Comments | fantastilicious: Take that, BMI.

fantastilicious

Take that, BMI.

Nov 30, 2011 11:39

So you may remember that in recent months, I decided I was getting a little beyond my weight comfort zone. I could tell I'd gained, I felt it in my ability to do things, and my opinion of myself was deteriorating ( Read more... )

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leanne_r November 30 2011, 23:43:50 UTC

Good for you. It's totally the little things that push you one way or another. I used www.livestrong.com, and it's been the greatest help I could get to just be accountable for what I'm eating.

fantastilicious December 1 2011, 01:57:42 UTC

I was so opposed to sites like livestrong and caloriecount, because I was sure they were just dumb things meant to make people feel crappy about themselves.

Turns out I can admit I was wrong about something. Whack!

skinartia December 1 2011, 00:18:39 UTC

Way to go! Some people get really overwhelmed by the whole calories in, calories out routine. I'm glad to see you've taken the "I'm going to master this" approach. Keep up the good work!

fantastilicious December 1 2011, 01:58:47 UTC

Thanks kindly. I definitely don't want to be obsessed with calorie counting, I'm just so happy that I finally took the time to understand food and what it does.

Also, turning 25 killed me. Metabolism, where'd you go to?!

skinartia December 1 2011, 03:54:57 UTC

It can be a fine line between being conscious of what you're eating and being obsessed with it. Learning the science behind it totally helps. I get the impression you like to cook so this keeps doors open for you to tinker with favourite recipes, try new ones, etc.

Dude...30 is like around the corner for me. Totally worried about my metabolism at that time!

killer_raincoat December 4 2011, 09:15:18 UTC

I'm glad you're feeling more healthy - I think thoughts and feelings around eating can make a big difference to how you feel about your body. I feel like I should give a little bit of a warning though, just based on my own experience of calorie counting. I started much the same way you did - not realizing how much i was eating, and then cutting down to 1500 calories a day. It turned into quite an obsession, and I ended up at 115 pounds, with no period and a wickedly messed up metabolism that has followed me for the past 8 years. Part of the issue was that I couldn't stop unconsciously counting the calories in everything I ate, which is why I'm glad you're using a program to do that part, but the other dangerous thing about calorie counting and restricting calories is that it really impacts how you think about food - or at least it did for me. I didn't base my eating around when I was hungry and when I wasn't - I based it around how many calories i had left in the day. And later, when it got too difficult to maintain a diet of 1500 ( ... )

fantastilicious December 15 2011, 23:18:00 UTC

I've definitely become more in tune to what the body actually needs, not what my brain wants (SALT AND FAT!!!). I mean, I still eat salt and fat. Just less of it.

I haven't felt the need to purge after a big pigout - it's important for me to know that eating out and living large is fine to do in moderation. I was just doing it WAY too much.

Thanks for the concern, and I'm sorry that things went poorly for you. I think that had I done this when I was younger, I may have done it poorly too. Maybe compare it to someone who is completely inactive realizing that a bit more walking everyday gets them in shape. I'm already an active person, I was just way way overeating/drinking.

I don't know what I'm trying to say here. I'm keeping an eye on it, but not a SUPER close eye. Not obsessing, just thinking?