Comments on: Pound Count http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/ You are only as sick as your secrets Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: love2eatinpa http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 love2eatinpa Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:17:39 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1723 it's pretty wild when you add it all up, isn't it? it’s pretty wild when you add it all up, isn’t it?

]]> By: CatLoverinCA http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 CatLoverinCA Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:58:22 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1719 Scary thought. I was 95 pounds in high school without effort and despite eating lots of "junk food" when I came home from school--not binges, just ravenous after school! Bulimia started in college at age 17, at first gaining 10 pounds in a month and losing 10 pounds the next month. Eventually I started purging and that stabilized me... but I started to faint in my mid 20s--electrolyte issues...went from 115 to 130 in two months when I went into treatment as I stopped purging but kept binging at first. Took that off with a little relapse into purging before I stopped completely. Stayed at 110 to 115 pretty naturally through my mid 30s then weight crept on. Peaked at 140 (and I'm short, not even 5'1") in my early 40s. Took six months to drop to 130, rested six months, then took off another 10 pounds to 119-120... I'm around 116 during the spring/summer and 119-120 during the winter now. It makes me "average"--no one would ever say I'm fat, and no one would call me "skinny"--although I have rolls around the middle. I'm 45. Hmmm... hundreds of pounds, maybe 500? Yikes. Scary thought. I was 95 pounds in high school without effort and despite eating lots of “junk food” when I came home from school–not binges, just ravenous after school! Bulimia started in college at age 17, at first gaining 10 pounds in a month and losing 10 pounds the next month. Eventually I started purging and that stabilized me… but I started to faint in my mid 20s–electrolyte issues…went from 115 to 130 in two months when I went into treatment as I stopped purging but kept binging at first. Took that off with a little relapse into purging before I stopped completely. Stayed at 110 to 115 pretty naturally through my mid 30s then weight crept on. Peaked at 140 (and I’m short, not even 5’1″) in my early 40s. Took six months to drop to 130, rested six months, then took off another 10 pounds to 119-120… I’m around 116 during the spring/summer and 119-120 during the winter now. It makes me “average”–no one would ever say I’m fat, and no one would call me “skinny”–although I have rolls around the middle. I’m 45. Hmmm… hundreds of pounds, maybe 500?

Yikes.

]]> By: Truth2BeingFit.com http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 Truth2BeingFit.com Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:34:48 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1390 <strong>Pounds Count From Confessions of an Overeater; Happy Bdays' again!...</strong> Thursday, March 25, 2010 So, this week has kind of been about different forms of motivation for weight loss. Monday we had FJ's point of view, Tuesday was the crazy stuff, Wednesday was about how I looked at it... Pounds Count From Confessions of an Overeater; Happy Bdays’ again!…

Thursday, March 25, 2010 So, this week has kind of been about different forms of motivation for weight loss. Monday we had FJ’s point of view, Tuesday was the crazy stuff, Wednesday was about how I looked at it…

]]> By: love2eatinpa http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 love2eatinpa Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1028 that makes, so much sense, lara. so many of us are stuck on that special number they are trying to attain and that number is just not realistic. who wants to live a life of deprivation? good for you for changing your mindset, finding your balance and comfort zone!!! that makes, so much sense, lara. so many of us are stuck on that special number they are trying to attain and that number is just not realistic. who wants to live a life of deprivation? good for you for changing your mindset, finding your balance and comfort zone!!!

]]> By: Lara http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Lara Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:45 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1026 I am only 5'2! It has taken me a while but now at age 41 I think I am finally able to diiferentiate between my brain's "ideal" weight and my body "happy weight". My brains ideal weight is too low for my body even though it is in the normal range for my height (just the lower end of it) It is impossible to maintain without being uber-restrictive and I dont' want to live my life like that. I have gained so many times as a result of getting down to my "ideal" weight and then overeating/binge eating as a result of feeling so hungry and deprived. Most of my big gains have been after losing a good deal of weight. Last year I got so tired of the yo-yo effect I decided to raise my "goal" weight a little and that has made a big difference in my ilfe. I am only 5’2! It has taken me a while but now at age 41 I think I am finally able to diiferentiate between my brain’s “ideal” weight and my body “happy weight”. My brains ideal weight is too low for my body even though it is in the normal range for my height (just the lower end of it) It is impossible to maintain without being uber-restrictive and I dont’ want to live my life like that. I have gained so many times as a result of getting down to my “ideal” weight and then overeating/binge eating as a result of feeling so hungry and deprived. Most of my big gains have been after losing a good deal of weight. Last year I got so tired of the yo-yo effect I decided to raise my “goal” weight a little and that has made a big difference in my ilfe.

]]> By: love2eatinpa http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 love2eatinpa Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:28:07 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1003 you sound like you are tiny, lara. thanks for the info from that article. unfortunately, i was afraid you were going to say that. =( that's a wake-up call. you sound like you are tiny, lara.
thanks for the info from that article. unfortunately, i was afraid you were going to say that. =( that’s a wake-up call.

]]> By: Lara http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1002 Lara Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:23:10 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1002 Oh wow, math is not my strong suit but I bet my # would be up there. I started dieting my senior year in high school and then the yo-yo'ing began with an all time low of 89 lbs my Jr year in college and all time high of 150 several years later and then bouncing around a lot between 112 and 135. I know the health effects of yo-yo dieting have been debated over the years but just read an article that was supposedly the best study on the subject every done and the researchers found that yo-yo'ing is just as bad as being overweight in terms of cardiovascular disease. scary. Oh wow, math is not my strong suit but I bet my # would be up there. I started dieting my senior year in high school and then the yo-yo’ing began with an all time low of 89 lbs my Jr year in college and all time high of 150 several years later and then bouncing around a lot between 112 and 135.
I know the health effects of yo-yo dieting have been debated over the years but just read an article that was supposedly the best study on the subject every done and the researchers found that yo-yo’ing is just as bad as being overweight in terms of cardiovascular disease. scary.

]]> By: love2eatinpa http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1001 love2eatinpa Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:02 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1001 i don't think the number is important either, janel, the idea popped into my head and i thought it would be fun to do. i wasn't doing it to make me or anyone else feel bad, just taking a different view of things. =) the 100 off is awesome! hey, hope you had a nice birthday! i don’t think the number is important either, janel, the idea popped into my head and i thought it would be fun to do. i wasn’t doing it to make me or anyone else feel bad, just taking a different view of things. =)
the 100 off is awesome! hey, hope you had a nice birthday!

]]> By: POD http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 POD Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:05:07 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-1000 I don't know how many I've gained and lost. I don't find that those are important numbers. It's like my friend, Patty adding up how many times she's moved and how many jobs she's had. What's the point except she wanted to reaffirm that she felt like a loser. Actually I know I've lost at least 100 lbs cuz I have kept that off. ;-) .-= POD´s last blog ..<a href="http://janell-sufferingsuccotash.blogspot.com/2010/03/growth.html" rel="nofollow">Growth</a> =-. I don’t know how many I’ve gained and lost. I don’t find that those are important numbers. It’s like my friend, Patty adding up how many times she’s moved and how many jobs she’s had. What’s the point except she wanted to reaffirm that she felt like a loser.

Actually I know I’ve lost at least 100 lbs cuz I have kept that off. ;-)
.-= POD´s last blog ..Growth =-.

]]> By: love2eatinpa http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/pound-count/comment-page-1/#comment-999 love2eatinpa Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:11 +0000 http://confessionsofacompulsiveeater.com/?p=1828#comment-999 ameena, you sound like one of those lucky souls who has managed to keep her weight pretty steady. i'm so envious! :) but you are right, kids change your body for sure! it's a badge of motherhood honor. right? (HA!) ameena, you sound like one of those lucky souls who has managed to keep her weight pretty steady. i’m so envious! :)
but you are right, kids change your body for sure! it’s a badge of motherhood honor. right? (HA!)

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