Globetrotter

If you do a search through VST topics you will find some old threads where we really got into the fascinating/revolting world of "vanity sizing" or as we like to call it, "your pants are lying to you". As Americas girth increases so does our desire to be lied to - there was an article in the new york times maybe 2+ years ago where a reporter went to a dozen different stores, from chi-chi boutiques to big warehouse places and got a plain pair of cotton khakis in the same size from each store. There was wild discrepancy between the actual sizes with the biggest lies coming from the cheaper stores, so a men's 34 (the reporter was a man BTW) at Old Navy when taken home and actually measured, was more like a 37!! People make a big deal about the fact that at her heaviest, Marilyn Monroe was a 12, but, that was a 1950's 12, which means today at her heaviest she probably would have been an 8, max. My Mother is fond of telling me that the day she found out she was pregnant with me she weighed 118 pounds, but she has also told me that she was never smaller than a size 8. I doubt that a 5'4" woman weighing 118 pounds today would be in an 8 - more like a 2! So, my point is, it's all bullshi+, and anyway, the really really good clothes are the ones that are custom made for you anyway, whether by haute couture or Grandma

honestly, if I could afford it, I would get a revision.

Oh my God, Fiddleman, I could cry! That would be a dream package!! All of that sounds so awesome, yes yes yes please!! A lot of protein powders make me break out so I try to find gluten free-hormone free, no casein, etc. Tera's whey is decent. No refridgerator sadly, would very much like to try the green drinks we've been discussing. Also, sardines are awesome! I will PM you my APO addy. <3 <3!!!!

Yes, take it easy, I know. I would like to hear suggestions for getting the calories in with my limited food options.

SING IT SIBLINGS!! I am SO joining the chorus of calling bu**shi* on the "I just want to be healthy I couldn't possibly care less about looking adorable in a sweater that's actually too big for me yet is still a small size and leggings and boots that zip over my calves" HA! BU**SHI*!!!! I don't believe we should be ashamed of wanting to look different than we do. I have friends who are 100% happy in their skin and are obese and you know what? Rad! Awesome! Good for them! I just happen to be one of them and people who will criticize someone for wanting to change their appearance by losing weight and becoming fit have something within themselves that needs changing. *edit: I did not express myself well, what I meant to convey is that, of course we are all health motivated, and I was in no way trying to belittle anyone's reasons for having surgery. What I was trying to say is that I am not embarassed, nor will I be shamed, about the fact that changing my appearance was nearly as important to me as the health benefits. that is all

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/

Is that sugar free gatorade you are drinking? Because even sugar free can contain sugar alcohols or xylitol which are harsh on your new tum. Isopure is a trustworthy source.

This is just a little moan here ... I'm trying something new this week, eating more than twice as much in calories, from 700 to 1645 as part of IIFYM - eating over my TDEE, and since Protein powders and bars are a rare precious commodity around here, I have to attempt to get all my calories from food and I learned something - It's haaaaaard!! I haven't stopped eating all day and I'm nowhere near done and I'm still going to be short of target by a good 200 cals. Getting a "high" calorie count and maintaining moderate carbs (<45) is haaaaaarddddd! And exhausting on the jaw :/

Humans are such predictable basic creatures, we care about food and sex! This thread appears every few months like clockwork, or every few weeks even! Once you start losing a lot of weight rapidly and consistently, estrogen that was being stored in your fat cells floods your system and you become a raging horn-dog, ready to tear into any man within humping distance .

I can't order anything, internet is tricky, have to rely on care packages for everything. I do have a few hoarded tins of sardines which I love, and there is occasionally tuna but too much tuna makes me break out. My daily food options consist of maybe some chicken, eggs, "steak", some over-boiled vegetables, some raw veggies like carrots and cucumbers and onions, and some raw fruit like plums, kiwis and oranges. Everything else is fried, breaded, super high fat/salt/sugar. I brought several boxes of quest bars but I have to ration those out because they are so high in carbs.

Just when you depressed me, pimples into old age, you cracked me up, like a calf at a rodeo! LOLOL!

It is incredibly difficult for me to get my hands on MUFAs these days, I am in a deployed environment, not a lot of avocadoes or salmon in these parts

To the OP, I might have just thrown it up.

Well, like I said, I have very limited resources and cannot eat my protein powder all the time, but in order to keep my carbs that low and cals that high, that's what I would have to do... I agree those are crazy numbers for fiber, I may have to start chugging metamucil

Yes, LouiseC, ^ this exactly.

So basically, I'm f***ed ... http://www.acneeinstein.com/whey-protein-acne/

I have noticed this before, and the last time I posted nobody responded. There are certain protein powders, that give me terribly painful pimple breakouts. Does this happen to anyone else?

It couldn't hurt ... unless it makes my chemically stunted body start gaining weight unchecked :/

Like I said, I had already eaten breakfast by the time we started calculating this and my resources are incredibly limited, I am deployed. So the only vegetables available have been boiled into submission, all nutrition in them long gone.

I've calculated my food for today and, with my limited resources, I do not seem to find a way to get only 43g carbs and get 1545 calories at the same time. Every permutation that keeps my carbs that low has my cals topping out around 1000 and my fiber is a pathetic 4g. I had already eaten Breakfast by the time we started this so here is what I have calculated for today: Breakfast - ham cheese peppers scramble, roasted potatoes, milk lunch - chicken dinner - chicken snack - Protein shake If I add in vegetables for the fiber my carbs go over. What should I do?

I went in and changed their setting for fats and it gave me like 43g carbs instead. They had it on .45 per pound so I lowered it to the lowest which is I think .35 I chose the 60 minutes per day hard workout, the aggressive fat loss option, the IIFYM diet, the 1g Protein per lb, the .35g fat, the meals per day and I get: 41.3 carbs 193 protein 45 Fiber and 1545 calories per day I can tell you right now I am not getting anything like 45g of fiber, I'm probably not getting any at all! I'm getting about half that amount of protein and half the calories.

I did, I left it at IIFYM diet, left everything as they suggested, and it came up -2.4

Thanks Laura-Ven, but my final calculations indicate -2.4 grams carbs per day? What does that mean? And it wants me to eat 1520 calories a day!!

Yes Janice, that is what I was trying to say. I do not comment EVER, nor do I show what I am thinking regarding the portions etc., but I do now hear the reversal comments about the thin or average people and I see an almost perverse indulgence in terribly bad foods, not quite the level of that poor woman who wants to weight 1000 pounds, but still, knowing what they are doing and doing it anyway. But I never EVER say anything ever about it nor do I ever flaunt my new ways or talk about it at all unless asked.

I'm sorry but this whole "well your gonna eat more, and gain weight, and then you will cut your intake by 20% and you will lose" just sounds like some used car salesman stuff. It's "buy one get one free" thinking - it's not really free if you had to buy one in the first place, ya know? If you eat a lot and cut down on your exercise yeaaahh .... you are gonna gain weight, that's what got us in this mess in the first place isn't it? And when you are eating a lot, and suddely cut your intake by 20%, yeaahhhh... you are going to lose weight, but it won't be authentic weight, it will be the pudge you gained from eating a lot and not exercising. won't it? I exercise an hour + a day, 30 min of cardio, 20 min weights, 20 min yoga. I stagger my weight lifting days; upper body, lower body, none, repeat. I maintain my optimum heart rate during my cardio ... for and I am up four pounds. I feel so lost, lost and betrayed by the system.