> there are more people out there who think they're fat than there are people out there than are ACTUALLY fat. You should talk to a doctor and see if you actually ARE overweight.

> DO NOT DO NOT DO NOOOOOOT stress out about dieting and controlling your eating and your figure etc etc etc. Studies have shown that restrained eaters (people who put constant limits on what they eat) are at higher risk of bringing this guard down when something negative happens. For example, you're on a super strict diet, something bad happens, you're super stressed. Chances are, you will turn to high-calorie foods. Even stress caused by being on a super strict diet or body image can cause this. So please please try not to worry too much about every ounce of food you consume or your weight. Because this can stress you out insanely and cause you to GAIN weight.

> Portion size, portion size, portion size. They tell you that it's all about WHAT you eat, but a great part of gaining weight is how MUCH you eat. For example: French people's diets have much more total fat than Americans', and yet a higher percentage of Americans is obese. (This is called the French Paradox.) Why is this? American restaurants serve much more food (portion size is about 25% greater, I think). Are the French being underfed? No. The thing about eating is that feeling 'full' isn't only triggered by high blood glucose levels. It's very psychological. They did these studies to see how much soup a person can eat before feeling full. Half the group was given an ordinary soup bowl. The other half was given a 'bottomless' bowl, in which a pipe underneath the table was connected to the bowl and pumped more soup into it. So the amount of soup in the bowl stayed constant no matter how much a person ate. Anyway, the results: the people with the bottomless bowls ate much MUCH more than the people with ordinary ones. Why? The amount of food you have influences how much you will eat. I'm not saying that if you put a single grain of rice on a plate, you will feel full after eating it. But if you're the type of person that eats an overflowing plate of food, then seven scoops of ice cream for dessert (

this was reallyyyyy helpful, thanks!

Fun facts:

I am a champion procrastinator.

My hair has been every color of the rainbow.

I like art. In a perfect world, I'd be an illustrator or graphic designer. But in this world, I'm probably going to end up an engineer or an architect.

I tend to be pretty blunt. If you don't like it, too bad.

I have more piercings than I can be bothered to keep track of. They're all on my ears.

Oscar Wilde is awesome.

Julian Beever is awesome.

Hans Zimmer is awesome.

AIM:
Member Since:
Answers:
Last Update:
Visitors: