Lazy Days

I haven't really exercised since winter rolled around. The most that I truly accomplish in a day are 200-800 crunches, which is all good and well... but it doesn't burn very many calories. For those lazy days, I've found some peace of mind.

Most important, is your sedentary BMR, which measures how many calories your body burns throughout the day, were you to sit on your bum all day. It uses your height and weight to determine this (age is less relevant, but why not?).

BMR Calculator

...and without further ado,

those lazy days

 (I guessed on the average time limit in which one spends doing the following activities)

A game of cards or a board game (thirty minutes): burns 39 calories 

Driving (thirty minutes): burns 52 calories

Hairstyling (five minutes): burns 11 calories 

Painting (thirty minutes): burns 111 calories

Playing piano (sixty minutes): burns 138 calories

Playing guitar (sixty minutes): burns 158 calories

Putting groceries away (five minutes): burns 11 calories

Reading (thirty minutes): burns 26 calories

Shopping (thirty minutes): burns 59 calories

Showering (ten minutes): burns 35 calories

Sitting (sixty minutes): burns 52 calories 

Sleeping (eight hours): burns 480 calories

Standing (sixty minutes): burns 59 calories

Studying (thirty minutes): burns 46 calories

Washing dishes (ten minutes): burns 18 calories    

Writing or sketching (sixty minutes): burns 52 calories 

 These numbers are based from my weight, which sits in-between 108 and 111 pounds. If you weigh more, you will burn more calories participating in each of the activities above. If you weigh less, then you will burn less whilst doing them. There really won't be a tremendous change unless the difference between your weight and mine is extreme (a 100 pound difference, for instance).

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points: XX VIIII

I've edited a bit on this blog, because I'd like to give my sister the option to post her results on the S.G.D. alongside my own (really, I've only taken one entry down). Welcome to A Perfect Fall, Stevi. <3

The Cupboards

There are some food toppings and such that I am particularly fond of, and should (hence) be in all other cupboards as well. Sadly, it's a modest list... since having variety in my diet confuses me.

Fodder for the Cupboards

...and the fridge and the freezer (perhaps the counter, too?).

Food Essentials

Safe Foods

1. Butter Spray (0 calories). Butter spray is amazing. I drown my food in butter spray. It's magical. You should always have butter spray around you.
2. Frozen Berries (79 calories per cup). I munch on frozen blueberries quite frequently, because they're low in calories, and because it's very difficult to binge on frozen fruit. Likewise, I put nearly all of my fruit in the freezer.
3. Zevia Soda (0 calories). Zevia is a brand of soda that uses stevia to sweeten their beverages, as opposed to aspartame (found in popular diet sodas, barring fountain drinks). Zevia Cream Soda has become my favorite dessert as of late. 
4. Water Bottle Drink Mix (5 calories per packet). The mixes that I'm referring to, are packets that are poured into water bottles in order to add flavor. Crystal Light is my favorite brand for this, because they add antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber to their mixes. I prefer their flavor as well, opposed to that of 'off brands.'
5. Pepper (0 calories). I know that this is a common staple, but it deserves a mention. Black pepper temporarily boosts one's metabolism, and it makes boring food exciting (like salt!).
6. Tea (0 calories). You should always have tea. There is no excuse for not having tea. It's filling, it settles the stomach, and it has a plethora of medicinal uses (...and it's good with milk and sugar).
7. Better than Bouillon No Chicken Base (15 calories). Bouillon cubes create a lovely 15 calorie soup, which one could nearly drink with abandon. As a vegetarian, I love Better than Bouillon for their vegan options.

Preventative Measures 

'Safe' Binge Foods

1. Popcorn (100 calories per bag). If you must binge, binge on popcorn. So many wonderful things can be done with popcorn. It can be doused in butter spray, then sprinkled with cinnamon and zero calorie sweetener; doused in cocoa powder; mixed with garlic... all of which are great for satiating binge cravings.  
2. Arctic Zero Ice Cream (150 calories per pint). When I can afford it, I like to keep a few pints of Arctic Zero in my freezer. One can down five pints of Arctic Zero ice cream and still not have exceeded 1,000 calories... making it a perfect binge food. 
3. Frozen Mango (90 calories per cup). Frozen mango has an interesting consistency, reminiscent of marshmallows. It also tastes somewhat like marshmallows, which makes it a very pleasant fruit to binge on.
4. Cocoa Powder (15 calories per tbsp). Cocoa Powder is a low-calorie way to mend chocolate cravings. I enjoy mixing it with stevia (any other 0 calorie sweetener will do as well), and mixing it into a touch of nonfat milk (this changes the consistency, so that I'm not eating spoonfuls of dry powder [and milk raises one's metabolism]).

On an unrelated note: I'm starting the 'Master Cleanse' tomorrow. I'll post my excitement.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points: XII

Another Lumpin Loner

I wasn't keen on visiting my parents' house to pick up my tax returns (If I prove that I'm exceptionally poor to the Y, they give me a discount), so I didn't get my gym membership today. It overwhelms me to talk to people after work, since my job involves constant communication... so- after my shift is over- I feel compelled to avoid all who expect me to converse for much longer than a few minutes. For fair example: my phone is currently brimming with texts that 'beep,' and I want to throw it against the wall, so forcefully that it breaks through the plaster... and I would throw it at the wall, if I didn't depend on it to allow me to read blogs and count calories. I know that the people who try to reach me only mean well, but I'm so accustomed to being alone that being constantly bothered is just maddeningly grating.

I'm starting a liquid fast when I wake up tomorrow, because I'm round and unhappy. I'm hoping to be asleep before then. Buying clothes today was a bit traumatic.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Points:  V

Walruses

This blog is a nearly perfect a stereotype for bipolar writing. I log in to this; write a lengthy array of all-too intently researched blog entries; and then disappear for days, without leaving anything more intelligible than an apology for my prolonged absence. I'll try to update this daily (or nightly) from here on.

I'm going to renew my membership at the Y.M.C.A. tomorrow, which should at least give me the motivation to stop moping around the house. I was ninety-seven pounds when I last frequented the gym. I remember a time when I left one of my cycling classes, and a woman told me that I should "please come back" because I was "an inspiration (whilst I'm thinking Okay, nutty... see this stomach? Prominent. It inspires walruses, not aspiring athletes)." Of course, I'm fat now and have lost my bragging rights... but damn it, I'll get them back!

I'd like to add something more substantial to this entry, but it's well past my bedtime... so good night for now, loves. 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"
Points: V

The Solution is Potatoes

Insomnia

 (again)

When I restrict, my insomnia becomes unbearably exaggerated. I've been curious as to why such a state could result from eating too little, so that I can treat it more directly. From what I've read, the physical problem (this apart from depression and anxiety, which should be treated by a specialist of sorts) is relatively straightforward:

Electrolyte Disturbance.

"An electrolyte disorder is an imbalance of certain ionized salts (i.e., bicarbonate, calcium, chloride, magnesium, phosphate, potassium, and sodium) in the blood [Helpline]" This is why magnesium supplements are often used as sleep aides.

This concept makes perfect sense to me, from recent personal experience. I've noticed that I sleep quite soundly after I've eaten a baked potato with salt (which is my usual dinner). I had one last night before bed, and then slept for eight hours. It was a lovely reprieve, compared to the earlier night's restless plague of insomnia (two hours of rest).

The solution is potatoes, everyone (or Gatorade, or bananas, or salted veggies)!

A Lovely Baked Potato

Calories: 161 (medium potato)

Ingredients: One potato; one canister of zero-calorie non-stick butter spray; salt; and pepper.

 Instruction:

1. Nuke the potato in the microwave for fifteen minutes (more or less, depending on microwave settings)
2. Open the potato and spray it generously with non-stick butter spray
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste  

An update on the Points Game: Thus far, I have two points. I'm a little unclear as to whether or not I really earned them. Someone brought two tins of cookies into the break room to share at work, and they were all being eaten around me whilst I was on my 'fifteen.' I really wanted to earn some points, but no one so much as mentioned them to me. I even asked "Ooh! Are those cookies," but I only received a Yes, in response... confirming that they were, in fact, cookies.

Peculiarly enough, the Points Game is rather ineffective if no one offers you any food.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"
Points: II

Calories Required to Meet Our Goals

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On the subject of goals: There is absolutely no possibility of me reaching ninety-five pounds by Christmas (which, I've suddenly noticed, takes place in three days). Even if I chopped off a breast, I'd be closer to a normal B.M.I. than that of a petite '16.4.'

...so, instead of moping, I'm setting a new goal. According to the calculator above, I can reach my goal weight in late February if I maintain a net of  644 calories. Easy! I can do that. Can't we all? I think so. I'll keep playing my 'Points Game' and favoring my potatoes (I'm fond of them) and protein drinks.

This weight loss high is honestly all that's keeping me cognizant today. I'm actually afraid of eating, because I know that the energy will go away, and I'll be catotonic again.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

The Point Game

I made this game for a friend and I, who have both set a humble goal of losing one pound before Christmas (which entails eating around 500 calories per each day leading up to the festival).

Each time that you turn down food that is offered, you receive a point. This does not apply to whatever you choose to eat on your own time. It only applies to the excessive things that people offer us throughout the day, that often trip us up in our diets and cause us to reorganize everything. The rough draft looks crude, but I really love the idea of it:

I'm sorry that I've been away for so long. I was pleasantly distracted by life for a while, but those thoughts have since been lost beneath the veil of another cycle of depression... so I've returned to my safe center of the world, where the numbers lull me to sleep and quiet the madness. I did lose some weight whilst I was happy, although I'm no longer in the mood to celebrate. 

It'll be over in time.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Vitamins for Restricted Diets

I'm going on a very long overdue scavanging excursion today, to hunt for vitamins that should properly accompany my diet. Despite the cornocopia of fruit that I consume daily, my diet is far from healthy. If ever I dip below 1,000 calories in a day, I feel very faint.

I remember going to the store once for food, and then feeling suddenly overwhelmed by nausea and dizziness. I walked to the health section of the store with my head down (my meager attempt to prevent myself from collapsing), and intrepidly snatched a bottle of iron supplements from the shelves. I then wobbled to the register- still with my head down (I must have looked mental)- and then payed for the pills... shortly before unwrapping them, and then frantically popping them into my mouth like a junky on withdrawal (I was mere steps away from the register, still staring at the ground).

I was on the S.G.D. at that time, and I don't want to chance the same ridiculous ordeal happening whilst I'm at work (my job is physically demmanding). ...so I'm planning ahead by buying vitamins like these:

Vitamins for Restricted Diets

• Women's Multivitamins. A multivitamin contains a broad spectrum of vitamins that are necessary for us to live healthily. Women multivitamins often contain more iron and calcium than their ordinary counterparts, which are necessary for healthy bones, hair, and nails... and for preventing dizziness, as well as a host of other unfortunate results of iron deficiency.
• Omega 3 Supplements. Omega 3's help prevent cardiovascular problems and depression... both of which are often dangerous results of a very low calorie diet (especially for bulimics). Omega 3's also boost the brain, as do other 'good' fats (like coconut, nuts, flax seeds [which contain Omega 3], etc.)
• Antioxidents. People who follow a very low calorie diet are often deficient in antioxidents, which are necessary to fight infections. An antioxident supplement will fill the gap.

A Tip: be sure to take a bit of fatty food with your vitamins. Although it sounds unpleasant, it's necessary in order for your vitamins to be absorbed into your body. Whilst some vitamins are water soluble, other vitamins are fat soluble... and, let's be honest: low-fat diets are quite unhealthy in general.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Coco Truffle Tea

I was watching Hook this evening, and I found this chant (by the Lost Boys), sung to encourage Pan to be fit enough to fight Captain Hook:

 

"Pick 'em up! Move 'em down! Pick 'em on up! Move 'em on down! Ain't no time to celebrate! You are old and overweight! Gotta lose a million pounds! Get your fat butt off the ground! Reach on down and touch your toes! How long since you looked at those? Shape up! Lose weight! Get thin! Gotta win! Jumping jacks are good for you! Now your face is turning blue! Swing your arms around your back! Give yourself a heart attack! Gotta train! In the rain! In the sun! In the snow! Ten below! Gotta move! Gotta do! Gotta crow!"

 

It made me chuckle. I should download it for my next workout.

 

 

On a completely unrelated note, I took this tea from my mom's cupboards a few days ago (I'll reiterate: she eats hardly anything that she buys at the store... she lives off of tomatoes until dinnertime). It's called Coco Truffle tea, by: Tea Forte. It's amazing, and it tastes like chocolate:

 

I know what you're thinking. Where can I find such a lovely tea cup? It's a fantastic feat. Go to America, visit a mall (any mall), and walk into a Chinese gift shop. Somewhere within that shop will be at least ten different trinkets that depict a picture of your Chinese Zodiac sign. They each often offer a paragraph that explains your personality, which is based upon the year in which you were born. If you're lucky enough, they'll have teacups.

...and if you are in America, I know that you're nodding in agreement. If you aren't nodding, then you're missing out on our malls' greatest tourist attraction (they have kimonos!).

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Nighty Night

It's the end of the day, which marks the end of my diet, which freed me from my cravings. I no longer feel like Atlas (assuming that Atlas carried brownies on his back instead of the Earth).

I'm starting the S.G.D (Skinny Girl Diet) tomorrow, partly because the only fruit that's left in my cupboards are two kiwis (which would turn my regimented fruit salads into two very boring bowls of kiwi)... and because it must be started on a Monday, which is too convenient to ignore:

• Additional Rules:
  
  
  
  
  • Eat as many fruits and veggies as you'd like, without counting them as calories.
  • Excercise for thirty minutes, for five days each week.
  • Burn off any calories that are over the limit

To anyone who would like to join me: I'm creating a progress page specifically for the S.G.D. and will be updating it daily. You're welcome to record your own progress in the comment boxes (strength in numbers!).

This diet brought me down to ninety-six pounds when I last embarked on it, which is one pound shy of my goal weight. I fell off of the wagon after the first few weeks, because I was naive enough to have a bowl of ice cream (always my binge trigger). Everything went downhill rather quickly. Oreos and Brownie mix were later involved.


Not that it's of renown importance, but I'm removing the advertisement from my sidebar. Although I'm not projecting anything negative or harmful in this blog (positivity encourages weight loss; negativity only encourages depression), I still feel paranoid that it might be shut down, on the premise that this is a weight loss blog written by a girl who went mad a thousand years ago. I'm also bothered by the idea of making a profit from the number of people who read my journal. There's something iniquitous about that.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Experiment

My mind's having some difficulty coping with my fasting endeavor, so I'm going to take up the Russian Gymnast Diet for a while instead (I finally have money to buy fruit again!).

I've altered it somewhat, but it's still structured the same way:

The R.G.D (a).
The Russian Gymnast Diet (altered)

Breakfast: One glass of either orange or apple juice

Lunch: Fruit Salad (comprised of either four fruits, or two fruits and one banana), with one cup of fruit juice.

Dinner: One apple, eaten alongside a glass of water

I sincerely apologize for the less aesthetically appealing addition to my sidebar. I'm really struggling to support myself right now, so I've been inclined to into scrape change from every corner of my home that I can. I promise to make up for it by adding at least one new pocket of weight loss tips per day.

Stay well, loves. Rest will bring another chance to continue your path anew.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

The Blues

I'm probably a bit slow to learn this, but I can't help sharing. It's so cool.

 

For the record, I always chose 'Superman' ice cream as a kid, because there was something delightfully odd about eating blue, red, and yellow ice cream. I still add food colouring to my ice cream, because- truth be told- I'm a very immature adult. When I babysat as a teenager (a task which I loathe, despite being very well-liked by children [it's a baffling paradox]), I created a game in which everyone slid down the stairs in a laundry basket (which I was scolded for, since parents believe that their children should spend their lives in fuzzy blankets instead of propelling themselves down a flight of stairs). Later in the day, we shared our Pokemon cards and discussed the current worth of the famed Holigraphic Charizard.

...anyway (apologies for the tangent), the idea behind all of this is that blue food represents things that we should avoid, since blue animals have a tendency to be poisonous booglie ooglies. Interestingly enough, the majority of these pictures were posted by chefs, who were quite proud of their colored creations. I take from this, that these chefs may have slipped through the cracks of Darwin's Theory... and would likely have died out whilst wandering the wild, had properly evolved been unvailable to guide them.

 

Behold! Delicious food: 

(I laughed a lot while I was going through these pictures)

 

 Cheers!

 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

 

Fasting Friday

I've been eating a healthy amount of food lately, and it's making me feel very uncomfortable... to the extent that I feel a bit hypocritical for it, since my eating disorder plays a paramount role in my identity. Even the connotation of the word 'healthy' is sinister to me. It's not a good word.

All seriousness aside, I think that I'm going to combat this healthy rut with a game (I'm fond of games). I'm going to see how long I can manage without eating solid food. I won't set a goal for myself, because I only intend to have fun with my crafted, foodless experiment.

On another note, I've been working on a 'Don't Binge' page (yes, one of those) for a few days now. I want to make it lengthy enough to have some longevity (so that one can view it once or twice), and concise enough to be effective. I'll make a note of it when it's finally up and running.

Until then, my sleeping pills are making me feel all warm and fuzzy, so I'm off to bed (this was quite the thrilling blog entry). Rest well, everyone. Our goals are never quite as far as they seem.

 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"



Sorbitol

After digging through pages of odd (mostly odd) and droll facts about artificial sweeteners, I finally found a favorite: Sorbitol. Sorbitol is the only substitute that actually caused weight loss, unlike its less friendly peers... the lot of which often cause cancer.

I found a more readable article recently, warning about the "dangerously excessive weight loss." linked to Sorbitol. It warns that Sorbitol has a laxative effect in large quantities... which is probably why it's used  as a laxative. I've mentioned this a few times, but I feel like it would be remiss not to reiterate it: Laxatives do not cause weight loss. Poop indicates that the digestive process is finished, no mater how it's excreted. You cannot poop away calories. That being said, there must be another reason why Sorbitol that causes weight loss.

 

Read the Article Here

 

The people who took part in the study ate about fifteen sticks of sugar free gum per day, which seems to be the magical amount of Sorbitol to induce poopies and excessive weight loss. I'm not a healthy person, so I like the idea of excessive weight loss. It makes me giddy. I'll sit on the john twice a day if need be. Pardon me whilst I shove three sticks of sugar-free gum in my mouth and daydream about sagging, baggy pants.

Once I've procured my Sorbitol, I will post a myriad of recipes. It doesn't brown whilst it cooks, so I'lI plan to go nuts with food colouring (rainbow cake!).

 

A Place to Buy Sorbitol

($9.25 - 7E)

 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"
I think that's Charmander to the right, screaming "Don't puke on the bed."

Lost and Found

 

 

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95
Height: 5'4"

Tea

A note from the author: Reading back on my "frightening" dream, I've come to the conclusion that it was more humorous to recall than frightening... though in quite the unorthodox manner.

Although it is highly esteemed for the ECGC that it contains, green tea is not the only tea that contributes to weight loss. To break a bit of the monotony (albeit tasty monotony), I've composed a list of other teas that are quite helpful as well. Before this list commences, I would like to note that I'm fond of cats (which has likely made itself apparent by now). They'll be accompanying your tea today.

Oolong Tea

 

Oolong tea boosts the metabolism, along with aiding digestion; strengthening teeth; and complimenting a healthy complexion. It's frequently served at Chinese restaurants, so ordering it with your meal might be a good compliment to strengthening your metabolic rate whilst eating.

Rooibos Tea

Rooibos teas contribute to healthy digestion, as well as providing some comfort to a nagging or sour tummy.

Black Tea

Black teas are handy for a small energy boost, as they contain about 20% of the caffeine present in a cup of coffee. They're also handy for maintaining a healthy circulatory and cardiovascular system.

On a personal note: I had a very unusual eating disordered dream tonight. I have binge dreams on occasion, but this one was much more frightening. I dreamt that I was in a public bathroom, and there were full-length mirrors in every stall. When I noticed the first one, I lifted my shirt as I would normally do to check the shape of my stomach. Of course, it didn't look as I thought that it should, and it threw me into a mad panic. I dashed from stall to stall, examining myself in every mirror. I took balls of toilet paper and tried to wipe my stomach off (I've never done that), but I wasn't able to. I left the restroom eventually, and somehow ended up in an eating disorder clinic which looked like a house. Men greeted me at the door, and assured me that I would be the only person in the clinic. I'd receive all of the help that the staff had to offer, because I'd essentially be in the spotlight. I was terrified, so I broke away from the terror I felt and just... ran. I must have ran far enough to escape the dream, because everything morphed into a new setting with new plots.

I can't properly explain how strange it was to me. It must have been stemmed from the anxiety I've been wrought with whilst miserably sleep-deprived. I need more psych meds.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4"

Gracie

I've been lazing around my house and stuffing my face all day. Missing nearly an entire night's sleep never falls short of throwing my brain into a chaotic mess. When I'm influenced by insomnia, my thoughts channel themselves through crossed wires, and their fragments rattle around in my head like pins... none of which assist my ability to understand logic.

I can't conceive doing anything remotely mindful whilst I'm sleep deprived. I don't care to write as much, reading is a tedious strain, painting is nonsense, and leaving the house is just pretentious (Motivation? My, aren't we special.). With all other options for entertainment tossed from my sight, the television becomes my separate universe. I glue myself to the couch, find Supersize vs. Superskinny on Youtube, hook my monitor to the T.V. screen... and then commence snacking, because my choice in doing so (or not) is out of my hands by this point. If I didn't own a television, I'm confident that I'd be well under ninety pounds (in all honesty, eating elsewhere makes me uncomfortable).


I visited my parents' house whilst they were out, so that I could pick up dinner for myself and Gracie [pictured latter]. They've had a half-gallon of Cookies & Cream frozen yogurt in their freezer for about two weeks now. Although I haven't touched it (god forbid... one of us wouldn't last such an encounter), I know that they haven't taken more than a spoonful from it. Ice cream has always been my binge food, and this particular brand of Cookies & Cream is a favorite of mine; but tonight, instead of nabbing it out of the freezer, I brought back applesauce, edamame, and protein bread. I opened the freezer, I saw it, and I shunned it. I am victorious! I have beaten Cookies & Cream ice cream.

Weight: 114 113 112 111 110 109 108 107 106105 104 103 102 101 100 99 98 97 96 95

Height: 5'4" 



Photograph

Hair Care whilst Restricting

I've read a lot about this, because I've been dying my hair compulsively for the past six years. Before I was permitted to do so, I colored it with sharpies. On numerous occasions, I was scolded for leaving colored sharpie scribbles on my desks, which wouldn't come out no matter how much cleaning product I was forced to use. It's an irrational passion.

...so here are some things that hair needs:

Nutrients

The common cause of hair loss in a restrictive diet, is a lack of nutrients. Specifically:

Iron: Iron is usually consumed in meat, but as a vegetarian, I have different suggestions. Instead, try soybeans, broccoli, nuts, raisins, tofu and enriched 'concoctions (such as breakfast cereal and bulky energy drinks)'.
Vitamin A: Vitamin A is easy to stumble upon. It's in lettuce, carrots, apricots, sweet potatoes, and a variety of peppers.
Vitamin B: I'll be the first to offer this nutritional advice: there's a plethora of vitamin B (niacin) in energy drinks. It's a brain 'food,' which boosts mental clarity. Monster Rehab is all over that.
Zinc and Selenium: One may find zinc in leafy green veg, nuts (which are also high in iron), beans, whole grains, hemp, and various... meats.

Obviously, anyone who is restricting his or her calories will be deficient in nutrients, because there just isn't enough food. For instance,  it's recommended that one has twelve milligrams of zinc daily. In order to meet that standard, one would need to consume about 280 calories worth of wheat germ daily. There is never anything wrong with 280 calories... but for me, that's a meal. I don't want to sit down with a bowl of plain wheat germ and spoon it in. Multivitamins are necessary, especially if you're taking in less than 1,500 calories daily.

Hair Care

Hair should be conditioned properly. Even if you can't afford fancy conditioner, you can give nourishment back into your damaged hair. Follow these steps once a week:

1. After bathing, towel dry your hair.
2. Apply conditioner to it, being attentive to your 'split ends (coat them well).'
3. Wait around for about fifteen minutes, allowing the conditioner to settle.
4. Rinse and resume life as usual. 

The best structure that's worked for my hair, is to massage my scalp, and wash my hair as little as possible. If I was able to spend a week alone in my house (which is often, since company makes me anxious), I would spend it with dirty hair. Wash your hair once every two days, and regularly stimulate your hair follicles by massaging your scalp with your fingertips.

Best wishes!

Weight: 114  113  112  111  110  109  108  107  106  105  104  103  102  101  100  99  98  97  96  95

Height: 5'4"

Snowmen Carnage

 I'm very proud of this ticker that I constructed ('mfp' having done most of the work). I have so many fond memories of reading Calvin & Hobbes as a child, and laughing at Bill Waterson's illustrations of psychologically distressed snowmen. It's nice to have them standing behind my weight loss endeavors:

 

 

Surely these snowmen never thought that they'd be in an eating disorder blog.

Weight: 114  113  112  111  110  109  108  107  106  105  104  103  102  101  100  99  98  97  96  95

Height: 5'4"