Can't lose weight

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  • dorener
    dorener Posts: 52 Member
    So I started logging and weighing everything I eat and I am averaging 1000 calories, not including my exercise deficit. I am losing but here's the thing. I've always read not to go below 1200 calories but I truly feel great, not deprived and have a ton of energy. If I feel really good like this and am healthy, is it truly bad for me? As I said to my husband, I can not imagine that if I am feeling this good, that it is unhealthy. Perhaps it goes by the person?
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    If you are eating an extra deficit every day it sounds like you have plenty of calories saved up for your restaurant date with the husband that's coming up (from your other thread). :smile:
  • dorener
    dorener Posts: 52 Member
    chandanista wrote: »
    If you are eating an extra deficit every day it sounds like you have plenty of calories saved up for your restaurant date with the husband that's coming up (from your other thread). :smile:

    Thanks, yes, I guess I was just concerned about going over what I have been eating since it has been working for me but I have to let go of that obsessive thinking.
  • ClosetBayesian
    ClosetBayesian Posts: 836 Member
    dorener wrote: »
    So I started logging and weighing everything I eat and I am averaging 1000 calories, not including my exercise deficit. I am losing but here's the thing. I've always read not to go below 1200 calories but I truly feel great, not deprived and have a ton of energy. If I feel really good like this and am healthy, is it truly bad for me? As I said to my husband, I can not imagine that if I am feeling this good, that it is unhealthy. Perhaps it goes by the person?

    If you are averaging 1000 calories, that means there are days you are going quite a bit lower. No, it does not go by the person. You blatantly need more calories. Your BMR is 1280 - that's the basics of what you need for your brain to function. You may feel fine, but you aren't giving yourself the basic amount of fuel you need.

    Did you read the recomp thread that another poster linked?
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    This is from livestrong:

    Diets that dip below 1,200 calories per day are extremely difficult to adhere to for any length of time, because essentially -- you're starving your body. You may lose weight quickly on a 1,000-calorie diet, but the lost weight is mostly water and lean mass -- not fat. It's nearly impossible for you to get all the vitamins and minerals you need -- even at 1,200 calories per day -- especially if you're a woman of child-bearing age.
  • dorener
    dorener Posts: 52 Member
    ClosetBayesian wrote: »
    dorener wrote: »
    So I started logging and weighing everything I eat and I am averaging 1000 calories, not including my exercise deficit. I am losing but here's the thing. I've always read not to go below 1200 calories but I truly feel great, not deprived and have a ton of energy. If I feel really good like this and am healthy, is it truly bad for me? As I said to my husband, I can not imagine that if I am feeling this good, that it is unhealthy. Perhaps it goes by the person?

    If you are averaging 1000 calories, that means there are days you are going quite a bit lower. No, it does not go by the person. You blatantly need more calories. Your BMR is 1280 - that's the basics of what you need for your brain to function. You may feel fine, but you aren't giving yourself the basic amount of fuel you need.

    Did you read the recomp thread that another poster linked?

    Making my way through it and will hopefully have more time tonight, thanks.

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