08-23-2006, 09:46 AM | #41 (permalink) | |
Extreme moderation
Location: Kansas City, yo.
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08-23-2006, 10:16 AM | #42 (permalink) | |
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Interesting enough it was a photo that really got her going, so you are right on the money there. The only thing worse than an ugly brides maid dress is looking fat in an ugly brides maid dress.
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08-23-2006, 11:05 AM | #43 (permalink) | |
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Location: L.A. L.A. land
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08-23-2006, 01:50 PM | #44 (permalink) | |
I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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I've tried eating more and even when I'm VERY careful to eat the vitamin and mineral laden foods it makes no difference. It's hard to keep it up after several weeks of such careful eating and no progress. I am only 5'5" but my bones are very large and I'm somewhat muscular for a woman. It's hard for me to know exactly how much and what I should eat because so many calorie charts seem to be designed for tiny women with no muscle and thin bones.
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08-23-2006, 04:13 PM | #45 (permalink) |
hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005
Location: North side
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I like the ideas that are presented by some guru/spiritual guide/dharma/belief/idea that I've seen floating around Asheville- it's the idea of mindful eating. Have a scale of hunger, 0 is totally starving, 10 is stuffed to the point of exploding. Never let your hunger get below 3 or above 6.
raeanna- have you thought about going to a nutritionist? Someone who's field of study is the stuff that people eat? I'd image they'd know a lot more than your regular doctor about what to eat and what's best for you.
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08-23-2006, 05:15 PM | #46 (permalink) | |
I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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I have since managed to loose about 10 lbs. I still want to loose more but unless I can't continue at least SOME weightloss in the next couple months I won't worry about seeing one. I miss my regular Dr - She and her husband went overseas to work as Doctors in some 3rd world country. She would have helped I'm sure.
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08-23-2006, 07:18 PM | #47 (permalink) |
hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005
Location: North side
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Can't you find another doctor? It's not healthy for you to be going to a totally incompitent doctor!
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08-23-2006, 07:55 PM | #48 (permalink) |
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Location: on the back, bitch
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On a recent episode of Celebrity Fit Club, one of the participants gave that 'excuse', that his whole family was 'bigboned', so Dr. Ian Smith gave him a challenge; get x-rayed. He got xrays of his ribs and pelvis. Then Dr. Smith had his own x-rayed-there was no difference, despite the participant weighing over 400lbs and Smith being thin. That's not to say there aren't differences in bone size, but unless it's tested specifically, it's hard to tell when you're fighting a weight battle.
My best friend is an inch taller than I, but 90 lbs heavier, but I wear a larger ring size and have a smaller frame. And she doesn't look 90 lbs heavier when we're side by side. The best way to see where your frame lies in scale to your weight is to have a doctor measure it. Many times what's 'bigboned' is muscle; a BMI can be taken as well.
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08-24-2006, 03:58 AM | #49 (permalink) | |
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I think it is more useful, especially when starting out, not to get too attached to the scale - the scale can lie on a number of levels: cheap scales are inaccurate and if you start an exercise regimen it is common to gain weight in the first few weeks as muscle mass increases. Go by how your clothes fit, how many notches on your belt you use, and, if you are brave, take measurements of all your bits and pieces - if they go down, you are on the right track regardless of what the scale says.
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08-24-2006, 04:29 AM | #50 (permalink) |
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I've often wondered if food has become a substitute for love and comfort. As people become more remote from one another and real time social networks grow increasingly more difficult to form and people rarely have time to listen to one another and show real compassion, maybe stuffing a donut in your mouth lessens the pain of existence.
When I was a kid, if you were well fed it meant you were loved. If you had a problem mom gave you a cookie-- she didn't tell you to go for a walk and make it better. The things we learn as children stay with us as adults (for the good or the bad) and if comfort is what we need and no one is there to say "its going to be alright", a cookie will do. I gave up cookies for cigarettes. The psychological need remains.
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08-24-2006, 07:43 AM | #51 (permalink) | |
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08-24-2006, 08:28 AM | #52 (permalink) | |
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Location: Oregon
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I think this is true for women. Women tend to be emotional eaters. I know my eating patterns fluctuate wildly over the course of my cycle simply because of the different levels of hormones in my system. Some days all you want is to go home and eat a giant bowl of mashed potatoes. That is one thing I have been working on--thinking about my motivation to eat. Exercising isn't a problem, though I need to do more of it more often, and usually neither is controlling my eating. But there are some days where I just want to EAT and I don't care WHAT or else I'm craving something. And I'm trying to discover what the root cause of those cravings and compulsions is.
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08-27-2006, 10:14 PM | #53 (permalink) |
Death Leprechaun
Location: College Station, TX
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right now, I am 6 feet tall and 180 pounds. according to some lists I am considered fat. I have a 33 inch waist, I can run over 5 kilometers and I move furniture as a job right now. I consider myself average to "in shape." I may have love handles and what-not. I think it is all subjective. Granted anyone can consider a 300 pound man with a 50 inch waist fat, but as long as you are in shape, any weight can be considered in shape, average, or fat.
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08-28-2006, 01:08 PM | #54 (permalink) |
Extreme moderation
Location: Kansas City, yo.
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I don't know of any lists that have 6 feet tall and 180 as fat. What list(s) say that?
I do know that the BMI has issues with saying really physically fit people are fat...
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09-03-2006, 08:14 PM | #55 (permalink) | |
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I thought you guys might like this article I found.
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Source: www.physorg.com Last edited by Ch'i; 09-03-2006 at 08:16 PM.. |
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09-03-2006, 10:16 PM | #56 (permalink) | |
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What would really be nice to hear, if it's not too personal, is what caused you to decide to use it that first time. Did you (not joking here) have a bad day, and have a friend push it on you in a weak moment? With all respect, I have trouble understanding why someone would ever think taking their first dose of heroin was a good idea. I feel the same way about cigarettes, if that takes any sting out of my question. Thanks for your honesty. |
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