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I’ve Tried Everything, Nothing Works [Forum]

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:33:26 +0000

Hi everyone! I am desperately seeking help. i dont have money to shell out on all those weightloss plans and groups. ive lost about 30 pounds since 2006 and nothing else will come off. im a 19 year old male and 5′9″ i weight about 180 lbs at the moment. i want to get down to 135. please someone guide me. i need a structured meal plan of what i can eat for a full day. my life is so hectic, if i dont have a list of what i can eat and when, i feel like ill never drop the weight. if someone wants to do this for me, i would be ever so grateful. thanks so much, Dillan

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Losing Weight While Away At Sleep-Away Camp [Forum]

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:00:26 +0000

I am a camp counselor at a regular camp (not a Fat Camp) and I really need to lose about 15-20lbs. I really want to eat healthy and stay fit because those are two major requirements for my job (not only for my body, but for stress, moods, etc.) The food at camp is essentially basic (scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, Mexican, Greek, etc) so too much fat or too many carbs is not THAT much of a problem (although the desserts are to die for!) For Breakfast, there is always a fruit and yogurt bar which also has cereal, peanut butter and things like that and for Lunch and Dinner they always have a wide variety of veggies at the salad bar (but no fat free dressing options which sucks!) Everyday, the menu is different so it’s not boring to be eating the same things over and over and the food is usually tasty and it probably isn’t too fattening because it’s for kids to eat too…and since childhood obesity is a huge problem, city parks are trying to cut down on fattening meals. So it all sounds simple right? Wrong! It’s so hard to maintain a small portion because I just keep on adding and adding more food to my plate, thinking, “just one more piece of bacon is ok, right?” Or “whatever, I’ll burn it all anyway by playing freeze tag with my campers” But that’s the whole point! I need to burn the calories that I eat so I can LOSE weight, not lose the 8 lbs of french fries I consumed at lunch! Besides all that, the job really is stressful; I have so many responsibilities that food and diet should be the last thing on my mind, but that’s what life is about isn’t it? Trying to juggle everything in your life (career, diet, family, etc). So if anyone has any ideas about what foods to eat and how to stop when I need to and things like what to eat to target fat, and relieve stress or just some ways to shed a few pounds, please share because I really want to lose weight this summer and go back to college and focus more on my studies and be happy with my body. Thanks so much for your support!

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How Do You Help Young Women Who Idolize Celebrities? [Forum]

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:21:43 +0000

I keep talking to young women who idolize all of these celeberties and want to look just like them, but they are only harming themselves by the restrictions they are putting on themselves and it is consuming their life. How else can you explain to girls from the ages of 13-17 that these people are in entertainment, that this is their job?

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Journey From Anorexia to Binge Eating to Sensible Eating [Forum]

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:32:01 +0000

Okay, here goes nothing…. Most of my life I was just your typical sized girl. I was very average, not heavy by any means, but never extremely thin. When I was fifteen I started dating a guy seriously who I will call “Joe”. We were madly “in love” and continued dating for three years. I turned 18, moved out and we started having some issues, we broke up and I was devastated! I literally had no appetite for weeks!! So I lost about 15 pounds without even thinking, people noticed and started complimenting me on my weight loss. I also started getting a ton of attention from new guys. I continued to have no appetite and ate very little. I did anything to keep my mind of Joe and that involved not sitting down for a meal. I was soon very thin, but people continued to ask how I lost the weight, and complement me. This soon became a viscous eating disorder that I could not escape. For the next two years of my life I struggled with anorexia. Joe and me even got back together during the process, but I was so obsessed with being thin I could not stop starving myself. I was soon hospitalized and told if I didn’t eat, I would not live. I begin eating again with a vengeance! I had staved myself for so long I no longer knew how to listen to my body. I never knew when I was truly hungry and when I was full. I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. It was like a switch flipped and every bit of my anorexia was gone and I was now a binge eater!! I gained 80 pounds within 6 months. I was humiliated; I never wanted to see anyone. I knew they all knew I was binging all the time!! Well here I am about a year and a half into recovery and I’m almost back to my pre anorexic weight. I am finally regaining a healthy relationship with food and not binging all the time, although I do still stuff myself at times. I want to lose about 15 – 20 pounds in a healthy manner and be able to keep it off!! SO my plan is 300 calories every 3 hours 5 times a day to equal 1500 calories a day. I want to lose the weight slowly so it will stay off. Yesterday was my first day on this new plan and here is how it went…… I started out doing well; I had two eggs, some cheese and half a banana at 10. This is later then my first meal would typically be. I felt full and headed out for a few hours I knew I would be out and about longer then three hours so I packed some almonds and an apple for my next 300 calories at 1. I was still a little hungry after this, but decided to wait a while and see how I felt. Before I knew it, it was almost time to eat again. I was still not home and had not packed another snack. OH NO! I decided I would get a smoothie from Starbucks, the vivanno ones that only have 270 calories. I pulled up to the window and placed my order, she said OH! Were out of bananas is that ok?? I honestly laughed at her! How can I have a chocolate banana smoothie without bananas!? I thought this in my head and then said no thanks, well Starbucks being as popular as they are I passed another one and was able to get my chocolate banana smoothie. I then had to go by the store to pick up dinner and a few other things. I still felt so hungry and I ended up getting a box of gluten free crackers. Back in November I stopped eating gluten for health reasons and stick to a gluten free diet pretty religiously. I have eaten gluten a few times since. Well, you could have 16 of these crackers for 130 calories so if I only ate 16 I knew I would be fine!! Well I ended up having like 30 and for some reason felt absolutely stuffed!!!! I was so upset that I already messed up and over ate, but I was determined to not let it get me down! I knew my boyfriend was coming over at seven to workout and I would still be well within my calorie range. So we worked out and then afterwards I made tacos and I only had one, so overall my first day went well. Today has gone great. I have eaten my 300 calories about every 3 hours and I feel really well!!! I think this is going to work for me. I am so ready to be back down to a weight I am comfortable with and be confident for bikini season! I will keep you all posted!

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[Forum] Need Help With Motivation and Self-control

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:30:27 +0000

I’m 21 years old and I know weigh 210 pounds and am 5′6. Pretty much my whole life I thought I was fat. My mom had an eating disorder for many years and she’s obsessed with working out and eating the bare minimum now. My dad has struggled a little with weight but he’s a very busy business man and can’t find the time to always go to the gym. Nobody in my family is obese, weight has never been a huge issue. My parents always told me I needed to workout, so therefore I always thought I was big. I didn’t choose the best foods to eat when I was young, but I never over ate. I was active in basketball and baseball, then P.E. in jr.high. Then during and after high school I started to party, and stopped doing sports, etc. I still was not fat. Looking back at pictures during that time, makes me so sad. I went to hawaii about 3 years ago with my family and I was so miserable there bcuz I felt like I had never been this fat and I didnt want to walk around in a bathing suit. I look at those pictures now and I kick myself big time for not flaunting what I had bcuz I had a good body, no one ever told me. So throughout the years, I kept gradually gaining weight. I’ve developed a habit of craving food at night time. I’ve turned into a closet eater. I will go buy snacks and then hide them in my room until everyone goes to bed, then I bring them out and eat them. I don’t eat in excess in front of my family. I feel too embarrassed. I was in a bad emotionally abuse relationship from summer 2007 until pretty recently and that, according to my mom, is when I really started putting on weight. He made me feel like he could have any girl he wants, that he didn’t need me. He had a way of yelling and making me feel so ugly and worthless. But I never left. He was an alcoholic and I felt the want and need to be there to try and help him. I know it wasn’t my position and you can’t help someone that doesn’t want to help themselves. I wanted to be the first girl in his life to actually make a difference. As the months passed, the fights progressed. He eventually started breaking things in the house (we lived together), he called me every bad name in the book, and then he started calling me fat. That was the killer for me. ANYTHING but that. I started feeling so ashamed of myself, embarassed to ever eat infront of him. I feel like I started putting on the pounds when I was with him because he beat my self esteem down so bad that I had a whole in my heart and my head. I think I turned to food because I’m not interested in drinking (my mom is also has an alcohol problem, so it turns me off), I want nothing to do with drugs, and what else is there? I didn’t know what to do for comfort or for an escape. I suppose food did that for me. Now days, I struggle to go to the gym. I’m a member at the women only gym, Curves. Its an absolutely great program and you really have no excuse to not go. This is my 3rd time signing up, I’ve quit every other time. I usually have a good 2 weeks of eating smaller portions and better foods, drinking 4 bottles of water a day, then something always happens or a switch goes off in my brain and I stop all of it. And that is what I do NOT understand what so ever. I know that I need to lose weight, I know what I need to do, WHY can’t I do it? I wanted to tell my whole story on here just so everyone could get a better perspective about my life and issues. I’ve never told anyone my weight or my life, so I thought maybe this could turn into a positive thing. I would love to get advice on how to help myself, motivate myself, anything at all. Thank you very much for reading

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[Forum] My Recovery From Anorexia

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:34:36 +0000

My Story: Society clearly has a huge impact on self image. Sadly, 80% of women are unhappy with their appearance and 4 out of 5 ten-year-olds are scared of being fat. Now more than ever people are struggling with eating disorders and becoming obsessed with their appearance due to the unrealistic expectations society has demanded. To put it simply, something has to change in our society. Back in high school, I was a victim of an eating disorder called anorexia and my experience with this disease dramatically changed my life. I’ve decided to share my story and reach out to those struggling with eating disorders because I want to give back the help I received and give hope to those who desperately need it. Anorexia is a serious deadly disease, but the good news is, it’s a disease that can be defeated if treated in time. My struggle with anorexia started in the 10th grade and once I hit 87 lbs my parents decided to take action and bring me to the Mayo Clinic for intense treatment. I didn’t have my period for years, my organs had already started to shut down, and my heart rate was very slow. In all reality, I was slowly killing myself and I was in desperate need of help. I had my own team of doctors I worked with for over two years to get me where I am today. When I wasn’t at the hospital, I had my family keeping me accountable and watching me. My disease hated my family and was constantly at battle with them. It was a very difficult journey for me and my family, but if it wasn’t for their tough love, I would still be in the chains of this overpowering disease or I would be dead. For those of you struggling with this, I want you to know that I completely understand what you’re going through and I’m available to talk to. I understand the constant fear, control, rigidness and strict routines you deal with every single day. I understand the panicked feeling you get whenever dealing with food, especially when you’re in a different place than your usual eating environment. I understand the hate and frustration you get from your peers on a daily basis. It is a scary dark place that no one understands except those who have personally gone through this. Today I am healthier than I have ever been, but I have to continue to keep myself accountable. Like alcoholism and any other addiction, this is something I will deal with the rest of my life, but as of right now I’m in control, not the disease. I want you to know that if you’re one of the many struggling with an eating disorder, there is hope and you don’t have to feel what you are feeling any longer. The first step in recovering is to ask for help because you cannot defeat this alone. Statistics from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLCKJe8KEgY Distorted Beauty: I am a graphic design major, which means I work very closely with the adobe programs. I wanted to give you a glimpse of what adobe photoshop can do by showing you this video. The reason I am doing this is because a lot of the images we see in magazines and advertisements are dramatically retouched and distorted to fit the unrealistic mold society has created. These kinds of images bombard us on a daily basis and as a result have distorted our view on true beauty. Because of this, it is easy to forget that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Our uniqueness is what makes us interesting and we shouldn’t feel ashamed of that. Please click on the link listed below to view the Dove self-esteem video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rSjh52fGTg#watch-main-area

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More Evidence Chocolate is Good for Health

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:06 +0000

I have a confession to make… just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’ve fallen head over heels in love. While the object of my affection isn’t tall and handsome, it can be dark. What’s more, now there’s another piece of evidence that the love of my life, chocolate, has health benefits. Continue reading…

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[Forum] First Time Following the 5 Bite Diet

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:26:30 +0000

Yesterday I came across the 5 bite diet concept. My weight this morning was 175. I’m going to try this diet (yet another to a long list of diets) and see how long I can stick to it. My cravings are very strong (stronger than me obviously) and I’m scared of how hard this might be for me. A little information on what the diet feels like the first few days would be nice. I’m at a hopeless dead end and feel like this is the last ditch effort. After this, then I’m clueless and I’m just plain tired of even trying! (never thought I’d say THAT! but it’s true!) I’m 5′4″ and used to hold at a healthy 110lbs, a cheerleader, and told I was pretty all my life, etc… but now that I can’t lose my weight….well, to be honest I just feel like a BLOB! Congrats to all of you who has been successful on this diet. I can absolutely see how this would work as a miracle, but, do I have the will power for it? What kind of mental preparedness does it require? Anyways, it’s nice to be able to be honest and talk about this! Look forward to hearing words of encouragement and real life experiences/advice on this subject. Thanks all! Have a good day. P.S. First time I’ve ever blogged too!

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What Would Jesus Eat?

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:53:49 +0000

Coined “The Jesus Diet”, “What Would Jesus Eat?” written by Dr. Don Colbert is one of the latest diets based on biblical principles. The author believes that if we are looking to Jesus as an example on how to live, this should naturally include what Jesus ate as well. He looked at the life of Jesus, the culture in which he lived, and references to food made in the bible in order to come up with “What Would Jesus Eat?” Continue reading…

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[Forum] My Body Make-Over Project

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:55:11 +0000

Never in my life i thought i would become overweight. All the late night snacks and bad eating habit are now coming back to haunt me. Here I am, a 24 year old girl who hasn’t accomplish anything in my life. No degree, no job, no confidence and no friends. Actually all of this would have never become a problem until my father suddenly collapsed on the floor with his hand held tight to his chest last month. He’s doing better now, thank god, but his collapse made me realized one thing. If my father’s gone, my family would have no one to rely on. No one would take care of them and watch over for them. It is time for me to grow up and be responsible for my life because if I can take care of myself then I can take care of my family. This project is one of the first steps that I’m gonna take to improve myself and to build up my confidence. Hopefully this is one step closer to breaking out of that social bubble. Body make over project Length: 16 weeks or 112 days Start date: 11/13/2009 Goal: 110 lbs Average weight lost a week: 3 lbs Starting weight: 156.5 lbs Any encouragement or tips would be appreciated.

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