NO. NO. NO. THIS IS NOT HEALTHY.
WTF!! 5’0 roughly 85lbs. That is like 6 stone… That is NOT HEALTHY NO!!
I totally disagree! This is crazy!
wat da fuq?
this is SOOOOOO OFF!
serrriously. who the fuck made this? I’m 5’3” and I’m pretty sure 93 pounds is like 20 pounds UNDERWEIGHT. This is so messed up.
This made me cry. it’s HORRIBLE that somebody made this…that some girls believe this! It’s sick. Love your body. being around 80 lbs is not healthy unless you’re REALLY SHORT! Ugh… I just can’t.
I’m sorry, but NO. I am 5’8”. A healthy weight for that height is 130-150 lbs (sorry, I don’t know what that is in kg off the top of my head). 114 and I can guarantee someone at 5’8” would start to look skeletal if not already looking that way. 105 and you would most likely be in the hospital because your weight is too low. You know what that is called? Anorexia. And at 105? That is severe. The fact that some girls (and a few guys) think this is healthy from seeing it on the internet scares me. Because guess what. Some people do not have a large enough support group of people who are informed enough to know how unsafe and unhealthy this chart is. Which means they are going to try to get to that weight. There are some people that start dieting for summer around this time of year, who are in a healthy weight range and try to shed a few pounds for swimsuit season. Those who are not well informed or are very self-conscious may see this and think that they are fat or not skinny enough, even though they are in fantastic shape and look amazing.
Really, the fact that someone would make something like this, and put it on the internet with no warning or note that this is not healthy, and should not be used as a guide chart frightens me.
So everyone, please no this is not even close to healthy, and these weights listed above could cause serious problems is reached.
And for those who do not know for sure what a healthy weight range is for their height/frame size, here is a link to a chart you should look at before doing any sort of serious dieting. And guess what? There is a chart for women, and a separate chart for men. So you get an even more customized answer than most charts/websites give.
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ϟ Well…
Thanks to my grams, I’ve got a back brace that I can wear, so even though I no longer have a gym membership, I can now do some exercises other than walking.
Now if only there were a way to do push ups without my knee killing me.
Just an update. I’m still here. I’ve gotten back on track.
For those who didn’t know, I went on a trip to St. Louis for a conference/convention thing and from eating only take-out/super high calorie arena food I went back up to 248. That was last weekend and I’m already back down to 241. Seven pounds down in less than a week. I’m just not posting as much because of the constant up-down, up-down. I’m trying to do this without going back to what I had been doing - making excuses for myself.
And when I get to sit here and type out my thoughts in posts, I think things out a lot and get too inside my head and end up making excuse after excuse after excuse.
So please don’t think if I go a couple weeks without posting it’s because I’ve abandoned this.
I haven’t. I’m just trying to stop with the excuses and do this.
I’ve been yo-yo’ing so much lately and I’m so sick of it. I just want to lose this weight, and make my weight goals I set for myself this month. (And I made the first one only a day later than I was supposed to(!!!), although with the yo-yo’ing I was back up within a day or two.) But I think I did well today.
Drank a lot of water, and only had two meals, with a snack in between to help keep my levels from crashing. And I’m not hungry now, which I’m a bit surprised about. And I’m going to bed shortly, so I won’t be eating anymore today either. Granted, it wasn’t the healthiest day ever, I did eat a hell of a lot less than normal. Lasagna, (3) cookies and milk, and then a small bowl of spaghetti and a package of brown sugar and cinnamon poptarts. It’s higher calorie stuff so my count for the day shouldn’t be too low, but I didn’t eat a bunch, so it shouldn’t be too high either. We’ll just have to wait and see in the morning.
And I’m estimating my intake for the day to be around 1500, but I could be WAAAAAAAAY off because I have to guess on the calorie amount per cookie as well as the spaghetti and lasagna.
Ugh. My stomach has been hurting so much the past two days. I can’t be 100% sure what it is, but I think it’s a combo of cramps and my stomach shrinking and I am two seconds away from digging out my bottle of T3s and taking a couple of those for it because jesus fuck.
Umm…oh god this is going to make me sound like a horrible person, but extremely obese people. Like 300+ pounds, the type you see on those TLC shows or whatever who end up undergoing surgery multiple times to get down to a safer, healthier weight because otherwise they are in extreme danger of dying or something along those lines.
But why? Well, at my highest I was 268 pounds. 32 pounds away from being 300 myself. Granted, I’ve never looked like the people on those shows - I’ve always had a nice shape, and one small back roll at most - but one of my biggest fears was, and still is, ending up being that size. Any time I see a commercial for one of those shows or specials on tv, even if I haven’t eaten anything all day and I’m munching on a piece of celery, I drop it. I gag. I almost literally throw up because all I see when that comes on tv is me at that size. I feel like exercising until I pass out. I never want a cookie near my mouth again, nor does a big mac sound appetizing at all. Ever again.
So while the pictures of these beautifully thin girls and following all these lovely people who are also trying to lose weight are fantastic and help me when I’m starting to make excuses and all that again, nothing. And I mean nothing has come close to how seeing pictures or footage of these very large people do.
ϟ Fitocracy.
I just joined.
If you don’t have one, here’s a link for 10 invites (because the site is still in beta, so you’ve got to be invited to join). If that doesn’t work, check out fitbunny, because she has approximately 75 invites left, as she has her own group.
If you already have a Fitocracy account, let me know so I can follow you! Here’s a link to my profile as well.
For those of you who have no idea what this is, it’s a fitness/weight loss website too thing. And it’s slightly game-like. You start at level one, and for each exercise you do and add, you get points. The more exercise you do, the more points you earn and the more achievements you unlock as well as the higher your level. There’s a leaderboard, groups you can join (Fit Angels, Tumblr, there’s even a group for people who take the stairs instead of the elevators). I haven’t gotten a change yet, but there’s also a Forum with topics that range from general training to online fitness coaching and everything in between, as well as things like martial arts, nutrition, and progress/before and afters.
Really, it’s the best online community website I’ve found to help keep track of your weight loss and helps make it fun as well.
If anyone has questions, just send me an ask!
Oh, and it’s 100% FREE!
I seriously think I’m going to have a Harry Potter marathon tonight.
Also, this is probably the only one of these types of workouts that I’ve ever actually wanted to try.
ϟ So I’ve finally set a couple of short term goals again.
In March I’ve got a teen convention thing I’m going to and a big part of it is the live music that they have both days, so most of the kids there were band t-shirts - which also gives everyone conversation starters if they know whatever band you happen to be wearing across your chest.
The problem for me, is that because of my boobs I tend to not be able to wear band shirts very often because of sizing issues and usually it’s difficult to breathe in them as most band shirts run small. And if I don’t have ‘boob issues’ with them, they tend to show the rolls on my back from my bras. Which look horrible and while I can always just wear a light jacket over it, the convention center gets super hot when it’s packed full of people - and that’s without a jacket on.
So, since the convention isn’t until the 16th & 17th of March, I’ve figured out a couple of small goals for myself to work on between now and then so that I can wear my band shirts and possibly my old shirt from last year’s convention (which I rarely wear because even after stretching it, I still have a hard time even pulling it over my boobs).
First goal, 239.0 by March 1st.
Second goal, 235.0 by March 16th.
If I watch what I eat, like I have been the past few days - okay, minus the pizza from today - and exercise, along with taking a walk every day, I should be able to make these goals. I’ve just got to apply myself and stop slacking off.
I’ve got two days (and the rest of today) to get rid of about 2.5 pounds. I’ve done more in less time before, so I can do this. Then I’ve got 15 full days to get down four more pounds. Really, I’d like to be at 230 by the 16th, but I don’t want to push myself. I need to start out ‘easy’ with my goals so I don’t end up being disappointed if I don’t make slightly higher goals and start slacking off again like I did about this time last year.
I. Will. Do. This!
