weightloss help

raerw3

hi so I'm 5'7 and roughly 155lbs. I've been trying to get down to 120 since May but changed my goal to 130 for something more realistic I guess. I did pretty good eating 1200 calories a day (still my goal now) and got to about 145 and gained almost all of it bsck (started at 160). I recently was thinking and I need to get in shape so I don't get winded from running for even a minute and so I can look in the mirror without feeling ashamed. over summer, I had band camp. marching and playing woodwind 12h a day which the app said I'd burn like 1500-2000 calories a day and I drank like 2 gallons of water every day of it (lasted 2 weeks), I weighed myself before and after. before: 145 after: 150. this happened to most of my friends to. when I got home I'd eat dinner and go to bed and idk what went wrong. I need help please. what can I do??

DFW_Tom

What you can do is educate yourself about nutrition and weight loss that last. A good place to start is to read:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300319/most-helpful-posts-health-and-weight-loss-must-reads#latest

spiriteagle99

Most likely, the weight gain was just water. If you were marching outside in the sun, sweating heavily and drinking gallons of water to make up, your body was probably holding on to water to keep from being dehydrated. Your body also held on to water to repair muscle that was strained by unaccustomed exercise. If they fed you at camp, you were probably eating a lot of carbs. Carbs take water to digest properly, which can also cause a temporary weight gain. Give it a week or two and see whether your body drops the water weight.

cmriverside

Yeah, what spiriteagle said. Also, travel and heat cause water retention and your time of the month can affect it too. Lots of things could be happening at one time.

120 would be really low, and I don't think you'd really be able to maintain that. How about shooting for mid-range in your BMI, so more like 135-140. You'll look good and it will be easier to keep up while still allowing food.

1200 is way too low. Shoot for 1600-1700 PLUS 200-400 more on days you exercise (like band practice.)

AnnPT77

What the women above said: It's probably water retention. Water retention is part of how a healthy body keeps itself healthy, so don't try to defeat that, or let it defeat you. Wait it out.

raerw3 wrote: »

hi so I'm 5'7 and roughly 155lbs. I've been trying to get down to 120 since May but changed my goal to 130 for something more realistic I guess. I did pretty good eating 1200 calories a day (still my goal now) and got to about 145 and gained almost all of it bsck (started at 160). I recently was thinking and I need to get in shape so I don't get winded from running for even a minute and so I can look in the mirror without feeling ashamed. over summer, I had band camp. marching and playing woodwind 12h a day which the app said I'd burn like 1500-2000 calories a day and I drank like 2 gallons of water every day of it (lasted 2 weeks), I weighed myself before and after. before: 145 after: 150. this happened to most of my friends to. when I got home I'd eat dinner and go to bed and idk what went wrong. I need help please. what can I do??

Getting in shape is a great thing. Basing your self worth on how you look in the mirror is not even remotely a good thing. You are more than your looks - much more.

I'm thinking you're quite young, given the band camp remark (maybe even too young to be here, since the site's rules say you have to be 18, minimum). It's completely normal to be self-conscious in various ways. We all are (or were). But this is a time in your life when you begin to set the patterns for adulthood. You have choices about what those patterns will be.

Be proud of your woodwind accomplishments. Be proud of working hard on your academics. Sure, get started on a healthy, sensible workout routine. Be kind and compassionate to others (and to yourself!). Those are positive patterns.

I know, I'm just some old person saying out of touch stuff here, but you will look back on this time when you're young, achieving good things, but weighing maybe 15-ish or so pounds more than you prefer, and that future self will realize how beautiful you are now - looking at your total self, including (believe it or not) your appearance. She - your future self - will wish you could've realized that now.

Don't set a pattern for your adulthood where you're critical of your body, ashamed of every tiny flaw that only you (and maybe a few insecure mean girls) see. Set a pattern when you love yourself enough to make sensible plans for improved strength, health, and other accomplishments, and be proud of how persistently you work at achieving them, and the success that that work brings.

End of internet granny rant. (But I'm right. :flowerforyou:)