HELP!!! I wanna lose weight!

Confucius · #1 08-02-2007, 06:32 PM

I will continue my dangerous cycle of yo-yo dieting with diet pills and starvation very soon (again).

lovelyivy84 · #2 08-02-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Confucius

I will continue my dangerous cycle of yo-yo dieting with diet pills and starvation very soon (again).

Well as long as you understand the damage you are doing to your body and the fact that at the end of the day near-starvation diets cause you to gain MORE weight, I don't know what to tell you.

I used ephedra in the past, but it was a tool that I used to spur my activity- it helped me work out harder and helped me control my appetite, so I could ease into lifestyle changes that made dropping weight fairly quickly but at a healthy rate a possibility.

What you describe there is just...indefensible to me. The science has proven that it makes you FATTER in the long run, and while you're doing that you can't possibly feel good about yourself and your actions.

You know better.

ETA: I don't mean to sound harsh here, but growing up at an all girls school I saw a lot of eating disorders and body dysmorphia (sp) so I am sensitive to those issues. It's like a whole generation of American women are being taught to punish their bodies into conforming to some physical ideal. I find it disheartening to observe it increasingly in women of color. We have enough to challenge us already, and so many things society tells us to hate about ourselves.

James · #3 08-02-2007, 07:33 PM

Weighted vest . . . its actually one of the easiest ways to seriously increase activity levels.

lovelyivy84 · #4 08-03-2007, 09:21 AM

I am fully a gym elitist.

I went to a new gym last night and I think it is love, love, love.

www.equinoxfitness.com

This place is in my work building and costs 50% more than Crunch, but it is GORGEOUS- the facility is impeccably clean, everything is new and up to date and BEST of all- no insane crowds. Plus it is right downstairs, so I can take lunch classes or go there right after work with no commute. No excuses.

I realise that the time when I loved Crunch was when it was an exclusive thing- like working out at that gym was seen as fairly cool. Ditto for NYSC. As their exclusivity (percieved or real) has waned, so has my interest in their facilities. I dunno if this is because of my snobbery, lol, or because of the ridiculous crowding in those gyms, but it's not fun any more.

It's true. I'm a gym snob.

GodlyAspiringDr · #5 08-03-2007, 09:30 PM

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I am fully a gym elitist.

I went to a new gym last night and I think it is love, love, love.

You and my husband both, soror... He swears by equinox... But - Me, I'm fine with my local Y (though I must admit, it is a nice Y...). I also enjoy taking dance classes (so I'm burning calories without having to even think about it).

RedefinedDiva · #6 08-03-2007, 09:51 PM

I would love to join Bally's, but I'm not down with contracts. If I could have open membership, I'd be good to go. I think that it's just a mental thing. I was a member of the Y for about a year with no problem. I think once I have the mental block of being LOCKED IN with a contract, I freak!

lovelyivy84 · #7 08-06-2007, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GodlyAspiringDr

You and my husband both, soror... He swears by equinox... But - Me, I'm fine with my local Y (though I must admit, it is a nice Y...). I also enjoy taking dance classes (so I'm burning calories without having to even think about it).

Equinox is my gym now too! I am so excited- that place is amazing! It really wasn't THAT much more expensive than Crunch OR Bally's. And after Bally's and Crunch, the one year contract (as opposed to 3) seems so reasonable.

toocute · #8 08-06-2007, 11:01 AM

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Equinox is my gym now too

WOW....you go to Equinox. You really are a grown up now

treblk · #9 08-03-2007, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Confucius

I will continue my dangerous cycle of yo-yo dieting with diet pills and starvation very soon (again).

This statement hurts my heart..only because with all the information out there..there is no way you should even think this was a healthy thing to do. I hope you are able to get through this mindset/thinking and realize that at the end...you are only hurting yourself/body!