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Can you eat awfully and stay thin?

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:34

I am getting fatter...I need motivation to spur me into eating differently.
So tell me...can you eat awfully and stay thinish? I know the answer...but tell me anyway!!!!!!!!!

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starlover · 03/03/2006 21:37

what do you mean by awfully?

Aimsmum · 03/03/2006 21:38

i can't personally.

But I do know people who can Envy Perhaps not the answer you were after! Grin

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:39

chunk of choccy for breakfast, banana for lunch..followed by 5 biscuits...bag of crisps follwed by stodgy dinner then more crisps later...plus beer and choccy..Blush

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Socci · 03/03/2006 21:45

I would say, not usually. However, you can be thin and have an appalling diet, by which I mean that you can deprive yourself of nutrition.

starlover · 03/03/2006 21:45

cut out the stodgy dinner and you might be ok!

there is a thing called the peanut butter diet... that's it. it's all yuo eat.

and basically you get malnourished and lose weight

PrincessPeaHead · 03/03/2006 21:46

no wonder you are getting fatter. why don't you eat some proper food and not all that crap?

rickman · 03/03/2006 21:46

I did for years and years, was lovely and thin and ate crap. All changed when I had kids though. Still eat pretty badly and I've just had a fag as well.

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:47

Have never dieted. Have tryed to cut down on crap unsuccessfully. Didnt used to eat crap before I stopped smoking:(

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:48

Rickman....NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...and your were too thin before your a nice shape now...cant belive youve had a fag though...where did you nick that from?

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:48

PPH...I seem to buy nice good food but end up eating that THEN a pile of crap...

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Socci · 03/03/2006 21:48

OMG that is a lot of junk food. What you should do is limit yourself to one treat a day - like a cadburys cream egg (low in calories/fat and satisfy a sweet tooth). The rest of the time make sure you are eating meals that are low in fat but don't leave you feeling hungry and eat breakfast (cereal) - if you don't you will eat biscuits at 11am.

starlover · 03/03/2006 21:49

you need to have your food earlier. a goodb reakfast will kickstart metabolism
avoid eating in the evening when your metabolism is slower and you're not doing anything

Socci · 03/03/2006 21:51

However, I would worry more about your health than how thin you are (sorry to sound preachy!)

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:52

Have no time for breakfast...no appetite for it either...can make a slimfast first thing and drink it at 10ish...just NEED to really put my mind to it.

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:54

Socci, well you see when I first stopped smoking I thought to myself...you can have those crisps..better for you than a fag...a year and a bit later ...hmm, that lines wearing thin.

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Socci · 03/03/2006 21:56

I think (IME) you can get into the habbit of eating chocolate and then your body craves it more. But if you stop eating so much rubbish, you stop wanting it. You may just find the first few days hard.

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:57

yep..yep...please send me some motivation....

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flutterbee · 03/03/2006 21:57

Yes you can eat badly and stay thin, but I would worry about all the nutrients my body was missing and the higher risk of blood pressure problems, high cholesterol and the impending heart attack.

Sorry to sound like an idiot but I'm severly overweight and having just had my first child have realised that looking fat isn't the only problem I have, dying young is a distinct possibility.

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 21:59

:( Flutterbee...see thats why I stopped smoking....and started eating. ARRRGGGGGGGHHHHH If its not one bloody thing its another.

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Socci · 03/03/2006 22:10

Have you thought about going to Slimming World or something like that? You may find having support and motivation there helpful...

rickman · 03/03/2006 22:11

You look fine anyway Charlie! You don't look any worse than me and you think I look fine!

nulnulcat · 03/03/2006 22:11

probably going to hate me for this im one of these people who can eat whatever they want and stay a size 10, only eat one proper meal a day rst of day just crisps chocolate biscuits zillion cups of coffee do eat loads of fruit though beer wine takeaway once a week. but dd eats really healthy stuff breakfast lunch dinner healthy snacks no junk etc

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 22:12

You do look fine, you look bloody fantastic actually...lokk round the playground and compare:) ...i am, however, GROWING..lol

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charliecat · 03/03/2006 22:14

Havent thought of slimming world. Cannot stand the thought of turning into a ..oheerr that has 12 points..im bad enough with my antismoking speechBlush

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arfissimo · 03/03/2006 22:14

Try a banana for breakfast. I hate breakfast, always feel sick, but can just about force down a banana. It will kick start your metabolism.

Swap beer for wine or g&t, much fewer calories.

Keep WW biscuits in the house if you must & WW or skinny cow ice cream.

Jacket potato and salad for dinner is very filling. You can use low fat cheese too (doesn't have to be cottage cheese, bleagh)

Wean yourself off too much chocolate by buying mini ones - like celebrations and have one of those instead of a having chunks off a big bar.

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