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From: college vegan (cache-dtc-ad07.proxy.aol.com)
In Reply to: thoughts on day 3 posted by college vegan on October 27, 2004 at 5:36 pm:
I really appreciate everyone's thoughtful suggestions. I really like this board. I feel like I can be honest about my problems and nobody is going to jump down my throat for admitting that I do not think spinach or broccoli is very tasty and that I really like ranch dressing on vegetables. I am going to keep trying. I am also going to try to start exercising. Maybe that will help. I know you say to eat more but it is hard because I feel wrong doing it because I am supposed to be on a "diet." I worry that I am eating too many calories. I do not know the calories in these foods because there are no labels so I worry that I ate too much rice or beans or fruits or nuts. I also crave sugar and not the kind that is in fruit. Tomorrow is another day. I will start again. In the past when trying to diet on my own with calorie counting I would not lose weight unless I ate 1000-1200 calories a day. So I would get discouraged. I thought that this plan sounded attractive b/c there was no calorie counting just whole foods. I have an incredibley slow metabolism. My mother does as well. She gains weight on 1400 cals a day. I have had my thyroid tested and it is fine so I am not sure what to do. I just want to end the whole binge/starvation cycle once and for all and be at a healthy weight. I did once manage to lose 20lbs but it was with starvation and over-exercise so I do not want to do that again. I have been incredibly stressed out as well. My mother makes a lot of money but she will not help me pay for college. I cannot get financial aid b/c she makes a lot of money. I will be considered a dependent of hers until I am 24 under law even if she provides zero support. I have no idea where I am going to live when my housing contract expires in january and moving back in with her is not an option (I refuse to put up with any more abuse)
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