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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"

Wonderful News

I meant to compose this yesterday, but I was too sleep deprived to arrange my letters into words. The point, however, still remains: I have wonderful news to share.

My Sorbitol came in through the mail today!

 I must admit that it looks a bit suspect, packaged in its shiny ziplock bag (...illegal sugar?)... but I'm guessing that packaging isn't of high concern for customers who purchase their sugar substitutes from a chemist's website.

To anyone who's missed my obsessive babbling about Sorbitol:

Sorbitol

For the record: I'm not fond of the prospect of making frequent potty stops (which, on its own, does not cause one to lose proper weight)... but to me, "tremendous weight loss" outweighs the inconvenience.

So far, I haven't experimented any farther than incoorporating it into my hot chocolate... but I'm going to bounce about the kitchen today and make a myriad of lovely recipes to post!

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 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"



Sugar Substitutes

I've been curious about artificial sweeteners for a while now (Stevia, especially), and it's taken me quite some time to dig up enough information to sew all of the bits of information together.

First and foremost: All of these artificial sweeteners have drawbacks, but we'd be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn't first look at sugar. Sugar has a direct link to obesity. It hurts one's heart; it causes diabetes by invoking spikes in blood sugar; it increases one's risk of yeast infection (gross); it increases one's risk of depression (probably due to the sporadic changes in blood sugar that it evokes); and it has strong links to the development of cancer, namely breast cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Before I frighten the fruit junkies like myself, I'd like to state that whilst fruit is quite sugary; soda, ketchup, cookies, cakes, and other miscellanea are much worst catalysts. Fruit is packed with natural fibre and vitamins, whereas granulated sugar is not. When one thinks "fat," one does not think "fruit."

Sugar Substitutes

What's out there?

 

Aspartame: Nutrasweet and Equal

 

Acesulfame Potassium: Sunett

 

D-Tagatose: Sugaree (bit of a misnomer, eh?)

 

Neotame: Usually found incognito, since no label for it is legally necessary

 

Sorbitol: Sugar-free Gum

 

Stevia: Truvia

 

Sucralose: Splenda

 



Aspartame

Pros: It has 0 calories.
Cons: It will probably kill you.

Safety Warning: Aspartame contains a substance that can be metabolized into formaldehyde, and is known to cause cancer in animals.
Miscellaneous side effects: Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses:

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Epstein-Barr
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Lyme Disease
• Grave’s Disease
• Meniere’s Disease
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• ALS
• Epilepsy
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• EMS
• Hypothyroidism
• Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings
• Fibromyalgia
• Lupus
• Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Acesulfame Potassium
Pros: It has 0 calories.
Cons: It causes tumors.

Safety Warning: Acesulfame Potassium has created tumors in the lungs and breasts of rats; and caused chronic respiratory infections.
Miscellaneous side effects:

• Headaches
• Liver complications
• Mental confusion
• Visual impairment
• Renal diseases

Mental confusion...? I sense an after school special.

D-Tagatose
Pros: D-Tagatose naturally occurs in several dairy products, so it's less like a lab concoction.
Cons: It's derived from lactose, so vegans should avoid it.

Safety Warning: Apart from being toxic in very, very large doses (like, your body weight in artificial sweetener, all at once)... it's completely safe.
Miscellaneous side effects: I read through rat studies to find the safety of D-Tagatose. A simple list of side effects really doesn't exist.

Neotame
Pros: It has 0 calories.
Cons: It will most likely kill you in the same fashion as Aspartame will.

Safety Warning: Neotame is Aspartame's chemical cousin, so it poses the same risks as Aspartame does. It's equally poisonous.
Miscellaneous side effects: See 'Aspartame'

Sorbitol
Pros: It's derived from fruit, and it makes gum tasty.
Cons: Although it's low in calories, it is not calorie-free. In higher quantities, it's used as a laxative.

Safety Warning: It's safe!
Miscellaneous side effects: I found this today, and have decided to chew sugar-free gum every day for the rest of my life:

"One patient, a 21-year-old woman, had unexplained [diarrhea] and abdominal pain for eight months. She reported an unintended weight loss of 24 pounds, weighing in at about 90 pounds.

After she was asked about diet, she said she chewed sugar-free gum with sorbitol daily, taking in about 18 to 20 grams a day. One stick typically has 1.25 grams.

Once she eliminated sorbitol from her diet, the gastrointestinal problems stopped and she gained back more than 15 pounds (http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20080110/sweetener-side-effects-case-histories)"

I don't think that this woman pooped her pounds away.

Stevia
Pros: It has 0 calories, and occurs naturally in the Stevia plant.
Cons: It lowers blood sugar, which has is: a.) bad for diabetics, and b.) bad for quelling cravings

Safety Warning:
Miscellaneous side effects:

• Bloating
• Nausea
• Numbness
• Infertility
• Lowers blood pressure*

* Many people on very restrictive diets run into problems with low blood pressure.

Sucralose
Pros: It has 0 calories. The body digests it as 'food,' as opposed to breaking it down in other odd fashions.
Cons: It has a list of strange side effects.

Safety Warning: Sucralose has not been deemed 'unsafe,' but there's still some contreversy.
Miscellaneous side effects:

• Skin Rashes/Flushing
• Panic-like Agitation
• Dizziness and Numbness
• Diarrhea
• Swelling
• Muscle aches
• Headaches
• Intestinal cramping
• Bladder issues
• Stomach pain

From here on out, I am going to incorporate sorbitol in my recipes as a substitute for sugar, instead of stevia. May we have our cake and eat it, too? ...probably not, but low-calorie hot chocolate that begets weight loss sounds amazing. I'll invent some with my next paycheck (and I'll  keep hunting around for that magical weight loss cake recipe).

 

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

I've begun a trend of writing posts, and then deleting them later on. As with most things, I blame this on my personal case of the crazies. Manic Depression is a highly esteemed scapegoat (how many times have you heard "I think she's bipolar? [many, right?]").

Negative Calorie Foods

Another confusing subject:

The idea behind negative calorie foods, is that one burns more calories digesting the food than the food itself contains. For example, celery and ice water are are commonly listed as 'negative calorie foods.'

This is not the case. The calories that the body burns during digestion are taken into account when the nutritional information is written. That number of calories is determined by how much time a piece of food takes for our bodies to burn food (literally. scientists light food on fire and measure the time that it takes to burn)... so there is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

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

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"

Thanksgiving

When I first began this blog, I composed a short list of tips for eating with one's family. I'm posting a link here to help anyone who's stressed about Thanksgiving:

Table Manners

 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Breathe... and remember that you won't have to deal with it again for another year.

A recipe:

Pumpkin Pie Tartlettes

Calories: 64

(Serves 16)

Sixteen 2 and 1/2-inch foil baking cups, nonstick cooking spray, 9 tsp stevia (18 packets), 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 large egg whites, 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin puree, 1 can (12 oz.) evaporated fat-free milk, 1 cup fat-free whipped topping, 12 small gingersnap cookies (broken into 1/4-inch pieces)

1. Preheat oven to 350º F. Place the baking cups on a baking sheet with sides. Spray each cup with cooking spray.
2. Combine sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, ginger and salt in small bowl. Beat the egg whites in a large bowl. Stir in the  pumpkin and sugar (stevia) mixture. Gradually stir in evaporated milk. Spoon 1/4 to 1/3 cup of mixture into each prepared cup.
3. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes or until done. Cool on baking sheet for 20 minutes. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. 
4. Decorate each tartlette with whipped topping and gingersnap crumbs, then serve!

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

Height: 5'4"

 

Risperidone

I've never actually experienced this before, because I am so engaged in my decisions at the grocery store, that I wouldn't notice if the man beside me caught fire.

I was taken off of Seroquel and put on Risperidone today, which is probably just as well, considering that I was eating spicy salsa out of the jar with my fork the other night. Although it hasn't caused me to gorge on as much as Seroquel did, I can barely lift my eyelids on Risperidone. Honestly, I'm not sure how I'm able to function well enough to type this... but I wanted to check in and share a few words, despite the apparent lethargy.

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" 



Starvation Mode

I'd like to clarify:

If you don't take in enough calories, your body goes into the state commonly coined 'starvation mode.' In starvation mode, your metabolic rate is lowered by about 10% under its capacity. The idea behind this, is that with a lower metabolic rate, your body can better conserve its energy.

Your body will go into starvation mode if you cut your daily caloric intake to less 50% of what your body requires.

BMR Calculator

In my case, my BMR is 1,326. In order for me to put my body in starvation mode, I would have to eat less than 663 calories.

Weight: 114  113  112  111  110  109  108  107  106  105  104  103  102  101  100  99  98  97  96  95 Height: 5'4

(this picture makes me chuckle, because I once went without dusting my house long enough to see it pour through the windows like this... all the while wondering why I was having severe allergies.)

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"

Leave a Loner

I'm spending most of my time asleep with the cat, because there isn't enough caffeine in the world to keep me awake for more than six hours. Since my brain has become a ball of fluff, I'm going to share an older journal entry of mine... that may or may not still lack luster. I'm too tired to read it. 

A Journal Entry:
I believe that most people view one’s desire to be alone as an admission of insanity. As someone who has been a loner for as far back as my memory serves, I doubt that there is anything else behind the quirk, apart from finding crowds and prolonged engagements distasteful and/or draining.
I shop at Walmart because it’s open during the odd hours- the time where very few people venture out of their hovels and into the florescent lighting that illuminates the cheap, coveted spoils perched beneath it. If I plan on retiring to bed at a decent time, I leave my house after ten. I’ll often arrive just barely late enough to beat the minimum wage rush hour (retail stores usually close at nine in the evening as opposed to the office jobs that end at five). My habit is usually flawless, and I’m left alone to do my shopping without being shoved or squeezing through blubber, just to get a roll of paper towels.
My method was foiled recently, in the worst possible way. I went to Walmart for groceries the other night, stopping into a different location out of curiosity. It was mostly deserted, which was appealing. I made it through the doors and got about seven feet in before I was approached by a young man, who asked me if he could use his food stamps for my purchase in exchange for cash. He told me that he would buy me five dollars worth of additional groceries for my trouble. I politely declined and he badgered on. Finally, I told him that I wanted to be left alone because I had had one of ‘those days (the term which is universally accepted, but never defined),’ and so he left me and went elsewhere.
It wasn’t long before I was bothered by his wife, who wanted baby formula. She had a sob story. I listened, all the while feeling as though long, tiny screws were being drilled into my head. When that was over, I went to the register to purchase my things, which were no longer as appealing as they could have been, had I wandered about on my own accord without all of the unnecessary mental anguish. They were dirtied and just as worn from it all as I was. At the register, the cashier wanted to know where I was from and who I was… blah, blah, blah. I don’t think that I actually said any coherent words to the people who spoke to me that night. I believe that I responded with a series of barely audible Ah‘s and Eh’s and No…’s.

 There isn't much else to the story, so I'll shuffle to work instead of committing further ramblings.

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

Height: 5'4"

Anxiety of the Grammatically Devoid Nature

I hadn't intended to write anything unrelated to my eating disorder here, but I'm not sure where else to put these feelings. I suppose that they're all interconnected anyway.

I avoid close relationships. Years ago, I recognized that I lose more than I've to gain from their intimacy, and stored my thoughts in a very structured shed. It's protected me, and I haven't traveled back to look for another way to place them.

About an hour ago (my thoughts have been sprinting across glass in the meantime), I noticed a message on my Facebook from someone I used to love. He hurt me astoundingly, and yet he continues to send me romantic notes from time to time... then wipes their ink away, by nothing more than "never mind." Now I have a new note. Just seeing that it exists has really torn me apart. I don't want a note at all. I don't want to be exalted, nor do I want to be bludgeoned like criminal who's done something unspeakably wrong.

I don't care about him anymore in the conventional way, and yet I can't stop my heart from dropping at the idea of reading (knowing) one more terrible thing about myself. I just want to be left alone to dream that compassion exists more vastly than it does. There are so few places where kindness is visible, that I'm hiding. I can't withstand the beatings for much longer. There's hardly anything left of me but flesh.

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

Height: 5'4"

BMR Calculator

'B.M.R.' calculators estimate the number of calories that one burns whilst sitting still and not eating. That number is called the Basal Metabolic Rate. In order to lose weight, you'll need to keep your net calories less than those shown in your B.M.R. total 

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Height: 5'4"

Critter Counting

 ...made me smile.
I was never afraid of closet-monsters when I was a child, but I was very apprehensive about the shenanigans that happened underneath the bed. Perhaps the calories were just storing themselves there lazily like laggards, and I had only their immobility to fear.

I made a pact with myself to talk less about food around people, but I'm not very good at doing so. I've seen so many documentaries on diets and eating disorders that my head is a bubbling encyclopedia, anticipating to be swung open. I wish that I had a friend who's as obsessed with food and dieting as I am. I remember having a very overweight 'diet buddy' years back, but there wasn't much banter to be had between her binge eating disorder and my anorexia (my thought process at the time being Just don't eat... simple solution). I kept my apprehensions to myself.

I'm going to focus on keeping my calories below 250 tomorrow, because I don't know how else to pull myself out of this caustic trap of binging. Ever since 'treat day (lovely day),' I've felt like a mountain lion hunting for its prey... diving into the woods and the sky, just to tear callously into its flesh. I'm seething with lust and rapture.

Weight: 114  113  112  111  110  109  108  107  106  105  104  103  102  101  100  99  98  97  96  95
Height: 5'4"

Food that Promotes Weight Loss

It's taken so much energy for me to stay awake these past few days that my mind has given up on comprehending things. I'm not considerably apathetic nor depressed... just teetering on the edge of dozing off. I don't know how I've been able to socialize functionally at work. I'm going out for a cigarette after posting this, since I see no other option for keeping awake right now (I'm not a frequent smoker [once a month if at all]).

On a less related note: I composed a page called Tips to Trot two nights ago (another lethargic feat), that holds a fairly extensive list of foods that promote dieting; ways to get around binging; and a composition of "don't-s and do-s." Here are some odds and ends from it:

Dairy 

Dairy decreases the body fat stored in your cells by roughly 69%, and also raises your body's core temperature. It has protein as well, which will help you feel full for longer. Just be sure to choose low-fat products, as opposed to cream.

Dairy

Calories: (95 per cup of nonfat milk)
Note from the author: Please purchase organic milk only (these guys are treated pretty badly).

Soup 

Contrary to popular belief, water only stretches the stomach (fills you) for a short period of time. Soup, however, can fill you about an hour longer than solid food can.

Soup

Calories: (varies [usually 160-300 per can, sans cheez-its])

 Spicy Peppers

The capsaicin in peppers decreases appetite and raises body temperature... which increases one's metabolism by 8% for roughly two hours.

Chili Peppers

Calories: (2 per chili pepper)

Black pepper 

Black pepper helps to dissolve fats as well as raising one's body temperature. 

Salt and Pepper

 

Calories: (1 per 1/4 teaspoon)

  Cinnamon  

Cinnamon improves your body's response to insulin, which helps it break down blood sugar.

Cinnamon Spice

 Calories: (6 per teaspoon)

 Disclaimer: I do not recommend eating a cinnamon bun (please knit your cinnamon buns instead).

 Berries 

They're high in fiber, which is very filling. They are also quite low in calories, so you can eat mass quantities of them without damaging your progress.

Black Berries

Calories: (62 per one cup)

 Green tea

It contains antioxidants which help fight infection, and it raises the metabolism. 

  
Japanese Green Tea (that's a ring)

 Calories: (0)

Enjoy!

 Weight: 114  113  112  111  110  109  108  107  106  105  104  103  102  101  100  99  98  97  96  95
Height: 5'4" 

   <- An emotional illustration (not just a representation of tea consumption)