Am I Eating Enough?
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Increase your calories by changing your goals to 1/2 pound OR 1 pound a week.
It does not matter whether or not the food is so called "healthy" because there is no real definition of that. Food is just "food."
People are healthy by the choices they make and by their attitudes toward themselves and eating.
Find a professional to help you. 0 -
5'7" and 176 lb
Yet your ticker shows that you want to lose 90 lb, putting you at 86 lb???
That is not realistic, nor is it healthy.
Talk with your parents, talk with your doctor. You need to get help. Should have had it years ago.
Going by BMI, a healthy weight range for your height is 120-155 lb.
So 140 would be just about the middle of the healthy range.
For now, how about aiming for 150, eating a healthy balance of foods & amount of calories, and doing reasonable
amounts / types of exercise (30-60 min/day, including weightlifting).
This calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine
says that an 18yo woman who is 5'7" tall and _inactive_ needs 1876 cal/day to maintain 150 lb.
At 176 you need 2040.
So if you aimed for maybe 1700, that would be a deficit of 300/day, which means you should lose about 0.5 lb / week.
And it would take you to a healthy goal weight without further adjusting your calories.
BTW, that calculator will also tell you how many servings of the various food groups you should be eating.
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Being fat doesn't preclude having an eating disorder.Cats wrote:My friends at the time picked up on my eating habits, and they insisted that I had an eating disorder. I told them no, I'm too fat to have one. I still believe this to this day.
Fat people can still binge eat (a practice some here call "one meal a day" or "OMAD"), or be anorexic, or be afraid to
gain weight, or force themselves to vomit, or eat strange combinations / limitations of food, or have a distorted
idea of their weight or body condition, using laxatives inappropriately, feeling shame for your body or eating.
Anything.
Info on eating disorders from the Mayo Clinic.
And from the National Eating Disorders Organization.
Oops sorry, I didn't mean to put 90. I don't know why I did... I want to lose around 60 pounds, not 90. It was a typo. I would like to be around 120. I will change it now if I can figure out how.
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kshama2001 wrote: »First of all, I appreciate everyone's comments. I would like to tell you why I don't consider myself to have actually had an eating disorder. I never got super skinny like most people imagine someone with an eating disorder to be. I was also never hospitalized. I didn't tell anyone. My friends at the time picked up on my eating habits, and they insisted that I had an eating disorder. I told them no, I'm too fat to have one. I still believe this to this day.
I obviously regained weight once I started eating again. I just weighed myself yesterday for the first time in forever.
As of now I am 5'7" and 176 pounds. I exercise 3-4 days a week for about an hour each time.
Doesn't look like you've read the link people keep posting, so I will include it again plus some content. As you can see, you don't have to be super skinny to have an eating disorder.
http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1575987-eating-disorder-resources
Types of Eating Disorders & Symptoms
While eating disorders may first appear to be weight-focused, food can also become a coping mechanism for feelings or emotions that may otherwise seem overwhelming. Over time, these behaviors will damage an individual’s physical and emotional health, self-esteem, sense of confidence, and control.
Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Characterized by repetitive, uncontrolled eating of large amounts of food in a short period of time, without behaviors to prevent weight gain. People who suffer from BED may frequently experience feeling out of control when eating––they may eat when not hungry or in response to emotions, eat to the point of discomfort or eat alone out of shame for their behavior. Binge-eating is sometimes, but not always, associated with obesity. Learn more
Anorexia Nervosa (AN): Characterized by restrictive eating (such as fasting or extreme dieting) that leads to weight loss. Compulsive exercise routines and other persistent behaviors may also be taken to prevent weight gain or promote further weight loss. Those suffering from AN commonly exhibit an intense fear of weight gain and/or an obsession with weight. Some sufferers of AN may also exhibit an obsession with athletic performance and will engage in strenuous exercise and dieting to an unhealthy extent. Learn more
Bulimia Nervosa (BN): Characterized by frequent episodes of consuming large amounts of food, feeling a lack of control over eating and followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain. These behaviors include but are not limited to 1) self-induced vomiting, 2) abusing laxatives, diet pills, diuretics or enemas, 3) fasting and/or 4) compulsive exercising. People suffering from BN may also exhibit an intense fear of gaining weight. Learn more
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS): Includes feeding or eating disorders that cause significant stress or impairment, but does not meet the criteria for the eating disorders explained above. Disordered eating presents in many different ways. Learn more
Seeking Help
Eating disorders affect people of every age, race, gender, culture, and socioeconomic status. Much like the individuals they affect, they are unique and complex, and may not fall into a clear category. If you are concerned about your own eating and exercise habits, or thoughts and emotions surrounding food, physical activity and body image, or if you’re concerned about a friend or loved one, we urge you to seek help.
Oh no, I've read it
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Yes, you did have an eating disorder. That's pretty much the textbook example of one:Cats2626 wrote:when I became a teenager I started starving myself and got much thinner. I ate between 0-600 calories a day,
and if I ever went above that (which I rarely did), I made myself throw up. Although I never had a severe, full blown
eating disorder, it controlled my entire life for over a year and a half.
eating very little, throwing up, "controlling your life".
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No, you're not eating enough, unless you're on a medically-supervised plan.
Talk with your doctor.
See if you can meet with a nutritionist, and even a counselor dealing with eating disorders.
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Glad you're wanting to be healthy.I am now trying to go on a healthy diet, but I don't really know how.
MFP set my limit at 1280 to lose 2 pounds a week. Does anyone have any advice that could help me?
If you're really very overweight, losing 2 lb / week is reasonable. But as you get closer to a healthy weight, the
rate will slow. Soon even 1 lb a month will be reasonable & healthy.
Here's a post about setting healthy / reasonable goals: weight, calories, nutrients.
It includes links to several resources.
Here's a post I did compiling a bunch of newbie help info.
Definitely read sexypants several times.
To increase calories & nutrition without increasing how much you eat, change your food choices a bit.
Have a little more of the nutrient-dense things. Don't go overboard, just have a little more.
Use whole milk instead of skim, regular yogurt instead of lite, higher-fat cuts of meat, regular salad dressing.
Eat nuts, nut butter, avocados. Add olive oil to your salad or pasta. Use a little more cheese on your pizza.
Thank you for your advice. I would also like to say that I am a VERY strict vegetarian, so there are MANY things I cannot eat, including but not limited to meat (of course), most soups, many yogurts, some salad dressing, most desserts/candies (everything has animal products these days...), certain types of salad such as Caesar, many sauces, pastries, basically anything fried (it's usually fried in animal fat), etc. Pretty much all I can eat is fruits, vegetables, vegetarian products (fake meat), grains, and some dairy. I try to also limit my dairy, especially eggs, as I don't feel right eating it, but being a full vegan is very expensive so for now at least I am just a vegetarian. I just thought I'd mention that because vegetarian foods tend to be lower in calories (the ones I eat anyway).0 -
Yes, you did have an eating disorder. That's pretty much the textbook example of one:Cats2626 wrote:when I became a teenager I started starving myself and got much thinner. I ate between 0-600 calories a day,
and if I ever went above that (which I rarely did), I made myself throw up. Although I never had a severe, full blown
eating disorder, it controlled my entire life for over a year and a half.
eating very little, throwing up, "controlling your life".
.
No, you're not eating enough, unless you're on a medically-supervised plan.
Talk with your doctor.
See if you can meet with a nutritionist, and even a counselor dealing with eating disorders.
.
Glad you're wanting to be healthy.I am now trying to go on a healthy diet, but I don't really know how.
MFP set my limit at 1280 to lose 2 pounds a week. Does anyone have any advice that could help me?
If you're really very overweight, losing 2 lb / week is reasonable. But as you get closer to a healthy weight, the
rate will slow. Soon even 1 lb a month will be reasonable & healthy.
Here's a post about setting healthy / reasonable goals: weight, calories, nutrients.
It includes links to several resources.
Here's a post I did compiling a bunch of newbie help info.
Definitely read sexypants several times.
To increase calories & nutrition without increasing how much you eat, change your food choices a bit.
Have a little more of the nutrient-dense things. Don't go overboard, just have a little more.
Use whole milk instead of skim, regular yogurt instead of lite, higher-fat cuts of meat, regular salad dressing.
Eat nuts, nut butter, avocados. Add olive oil to your salad or pasta. Use a little more cheese on your pizza.
Thank you for your advice. I would also like to say that I am a VERY strict vegetarian, so there are MANY things I cannot eat, including but not limited to meat (of course), most soups, many yogurts, some salad dressing, most desserts/candies (everything has animal products these days...), certain types of salad such as Caesar, many sauces, pastries, basically anything fried (it's usually fried in animal fat), etc. Pretty much all I can eat is fruits, vegetables, vegetarian products (fake meat), grains, and some dairy. I try to also limit my dairy, especially eggs, as I don't feel right eating it, but being a full vegan is very expensive so for now at least I am just a vegetarian. I just thought I'd mention that because vegetarian foods tend to be lower in calories (the ones I eat anyway).
I just wanted to point out that I'm vegan and consume about 2800 calories a day... easily. It's all about finding calorie dense foods, in my case, that fit my macros.0 -
BecomingBane wrote: »
Yes, you did have an eating disorder. That's pretty much the textbook example of one:Cats2626 wrote:when I became a teenager I started starving myself and got much thinner. I ate between 0-600 calories a day,
and if I ever went above that (which I rarely did), I made myself throw up. Although I never had a severe, full blown
eating disorder, it controlled my entire life for over a year and a half.
eating very little, throwing up, "controlling your life".
.
No, you're not eating enough, unless you're on a medically-supervised plan.
Talk with your doctor.
See if you can meet with a nutritionist, and even a counselor dealing with eating disorders.
.
Glad you're wanting to be healthy.I am now trying to go on a healthy diet, but I don't really know how.
MFP set my limit at 1280 to lose 2 pounds a week. Does anyone have any advice that could help me?
If you're really very overweight, losing 2 lb / week is reasonable. But as you get closer to a healthy weight, the
rate will slow. Soon even 1 lb a month will be reasonable & healthy.
Here's a post about setting healthy / reasonable goals: weight, calories, nutrients.
It includes links to several resources.
Here's a post I did compiling a bunch of newbie help info.
Definitely read sexypants several times.
To increase calories & nutrition without increasing how much you eat, change your food choices a bit.
Have a little more of the nutrient-dense things. Don't go overboard, just have a little more.
Use whole milk instead of skim, regular yogurt instead of lite, higher-fat cuts of meat, regular salad dressing.
Eat nuts, nut butter, avocados. Add olive oil to your salad or pasta. Use a little more cheese on your pizza.
Thank you for your advice. I would also like to say that I am a VERY strict vegetarian, so there are MANY things I cannot eat, including but not limited to meat (of course), most soups, many yogurts, some salad dressing, most desserts/candies (everything has animal products these days...), certain types of salad such as Caesar, many sauces, pastries, basically anything fried (it's usually fried in animal fat), etc. Pretty much all I can eat is fruits, vegetables, vegetarian products (fake meat), grains, and some dairy. I try to also limit my dairy, especially eggs, as I don't feel right eating it, but being a full vegan is very expensive so for now at least I am just a vegetarian. I just thought I'd mention that because vegetarian foods tend to be lower in calories (the ones I eat anyway).
I just wanted to point out that I'm vegan and consume about 2800 calories a day... easily. It's all about finding calorie dense foods, in my case, that fit my macros.
Oh okay. It's just that I usually eat a lot of fake meat products, which only tend to be about 100-200 calories a serving, so I'd have to eat A LOT of it to reach 2800.0 -
5'7" and 176 lb
Yet your ticker shows that you want to lose 90 lb, putting you at 86 lb???
That is not realistic, nor is it healthy.
Talk with your parents, talk with your doctor. You need to get help. Should have had it years ago.
Going by BMI, a healthy weight range for your height is 120-155 lb.
So 140 would be just about the middle of the healthy range.
For now, how about aiming for 150, eating a healthy balance of foods & amount of calories, and doing reasonable
amounts / types of exercise (30-60 min/day, including weightlifting).
This calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine
says that an 18yo woman who is 5'7" tall and _inactive_ needs 1876 cal/day to maintain 150 lb.
At 176 you need 2040.
So if you aimed for maybe 1700, that would be a deficit of 300/day, which means you should lose about 0.5 lb / week.
And it would take you to a healthy goal weight without further adjusting your calories.
BTW, that calculator will also tell you how many servings of the various food groups you should be eating.
.
Being fat doesn't preclude having an eating disorder.Cats wrote:My friends at the time picked up on my eating habits, and they insisted that I had an eating disorder. I told them no, I'm too fat to have one. I still believe this to this day.
Fat people can still binge eat (a practice some here call "one meal a day" or "OMAD"), or be anorexic, or be afraid to
gain weight, or force themselves to vomit, or eat strange combinations / limitations of food, or have a distorted
idea of their weight or body condition, using laxatives inappropriately, feeling shame for your body or eating.
Anything.
Info on eating disorders from the Mayo Clinic.
And from the National Eating Disorders Organization.
Oops sorry, I didn't mean to put 90. I don't know why I did... I want to lose around 60 pounds, not 90. It was a typo. I would like to be around 120. I will change it now if I can figure out how.
You change it here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided0 -
Other than fake meats, what do you normally eat/like to eat? There are many high calorie options out there that can assist you in getting up to your goals and many of them are processed foods, but you might find that you can eat other whole foods that are also calorically dense and nutrient dense to help you... avocado, nuts, and nut butters leap to mind immediately.
I will still recommend that you speak with a professional for support and assistance. You definitely are in a place where you have need of professional advice, based on your comments and explained habits. Nothing will be as beneficial as professional support.0 -
she does not have to split it into 5-6 small meals unless she wants too. you can eat whatever you want as long as it fits into her caloric goal and telling someone to exercise as much as possible is not good advice. exercise just gives you a bigger deficit but is not needed to lose weight, if she wants to exercise thats fine , all she needs to do is to make sure she inputs her stats into MFP and eat to her calorie goal that it gives her.as well as weigh everything and make sure its logged properly since not all entries are accurate.Eat the calories MFP recommends. Split into 5-6 small meals. Watch the nutrient guide at the meal log pages bottom. Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water per day. Exercise as much as possible. Veggies are your friends. While not zero in calories great as " filler". Weigh everything, read labels.0 -
When I was younger, I was very overweight. Then when I became a teenager I started starving myself and got much thinner. I ate between 0-600 calories a day, and if I ever went above that (which I rarely did), I made myself throw up. Although I never had a severe, full blown eating disorder, it controlled my entire life for over a year and a half. I only lost 65 pounds, but I also grew 3-4 inches as I was still very young. I lost 4-5 pants sizes. I eventually started eating again. I maintained my weight for a while, but eventually regained some. I am now trying to go on a healthy diet, but I don't really know how. The only way I've ever known is through starvation. Since I began my diet, I have been eating anywhere from 500-1200 calories a day. I feel like this is still too little. MFP set my limit at 1280 to lose 2 pounds a week. Does anyone have any advice that could help me? Thank you very much.
Cats,
I mean this with the best of intentions, but based on what you say you indeed had a full-blown eating disorder. Have you been through treatment? It sounds to me like you still have disordered thoughts and behaviors around food.
Even though you want to lose weight in a healthy way, I am convinced that you need to consult with your doctor about getting treatment for your eating disorder and a referral to a dietitian to learn proper dieting methods.
Yes, your calorie goals are unhealthy.0 -
I agree with talking with someone.
Would also eat 1400+ calories. Maybe even do a vegan lifestyle. Take supplements0
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