Crash Diet :(

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    You're a guy, 5 ft. 8 and 130 pounds? That means you are underweight. http://www.healthchecksystems.com/heightweightchart.htm

    Sure, upping calories is the solution, but as I said upstream, you need to speak with a professional because it sounds like you have an eating disorder. Crash dieting to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time then maxing out on cardio to stay there is not a sign of a healthy diet and exercise plan.
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    You're 5'8" and 130 lbs. you're having trouble maintaining because you're underweight.

    I agree, as others have - I am 5ft 3in and 130 is around the goal weight for me, and I feel like it's the low end for my height.

    that is a BMI of 23, thus not really the low end for your height, given healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 25

    Someone of 5'8 is considered to have a healthy BMI between the weights of 121.7 and 164.4, depending on build, of course. Thus the OP, with a BMI of 19.8 is definitely not underweight.

    Just because it fits a Healthy BMI does not mean it's Healthy.

    BMI is a silly measurement to base on a individual level
  • formerfatboy1
    formerfatboy1 Posts: 76 Member
    I crashed diet for 18 months straight with more thanks recommended cardio and weight lifting. Went from 289.6 to 156.0 and couldn't shed anymore fat when o found out you can damage your metabolism like this so after 18 months of this I slowly went all the way back up to 2,200 Cal's a day and switched to low intensity cardio with Heavy lifting and slowly came back down to around 1700-1500 Cal's a day with Carb timing cause of my body type (endomorph) and got even leaner.
  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    You just don't weigh enough. You don't have fat reserves to draw on and you're exercising more than your body has reserves to feed.

    Actually, although people tend to regain after crash diets (as you obviously know), that is not inevitable. Try the basics. Add your current statistics into MFP. Set for maintenance. Log all your food AND EXERCISE. Eat what MFP tells you to - including your exercise calories. And make sure you're drinking enough and eating a healthy balanced diet.

    You're asking your body to do too much with too few resources. It is sensibly telling you that it can't do it.

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