How did you unlearn diet culture?

ExistingFish

Lillymoo01 wrote: »

georgieamber2 wrote: »

1,200 calories is the recommended for a 5 year old... that’s obviously not sustainable long term. Everything in moderation. People so say keto / paleo / plant based works, it all works because you’re in a calorie deficit!

Move more, but in ways you enjoy. Join a running group, a dance class, yoga group, CrossFit, but do it because you want to for you. Don’t kill yourself doing an exercise you hate, that just makes you not want to do it ever again. Have one glass of wine instead of 3 with friends, or make them spritzers, or have spirits and slim line tonics, or have a beer and just enjoy yourself.

It’s like shopping. Some days you spend loads of money (probably on the weekend) whilst other days you might not spend anything at all. Sometimes you’ll overeat, but be mindful and make it up in other areas. x

This is very much incorrect. At 4'11 and within a healthy weight range, my NEAT is only around 1,300 at sedentary. This means that 1,200 would have me losing weight very, very slowly! At 5'2 1,200 still would not be an unhealthy amount to eat for a slow and steady loss but she should be eating back at least half of those exercise calories so she is not hungry all the time.

I have a 6 and 8 year old, I think the recommendation is more like 1400-1500 for growing kids. But children are GROWING exponentially. My 8 year old put on 8lbs in the past 6 months (I hear kids grown a lot more in the spring/summer). That was like ~17% body weight increase! He's still thin as a beanpole, I don't know where he put it.

Anyway, being shorter than the OP, 1200 is not unhealthy for a sedentary person. But if you move your body at all, you have to account for those calories. I'm 5'0" and the lowest calorie level I have ever eaten at was 1450.

I don't know what you mean about "unlearn diet culture" - I have never been on a yoyo diet, my "diet" has always been about balance. Moderate carb, moderate fat, moderate protein. I go for a (loose) macro spilt, from 40-30-30 to 35-35-30 (c/f/p). I have never felt severely restricted. Some days I choose to eat more calorie dense foods so I have to eat less, but most days I round out my day nicely at 1500 (my current goal, and I eat exercise calories on exercise days).

NoLimitFemme

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