newbie de-lurks a bit more

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your very gracious welcome. I'm not sure I've got a whole lot

to offer yet, but I'm glad this group exists and I appreciate all the

information that people share. I've been lurking because I'm still in

the very early stages of interest in CRON, trying to improve the quality

of my diet before I get down to the serious calorie-cutting. I've found

the recent discussions about people's relationship to food, feelings of

emptiness, etc., to be fascinating, and I also really like the recipes

and tips that people offer. I've added some easy things to my diet

(blueberries and ground flax seed in smoothies, etc.).

The thing that is probably slowing me down the most in adopting CRON is

emotional issues; like several other list members, I also tend to use

food to comfort myself (not so much overeating, but eating junk food

instead of making healthier choices). Basically I've got two modes: the

" light " mode where I'm eating relatively well and do enjoy a slight

feeling of emptiness (it feels clean to me) and my more normal mode of

feeling like I need treats fairly often. (And it's much easier to go

from the light mode to the treat mode than vice versa.)

Also, I still haven't really got a good handle on what my caloric intake

should be, but maybe there's info on this in the files that I just

haven't found yet. For a moderately active woman of my size (5'1 " and

100 lbs.), I think it takes only about 1400 cal/day to keep me going,

and I'm not sure how safe it is to dip too far below that. Has anyone

else grappled with this?

Thanks again for the welcome, and I hope I haven't worn it out.

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Francesca Skelton wrote:

> Thanks . I'll send this back to the person who sent it to me (a

> relative who is a bit naive). How about de-lurking more often, since you're

> obviously very intelligent and probably have a lot to offer?

>

> on 6/7/2002 5:28 PM, Hrovat at mhrovat@... wrote:

>

> > It's a hoax, according to the following:

> >

> > http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/perfume.htm

> >

> > snopes.com is a good site for checking this kind of thing out.

> >

> >

> > (momentarily de-lurking)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

on 6/7/2002 6:26 PM, Hrovat at mhrovat@... wrote:

> I think it takes only about 1400 cal/day to keep me going,

> and I'm not sure how safe it is to dip too far below that. Has anyone

> else grappled with this?

: Walford warns against going under 1000 a day in BT120YD. You sound

like you're already thin. Why don't you start by concentrating on the ON

part? Walford suggests reaching for the banana, apple, orange instead of

the junk. Pig out on healthy food if you're going to pig out. Try a fruit

salad topped with yogurt and sprinkle some few nuts on it. Yummie. Or try

my CR Hot fudge sundae idea. Delicious. I also recommend pigging out on

guar pudding; I'm really into it (in case noone's guessed by now :-))))