Sigmalongshot

My bones are so wracked that my joints experience a burning, stinging sensation. My physiotherapy specialists say it's due to something called "osteoblastic dormancy". Basically, in your bones, you have osteoblasts (that build bones from the inside out) and osteoclasts (that pull the dead bone from the exterior). When you…

Judging by medical text, the average 9-year old child should consume 1800 calories per day. Now, taking into account activity and growth, that's pretty accurate. A person of relative size and activity would probably consume a similar amount of calories (activity decrease plus mass increase). So eating below this at an…

Thank you for that polite response, too! And yeah, walking does help too. I can't get too far before it starts to ache, but better to do whatever I can rather than being completely idle. Sitting idle does nothing for morale in any circumstance, so going from me two and a bit years ago (over-exercising and underconsuming to…

To the last two posters, I haven't discounted yoga entirely, in fact I've found it's brilliant for incorporating movement into my now (sadly) far more sedentary lifestyle. It's surprising how doing a little can ease up my incredibly sore spine and hips - you'd assume that it would exacerbate it, but it's completely the…

I understand what you're saying, and trust me when I say I've grappled with the psychological side of it for a long time. One of the problems of losing a drastic amount of weight is that I now have a -0.48 score on the osteoporosis scale, which is absurdly brittle, meaning I am at extreme fracture risk when doing any…

That's a dangerous road to tread, TC. When I was at my lowest, most unhealthy, life-threatening anorexic weight (double-digits) I was so fearful of everything. I started to get this arbitrary notion that anything above a certain nutritional value per 100g was off-limits. The truth is, nothing in the supermarket should be…

I couldn't tell you what sexy looks like. That's something that my friends slander me for, but I truly believe it. I've never actually fallen for a woman until I've gotten to know them, a gradual process. Every girlfriend - even an ex-fiancee - was the result of having known them for a long time. Weight doesn't matter.…

Depends significantly on the brands and such, but a general averages for your categories: Beer, Cider and Lager, per 284ml/half pint Ale, strong 200 Bitter, draught 92 Bitter, low alcohol 37 Brown Ale 80 Cider, dry 105 Cider, low alcohol 47 Cider, sweet 120 Cider, vintage 280 Lager 85 Lager, special Brew 200 Pale Ale 90…

Calorie inaccuracies on labels for fresh food are strictly vetted in the UK, slightly less so with frozen. However, the margin of error increases significantly with fast food or takeaway calories - you're at the mercy of a haphazard, generous or stingy cook! As another poster said, weigh your fresh food - voila, most…

They're the same thing!

I think celery has to be up there! Celery used to be this gross, stringy creature to me. But I forgot one vital thing - it's the perfect food-trench! It's naturally shaped like a trench, so it's perfect for salsa, cream cheese, cottage cheese, et al! Think about all the junk foods you use as a vehicle, like nachos and…

You know, I'm a man at 5'7, and I now weigh about 10 stones (or 140 lbs). But at one point, I almost killed myself with weight loss - and got to an all-time low of about 90 lbs. They sectioned me and gave me 2 months to live with liver and kidney failure - and you know what? I didn't even care. I thought I was still a…

Being Scottish, Raspberries and Brambles (or blackberries as they're called outside of the native tongue) are rife and cheap, and I'm addicted to them. Especially with a bit of Greek yoghurt. The (ironically) agitating thing about them is that they're only about 30 calories per 100 grams, so I can eat them FOR ALL ETERNITY.

It's irritating as it's evening here (Scotland) and I'm still like the StayPuft Marshmallow Man with no way to get this ring off! If it is, as you're saying, just water retention (and forgive my ignorance here), will this dissipate by tomorrow? Or will I be a water-trap for several days? Thank you, by the way, guys!

Indian food, especially from a restaurant, can be pretty beastly on the ol' calories. But there are some things that are pretty good for you and low on the oil. For example, meats cooked on the tandoor with no sauce (think, chicken or king prawn tikka) are the most virtuous, as it's literally lean meats, seasoning and…

Worth noting is that fruit itself is great for satiation and fibre, but fruit juice, not so much. A big glass of orange juice might contain the equivalent of as much as three oranges, say, and that's true, right down to the sugar and the calories - but you get none of the fibre. Stack that up against eating three actual…

Posh-pants I know, but try Waitrose. They do the cartons of whites. Just get the wallet dusted beforehand...

I actually love egg whites. And as someone earlier said, it's a good protein punch for very little calories (90 calories for a whole egg versus 15-20 for an egg white). You can literally eat four to five egg whites for every whole egg, which adds to a very satiating, satisfying meal for very few calories. Think about it -…

Hi there Hannah! Some supermarkets such as Asda do individual pick n' mix cadbury mini-bars and mini-bags (including Mini Crunchie and Mini Caramel), and they're all under 80 calories. My favourite trick is to get one of their 75-calorie bags of Buttons, and mix them with a snack-pack box of raisins. The most amazing thing…

Thanks for the input guys. As a man at about 5' 7, 1700 calories isn't very much so when my weight spikes, I think to myself, "surely I shouldn't have to lower my caloric intake any further!" I did, however notice that though last night I'd had a few pints (factored into my intake calories) this morning (and even now, to…

Sorry to bump this but does anyone else have any insights into this? Maybe personal experience? Thanks in advance everyone.

In general, I was told that smoothies are as much a luxury food as ice cream due to their immense sugar content. Of course it depends entirely on the smoothie or how it's made. An interesting thing I was told is that, say, a glass of fruit juice made with six oranges is literally the equivalent of eating six entire…