1000 calories
buysdhar426
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I’ve been highly restricted over a months time from 900 to 1400 cals, usually 1000, as an 18 year old female I feel I’ve killed my metabolism and I’m no longer sure if I’m losing weight or maintaining on this. What would happen for a duration of time if I began to up it to 2500? Details on escaping starvation mode and stories?
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You can’t kill your metabolism and starvation mode isn’t a thing either. But Why such extremes? 1000 to 2500? You’ll gain weight which I’m guessing , based on what little info is in this post, is probably a good thing for you.
What is your height and weight and activity level? Only then could we guess what’s an appropriate amount of calories.10 -
Yeah dont worry about "starvation mode" just up ur calories. 1000 is way too low for anyone8
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Who or what "highly restricted" you?
Are you filling out the food diary?4 -
buysdhar426 wrote: »I’ve been highly restricted over a months time from 900 to 1400 cals, usually 1000, as an 18 year old female I feel I’ve killed my metabolism and I’m no longer sure if I’m losing weight or maintaining on this. What would happen for a duration of time if I began to up it to 2500? Details on escaping starvation mode and stories?
It sounds like you aren't weighing yourself. Do you think you are overweight, underweight, or trying to maintain?
Do you know about how much you weigh? Have you been to a doctor recently? Are you logging and do you use a food scale?
Unless you are dangerously underweight, it would probably be better to step up your calories over a period of a few weeks. If you are dangerously underweight, you should consult with a doctor and follow their advice.9 -
Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless gigantism/pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
To budge weight - you might be building muscles from exercise but losing fat give it time patience is a virtue. Step up exercise see if your eating something that can be changed to be healthier. Your only 18 so just enjoy life hun. Can visit a Dietician or gym ask advice too. Doctors 🥼 ask when your there. If you want to go with your friends go out to eat 1/2 of something you really want to eat then diet like usual after for a few weeks. Learn balance cause your only young once.36 -
JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
Irrelevant without knowing much about OP. Plenty females need 2700- 3k per day just to maintain17 -
What are you hoping for in your results? Are you hoping to gain weight? The best course of action is probably for you to raise slowly, a couple hundred calories at a time, and see how that affects you and if it brings you closer to your goal.1
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That’s why I said she needs to use the calculator for her height/weight mentioned asking professionals.You youngsters skim read too much27
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JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »That’s why I said she needs to use the calculator for her height/weight mentioned asking professionals.You youngsters skim read too much
😀 I’m probably older then you.16 -
So your well over 40 then. Well old man 👴 put them reading glasses on reread you missed something. My oldest I raised is in his 30’s.My youngest just turned 2 (Post Menopausal baby) yes that means I get to go through menopause a 2nd time.
Well you skimmed past the parts about calculating y doctors
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Howdy MikePTY think she’s trying to gain muscles 💪 .Any tips for her your always good at information.
5’4 18 115lbs or less3 -
OP is looking to gain weight and has mentioned they are recovering from anorexia.
I'm afraid i don't have good advice unter than setting your stats in MFP and choosing "gain weight" for how much to eat and build up slowly assuming you are not dangerously underweight (in which case a medical professional may be best placed to help).
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10750135/anorexia-to-body-builder4 -
Checked with the calculator for ideal weight /but calories are different when body building
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OP is looking to gain weight and has mentioned they are recovering from anorexia.
I'm afraid i don't have good advice unter than setting your stats in MFP and choosing "gain weight" for how much to eat and build up slowly assuming you are not dangerously underweight (in which case a medical professional may be best placed to help).
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10750135/anorexia-to-body-builder
Taking this into consideration and assuming the above stats are correct, ITA with this. OP, set your goal to gain 0.5 lbs per week to get a calorie goal (as was said before, if you are dangerously underweight this might be too slow - that's where a doctor would come in). If this calorie goal is more than a couple of hundred calories more than you're currently eating, raise your calories gradually over a few weeks, but stop eating under 1200 ASAP.
If you have not been losing weight while eating so little, it's possible you are underestimating your calories. I don't want to encourage you to use a food scale if you think that would be problematic for you, but just keep in mind that your numbers might be off slightly. Regardless, if you want to gain weight, you need to eat more.
The key to building muscle is to adequately fuel your body (eat enough calories) and work a well designed strength training program.
Don't worry about your metabolism and starvation mode - these are generally myths. It is possible your ED did some damage to your metabolism, but recovering is possible. Going to extremes is not necessary, finding the balance is what you need to strive for. Obviously if your medical team has told you anything different based on their unique relationship with you, please listen to them. Best of luck
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Found this calculator put muscle building it shows calories way higher than what your eating.
https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/macronutcal.htm
Consult Doctors,Dieticians,gym trainers they can help a lot fit plans to your body.1 -
OP, please don't be scared of the unnecessary amount of numbers that are being thrown around here. Just use MFP the way it was intended, don't do anything drastic, and talk to someone if any of this makes you anxious or obsessive. :flowerforyou:24
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JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »So your well over 40 then. Well old man 👴 put them reading glasses on reread you missed something. My oldest I raised is in his 30’s.My youngest just turned 2 (Post Menopausal baby) yes that means I get to go through menopause a 2nd time.
Well you skimmed past the parts about calculating y doctors
Ok ok you win!3 -
JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »
Howdy MikePTY think she’s trying to gain muscles 💪 .Any tips for her your always good at information.
5’4 18 115lbs or less
I wonder what “safer treats” are. Between the previous or perhaps current battles with anorexia and what hints at orthorexia I’m not sure any of us are qualified to help OP12 -
She may need a weight loss Counselor/ Dieticians my one middle son fought with anorexia.He found it helpful he gained to a healthy weight built muscle being over 6ft4 he’s tall he needed specialists to help tailor his diet y exercise needs plus body image counseling.His biological family had made fun of his weight for years as a kid 🧒 under the age of 6! Food was an enemy to struggle for him now he eats McDonald’s to lives with no mirrors in the house(counselor advice to him that stuck). He’s normal amount of muscular, great body image,y they set a maintainability diet afterwards to maintain y exercise that wasn’t over the top consuming his time/life. He enjoys hanging with friends to just living a normal day which is great cause he’s only in his 20’s he has a long life ahead of him.2
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If you're undereating to this extent, you should see a health professional rather than turning to a message board to help. We can give you general advice but we (mostly) aren't medical professionals.
I can say that weight lifting was the best thing I did for my recovery. I'm not perfect around food and never will be. Logging for me calmed me down a lot, though. I now know that I maintain on more calories than I thought I would, and on days it feels like I've eaten 'too much' or 'junk' it's still usually around maintenance calories or just a little over, and that stops me from further spiraling. However, sometimes it can become too much and the thought patterns emerge, and I take a logging break for a week or I become very loose with my logging.12 -
JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless gigantism/pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
To budge weight - you might be building muscles from exercise but losing fat give it time patience is a virtue. Step up exercise see if your eating something that can be changed to be healthier. Your only 18 so just enjoy life hun. Can visit a Dietician or gym ask advice too. Doctors 🥼 ask when your there. If you want to go with your friends go out to eat 1/2 of something you really want to eat then diet like usual after for a few weeks. Learn balance cause your only young once.
I need more than 2000 to maintain.5 -
My goodness your tall one. That’s definitely going to show on the calculator for you.My family is short women unless they marry in. Great grandma had dwarfism I’m 5’4 family members call me tall probably cause I can reach a shelf with a step stool or not.0
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JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless gigantism/pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
To budge weight - you might be building muscles from exercise but losing fat give it time patience is a virtue. Step up exercise see if your eating something that can be changed to be healthier. Your only 18 so just enjoy life hun. Can visit a Dietician or gym ask advice too. Doctors 🥼 ask when your there. If you want to go with your friends go out to eat 1/2 of something you really want to eat then diet like usual after for a few weeks. Learn balance cause your only young once.
Well think you may be making generalisations there.
I'm a 47 year old peri-menopausal 5'2" female and I maintain on 2500-3500 Calories (depends on day, 2500 on my lower activity day, 3500 (sometimes 4000+) on my most active days.
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Crikey firefly! That is a lot of food for a 'shortarse'! I can't get anywhere near that!
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I think you all scared the OP away....0
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Pipsqueak1965 wrote: »Crikey firefly! That is a lot of food for a 'shortarse'! I can't get anywhere near that!
Be more active and you can eat more
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JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
Irrelevant without knowing much about OP. Plenty females need 2700- 3k per day just to maintain
My maintaining calories would be 2,500 so I can attest to it.
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Well, first, congrats on recognizing an unhealthy pattern and deciding to fix it. That's a huge accomplishment in and of itself.
Without knowing more, I'm not sure I have anything of substance to offer that hasn't been said, but the best advice I've ever gotten when it comes to food and my relationship is this-- Eat when you're hungry, and when you eat, be mindful. At 1,000 calories, it's got to be hard to really be nourishing yourself. People can burn 1,000+ calories a day just by existing.
Food is fuel. Fuel yourself and try not to worry about problems that haven't arisen yet, like what your metabolism might do. I know that is easier said than done, but definitely start by giving yourself some grace (and some more calories!) and I'm willing to bet you'll be just fine. If not, we are here to help.0 -
JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless gigantism/pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain
To budge weight - you might be building muscles from exercise but losing fat give it time patience is a virtue. Step up exercise see if your eating something that can be changed to be healthier. Your only 18 so just enjoy life hun. Can visit a Dietician or gym ask advice too. Doctors 🥼 ask when your there. If you want to go with your friends go out to eat 1/2 of something you really want to eat then diet like usual after for a few weeks. Learn balance cause your only young once.
Well think you may be making generalisations there.
I'm a 47 year old peri-menopausal 5'2" female and I maintain on 2500-3500 Calories (depends on day, 2500 on my lower activity day, 3500 (sometimes 4000+) on my most active days.
Wow I’m amazed. How can you eat that many calories! That’s how I gained my weight. Even if I exercised for 2 hours a day, I couldn’t eat that many calories. Good for you!1 -
JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »My goodness your tall one. That’s definitely going to show on the calculator for you.My family is short women unless they marry in. Great grandma had dwarfism I’m 5’4 family members call me tall probably cause I can reach a shelf with a step stool or not.
I'm 5'4" and perimenopausal and not especially active and need more than 2000 to maintain.
And discouraging someone in anorexia recovery who is trying to gain weight from consuming 2500 cals is not especially responsible. Particularly when you do it in a way that suggests you're coming from a position of greater wisdom and knowledge ("Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless gigantism/pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.") <== Also, those aren't the universal truths you make them out to be. Rather than assuming a woman must suffer from "gigantism" to be outside your parameters, it would be more realistic to say your parameters are only true for women who are both shorter than average and exceedingly sedentary.
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