Friday, January 10, 2014

How do I get over my body issues?

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Nicole


When I was 14 I was on the chubby side and the 'friend' I had back then used to call me fat and take my school lunches so I wouldn't eat them, this got into my head and I started craving the hungry/starving feeling.. When it came to dinner time I used to use excuses like "I'm not hungry" or "I ate macdonalds with my friends"or "I feel sick", I also went to the extent of scrapping food on clean plates and leaving them on the counter to look like I ate.. I went rapidly anorexic and only for a real friend that helped through it, I probably wouldn't be here today, then I became friends with someone who ate takeaways ALL the time so I gained quite a lot of weight and became unhappy with my weight again, when we fell out I lost most of the weight I gained and I am now a size uk 10 or 12 sometimes, ino it may not be fat to some people but I am so unhappy with my weight, I do exercise a few times a week but diets never work for me, it doesn't help that I'm tall and this makes me feel like a fat giant compared to my skinny short friends, how do I get over my body insecurities?? :(


Answer
Size 10 is perfect; I wish I was size 10. I always felt too tall also, but as we age, we actually get shorter.

Hereâs a good low-carb food/exercise plan:

Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a big pot of it on weekends and nuke 1/2 cup each morning. Add low fat milk or yogurt, banana, walnuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.

Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts and yogurt w/fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich on whole grain bread (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham, or beef stew.

Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit: banana, orange, apple, kiwi, grapes, peach, nectarine, cherries, pineapple. No chips and nothing ever from a vending machine.

Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, green or red peppers, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it.

Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.
Or grilled fish with steamed veggies.

Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers.

Foods to avoid: junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, sugar, salty foods, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, soda, chips. And of course no tobacco or alcohol in any form. Both of those add wrinkles and destroy your brain. No oil except olive and mac nut. Coffee also rots your brain.

To keep your skin clear, drink water. Veg. juice is good too. But not canned juice (too much sugar.)

Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, rowing, jump rope, play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer, jumping jacks, lift weights, trampoline? To tone your tummy, do sit ups, push ups, pull ups, leg lifts, butt raises and crunches.

If you lack energy, take Super B complex.

How can I practice a tabletop without killing myself?




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Answer
First, practice practice practice jumping small, simple, straight jumps. Get your takeoff nailed down so you can do it in your sleep. Then move on to larger jumps that give you more air time so you can work up to tabletops or whatever else you want to try.

Second, and this should be first.....get a good hardshell or fullface helmet and think about full padding for your elbows, knees, and shins.

I've seen people practicing their aerials by taking an old bike, removing the wheels, derailleurs, chainrings, and pretty much everything but what is needed to hold it all together. They super-pad everything and put axles or something between the dropouts so they won't bend, and then get on a large trampoline. I've also seen giant, deep foam block pits that are made with a steep jump just so people can practice.

If the water is warm where you are, get an absolute beater bike from a garage sale or pawn shop and make some lake jumps. A bunch of guys around here set those up in the summer. I haven't done it but it looks like a blast! Also looks like a good way to get hurt if something goes wrong, but they usually ditch the bike before the hit they water.




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