Common theme - 1200 calorie problems from main forum

turningstar

I didn't really do the 1200 calorie thing either. My problem was burning tons of calories and then forgetting that I was supposed to eat some back! Facepalm!! I try to help people too, but they get so upset and mad at you! I have a friend who is eating less than her R.M.R. now and is trying to do c25k. I keep trying to nudge her in the right direction, but she doesn't seem concerned that she will harm her body. Everyone has to go their own path, I guess.

thriftycupl

I try and steer as many people as I can to the group with all of the great information there. You have helped so many and the rest is really up to them. Thanks for being out there.

gemiwing

I have been trying to help people when I find them too. It worked for me.. I was stuck going back and forth between 9 lbs for the last year and a half and it was super frustrating. I also gained an inch pretty much everywhere which means I lost muscle during that time... The dumb thing is that I weigh 317 lbs so I 'technically' should be able to handle low calories, but it didn't work for me. I about doubled my calorie intake and have finally started to see results and even have lost 2.5 inches off my stomach in the last 2 weeks. Woohoo! :P

I wish more people would listen too because they are doing themselves more harm by not.

This was my experience as well. I was told, by a doctor no less- that it was okay to starve myself long term because I 'have more fuel stored'. Uhm- NO.

Takes fuel to burn fuel. You can't make a bonfire out of one leaf- you need fuel to start the fire- THEN the big logs can go on it. It's very simple but I think larger folks like myself feel we have to punish ourselves for our gain. Mass media supports this kind of mind-freak.

Congrats on your loss!!! That's great progress!