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Gained tons of weight
i'll try to keep it short: i'm 21, female, and i currently weigh 170 i believe.
i used to be 120 something, then it went up to around 140 something, now the scale is telling me i'm 170!!!!!!!! i gained most of my weight after meeting my boyfriend and now it just seems like i can't stop gaining weight. why am i all of a sudden gaining so much weight and how can i shed it off quickly? thank you all.
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, am learning to cook, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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You seem to have started gaining weight since you met your boyfriend. Is there some difficulties going on between you. Because what people tend to do is when they feel something is not right but they don't want to admit it, they eat allot. They tend to gain weight very fast. I think you should try to find out if you have any problems with your boyfriend. And if that is not the issue, people tend to eat allot of midday snakes, I suggest you eat cereal bars for that or nut bars. Also eat lots of fruit. For any more advice please email me on AskAliceMadisson@hotmail.com, if you want to know more about me please go to my temporary website www.AskAliceMadisson.webstarts.com. I give professional advice.
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Physical attraction plays a huge part in your relationship compatibility – it’s one of the reasons why you were attracted as a whole to each other in the first place. And you probably put a lot of effort into your looks when you first started dating. But once you start celebrating month or year anniversaries, chances are that you’re so comfortable in your relationship that impressing your partner isn’t always your first priority anymore.
When you’re single and looking for love, you probably take more care of your appearance by eating healthier and exercising more – you want to impress future love matches after all. You may cook healthy meals at home for yourself and you have more time and interest in running or going to the gym. Once you finally hook up and fall in love, you don’t feel as motivated to look good because you’ve already hooked him. Love has a way of making you feel special, no matter how much weight you gain, especially if your boyfriend doesn’t acknowledge your body’s changes.
Your friends and family can certainly tempt you to stray from healthy eating habits, and your partner is no different. Besides, eating with someone is always more fun, and you don’t feel as guilty about indulging in fatty foods because someone else is too. A lot of men aren’t the healthiest eaters to begin with, and you may start to inherit your guy’s pizza and beer diet as a way to bond or because it’s an easy solution to dinner. If your boyfriend isn’t regularly active, it might be difficult for you to get up for that run when he’s pulling you back on the couch to cuddle. It’s always more of a challenge to remain healthy in the face of temptation.
You love him, you want him, you have to have him – every single moment of the day. New couples tend to spend a lot of time together, forgoing the activities they did when they were single. Your alone time becomes your couple time, especially if you have a busy schedule with work or other priorities. Visits to the gym and those solo after-work walks around the neighborhood get put on the back burner in favor of spending time with your partner. Women are also the caretakers in the relationships, so they’re more prone to put their needs, healthy and otherwise, last on the list.
What’s to stress about when you’re in a loving, fun relationship? Good, stress, known as eustress, can actually fuel your relationship weight gain. Even happy, euphoric feelings can make you turn to the fridge in almost a celebration mentality. However, you’re sure to experience the bad kind of stress when your relationship hits some bumps in the road, and one of the most common ways people deal with stress is to try and eat it away, which you know backfires.
When your honey suggests a Sunday matinee and early dinner, counter offer with an outdoor hike and a picnic packed with fresh fruits, hummus and other low-fat foods. Exercising together is one of the most motivating tools for weight loss, and also one of the most effective.
It may be cute when your mate dangles a Twix bar over your mouth and proceeds to devour it without gaining a millimeter in his waist, but if you can’t resist temptation, simply ask your guy to stop tempting you. Out of sight, out of mind just may help in your fight against relationship weight
You resolve to order the salad at dinner, but your boyfriend goes for the large pizza and finagles you into eating half of it. If you’re going to give in to him, at least go 60/40. A common mistake women typically make is splitting a meal down the middle, when in fact, you’ll be the one to gain more weight than he will. Men have a higher caloric intake and can eat more without gaining weight. So just because your appetite matches his doesn’t mean your portions should.
As the woman in your relationship, you have more influence over your couple habits than your guy does. That’s because women tend to do more of the grocery shopping and cooking, and tend to incorporate fresher, healthier foods into their diet in general. So take the power back and set the tone for a healthy and happy relationship.
Hope this helps, good luck!!
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