Would You Like That With a Side of Frustration?

Jul 19, 2008 00:52

I guess I decided to make that extra entry after all.

I've had a lot of thoughts in my head lately about losing weight. I have a co-worker who is currently doing Jenny Craig. This is in the midst of my own personal struggle with weight loss (and gain), so it has struck a particular chord with me. After loosing all those pounds in May, and since ( Read more... )

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dudgeon_e July 26 2008, 19:09:18 UTC
I almost forgot to add, starving yourself, in any measure, never works. It'll eat your "lean muscle mass" as you might've read about if you clicked that link. If your body's starving (less than 1500 calories a day is generally "starved") it'll store whatever it can rather than using it as fuel because it's fearing the damage you might wreck on it in the days following. So let's say you're eating carrots, celery, some crackers here and there, and black coffee for a couple days and then you eat two slices of cake (or buttered and jammed toast for that matter) you are decreasing your muscle mass and maintaining your fat bits. Not sexy.

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elmonade July 26 2008, 23:02:40 UTC
Whoa.
Too much knowledge.

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so_gauche August 1 2008, 18:42:45 UTC
haha Wow, Erica. I don't know how to reply to all that (hence why it has taken me so long) but I do feel a reply is warranted with all the time you must have taken to type all that out ( ... )

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bebaion August 8 2008, 23:03:53 UTC
I think this article will help:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/12/fear-of-success-what-will-happen-if-you-succeed/

I feel like you are capable of operating outside the mainstream, but your head is still in it.

We may benefit from talking with each other sometime.

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