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<p>You don’t have to go on a diet to lose weight. All you have to do is some form of exercise every stay to stay healthy and fit. Walking 20 minutes a day is a good start. I walk at least 20 minutes every day and that alone has kept me fit. That combined with not overeating is a good plan.</p>
<p>“ps- Johnson and Wales <em>has</em> a social scene?”</p>
<p>My friend goes there and parties constantly, but he lives off campus so maybe that’s it? </p>
<p>In fact he partied a little too hard and has a kid now. >.<</p>
<p>Haha really? Yeah there are literally three clubs that are a block away from my dorm. It’s a pretty crazy social scene school even though Providence isn’t that big of a city. Even though he lives off-campus it would be the same as those who live on-campus. That must suck that he has a kid now though, especially in college. Times like those you regret it. :(</p>
<p>Freshman 15? Yeah I got the F15…in reverse. Instead of gaining weight, I LOST weight (though it is only 1/3 through the year). I am now about 115. In May 2009, I was pushing 140. I don’t work out…instead, I walked…everywhere. My campus is ginormous, so it wasn’t a huge feat or anything.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if he regrets it, I am sure he probably wishes he could have waited but he seems really happy, I believe he and his girl are both still in school. They had a baby boy in October. He is my best friends ex, they dated from 7th grade to soph year in college, new girl was pregnant within a year and now a baby in senior year. Nuts how things like that happen. It makes me afraid for all my friends from high school who got engaged freshman year. Things change quick at this age no matter how much history you have.</p>
<p>I binge like crazy out of stress…and because I now know that whenever I’m stressed and binge EXCESSIVELY on carbs, I feel relaxed and “out of it” in a relaxing way…I know, BAD for me. 
But I can’t stop it. <em>sobs</em> HELP ME! :(</p>
<p>(And yes, I’ve tried other stress relieving techniques, such as working out, listening to music, etc…and even though they do reduce stress, they do not stop my crazy binging…I HATE it! Just gained a ridiculous 10 extra pounds in TWO WEEKS from binge eating! :o HELP! PLEASE! :()</p>
<p>And should I really go on an Atkins-style diet? I don’t like eating meat, actually…and prefer to stick to just fruits and breads, with some maybe occasional veggies and a bit of fat free dairy. <em>shrugs</em> Not sure…just my sorta thing!</p>
<p>People have given you good advice on this thread. It’s up to you to accept it or dismiss it.</p>
<p>Life is about choices. Continue to choose to overeat and you will continue to gain weight.
This isn’t about dieting. It’s about making smart choices regarding your lifestyle. Learn to become a little more self disciplined in all areas of your life–including your eating habits.</p>
<p>When I get the urge to binge eat I go take a shower. It takes me a half hour to shower, so that half hour of doing something else distracts me until the urge passes. XD</p>
<p>Bread and carbs suck for losing weight. I used to love to binge on carbs too: pizza, pasta, a loaf of garlic bread, etc. I get what you mean by the trance-like feeling. But you need to stop! Don’t keep any binge foods around. Drink a glass of ice water or hot green tea if you feel like pigging out. Go outside for a walk and get some fresh air. </p>
<p>And yes, you will see good results with a strict low-carb diet. Eat tofu and beans for protein if you don’t like meat. No fruit juices but all your carbs should basically just come from fresh fruit and vegetables.</p>
<p>icanread, how did you stop binging on carbs, exactly? I use all of those distractive techniques, but I still crave carbs like crazy, and honestly, don’t even WANT to eat when I consider eating meats or dairy or vegetables. :(</p>
<p>nysmile, I know what I need to do…I just need help on how to do it! I’ve tried practically everything to stop these binges, so please don’t just assume that I’m not actually TRYING–because I AM. :(</p>
<p>Binge eating for me is psychological and emotional. When I feel depressed, I just don’t give a damn about my life and just want to curl up and shove food mechanically into my mouth. Regular exercise helps reduce “emotional eating” and stabilizes your mood. Don’t keep any “trigger foods” around you at all. I know if I buy a box of Wheat Thins and tell myself I’ll have a few as a snack once in a while, I’ll just open the box and finish the whole thing. Honestly, I doubt I’ll never binge eat again; it’s like saying I’ll never have another cigarette. Acknowledge that this is a PROBLEM, an addiction, but you need to control it with healthy, positive choices and thinking. Pinpoint what triggers you into binging (identify those stressors, situations, and foods) and find ways that work for you to avoid doing it again.</p>
<p>When you get the urge to binge, wait 30 minutes. During that 30 minutes, distract yourself by engaging in an activity—go for a walk, visit a friend’s room, read ahead in your textbooks, anything. Usually, the craving will go away during those 30 minutes. </p>
<p>-Portion control
-Self control
-Exercise
-Limit your soda intake
-Limit your beer intake
-Set daily personal goals</p>
<p>You said that you know what you need to do, yet you can’t do it. If this pattern continues and you still can’t control your urge to binge, consider going to the counseling center in order to try to figure out what the underlying issue is that may be contributing to your emotional need to binge.</p>
<p>I’ve gained about 20lbs this first semester too <em>High Fives</em> Mostly glycogen, water, and muscle, though.</p>
<p>It’s probably already been said, but the entirety of permanent weightloss for normal individuals can be reduced to caloric deficits. Use a BRM calculator to find your BMR, add whatever extra you burn through exercise, and subtract 300-500 calories, and eat however much that number… is. Start a basic weightlifting routine (rippetoe’s or madcow’s or something similar) and don’t go past a 500 calorie deficit so you don’t lose too much muscle.</p>
<p>Keto and the anabolic diet are great for fat loss (I’ll probably try the latter in about 50 lbs), but I doubt you’ll be able to consistently follow them (since, erm, the social consumption of pizza seems to be your problem). But if you think you can stick with them, they’d probably work wonders.</p>
<p>If it’s a self control issue then stop eating non-filling calorie dense foods (HFCS beverages and their ilk) and try and get the bulk of your meals to be fibrous veggies and the like.</p>
<p>Thanks, Moodrets, I find that going on low-carb diets NEVER makes me lose weight for some crazy reason–I have lost the majority of my weight over several years through a strict low-fat, no-calorie-counting diet…but it also had 0 overeating involved, which is my problem right now.</p>
<p>My suggested calorie intake, me being a small, short girl, lol, is approximately 1170-1500 calories, depending on the source of the BMR calculator on the internet! After subtracting and accounting for exercise, it comes out to pretty much 100 below those values to lose weight…and I regularly ingest about 3000-5000 calories every day for the last 3 weeks. :(</p>
<p>On my tiny frame, this REALLY shows–I’ve had to shed sizes of pants already. Dammit–and EVERYONE can tell!</p>
<p>Can someone suggest replacements for the following calorically-dense binge foods to help me lose weight, because they are the staples of my diet, and if I cut them out…well, I wouldn’t eat at all, actually?</p>
<p><em>bagels
*high-calorie, sugary cereals, or crap cereals like Special K
*english muffins
*pasta/spaghetti/noodles/Kraft mac and cheese noodles
*pretzels
sugary oatmeal…I hate oatmeal, and it makes me feel HUNGRIER after eating any amount of it…just ate like 10 packets (yes, the entire BOX of it), followed by a bagel and pretzels…and am still “starving”…WHAT THE HELL?! 
And that doesn’t include breakfast and lunch! Looking at a minimum of 5000 calories total today–</em>sobs.</p>
<p>nysmile, I have done all of these techniques in an attempt to stop my binges, but none of them work! In fact, I employ all of them each time I even THINK about eating–not good for me, unfortunately, I realize this fact. :(</p>
<p>icanread, I don’t feel depressed…but</p>
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<p>at the start of the semester, I was told I had to get a perfect 4.0 GPA to get into the program I want to get into the following semester…could the “stress” I’m not consciously feeling be subconsciously affecting my eating habits and causing me to binge?</p>
<p>I cannot avoid my trigger foods, because they are EVERYWHERE in the campus cafeteria, all over the stores nearby, and my roommate stockpiles them and doesn’t care if I eat her food in the slightest.</p>
<p>Can people please stop advertising low-carb diets as the solution to weight problems. If you just replace bread by meat it’s gonna bring you a nice lot of heart diseases once you grow old. And Tofu and Beans don’t fill everyone up. </p>
<p>I eat a high amount of carbs because nothing else fills me up, and I still lost weight. Because I did not keep myself from eating bagels, pasta and rice, I didn’t binge on it.</p>
<p>3000-5000!? I’m 5 feet tall and I eat 1100 a day :x That’s your problem right there</p>
<p>MissSilvestris, may I ask what you eat and about how much you weigh? I am the same exact height–thanks! :)</p>
<p>@ParadoxUnknown - I realllly hope this doesn’t come across as rude, but you recently made a post talking about how you’re having trouble finding well-fitting dress pants because you’re a size 000 or 00, both of which are very small sizes. The fact that you’re a 000 and wanting to lose weight strikes me as kind of unhealthy. For example, my sister is about 5’1" and skinny, but she is generally a size 2 or 4 (depends on the brand). The fact that you’re a similar height but several sizes smaller makes me think you must be quite slender…</p>
<p>sorry if this is completely off because I obviously don’t know what you look like or what your habits are. I’m not trying to suggest you have some kind of eating disorder or whatever. </p>
<p><em>Edit - although now I see you’re problem is really more about binge-eating, which is pretty bad.
Replace bagels with whole wheat bread, toasted with jam for breakfast. Replace muffins of any kind with granola bars like Kashi; muffins are really just funny shaped cakes. Kashi makes a great cereal brand as well. Pasta and bread are good, but don’t overdo it. Skip Kraft products entirely. No need to count calories if you keep portions under control. Try a bunch of different salads and wraps - tuna salad/wrap, turkey salad/wrap, chicken salad/wrap. I keep these prepared in my fridge so it’s convenient to grab.</p>
<p>Beverages - lots of fruit juices, water, and milk. Cut out soda and avoid too much beer (i know it’s college, but hey :))</p>
<p>Low carb diets tend not to be advocated in the long term (they’re used primarily while cutting to minimize muscle loss, and if done correctly they can be extremely effective. You shouldn’t need be on one for longer than a few months to half a year at most, unless you’re losing hundreds of pounds of fat or something, in which case I’d think it better to cut one’s losses and accept muscle loss as a necessary evil), and their link with coronary heart disease has been discredited.</p>
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<p>Obesity, on the other hand, <em>is</em> a major risk factor for heart disease. Also, dietary cholesterol is no longer a culprit, and while the prevalence of sat fats in one’s diet have been linked to asvd and chd and the like (though the lipid hypothesis, to my knowledge, is still on somewhat shaky ground), it’s perfectly possible to consume lean meats <em>and</em> unsat fats (gasp!) whilst still not consuming many carbs (though remember, this is short term, and really only if you decide to do this. Carbs [particularly low GI carbs] <em>are</em> the body’s preferred energy source, after all).</p>
<p>And rawr, if you eat at a caloric deficit, you <em>will</em> lose weight. Period. If you don’t, you’re either a medical marvel or a thermodynamic one, and your GI tract should be studied as a solution for the energy crisis. You <em>can</em> lose weight, quite easily, on a high carb low fat diet (and if one never concerns oneself with calorie counting and just eats willy nilly I’d think this more likely to happen, as carbs are less energy dense then fats, and so if one ate an equivalent amount of calories the carbs would be more filling), it’s just that there are ways that maximize good weight loss that would be best to pursue. </p>
<p>Here’s a potential list for replacement food ideas: [The</a> Ultimate Anabolic Diet Food List: 101 Foods You Can Eat | StrongLifts.com](<a href=“Strength Training & Muscle Building | Stronglifts: Strength Training and Muscle Building”>Strength Training & Muscle Building | Stronglifts: Strength Training and Muscle Building) Otherwise just replace all your bad carbs with good (based off glycemic index), and badabingbadaboom, you’re golden.</p>
<p>And for one in particular instead of eating ****ty prepackaged oatmeal just get a tub of oats and add a bit of fresh fruit to taste.</p>
<p>And ye gods, I wish I could eat that much easily. I’m supplementing on a gomad/metric****tonofcottagecheese diet right now and have to start forcing the food down about halfway in. My culinary life was so much easier when I could live at 2,000 calories a day and not the ~4.5k I’m taking in now… :/</p>
<p>Lol @ asterisks. If only I still knew how to bold…</p>
<p>Edit: Oh, and in light of the above post, what’s your height/weight/measurements? Bodyfat levels? If you haven’t had the latter legitimately tested what sort vascularity/definition do you have? Any visible striations?</p>
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<p>Sure, no problem. I weigh 110lbs the last time I measured but it’s probably closer to 105 now.</p>