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Saturday, September 24, 2005

Metabolism

Research has shown no link between evening eating and weight gain. You may be more likely to overeat when you nosh nocturnally as opposed to during the day, but your metabolism does not slow down significantly after 7pm. (though it does once you fall asleep).
Another myth- "The B vitamins are essential, but they won't speed up your metabolism," says professor of nutrition Jeff Hampl.
Heard that the early-bird exerciser burns the most calories? Don't buy it. What time of day you exercise makes no difference to your metabolism. Schedule your sweat sessions for when they're convenient for you, whether it's in the morning, in the afternoon or during your lunch hour; you'll lose weight at any time of day.

Speeed 'er up!

"Eat breakfast. Believe it or not, it may be the most important meal of the day as far as metabolism (and weight loss) is concerned. Breakfast eaters lose more weight than breakfast skippers do, according to studies. "Your metabolism slows while you sleep, and it doesn't rev back up until you eat again," explains Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., professor of nutrition at Penn State University and an author of The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan. So if you bypass breakfast, your body won't burn as many calories until lunchtime as it could. That's why it's smart to start the day with a solid 300-to-400-calorie meal; it jump-starts your metabolism." (though of course I don't think any of us want a 400 calorie fricken breakfast. but if your going to eat a meal- eat that one! it's also apparently good for paying attention in school and grades and such.)
Calcium, along with other substances in dairy, actually revs up your metabolism, telling your body to burn excess fat faster.
"you'll lose more weight if you exercise during those two weeks before your period, according to a recent study at the University of Adelaide in Australia. "Women burned about 30 percent more fat for the two weeks following ovulation to about two days before menstruating," says study coauthor Leanne Redman. Here's why: The reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone are at their peak then -- and because they promote the body's use of fat as energy, more fat is burned off when you exercise during this time."
When you're exhausted, your body lacks the energy to do its normal day-to-day functions, which include burning calories, so your metabolism is automatically lowered. Get a good amount of sleep!

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Currently Reading
Perfect: A Novel
By Natasha Friend
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(note: the above book for this entry is a fiction rather than a true diary/story.)

Fasting Information

A true fast is eating nothing at all, and drinking nothing but water, or, you know, the amazing wonder of Diet Coke and other such drinks.
Everytime you eat, your body stores it because it doesn't know when it will get it's next meal- it's next energy source. It takes twelve hours of fasting before your body will begin to actually begin eating off it's fat.
If you eat something with no calories, like mustard, or something that is a supposed negative calorie, like a celery stick, you are still ruining your fast! If you put any foods into your body, calorieless or not, your system will think it is going to be fed and will wait another twelve hours before it begins eating off it's fat again!

So be warned! Even if it's something with -no- calories, it WILL ruin your fat-eating fast and you'll be starting over again!

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Friday, September 23, 2005

Currently Reading
Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
By Marya Hornbacher
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Tips to Avoid Eating

~Make a list of all the foods that you crave. Each day, pick one to take out of your diet. No matter what, you absolutely cannot eat again. Take one off until there are no bad foods.

~Eat in front of a mirror naked except for tight underwear. Do you want him to see that?Competition is the best motivation for some people. Find a buddy on here to lose weight with. If youe ahead of them, it a blissful feeling that dwarfs the sick pleasure of eating. If youe behind, looking at them makes you realize that food is unnecessary. There is nothing stopping you except you.

~Curl up in a ball if you have hunger pains. Look at those rolls! You aren nearly hungry enough to willingly add on to those!

~The smell of coffee suppresses appetite.

~Wear perfectly applied lip-gloss. Youl eat slowly and cautiously to avoid messing it up, which will draw your attention to the fact that youe stuffing your face.

~Don carry extra money, youl be tempted to spend it on food.

~Avoid alcohol, tons of calories. Luckily, alcohol is intolerable if youe chewing peppermint gum. Don give in to your cravings. Youe stronger than that; look at those around you, getting fatter by the second. Be glad that isn you.

~Drink a glass of ice cold water as often as possible, every half-hour is ideal. The water fills and cleanses you; the cold burns calories. At least two quarts daily is good. Water is necessary to carry away the breakdown byproducts of fat.

~Wear your favorite tight bikini bottom and take a picture of your love handles. Look at it when you want to eat.

~Before you eat, count to 100-slow n steady. Usually that all it takes to realize you don want it.

~If hungry, follow the 4D: Distance yourself from the food; Delay eating; Distract yourself; Decide what your goals really are.

~Think of something disgusting and put the food you crave beside it mentally. Recall a mortifying event and tell yourself that it was caused by the food. Soon you will automatically associate the two.

Tips to Control Eating

~Never eat more than a cup. Your stomach will expand and youl eat more later.

~It takes twelve hours for the body to start feeding off its own fat.

~Write down everything you eat. Sometimes youl disgust yourself by saying it.

~Look at what youe about to eat. Imagine a bulge in your stomach shaped like that cheeseburger or muffin or whatever it is. Only eat it if you be willing to eat the same amount in pure fat.

~If youe eaten an acceptable amount of food but are still hungry, wait twenty minutes and youl probably feel full.

~Fiber is a natural laxative and makes you feel full.

~Eat with your non-dominant hand.

~Hot cocoa or chai tea with skim milk fills you up amazingly fast.

~Give yourself tiny portions. If you put more than you need or even want on your plate, youl feel obligated to eat it.

~Imagine everything youe eating is coated in butter- even the utensils.

~Stay away from Slim-fast and other "diet" foods. Glance at the nutrition facts and youl see why. With all the carbs and excess calories you might as well go eat a freakin pie or something. They also cost a bundle.

~Put your food money in a jar; buy something inedible at the end of the month as a reward for everything you didn eat.

Tips to Burn Calories

~Every bit of movement burns calories. Think of people in third-world countries who eat nothing and walk miles and miles every day.

~Work out before you eat to burn fat instead of food.

~Eating celery is better than drinking water! Youe probably heard that it has negative calories, which means it takes more calories to digest than it contains.

~Turn down the thermostat. Your body trying to keep warm burns tons of fat energy. It takes 200 (I believe) calories for your body to raise it's temperature one degree

Thinspiration

~Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

~One moment on the lips ... forever on the hips.

~The thinner the winner!

~You can never be too rich or too thin.

~Hunger hurts but starving works.

~This is forever. I will do what it takes. I want to be thin more than anything, even food.

~Starvation is fulfilling. Colors become brighter, sounds sharper, odors so much more savory and penetrating that inhalation fills every fiber and pore of the body. The greatest enjoyment of food is actually found when never a morsel passes the lips.

~This is no diet, this is a lifestyle.

~One day I will be thin enough. Just the bones, no disfiguring flesh. Just the pure, clear shape of me, bones. That is what we all are, what wee made up of and everything else is just storage, deposit, waste. Strip it away, use it up.

~You will be tempted quite frequently, and you will have to choose whether you shall enjoy the twenty minutes or so that you will be consuming excess calories, or whether you will cordially despise yourself for two or three days, for your lack of willpower.

~Nothing. Nothing is wrong, and asking is against the rules. Crying is against the rules. Youe strong, don let them break you. Theye trying to destroy you.

~The more they give me, the less Il eat.

~Quod me nutrit, me destruit. (What nourishes me also destroys me.)

~Why can they realize my strength? How much it taken to make so little of myself...

~It simple: You decide once and for all that you aren going to eat right now and there is no further decision to make.

~Most women live their lives in a state of starvation. Why should I be any different?

~In the body, as in sculpture, perfection is attained not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

~They always say theye concerned about me, about me health, when all they want to do is control me. They want to pin me down and force-feed me with lies, with what they call love. Like prisoners everywhere, all I have left is the power to refuse.

~I do eat normally, only what is needed for survival. I can help it that we live in a piggish society where gluttony is the norm and everyone is constantly stuffing themselves.

~When I wake, I empty, light, light-headed. I like to stay this way, free and pure, light on my feet, traveling easy.

~For me, food only interest lies in how little I need, how strong I am, how well I can resist, each time achieving another small victory of the will.

~Surely the body can be trained to exist on nothing, to take its nourishment from the air and sun, like all the beautiful flowers.

~When you coast without eating for a significant period of time and you are still alive, you begin to scoff at those fools who believe they must eat to live. It is blatantly obvious to you that this is not true.

~Food hinders progress.

~We turn skeletons into goddesses, and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need.

~How many pounds till I am happy, how many pounds till I get thin? Three more pounds till I am skinny, three more pounds and I win!

~Youe made a decision: you will not stop. The pain is necessary, especially the pain of hunger. It reassures that you are strong, can withstand anything.

<<333 jIlLy

((in addition to the PURGING TIPS down below (three or four entries down)::

Drink a big glass of water while eating, itl come up better.

Only eat it if you want it up your nose later. No spicy foods!

If youe going to binge on sweets, make it ice cream. If you vomit right after, there absolutely no stomach acid taste (if you eat it on an empty stomach).

Don use syrup of Ipecap.))

Love!

jill

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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Currently Reading
Life in the Fat Lane (Laurel-Leaf Books)
By Cherie Bennett
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Just a Couple Pieces of

Thinspiration

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Currently Reading
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
By Lori Gobblieb
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Sorry for not updating! My mother (argh, yes, still in school and living with mom!!(she doesn't know about my disorder though)) wouldn't let me on the computer. Annoying....but I have officially secured time for myself in the school computer room every day around noon, and my mom gets home about an hour after me after school, so yeah, I can update at least once a day now. Anyway. Thank you for your comments!

To answer- No that is not me in the profile pictures, because I don't have a digital camera, ugh! But except for not being as dark skinned, that is what I look like, small chest and all! Haha. I'm going to try to get a pic of my tummy up instead soon though!

Now then, for some tips && tricks!

After the Purge

Bulimia can lower the number on the scale- but also the quality of your teeth! And that's just not a good thing at all. So here's some handy ideas to help you perserve them.

Do not brush your teeth right after the purge! The best idea is to give a good long swish with some mouthwash to kill the germs from your stomach. If you can't use mouthwash, chew some gum. If you don't have gum either- swish and spit with water, and take some toothpaste and swish it around so it gets kind of frothy like a thick mouthwash, then you can spit and rinse. About 20 minutes later, brush your teeth, but be gentle. If you brush your teeth right away, all your doing is grinding the stomach acids into your teeth/gums and hurting them more. Make sure you floss, especially if flossing isn't something you do regularly anyway. It's amazing how much gets stuck between your teeth that the toothbrush doesn't catch- even if you haven't eaten much at all for the day!

Any requests? Comment!

good luck, love

<<333 jilly

(p.s. if you are interested in eating disorder books be sure to look above my entries at the "currently reading" section. I'll be sure to always try and put up some books for you! I will say in my entry if it is fiction. Otherwise, they are biographies or real diaries of anorexic/bulimic girls. every now and then one of my entries will be reviews on the ones I have read. thanks!)

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