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freedomfaerie asked: Hey, my weight loss advice wouldn't fit into a response so I figured I would shoot you an message. First of all muscle mass weighs a lot more than fat so by not losing weight you could still be getting thinner. Second in terms of food how much potassium are you getting? Water weight can cause weight gain, eating foods high in potasium like melons (esp cantaloupe) and adding lemon to your water helps hydration distribute properly throughout your body. Hope this helps :)

hey, thanks! i’m definitely realizing that the number on the scale isn’t indicative of body fat, at least for me. eight years of soccer and three of tennis don’t usually make for lean legs, haha!

i didn’t know potassium and hydration were linked! that’s so interesting. i hate canteloupe but i eat tons of spinach, broccoli and beans, which are high in potassium. i wonder if my multivitamin has potassium…

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r0se-fit asked: How have you been doing on the ETL plan? i've been on/off it for like 3 weeks but everytime I seem to be doing well on it for like 5-6 days I end up eating way too much one day and just going off of it then have to start all over again :( I don't know what to do!! Do you have any advice?

I’ve been trying to do it since the beginning of the summer, and following it strictly for about two weeks. I’m not having any success, to be honest. I think it’s because ETL isn’t such a huge difference from my normal eating habits?

And yeah, it’s soooo hard to stick to it. I know you’re not supposed to cheat EVER for the first six weeks, but I think if you have one cheat meal a week you’ll still get the effects of the diet, and if you have a cheat meal to look forward to you’ll be less likely to cheat at random times. And drink a ton of water.

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Also:

I’m doing the Eat to Live 6-week plan, which is essentially vegan and carb-free. Supposedly you can lose 20 pounds in six weeks, and that’s what I’m really hoping for.

It’s been a week and I think (?) I’ve lost two pounds, but I can’t tell if that’s for real or just normal weight fluctuation.

I’m really enjoying the diet and trying very hard not to cheat. So far I’ve been feeling healthy and not craving protein, which is always an issue with the vegan diet.

oh hey

I was posting about weight loss on my regular tumblr and my friends were giving me shit, and I really don’t care what they think so now they can’t give me a hard time. Now the only thing they’ll be able to say is “wow, you’re so thin!”

I’m also hopeful that I can find a community here that will support me rather than tell me I’m being stupid or not being healthy. I’m not an idiot, I know what I’m doing. What I’m doing is getting thin.

However, while I tend toward the negative way of thinking and am at times consumed by my self-loathing, I’d like to be as healthy as possible about this. I’m struggling with anxiety and depression and would like very much to get better rather than worse. Unfortunately, I’m currently of the mindset that I don’t want to 
“love myself the way I am,” but rather get thin and then love myself. 

I’m not sure how I feel about cw and gw and ugw, but I’m OK with saying that right now I’m a size 8 (sometimes 10 on a fat day?) and want to be a 4 by the end of the summer. Additionally, I’ll say that I’d like to lose 20-25 pounds, preferably on the higher end of that.

I don’t plan on starving myself, but I am working on seriously decreasing the number of calories I consume in addition to working out regularly and more vigorously than I have in the past.

I’m probably going to post all sorts of things, including my food/exercise diary, depressed thoughts, thinspo/fitspo, etc.

I guess it would be nice to have followers—people who can send me a note of encouragement if I need it or a kick in the ass if that’s what I really need.

Thanks for reading!