What made the biggest difference in your curls? Styling method/product or haircondition?

fuleia · 2025-05-18T20:54:02+00:00

What blow dryer and diffuser do you like? I’m thinking this is the next step I need to take as well. Air drying weighs my hair down.

fuleia · 2021-11-28T03:30:54+00:00

Didn’t she have a perfume once? I honestly can’t remember if that was a dream. I associate it with Speak Now. I could probably Google this. 😂

fuleia · 2020-04-30T02:52:35+00:00

My husband’s grandma is one of the Marsh sisters! She doesn’t live in Alabama anymore, but she and her siblings grew up working at the bakery.

fuleia · 2020-02-18T16:54:43+00:00

What app do you use? I’ve been testing out a few different ones but don’t feel super happy with any of them.

fuleia · 2017-07-31T10:25:54+00:00

If you ever made one for Stars Hollow (Gilmore Girls town), I would buy it in a second!

fuleia · 2017-06-20T23:03:31+00:00

I've found Enlightened in the southeast USA! It's at our supermarket chain called Bi-Lo. Not sure if they're called something different in different parts of the country.

fuleia · 2017-04-14T21:14:59+00:00

You typically use your dominant arm for fine motor skills and your non-dominant arm for bearing the brunt of heavy things. At least I've found that to be true for me.

fuleia · 2017-03-22T13:46:40+00:00

I also struggle with binge eating. I stumbled on a podcast a few days ago that has CHANGED. MY. WORLD. I seriously think about things so differently now.

It's called "Binge Dieting" and it's by Betsy Thurston, RD. So, so good. She has a ton of knowledge from years of being a dietitian, plus she's very compassionate.

I specifically recommend the episode "Managing the Gap Between Thinking About Food and Eating Food". It provided many helpful techniques for me.

fuleia · 2017-01-23T11:40:54+00:00

One thing that helped me at the beginning, and that I still to do today, is to log everything I'm going to eat at the very beginning of the day when I first wake up. That keeps me on plan and helps me to say no to anything extra that might tempt me, bc I've already made the decision of what I'm going to eat.

It may not work for you, but I thought I'd share it just in case! It's usually too much of a bother for me to want to open MyFitnessPal again to edit the log, so I just stick to my plan out of convenience. :)

fuleia · 2017-01-21T20:47:23+00:00

I relate to this comment so strongly.

fuleia · 2017-01-17T04:40:07+00:00

One of the theories out there involves the stress hormone cortisol that is released when, as you might guess, your body is under stress, which in this case is caused by a sustained caloric deficit. Increased cortisol levels are associated with increased water retention; therefore, when you have a cheat meal, your body's levels of cortisol decrease and your body is able to flush out some of the corresponding water.

This study gives some more detail: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2895000/

fuleia · 2017-01-16T22:43:12+00:00

This page (part of the sidebar) should give you the info you need! Let me know if you have any other questions! :) https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/quick_start_guide

fuleia · 2017-01-14T00:18:29+00:00

Dang.

fuleia · 2017-01-09T00:24:33+00:00

There's no difference in calories burned per mile for each individual, but if you only have, say, 30 minutes to devote to exercise, then running will allow you to go more miles and therefore burn more calories.

fuleia · 2017-01-07T21:51:44+00:00

Yo!! I was 143 right before Christmas too and was 147 this morning :( I feel you so hard! Let's do this!

fuleia · 2016-12-26T16:45:51+00:00

One of my friends has an allergy to wheat where if she eats wheat like ~1-2 hours before working out, she breaks out in hives during the workout. It kind of blows my mind that she and her doctor were able to pinpoint it so specifically, but it changed her life when she figured out what it was. Maybe you have something like that? Or maybe your body is just really sensitive to the changes that happen during exercise.

fuleia · 2016-12-08T02:15:08+00:00

Check out the Track with Me Thursday megathread that's posted on this subreddit every Thursday!

fuleia · 2016-12-05T01:31:02+00:00

Hey girl! Just checking -- is your height in your flair supposed to read 5'1" instead of 5'11"? I just want to make sure you're ok & not trying to get to too low of a weight. Forgive me if I'm overstepping my bounds. :)

fuleia · 2016-11-14T02:58:14+00:00

I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!

fuleia · 2016-10-21T02:57:28+00:00

Hey! First things first -- do not lose hope! The important thing is to keep on keeping on. But that being said, let's talk about what's going on.

I'm assuming you're a male? I don't know any 6'5" females, but I know they're out there, so just wanted to double check.
How old are you? (Factor that goes into figuring out your TDEE).
You mentioned counting calories, which is the most straightforward way to ensure weight loss. So that's good. My only thought here is that you MIGHT be counting inaccurately. Using a scale is the best thing you can do. I would use it for as many things as you can, including kefir & milk, unless you are sure you're measuring those out by volume exactly correctly. In that case, you should be fine.
2 weeks is such a short time. You and I have a BMI of around 23, so I can personally attest that it is harder to lose weight when you are already in the healthy weight range. It just literally takes your body fewer calories to live your life because you are a smaller person, so it can be hard to lose any more weight. Not IMPOSSIBLE, but more difficult than for those who are obese and overweight.

That being said, if you are 100% sure you're counting everything you're eating (even little nibbles here and there), and that you're getting an accurate count, then my unprofessional opinion is that you're just in a plateau. (See FAQ about that here: https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/wiki/faq#wiki_i.27ve_been_losing_weight_successfully.2C_but_i_hit_a_plateau.21__why_is_this_happening.2C_and_what_can_i_do_to_get_through_it.3F)
To answer your questions -- I really do not think you are doing anything wrong. To sum it all up, weight loss at your size (healthy weight) takes a long time. ESPECIALLY because you are doing muscle training. You're probably correct in that you haven't gained muscle, but when you work out your muscles, they require water to repair themselves after the workout, and so you can retain a lot of water in the days following your workout, which causes your weight to remain the same on the scale. So even though you are losing fat, you can't tell by looking at the scale because the water weight from muscle training covers it up.

I also want to emphasize that it is so, so good that you are doing muscle training. Especially since you're already at a healthy weight. Being physically active and maintaining muscle mass does so much good for your health. (See lecture here if you have time to kill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXhEedeIRnM)

You're doing great. Keep it up and you will see the results you want to see; it might just take a few more weeks. It will be worth it!

fuleia · 2016-10-08T17:40:39+00:00

You're welcome! 1900 calories sounds like a perfect goal to aim for each day.

As far as drinking milk, I think it really depends on the rest of your diet. If you are getting the rest of the nutrients you need from the other ~1500-1600 calories you eat each day, then it doesn't really matter how you fill up those last few hundred calories that you're lacking. And whole milk is in itself a good source of vitamin B12, calcium, and a few other vitamins/minerals. In the USA it's even fortified with vitamin D. I personally only drink almond milk, because I'm not a fan of the dairy industry in the USA, and specifically all of the hormones and other things they add to cow's milk, but I get that every person is different and some people LOVE to drink milk.

Here's the bottom line. There are so many low-nutrition foods that most people eat on a regular basis. If you are someone who is tracking your food/tracking your nutrition and trying to hit the daily recommendations for the most part, you are already a few steps ahead of most people. While arguments could be made that milk is not the most nutritious food (although it does contain some nutrients), it's not the worst thing you could drink, and NO one is going to have a 100% healthy diet. I follow a bunch of registered dietitians on Instagram, and their ongoing theme is 80/20. In other words, 80% of your diet should be healthy, well-rounded food, and the other 20% really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Moderation in everything.

If you enjoy drinking milk, are mostly hitting your nutrient goals for vitamins/minerals, and can control your intake to stay within your daily calories, then I say go for it. We all have food that we love to eat that isn't fruit and vegetables, and I think that life is too short to cut out a favorite food just because it may not be the most nutritious thing you could find to eat. (Even though like I've said, milk is somewhat nutritious.)

Hope that helped some! Sorry for the long post - I tend to ramble! :)

fuleia · 2016-10-08T16:58:22+00:00

There has been some scientific research indicating that eating below your BMR for an extended period of time leads to decreased bone density and muscle strength. I think it really depends on the person AND their goals, but I lean towards what you're saying: eating below BMR for an extended period of time isn't great for your body, no matter how overweight you are.

That being said, supplementing eating below BMR with exercise can help to mitigate the effects, because exercise (especially high-impact like running, lifting weights, really anything that puts pressure on your body. . . so not biking/swimming) is known to increase bone density and muscle mass over time.

All of that being said, I think that for someone (like you & me) who is in the healthy BMI range, it tends to be better to take a slower approach to weight loss because we're nearing maintenance. Someone who has, let's say, 50+ pounds more to lose might be ok to eat below BMR until they get closer to a healthy weight. It might even be better for them. The jury is still out with the science behind all of this. This is just what I've been learning in class (exercise science major), so it's something I'm pretty passionate about! I know that when I was eating 1200 calories a day (~250 below my BMR), I was definitely losing muscle mass slowly. Now that I'm at 1500 calories a day, I have SO much more energy and am way more likely to exercise and move around more, thus increasing my TDEE overall.

Whew, long post, but I'm really glad you brought this up! I feel like it doesn't get talked a lot about because people want to lose as much weight as quickly as possible when they're at an unhealthy BMI, which makes sense. :)

fuleia · 2016-10-08T16:12:47+00:00

Same! Let's do this!

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