EXTREME_ana_makeover's Xanga

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:04:46 GMT

Have you been tested for, suffer from, and found little relief from any of the following conditions?

Numbness or paralysis	Mouth lesions, sores
Swelling of hands, feet, face	Diarrhea
Mitral valve prolapse	Nausea
Arrhythmias or paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (which can lead to stroke)	Vomiting
Rise or drop in blood pressure (a fluctuation)	Stomach cramps and gas
Tachycardia (rapid heartbeat)	Irritable bowel, colitis, and/or constipation
Angina (pain in and around heart and ribs)	Swelling of/or painful rectum
Heart palpitations (change in heart beat, or irregularities, such as atrial fibrillation)	Spastic colon
Shuddering, shaking, chills	Extreme thirst
Tendinitis and joint pain, TMJ	Water retention and bloating (stomach swells)
Arthritic-like pain Muscle aches - legs, back, shoulders, neck	Abdominal discomfort
Flu-like symptoms	Asthma symptoms
Stiffness - jaw, muscles	Shortness of breath
Heaviness of arms, legs	Chest pain
Mental dullness	Tightness of chest
Depression	Runny nose and sneezing
Dizziness, light headedness	Postnasal drip
Disorientation, mental confusion, bi-polar	Bronchitis-like symptoms
Anxiety or panic attacks	Hoarseness, sore throat
Hyperactivity, especially in children (A.D.H.D.)	Chronic cough - sometimes a tickle cough
Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.)	Gagging reflex
Behavioral problems - delinquency, rage, and hostility	Skin rash - hives, itching, rosacea-like reaction
Feelings of inebriation	Mouth lesions, small waxy bits in throat, tonsils
Slurred speech	Tingling numbness on face, ears, arms, legs, or feet
Balance problems	Flushing, tingling, burning sensation in face or chest
Aching teeth	Extreme dryness of mouth, "cotton mouth", or irritated tongue
Seizures, tremors	Dark circles or bags under eyes, face swelling
Loss of memory	Urological problems, nocturia, uncontrollable bladder or swelling of prostate
Lethargy	Difficulty focusing
Sleeping disorders - insomnia or drowsiness (chronic fatigue)	Pressure behind eyes
Migraine headaches - facial or temporal Eye symptoms - tired or burning eyes to blurry vision, optic neuritis	Seeing shiny lights
Neurological diseases: ALS, Parkinson's, M.S.	Burning sinuses, broken sinus capillaries
Prostate, infertility, thyroid problems	Gastro esophgeal reflux
Ear problems - tinnitus or Meniere's Disease	Cartilage, connective tissue damage
Gout-like condition (usually knees)	Gall bladder or gall bladder like problems
Kidney pain - Loin Pain	Hematuria Syndrome

If any of these conditions plague you, you may be a victim of the myth that monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a safe food additive. The truth is that the average person eats much more glutamate than what is considered to be a safe and normal amount in the typical American diet. MSG is in everything from crackers and soda pop to vitamins and toothpaste.

http://www.msgmyth.com/

Monday, June 05, 2006

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:59:21 GMT

i am so sorry, but I will not be able to start a challenge right now. Ultimate_ana_makeover is starting one that is very similar to mine. I will post info if I decide to start my challenge. Thanks everyone! Stay strong!

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Thu, 25 May 2006 00:24:19 GMT

If you are interested in doing my challenge again, there is a pretty good copy of it about to start on this site: Ultimate_Ana_Makeover There are a few things that are slightly different, but it is ultimately the same thing. The main thing is that points for calories are not based on your BMI... If you would like me to do another challenge, let me know. I'm not too sure I want to run that one again. It was a lot of work. Stay strong everyone!

The ORIGINAL Extreme_Ana_Makeover Challenge:

Info about the challenge:

o I am not going to be nice all the time. I will encourage you and be supportive, and I will try to comment back to all of you. However, if you aren’t doing well, I will use some constructive criticism. I’m not going to sugar coat or lie to you because sugar and lies don’t make us skinny! Only the truth will motivate us to lose weight!

o I will try to give you guys some yummy low cal recipes to go along with this challenge. It’s hard to find good food we can all eat so I am going to try to help all of you out.

o I will be keeping track of how many pounds you lose, and whoever loses the most weight by the end of September gets a cool prize! I may also give another special prize based on points. I won’t ask for your address unless you win.

o I will allow new people to join in every Monday.

o You will follow a point system based on your BMI (body mass index) which you can calculate at this site: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

o If your BMI moves into a different level, let me know so you can follow a new point system.

o If your BMI is less than 16, I will not support you doing this challenge.

o If you have a problem with part of the challenge, I can tailor it to fit you. Just tell me in your email and we will work it out.

o If you decide to join the challenge, I want you to post your stats and a picture of your body with or without your face on your xanga site. (pic is optional) Also, let your readers know what challenge you are joining!

Rules everyone follows for the challenge

1. You must eat at least 400 calories every day (but you can work them off). Unless you are fasting (see point system below). I may also randomly pick days to fast for extra points, so you have to check this site regularly.

2. You may only fast up to two meals a day and two days a week, but not back to back. We aren't here to starve and slow our metabolism. We are trying to boost it and lose tons of fat! Be wise when you are fasting. If you pass out because of fasting, alter your fasting habits. If I find out that you have passed out more than once, I will kick you out of the challenge (see number 3).

3. If I see that you are screwing up badly, I will kick you out of the challenge. (I am doing this to motivate you!) I will also kick you out for excessive purging. If you get kicked out towards the beginning of the week, then you can get back in the next Monday. If you get kicked out towards the end of the week, then you can’t join until the second Monday. I will be slightly more lenient with new anas and obese anas than experienced anas.

4. If you get kicked out, I will “forget” about your points any weight you have lost and your total towards the prizes will start over.

5. If you need to leave the challenge for any reason, please let me know. I won't bite you!

6. If you do not post your points for three consecutive days, I will assume you have left the challenge, and you will forfeit all points towards the prize. You will also need permission to rejoin.

Points for fasting (I recommend liquid fasting)

Fasting one meal: 5 points

Fasting 2 meals: 10 points

Fasting 3 meals: 0 points - don't fast all day unless you are having a fasting day. You may only fast all day twice a week and not two days in a row. 15 points for fasting all day.

*if you sleep through a meal, you can count that as fasting.

If you don’t eat meals, follow this point system for fasting:

Fasting 8 hours: 5 points

Fasting 16 hours: 10 points

Fasting 24 hours: 0 points - don't fast all day unless you are having a fasting day*don’t count sleeping as fasting hours if you go by this point system.

Points for sleeping

0-4 hours: 0 points

5 hours: 1 point

6 hours: 2 points

Add one more point for each our of sleep not to exceed 10 hours

Going to sleep before midnight: 5 points

Points for exercise: one point for each 10 minutes (Only count exercise as something that takes effort. Ex. Typing is not exercise even if it does burn some calories.)

If you have a job where you are on your feet the whole time, you can count exercise points for any time over 5 hours worked. So, if you work 5 hours and 10 minutes, you get one point for the 10 minutes.

One point for each set of 100 crunches, pushups, heel raises, arm curls, etc. (1 point for each set of 50 push ups)

Points for water intake (I count one cup as one measuring cup or 8oz): you get one point for each cup of water. So if you drink 8 cups (64 oz) of water, you get 8 points. It will be easier to count these points if you drink bottled water. Don’t go over 50!

Calorie points for people with BMI of 16 to 17.9

negative cals: 10 points

1-100 cals: 9 points

101-200 cals: 8 points

201-300 cals: 7 points

301-400 cals: 6 points

401- 500 cals: 5 points

501-600 cals: 4 points

601 or more cals: 0

Calorie points for people with BMI of 18-24.9

negative cals: 10 points

1-200 cals: 9 point

201-300 cals: 8 points

301-400 cals: 7 points

401- 500 cals: 6 points

501-600 cals: 5 points

601-700 cals: 4 points

701 or more: 0 points

Calorie points for people with BMI of 25-29.9

negative cals: 10 points

1-300 cals: 9 point

301-500 cals: 8 points

501-700 cals: 7 points

701-900 cals: 6 points

901-1000 cals: 5 points

1001-1200 cals: 4 points

1201 or more cals: 0

Calorie points for people with BMI of 30 and up

neg-600: 10 points

601-800: 9 points

801-1000: 8 points

1000-1500: 7 points

1501-2000: 6 points

2001- 2200: 5 points

2201-2500: 4 points

2501 or more: 0 points

Extras:

Sending me your points daily: 1 point

Not binging: 5 points

Not purging: 10 points

Taking vitamins: 1 point (not 1 point per vitamin)

Updating your xanga daily: 1 point

Commenting: 1 point for each ana site you comment on (not 1 per comment) you can get up to 20 points for this

Weight change: 1 point for each pound lost

Metabolism boosters: 2 points for eating a stick of celery or 1 point for carrots between meals (unless you’re fasting) not 2 points per carrot or stick of celery

Tanning: 5 points

Avoiding tempting food in a tempting situation: 5 points (not 5 points each time you avoid something)

Not eating after 7pm (or eating only neg cal foods): 5 points

When you update your xanga, you at least need to post what you have eaten for the day. Also list what you are giving yourself points for. If you have dizzy spells or pass out, make note of that as well.

Make sure you spread out your calorie intake throughout the day. Do not eat all your cals at once or I will leave a bad comment with no eprops!

The way you lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume...

When you comment to give me your points, I want to know how many calories you ate and then I want the total calories after neg cal foods and exercise are subtracted. So, you can end up with a negative number for the day. You figure your points after subtracting.

If you want to join, then please email me with the answers to the following questions…

1. name (Optional) age (not optional)

2. xanga site

3. aol screen name (optional)

4. height/current weight/goal weight (let me know if this changes)

5. your waist, thigh, and upper arm measurements in inches

6. your BMI

7. least favorite thing about your body

8. favorite thing about your body

9. your most favorite place(s) to shop for clothes

10.your favorite model(s)
*also, please let me know if you are new to ana.

BMI calculator http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

FYI: My first draft of this challenge was posted June 30, 2005. Some modifications were made throughout the run of the challenge.

Monday, February 27, 2006

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:41:22 GMT

Please check out my regular ana xanga: www.xanga.com/melt_away_mybody I update there more often than here. There is also no challenge going on here at the moment. Thanks for all of the wonderful comments! I hope to do another challenge once school is out! Stay strong everyone!

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:42:02 GMT

I am going to the America's Next Top Model casting call on Saturday, so please pray that I get it! I want this more than anything! I am also liquid fasting from now until Saturday to try and lose my last few pounds. You can join me if you want to!

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:19:39 GMT

Okay, I had a hard time finding all the fruit, so I am substituting a little but still sticking with all fruit and one salad at dinner. I know I said to drink protein shakes inbetween meals. You don't have to do that. I was looking at the label on mine and I think that would add a lot of unwanted calories, so just follow the sample plan as best as you can. If you get hungry when you aren't supposed to eat like at night for example, then drink one of those shakes. Liquids are always better than solids! I hope everyone is doing well today because I am! Take care lovelies!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:26:25 GMT

I am gonna do a mini challenge starting Sunday! I will be following that fruit diet, so if you are in school, this may not be possible for you to do. We are going to see who can actually lose 9 pounds in 3 days!

Sample FRUIT Diet Plan:

8am: 2 cups melon mix (combine cubed watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew)

10am: 1 medium banana

12pm: 2 cups fruit medley (combine sliced pineapple, strawberries, sliced apple, kiwifruit and blueberries)

2pm: 1 cup grapes

4pm: 2 cups apple-blueberry delight (combine 1 apple, cubed, with 1 cup blueberries)

6pm: 6 cups raw-veggie salad topped with 1/2 avocado or 2 Tbs. olive or flaxseed oil and juice of 1/2 lemon or lime: 1 protein shake (mix 8oz. water with one scoop protein powder)

***The trick is to take the rest of the week off, then repeat the three-day fruit cleanse once weekly for up to 12 weeks. By doing this, you can loose three pounds a week!

You also need to drink protein shakes inbetween meals. You can buy this stuff at health food stores or vitamine stores. Read the instructions on the bottle on how much to drink every day. I recommend the WHEY protein chocolate flavored powder mix. It tastes really good. Let me know if you want to do this! The only requirements I have are that you follow the diet plan and report to me every day how you are doing. Stay strong everyone!

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:52:39 GMT

OMG... anyone here wanna lose weight like really fast?! go here www.jayrobb.com

I found an article about losing 9 pounds in 3 days. all you do is eat two cups of fruit every two hours (8am, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, & 6pm) and drink protein shakes all day. go to that jayrobb site for tips on protein shakes. i am so gonna do this and tell you all how it works!!!!!

Sample Diet Plan:

8am: 2 cups melon mix (combine cubed watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew)

10am: 1 medium banana

12pm: 2 cups fruit medley (combine sliced pineapple, strawberries, sliced apple, kiwifruit and blueberries)

2pm: 1 cup grapes

4pm: 2 cups apple-blueberry delight (combine 1 apple, cubed, with 1 cup blueberries)

6pm: 6 cups raw-veggie salad topped with 1/2 avocado or 2 Tbs. olive or flaxseed oil and juice of 1/2 lemon or lime: 1 protein shake (mix 8oz. water with one scoop protein powder)

***The trick is to take the rest of the week off, then repeat the three-day fruit cleanse once weekly for up to 12 weeks. By doing this, you can loose three pounds a week!

Monday, December 26, 2005

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 02:28:15 GMT

Thank you so much everyone for the wonderful comments! They really mean the world to me. I'm sorry I haven't been able to respond to all of them until now.

I won't be doing another challenge anytime soon, because of my hectic schedule, but I most definitly will be doing one in May when the spring semester is over. However, I am thinking about starting a Next Top Model challenge. My goal is to get onto the America's Next Top Model Show, so I have a few more pounds to lose. Is there anyone out there who wants to audition for the show?! If so, we will get a challenge going for that right away.

I lost all my weight by simply not eating over 1000 calories a day (sometimes eating between 500-800 cals), occasional fasting, exercising, eating lots of veggies and natural foods, staying away from junk food, drinking tons of water, getting 8 hours of sleep every night, and having accountability. Accountability I think is the most important. Stay strong everyone and keep in touch!

My other xanga is: http://www.xanga.com/melt_away_mybody

Monday, October 24, 2005

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:42:35 GMT

I just wanted you all to see a pic of me now...