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I haven't seen that documentary, nor do i tend to care for documentaries about veganism/such. Most of them tend to be heavily biased, and straying from the facts/manipulating such. As other people have mentioned - there is no way to be 'mostly' vegan. Rather you're vegan, or you're not. If you don't consume meat and don't…

If you don't like something - THEN DON'T DO IT. If you don't enjoy something, you're not going to be motivated to take part in it, on a rather consistent basis and in a high intensity at that. If you enjoy dancing, see if you can find some dance tutorials on Youtube. If you enjoy yoga, look up Vinyasa classes or classes…

Documentaries like that tend to be crap. They tend to merely be conspiracy theories, and nothing more. I urge you to do your own research, and see what you can find supporting this theory, because i'd care to bet that there's not much research that supports this. Don't get me wrong, i think that we as a society need to…

People do tend to experience depression rather differently, depending upon their personality and such. I have a close friend whose depression manifests as really aggressive rage and hostility, and another friend who experiences text-book-case anhedonia. They're both depression though, and one isn't more valid than the…

Just like when you start any new habit - the first few days are always hard. Now with depression - due to the changes it makes in your motivation, attention, behavior, sleep, appetite, perception, relationships, etc. - it's not precisely the same as somebody else would experience it, and i'm not going to neglect that.…

It depends in what sense you're talking about. They both trigger the same response in your dopaminergic pathway if you habitually over-indulge in food, but the only difference is that cocaine creates the potential for dependence, which junk food does not. You don't go into dangerous withdrawals when you stop eating junk…

I totally agree - i think that basically anything is okay in moderation with proper portion sizes - which is why fast food has become so problematic. If we were using junk food and fast food as a quick meal every now and then or a treat, then it would be okay. But the fact that we depend so heavily on so many processed…

As another side note - i'm not a doctor so take this with a grain of salt - these are signs of the sorts of body image & food struggles that tend to go along with eating disorders. So please do be careful! Your boyfriend seems to be worried, so tap into that support if need be (if possible that is). <3

In all honesty, whether or not it's an eating disoder depends upon a lot of factors: how frequently you have this experience, how intesne the emotional aspects are, how out of control you feel around desserts, etc. People often confuse Binge Eating Disorder with over-eating (understandably as they're rather similar and…

I totally agree. By definition, a binge is different than over-eating and/or overindulging. I feel as though many people (and i'm not saying people here specifically as i've just seen this in my everyday life) confuse 'binging' with 'eating more than i planned'. Anyways - i used to struggle a lot with Binge Eating…

OCD isn't an adjective - you can't be a 'little' OCD. Rather you have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or you don't. You can't have a 'little' of it; that's equivalent to saying you're a 'little schizophrenic' because you heard somebody calling your name, when in reality nobody really did.

In all honesty, i feel as though that's a normal response for people trying to make any sort of lifestyle chance - dietary/exercise, or otherwise. Making changes of that nature takes a lot of energy, time, education, dedication, support, etc., so it's not as though it's going to be easy and without any sort of expenditure…

And others are like this, so taken back by people's idiocy that they just don't even respond at all.

I agree with both of you guys, to an extent. I've basically been here for four years (i left to try another logging site for a short period of time which i ended up hating, and came back to MFP), and i've seen the environment go from one of encouragement and education to one of hostility that places an unspoken emphasis on…

You should find a calculator online, to calculate your BMR/caloric needs. DO NOT go by MFP's recommendations or somebody else's (unless they're a physician/have a medical degree that is), since MFP doesn't tend to be rather accurate with such, and people' caloric need are vastly different, depending on their currently…

As you've come to find - dieting is crap. Fad diets are crap. Listening to your body and merely eating healthy with a calorie deficit is what works if you want to be healthy & lose a bit of weight. It's hard at first since we're not necessarily used to providing our bodies with the proper foods, but with a bit of education…

I totally agree! If you find it hard to sustain a lifestyle that includes going to the gym, then quite frankly you don't desire going to the gym. That's TOTALLY okay, because there are SO many forms of exercise that exist outside of the gym! Find one that works your body while you also enjoy yourself. If you don't enjoy…

Exactly - if somebody has the genetic pre-disposition for an eating disorder, anything - MFP, Seventeen magazine, etc. - could potentially trigger them. While the content would be potentially triggering, that doesn't mean it's to blame; we need more education about eating disorders and more funding for both treatment &…

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." Logically, then you should stop the low carb diet. Eating a balanced diet and remaining moderately active will most likely give you much much better results, while also not destroying your health and it's much more sustainable.

I feel as though when you have nightmares....they're made of local deli/cheese shops. Oh no! Not sliced lunch meats! *Dum dum dum*

I had the same experience - ten fold when i started working at a grocery store, and it would log my hours working as 'running' due to how frequently my arms moved during bagging. I know you can log specific time periods with activities, but quite frankly it was far too much of a hassle to be worth it. Fitbits are glorified…

If you are in fact struggling with BED, doing it alone won't do anything but perpetuate the problem. I mean, if you suspected that you had a neurological problem - like a learning disability or started to show symptoms of Parkinsons - would you try to overcome it alone? Of course not, because it's a disease that needs…

I'm sorry you're in such a huge amount of stress; i can tell you that as long as you continue to pursue health and self-awareness, it does eventually get easier, in terms of managing it and the behaviors. Have you sought out the help of a therapist? Ed specialists/CBT therapists are wonderful when it comes to helping…

Okay. I'm not going to respond anymore to this forum because i feel as though i'm starting to repeat myself in my responses, but i do hope that people in this world begin to realize that eating disorders are a lot more than merely matters of self control That being said - i do also agree with a majority of you, in saying…