should I switch to maintenance

soldodunja2910

I am 5'8 125 I have a pretty small frame so I believe this is good weight for me (not unhealthy), however I am thinking of switching to maintenance now. im worried if I keep eating 1600 im gonna keep losing. Im already a size 4/2 not sure if it would be healthy to be a size 0

AnnPT77

Have you considered asking your doctor (primary care) for his/her perspective?

5'8" and 125 pound is quite slim (BMI 19), but could be OK.

It matters what your body composition is. At 5'8" and BMI 19, I'm pretty willing to guess it isn't likely to be "muscular".

You (no one) can't keep losing and losing, and be healthy, though I understand the temptation, the allure (as a former obese/unhealthy person myself).

At some point, for health, you need to stabilize. Exactly where/when is a function of culture, preference, build, history, health markers, and more.

You're for sure at the low end. Ask your doctor.

P.S. I saw your post on another thread, about weighing yourself several times daily, and (as I understood it) thinking that had to do with your weight as a guide to your fat gain/loss. That's not right. Over the course of a day or few, our scale weight varies mostly for reasons of water retention or food on its way to become waste (urine or poo). Those are big (multi-pound) differences. Fat changes - the thing we really care about - or ought to - are slower.

When I eat an apple, it instantly weighs the same in my stomach/intestines as it did on my plate . . . for up to 50+ hours. An apple in my hand, cored, can weigh about 100 grams. If I eat that apple, that's 100 grams in my stomach, later intestines, etc., until it becomes waste (poo). The 100 gram apple has 52 calories. The most body fat 52 calories can ever be is 0.015 pounds of fat, and it won't be fat at all unless I'm in a calorie surplus. But it adds 100g to my body weight until I urinate/sweat its water content, defecate its fiber. Same deal for drinking water: Drinking a pint (2 cups, 16 fl. oz.) adds a pound to body weight. It's not fat!

Drinking, eating, sweating, peeing, pooping: Fast (instant!) change in body weight. Fat loss/gain, the part we (ought to) really care about: Shows up over weeks, more, playing peek-a-boo with water and food-waste on the scale. Don't be deceived: Watch the multi-week trend. That's where body fat shows up.

My gut feel, for you, says: Go to maintenance now. Talk to your doctor about a healthy body weight. Work on fitness/muscularity.

Don't keep losing, losing, losing: That's a trap.

MadisonMolly2017

Yes.