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Well if you want to tone up a bit then you can't really compromise on excercise. You don't really need to lose weight at all, in terms of pounds so if you really want to, try switching to wholegrain, complex carbs, instead of the white varieties that can really bloat, and just making more of an effort to eat fruit and veg instead of snacks? If you used to have an eating disorder and you don't want it flaring up again, surely the best thing to do is to avoid dieting and promote a better acceptance of your body instead. More excercise (I know you said you can't!) is the best thing for making you feel better in yourself and will tighten up your body too. Can you do some studying in the gym? A friend of mine does vocab learning on the recumbent bikes. Make yourself tapes to play to test yourself while you're running? At the end of the day, you'll study more efficiently if you excercise enough, so it's time worth taking off.

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Bis

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naelse

Well if you want to tone up a bit then you can't really compromise on excercise. You don't really need to lose weight at all, in terms of pounds so if you really want to, try switching to wholegrain, complex carbs, instead of the white varieties that can really bloat, and just making more of an effort to eat fruit and veg instead of snacks? If you used to have an eating disorder and you don't want it flaring up again, surely the best thing to do is to avoid dieting and promote a better acceptance of your body instead. More excercise (I know you said you can't!) is the best thing for making you feel better in yourself and will tighten up your body too. Can you do some studying in the gym? A friend of mine does vocab learning on the recumbent bikes. Make yourself tapes to play to test yourself while you're running? At the end of the day, you'll study more efficiently if you excercise enough, so it's time worth taking off.

i pretty much agree. stick to simply eating healthier and adding a bit more exercise if possible. dont do any silly fad diets.

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As someone recovering from anorexia, I would say that you know (and I know you have hinted at this, and don't need me telling you) that dieting is likely to lead to problems. My way of recovering from my eating disorder without putting on more weight than I'm happy with has been to stick to a certain amount of calories every day (may be outdated now that everyone's into carbohydrate-avoidence), so I'm in control. I find it easier to restrict my food intake than to exercise,but we both know (limited) exercise and healthy (i.e. not less than 1500-2000 calories per day if you're a girl) is going to be much better than dieting. And you know that, with a bit of effort, you can make time for that. My new years resolution is to eat more and exercise more. Anyway...probably not much help. I guess my reason for responding is that I fear dieting will be a bad idea...and I really really care.

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FireDeuce

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friendlyneutron

I'm beginning to feel a bit chubby - I'm still in the healthy range, about 8st 4 for someone at 5"3 - and ideally i'd like to drop a few pounds, probably around half a stone, and tone up a bit. However, I used to have an eating disorder and I'm not really sure how to lose weight in a healthy way, and especially without going a bit overboard. Another problem I have is that I'm not finding myself able to do as much exercise as I want, as I'm studying a lot and if I'm not working then I feel quite guilty :s:

does anyone have any advice?

1. Scrubs - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

2. Just eat as much as you are eating now, but make a couple of changes. Change your milk from full-fat to semi-skimmed or even skimmed if you're into that. Eat brown bread instead of white. And of course, aim to get your 5 a day of fruit and veg.

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twistedrose

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You are an ideal weight for your height :smile:

I am 5'4 and weigh about 8 stone and i think i am little bit too skinny! Just tone up, turn the areas you think are problematic into muscle.

Reply 6

Mike_Davies

A friend of mine just turned to healthy food and used an eliptical trainer once a day for 30 minutes and she dropped about 4 stone in a year, she was following a programme from slimming world you can buy the whole programme for £10. The eliptical trainer can be replaced with any similar trainer eg. bike or treadmill if you cant get one go to a local gym but it should work.

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friendlyneutron

I'm beginning to feel a bit chubby - I'm still in the healthy range, about 8st 4 for someone at 5"3 - and ideally i'd like to drop a few pounds, probably around half a stone, and tone up a bit. However, I used to have an eating disorder and I'm not really sure how to lose weight in a healthy way, and especially without going a bit overboard.

I'm pretty similar to you too. I'm 8.5 stone and 5'5" and would like to lose half a stone too. But I'm scared too. I used to anorexic. And I can feel that if I started losing weight I may not be able to stop. If I did get to 8 stone, I'd probably want to be 7.5, and so on. But I feel uncomfortable in myself at this weight. So, aah, I cant give you any advise really. I'd say dont lose any weight, but then that means I should tell myself that too :frown:

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dooby

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Anonymous

I'm pretty similar to you too. I'm 8.5 stone and 5'5" and would like to lose half a stone too. But I'm scared too. I used to anorexic. And I can feel that if I started losing weight I may not be able to stop. If I did get to 8 stone, I'd probably want to be 7.5, and so on. But I feel uncomfortable in myself at this weight. So, aah, I cant give you any advise really. I'd say dont lose any weight, but then that means I should tell myself that too :frown:

At 5'5'' and 8.5stone, I think your Body Mass Index is 20. 20 - 25 is seen as 'healthy', so you def don't need to lose any more weight. You're nice and healthy, could probably even put on a couple of pounds! :smile:

Reply 9

friendlyneutron

OP

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Thanks for the help, everyone! Especially naelse - I'm sure i'll be able to learn formulae on the elliptical :wink:

cheers xxx

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