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  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    You need to eat more to be healthy.
    Being skinny and sick isn't going to do you any good.
    Your body needs all sorts of nutrients and you can't get them eating so few calories. You need to eat different kinds of foods. Stuff you like from all kinds of food groups. Just log accurately and stick to the goal MFP gave you. You will lose fat and weight without sacrificing healthy muscle that you want and need to keep.
    Technically, you don't have to exercise. That will improve your body's fitness and create more calories burned so that you may find eating at a deficit easier to do. It may help to increase the rate of loss. Most people eat back some of their exercise calories and still lose at a good rate.
    The closer you are to a healthy weight for your body, the less weight you can expect to lose each week. That doesn't mean you need to work harder or eat less to reach 2 lbs a week. It just means that a healthy rate of loss can be .5 to 1 lb a week. Some weeks I even had a gain. For me this happens when I have TOM and after working out to such extent that I have muscle soreness as we will gain water weight with muscle inflammation. So those weeks don't bother me because I know it will go away.
    I'm only 18lbs to goal and if I lose .5 lb a week, I am very happy. Some weeks I don't lose at all and then some weeks I lose 1.5 or so. It varies and has nothing to do with how much I ate or how little I exercised. Over time (weeks and months) a weight loss trend occurs and shows that my efforts are paying off.
    There is no quick fix.
  • amybaby300
    amybaby300 Posts: 13 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    amybaby300 wrote: »
    I chose the 20 as a first goal, I don't set huge goals, I meet little goals ^^

    Is one of your goals to be healthy enough to see your child grow up? If so, change your path immediately.

    My child is one of the reasons I'm trying to do better for myself. I'm an honest person. I said I will try it ^^ though changing my meal plan will be weird. And sorry Im really against therapy...I'm pretty positive I can meet the calories goal..thanks :3
  • amybaby300
    amybaby300 Posts: 13 Member
    amybaby300 wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    amybaby300 wrote: »
    I chose the 20 as a first goal, I don't set huge goals, I meet little goals ^^

    Is one of your goals to be healthy enough to see your child grow up? If so, change your path immediately.

    My child is one of the reasons I'm trying to do better for myself. I'm an honest person. I said I will try it ^^ though changing my meal plan will be weird. And sorry Im really against therapy...I'm pretty positive I can meet the calories goal..thanks :3

  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    Please don't eat lower then 1200 calories unless under Dr supervision and if you are nursing, you need more calories. follow the myfitnesspal goal set up and eat in moderation. I eat ice cream almost every night and lost 3.6 pounds this week. We have to fuel our bodies to make them work efficiently.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Timelordlady85 wrote: »
    Please don't eat lower then 1200 calories unless under Dr supervision and if you are nursing, you need more calories. follow the myfitnesspal goal set up and eat in moderation. I eat ice cream almost every night and lost 3.6 pounds this week. We have to fuel our bodies to make them work efficiently.

    That's a very good point. If you're nursing, you need at least 1700-1800 in order to keep your supply going.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    edited July 2015
    malibu927 wrote: »
    See a professional before you do some serious damage to your body by undereating.

    She's not eating 500.

    Nor even 700.

    It's more. A lot more.

  • amybaby300
    amybaby300 Posts: 13 Member
    I understand ^^ thanks guys. I will defindefinitelyatelt try
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    amybaby300 wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    amybaby300 wrote: »
    I chose the 20 as a first goal, I don't set huge goals, I meet little goals ^^

    Is one of your goals to be healthy enough to see your child grow up? If so, change your path immediately.

    My child is one of the reasons I'm trying to do better for myself. I'm an honest person. I said I will try it ^^ though changing my meal plan will be weird. And sorry Im really against therapy...I'm pretty positive I can meet the calories goal..thanks :3

    Why will changing your meal plan be "weird"?

    And what happens if you can't meet the calorie goal: you continue to consume a ridiculously low amount of calories....you lose more weight but look in the mirror and still "don't see it"....your health becomes an issue. What then? Will you still be "against therapy"?

    Sorry....just don't understand that kind of thinking.
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