your calorie deficit like? How accurate are you with you calorie counting? Do you weigh everything and measure only the liquids? How are you determining how much you have burnt?

I eat a lot of Dhal (Indian Lentil Curry) and various bean chillies and I often add a can of beans or chickpeas to my salads

people with EDs refer to certain foods as 'safe' food usually they are fibrous vegetables or something like no fat yoghurt or whatever helps them to pretend they are eating all day whilst not actually taking in any substantial calories OP: if you start to think of safe food it's time to seek professional help

people back in the day were eating less of everything and whilst they were not necessarily dying from heart disease and diabetes (some actually did) they did die earlier then people die today. Risks for both increase with weight and age, and as medicine progresses people simply fail to die of other causes first. Sugar is…

I am 5ft and 110lbs, significantly older then you, lightly active, don't work out and I lose eating 1350

have you actually researched that phenomenon of the skinny friend that always eats thousands of calories, never exercises and never gains weight? overwhelming evidence of studies with dlw have shown this not to be the case, but if you have evidence beyond the 'I've known ...' it would be good to see

what sort of 'diet' are you following and why? So far I got that you don't really want to eat carbs, you avoid all sugar, you eat low protein because you are a vegetarian and you don't want more then 35mg of fat. the term low carb, low fat or low protein is relational i.e. if you have low carb, you have high protein and at…

are you 500 short after you added your exercise calories or before? cause you know that eating 700 cals and working out 1h a day is not the same as eating 1300 and logging 600 cals as exercise thus being short by 500 cals

How many calories a day are you getting? one thing to keep in mind that anorexics for example can feel very full on just eating lots of fibrous vegetables and no fat yoghurt and it all equating to about 700 cals a day. So hunger and satiety are not necessarily perfect indicators of adequate nutrition. If I eat a high…

I am 5ft and I lost most of my weight eating 1350. When I started out I used measuring cups and logged only 1100, but as soon as I used scales it jumped to 1350 so clearly I wasn't very good with the measuring cups :-)

the reason why I asked is that many people say they are eating 1200 calories when in reality they eat significantly more then that and thus are satisfied with seemingly very few calories. Another issue is that if you have a 100 lbs to lose then at the not too distant past you easily ate more then 1200 calories, so to say…

how accurate are you with your logging? Do you weigh everything, measuring only liquids? Do you do itemised logging (i.e. enter your bread, your spread, your ham instead of picking a ham sandwich from the database) Do you double check the entries of the database?

you sound like a planner. I am very good at making plans. I have list of lists. I research all the best ways. What I am not so good at is actually finishing those plans. I have make myself come here every day and most days I log every thing faithfully (weighed and exact), every now and then when I feel like giving up I…

losing weight does not make you love your body with all it's faults more. Some of it is truly about self-acceptance. So your stomach won't look like the one of a photoshoped starlet, it's not an indicator for health or happiness. By all means work out more, lift some weights, eat well, but look at yourself and realise that…

clearly if your weight is stable then you are eating just the right amount

why did you pick 125 anyways? Did you scientifically determine it or did you pick it out randomly because it sounded good? Take a break for 2 weeks and eat whatever. Evaluate why you have the goal weight that you have and why it is important that you are that weight. Then decide whether it is worth going for those last…

this x1000 ultimately it is a show where skinny people get to torture fat people all in the name of getting skinny and the world watches it for amusement. She took the show to its natural conclusion and when confronted by the result of their preaching the trainers look horrified as if it's never occurred to them. Also…