This article, or an earlier version of it, is taken from the public domain NIH Publication No. 99-3589, updated February 2001.I've been suffering from bulmia for several years. I'm engaged and he still has no clue. Sometimes I can eat infront of him and be fine. onther days, its so hard to keep it down. I just don't like that feeling, of being real full. I know its really hard to just quit. I've tried so many of times. Maybe I just need to try harder. I hear the only way to "fix" this is to go into a group home, an well I just can't afford to leave my home and family. An I sure as hell aint gonna tell everyone that I have this problem. I just want to let viewers know that your not the only one out there. That their is such thing as self healing. You have to look really hard and find that. You need to fined that thing that will make you mentally and physically strong enough to beat this and take control of your life again. GOOD LUCK! GOD BLESS -ann.

Socializing with my friends usually involve food. Though we usually do something active (usually bowling) prior to dinner, the intensity of our activity is so low, it does not cancel out the 1,500 – 2,000 calories meal. These are the strategies I am going to try to decrease the amount I am eating when I am with friends.

There are two considerations we must not overlook when losing weight. They are calorie intake and the nutritional quality of the food. Woman should eat around 1500 calories while men should eat around 2500 calories. If you ever calorie counted before this may require intensive work.

If you aim to be on a daily diet of 1500 calories, you should plan to get about 900 calories a day from grains, fruits and vegetables. Spinach, at 13 calories in 2 cups of chopped raw spinach, is one of the lowest cost sources of nutrition you can give your body. It fortifies your body with folic acid as well. Learn More at the blog!

Chris blogs about a healthy low calorie diet. I don't recommend so many carbs (check out the comments for our discussion). Nevertheless it's an appealing post with good pictures and tips.

Calories do count. But they are not the only thing that counts. The person that eats a 1500 calorie diet of tuna and green vegetables will look considerably better than the person who eats a 1500 calorie diet of soda and bacon....even if they weigh the same amount.