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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Weight Loss Basics

BMI (Body Mass Index)

To figure out your BMI, you divide your weight (in kilos) by the result you get when you take your height (in metres) and multiply it by itself.

<15 = emaciated

15-17.5 = considered anorexic

17.5-18.5 = underweight

18.5-25 = healthy weight range

25-30 = overweight

over 30 = obese

Or you could use an online BMI calculator, such as www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi



Pounds to kilos ~ 1 Kilogram=2.205lbs



* 1 pound is 3500 calories. You must burn that many cals to lose a pound, and consume that amount to gain one. Though if you resrtict your daily cal intake by too much, your body goes into starvation mode, and holds on to everything. This means it might take less than 3500 calories to make a difference.



Think the Victoria Secret Models are hot? 

Their average measurement is a 34B bust, 25inch waist and 34inch hips


Height Weight Chart

Height Healthy 15% Under 25% Under 35% Under
5'           100      85                75                    65
5'1"           105      89                78                68
5'2"           110      93                82                71
5'3"           115      97                86                74
5'4"           120     102                90                78
5'5"           125     106                93                81
5'6"           130     110                97                84
5'7"           135     114               101                87
5'8"           140     119               105                91
5'9"           145     123               108                94
5'10"   150     127               112                97
5'11"   155     131               116              100
6'           160     136               120              104


Average Sizes:

average model 5'8" - 5'11" 120 lbs 34-25-34
average woman 5'4" 138 lbs 37-29-40

*If Barbie was a real person, she'd have a 91cm bust, 46cm hips, which is the equivalent of a size 12 bust, size four waist and size eight hips - not exactly average! But even Barbie has come a long way since her early days when she came complete with a set of scales at 110 lbs (49.5kg) and a diet guide that said, "How to Lose weight: Don't Eat"!


Ketosis
This is a stage in metabolism occurring when the liver has been depleted of stored glycogen and switches to a chronic fasting mode during long periods of starvation. Some people deliberately get their body to this stage as a diet eg. low carb diets like Atkins. 


1 gram of carbohydrate = 4 calories
1 gram of protein = 4 calories
1 gram of fat = 9 calories

Ana Homework

Mathematics:

1. Figure out how many pounds you must loose to be at your ideal weight. Multiply by 3500 (how many calories that equal a pound). This is what you need to work off.
2. Find out what your BMR is (your Basic metabolic rate, which is how many cals your body burns per day just to live).
3. Add your BMR with how many cals you burn each day through exercise etc, then take away how many cals you eat. Work out how many days it will take to get to your ideal weight.
4. Work out your BMI (go to my Weight loss basics page). Are you overweight? Underweight? Or in the healthy range? What would you like to be?
5. Weigh yourself and measure your height
6. decide how much you want to lose, if it is a high number (20+ lb) create several goal weights and then an ultimate goal weight. 
7. Find out how many calories in common foods that you eat, memorize them
8. Workout what exercises you need to do and how much to burn a sufficient amount of calories.


English:


1. Write a poem. Here are some examples for what it could be about-
Being fat
Being thin
The Change happening within you
Ana in your life
2. Start an Ana Journal, if you haven’t already.
3. Write a story about how Ana came into your life, and what it’s been like since.

write a diary write down all your secret thoughts and feeling letting it out will make you feel better.
4. Write a story about life as an anorexic. (what ana is like, how it affects someone's life in every single way etc.)
5. read books where the main character has an eating disorder, make sure to post the name of the book and a summary in your own words. 
6. read magazines (fashion, diet pages etc).


Science:


1. Research diet pills, compare them and work out which would be best for you.
2. Research volumetrics, and using their formula for calculating energy density, explain why it’s important to stick to whole foods instead of processed, packaged foods. 
3. Research vitamins our body needs every day and why.
4. research the best sources for getting certain vitamins
5. research laxatives, find the most dangerous and the healthiest compare, then research why it is bad to take laxatives and their effect on the body.

History:

1. Research famous anorexic people throughout history.
2. Write an essay on one of them. Include childhood details, their battle with anorexia and if they recovered or not.
3.  research when Anorexia first arose.


Psychology:

1. Find out how the brain works, and why some people get mental illnesses.
2. Write a list of things that might trigger an eating disorder. E.g. mean comments on weight.
3. write a short essay on when you got you're eating disorder (what caused it? how old were you? has anyone else in your family had and ED?)



Music:

1. Look up songs that either has to do with Anorexia (E.g. Ana’s Song by Silverchair) or one that could be related to Ana (E.g. Beautiful by Christina).
2. Pick one of these songs, and write an essay on what it means to you.
3. If you have musical talent, try writing a song about Ana.

Art:

1. Draw a self portrait of yourself (your whole body).
2. Draw Ana as a person. What would she look like?
3. Draw a picture that represents anorexia.
4. Look up other anorexic’s art.
5. Make a thinspo collage
6. take a photo of yourself and edit it to show how you would look if you reached your goal weight.

Social Studies:

1. Research the diets of different counties around the world. Compare them and work out which would be the healthiest.

Debate:

1. Write down the pros and cons of being Pro-Ana.
2. Compare fasting and just restricting. What are the pros and cons of each?
3. Write an empowering essay on why being skinny is good.

Home Eco:

1. Look through your kitchen and supermarket. Write down any foods you like that contain under 100cals.
2. Write down what you used to eat, what you eat now, and what you want to aim for. Compare them.


Health:

1. Research all the different vitamins your body needs, why it needs them, and what foods contain them.
2. Buy some multi-vitamin pills.
3. Write an essay on obesity, its effects, and why junk food is bad for your health.
4. Research what side effects come from having anorexia and how to avoid them.
5. Research how much rodent hair/feces, insect parts are allowed in certain foods (I will have a list for you to choose from)

Literature:

1. Look at the list of books on my website that have to do with anorexia. Find some, either bought or from your local library, and read them.
2. Write an essay on your favourite.




  1. Stick Figure: By Lori Gottieb 
  2. To die for: By Carol Lee 
  3. Second star to the right: By Deborah Haukig 
  4. Eli's Wings: By Elizabeth Best 
  5. California Diaries #8, Maggie: By Ann M. Martin 
  6. Bronte's Story: By Bronte Cullis 
  7. A Journey Shared: By Jan Cullis 
  8. Wasted: By Marya Hornbacher
  9. Diary of an anorexic girl: By Morgan Menzie
  10. The Passion of Alice: By Stephani Grant


Drama:

1. Create a monologue (a solo performance) that convinces you to be skinny. Perform it whenever you feel like giving up.
2. Pretend you are your ideal weight, and that you’re beautiful and confident. Now pretend you’re twice your weight, and imagine how ashamed you would be. Compare. Which would you rather?
3. research movies and documentaries about anorexia, talk about it, etc.
4. Research documentaries on food, involving the health issues, where food comes from etc.

Gym:

1. Go for a 6 mile run, and time yourself. Do this often, always trying to beat your fastest time.
2. Research different exercises, devise a daily routine for yourself, and then try keep it up for at least 2 weeks.

Day 1

So today is day 1 of my new diet. I am excited, and the hunger has finally set in, it is wonderful. God I am home schooled so everything is online but I have a major Algebra test today that is at a university...I am scared and praying for a way out of it. I can't do Algebra worth a squat and do not have the desire to learn so teaching me is like talking to a wall...No idea what I am going to do because I cannot go back to school...not yet, I can't. 

I am not looking forward to eating as I cannot stand the taste of celery...like at all because I always gag when something bitter is in my mouth. Maybe this will help me to associate disgust with food? I dunno, hopefully! 
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Feeling lousy, I feel like shit. I look in the mirror for two seconds and I end up spending and hour doing my make up and hair because of how ugly I am. Only a minute and I can feel the tears coming as my eyes drop to my stomach, as my eyes drop to the bones that are only barely protruding begging me to set them free.




I really want this tattoo on my hip:

Awesome right? I will make it black and red and I want it to be like a demon fairy :) I just have to wait until I am 18! 

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