Avoiding eating disorder

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  • bemyyfriend0918
    bemyyfriend0918 Posts: 241 Member
    When I am eating too few calories, I end up in a binge. I CANNOT lose weight on 1200 calories a day, because I always have binges if I go that low. MFP set my calories at that, but I'm using a different calculation, and eating around 1550 on days I dont exercise and around 1750 on days I get activity in.

    I want to lose weight, but also want to live a normal life. If it takes me 6 months instead of 4 to lose this weight because I upped my calories, I am still a success and I didn't even have to skip lunch.

    I weigh my food because I like to log everything the best I can. I've not become obsessive over it or anything, and i've been doing it on and off since 2013.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,378 Member
    edited October 2018
    bemyyfriend0918 wrote: »
    When I am eating too few calories, I end up in a binge. I CANNOT lose weight on 1200 calories a day, because I always have binges if I go that low. MFP set my calories at that, but I'm using a different calculation, and eating around 1550 on days I dont exercise and around 1750 on days I get activity in.

    I want to lose weight, but also want to live a normal life. If it takes me 6 months instead of 4 to lose this weight because I upped my calories, I am still a success and I didn't even have to skip lunch.

    I weigh my food because I like to log everything the best I can. I've not become obsessive over it or anything, and i've been doing it on and off since 2013.

    I agree with everything you say except for one tiny tiny bit: "MFP set my calories at that".

    No, it didn't. This is a "as low as it will go" recommendation and you get that caloric goal because of your inputs!

    The usual combination is "lose 2lbs a week" and "I am sedentary".

    The first one is often the wrong choice given one's current weight, height, age and activity level.
    The second one is often un-true :wink:
  • timeforwork
    timeforwork Posts: 114 Member
    Healthy weight is important for a healthy life but if a weight loss goal is affecting your life excevivly then it's time to reevaluate . You should enjoy your life first and foremost.
  • Finkelstien
    Finkelstien Posts: 55 Member
    edited October 2018
    for me it is the other way around. By sticking to a plan with a healthy calorie goal i will always make sure to meet that goal. It surprises me how little calories some food has and how much i can eat within my restriction.
    And i also learned that exceeding that goal and eat a little bit more now and then does not hurt me on the long run.

    It helped me from having a horrible relationship with food, undereating and eating too little and then too much food and from having a food disorder to having a healthy relationship with food.
    No more 1200 kcal diets for me but i rather eat more and steadily loose weight then crashing and ending up in the same position as i began.
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