EAT GIRLS! EAT!!!!!!

RobynMWilson
RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!
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  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    Yeah!
  • originalcookiemonster
    originalcookiemonster Posts: 278
    I think you are correct on both accounts probably. The world is sure big enough for all of them!

    AND HELL YEAHHHH!!!! 2200 calories to maintain!!! And lost weight on 1850 so don't tell me eating is unsuccessful. :D
  • RobynMWilson
    RobynMWilson Posts: 1,540 Member
    I think you are correct on both accounts probably. The world is sure big enough for all of them!

    AND HELL YEAHHHH!!!! 2200 calories to maintain!!! And lost weight on 1850 so don't tell me eating is unsuccessful. :D

    you got it girl!! ;)
  • SteAnnMui
    SteAnnMui Posts: 129 Member
    I agree, even though I'm a bad example! I aim ffor 1500 on non workout days and 1800 on workout days. I have trouble meeting that with all the veggies I eat though, as they are low calorie.

    Especially when I'm strength training, I need to pump it up to build that muscle!
  • vsetter
    vsetter Posts: 558 Member
    I completely agree. The problem is that every weight loss system (WW, Jenny Craig, Nutrasystem, MFP, and so on), puts calories at a low level for weight loss. Over my time, I have checked into a few of these and tried a few too. Every single one of them puts me at 1200 calories for weight loss (and that is not even a 1 pound loss per week). Mentally, you figure that if 1200 will get you 1/2 pound per week, well....what would 900 calories do??? I've been there.

    BUT --- I am now at 1700 calories, just about to bump up to 1800. I'm gaining muscle, do not feel deprived in my diet, rarely have a "bad" diet day, and best of all.....I am losing body fat. I love it!

    I won't ever go back to 1200! Eat girls!!!
  • fizzletto
    fizzletto Posts: 252 Member
    (I'm talking about NET calories in this post)

    I find that if I have 1,200 a day, I do lose weight, but quite slowly. If I eat 1400ish, I lose weight consistently and more quickly. If I eat 1600, I maintain. If I eat 1700 I gain. Have tried this for extended periods of time. So don't try and tell me to eat more!
  • gingerveg
    gingerveg Posts: 748 Member
    (I'm talking about NET calories in this post)

    I find that if I have 1,200 a day, I do lose weight, but quite slowly. If I eat 1400ish, I lose weight consistently and more quickly. If I eat 1600, I maintain. If I eat 1700 I gain. Have tried this for extended periods of time. So don't try and tell me to eat more!
    I am starting to think this is me too. I net 1400 now. OP my BMR is just a wee over 1200 so we are all different. If I ate 2000 I'm fairly certain I'd blow up unless of course I earned those extra cals through working out. But I get the sentiment here I am eating more than I thought I could and still losing so it's good to play with the numbers for a while.
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
    Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

    EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!

    i agree
  • glitteredgrave
    glitteredgrave Posts: 194 Member
    omg feeling deprived for me is the worst feeling ever. idk how some people manage to do it.
  • IronDame
    IronDame Posts: 275
    :flowerforyou:

    It truly is sad what these people do to their bodies.
  • sgmomma
    sgmomma Posts: 299 Member
    I'm a grouchy tired straving person at 1200...I'm 5'2 and down to 148...eating at 1850
  • Lindseyelizabeth87
    Lindseyelizabeth87 Posts: 151 Member
    I started out here doing 1200, but have slowly learned that more is better for me. Aiming for about 1500 now!
    It's too bad starting out here 1200 seems like a good idea. :/
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
    swallow* swallow*
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    But I don't want to eat girls... I am not into cannibalism.
  • msaestein1
    msaestein1 Posts: 264 Member
    (I'm talking about NET calories in this post)

    I find that if I have 1,200 a day, I do lose weight, but quite slowly. If I eat 1400ish, I lose weight consistently and more quickly. If I eat 1600, I maintain. If I eat 1700 I gain. Have tried this for extended periods of time. So don't try and tell me to eat more!

    Your numbers are healthy. I don't think she is referring to you. I net about 1500 right now.
  • TdaniT
    TdaniT Posts: 331 Member
    Okay so this site tells me my goal calorie intake is 1420. I find it very hard to stay under that. I have been losing 1 pound per week for the last three weeks so something is working. I am having a big issue with eating "right". Any suggestions?
  • CJ_Holmes
    CJ_Holmes Posts: 759 Member
    Perfect!:laugh:
  • IvyWhispers
    IvyWhispers Posts: 51 Member
    I don't really count the calories....I eat healthily, protein, vegetables and fruit

    and I eat what I need to eat to feel full

    sometimes its nearly 2000 calories sometimes it would probably come out just over 1200

    but I never feel deprived
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Okay so this site tells me my goal calorie intake is 1420. I find it very hard to stay under that. I have been losing 1 pound per week for the last three weeks so something is working. I am having a big issue with eating "right". Any suggestions?

    That is a fine intake if you are not exercising. If you are exercising, log it and you'll notice the allowed calories goes up.

    For 1 pound a week weight loss, you need a 500 calorie deficit. You can achieve that through exercise, diet, or a combination of both.

    You could eat 100,000 calories a day and lose weight if you are spending 100,500 calories a day.

    Problem many "girls" (I'd argue guys too) encounter is they see weight loss being just calories in versus out. So, they eat 100 calories only and run on a treadmill for 6 hours non-stop. This makes their bodies fight tooth and nail eventually to protect itself.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Okay so this site tells me my goal calorie intake is 1420. I find it very hard to stay under that. I have been losing 1 pound per week for the last three weeks so something is working. I am having a big issue with eating "right". Any suggestions?

    You are not trying to stay under it. You are trying to eat 1420 PLUS exercise calories it gives you when you log your workouts. Is your food diary open? I suggest you start a topic of your own and have your diary open so that people can give you suggestions on your food.
  • uahorsegirl
    uahorsegirl Posts: 15 Member
    Great post and responses. I was on WW for 1.5 years and plateaud after losing 20#. I started back with MFP in August and it had me at 1360 per day. I tried that and some days went over but didn't really lose anything. So I started reading and decided to up my calories to 1600. I've been there for almost two weeks and trying to eat healthy and not the processed (which I'd been doing). The calculations I've done say my BMR is about 1600 and my TDEE is about 1900 (i think, I don't have my paperwork with me). So I am trying this to get off the plateau. But i am thankful I haven't gained the 20# back. :-)
  • TheRealParisLove
    TheRealParisLove Posts: 1,907 Member
    I thought this was going to be about that cop who wanted to cook and eat a girl for Thanksgiving!
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    EVERYBODY PANIC
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    Tell it like it is! I hate looking on someones diary and seeing them eat half of what is recommended. Yea, the "1200 calorie" diet seems like the way to lose weight, but if you're below what your body needs to survive in just a coma, you're in starvation mode storing up more fat so that one day you do eat your calories, BOOM, fat. It's just making smart choices in the foods you choose to fill that calorie need!
  • NCchar130
    NCchar130 Posts: 955 Member
    Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

    EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!

    AGREED!! I went down that road about 12 years ago and the aftermath was not pretty! Which is why I'm doing it all over the right way at 33 years old.

    Seems like a huge uptick in the number of little girls on here with their 600 cal/day diets asking for feedback then slapping it down when urged to "eat more" and also "get help already!" And I get that too, since I've been there and done that. Sigh. Guess some of us have to learn the hard way.
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    I had to delete a girl who ate no more than 500 cals a day and said she wants 0% BF --- uh really!?!?!? You can get that when you are DEAD!

    I truly wish girls would not starve themselves.............
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Girls are yummy!!!
  • caseysexton5
    caseysexton5 Posts: 27 Member
    Ok so... I would LOVE to be able to eat 2,000 calories a day. I recently switched to the 1,200 calories a day plan and it's been super freaking miserable. If you look at my diary you'll see I was awesome for about 5 days, and since thanksgiving I've been on a binge. I feel like I'm a mentally stable and bright individual, but there is something I'm missing when it comes to this whole dieting thing. How are you able to eat that much and not gain? I know a lot of women that lift weights eat a lot more, but I'm a stay at home Mom and don't have time to live at the gym. Any advice????
  • Snikkee
    Snikkee Posts: 295 Member
    Either there's an awful lot of starving young girls on here or they are all lying on their food diaries...

    EAT GIRLS!!!!!!!!! I'm twice your age, eat twice as much as you, and am smaller than some of you!! Stop the madness! Skinny is NOT where it's at, HEALTHY is! You're messing up your metabolisms and when you get to my age, you will not be able to maintain your weight!!



    I agree to a certain extent... Losing weight is all about experimenting. When I started my journey to a better and healthier lifestyle I was eating upwards of 2200 calories a day and losing about 1-2 lbs a week. I also worked out 3 hours a day.

    I fell off the wagon for a few months, gained all my weight back and then some ( fast food, and sugar )

    When I recently got back on the "wagon" I went back to what I had been doing, but at 2200, or 2000 I was not losing weight while working out 3 plus hours a day. ( besides the gym, I work at home, private preschool and 4k, so besides cleaning, My job is not very "mobile." )

    I started eating about 1700 a day and now I have been losing weight consistantly.

    It is all about what your body needs and wants, sometimes more, sometimes less. Our bodies are hard things to figure out. The main thing is to listen to our body and know its needs, never under eat or over eat is such a vague statement, it is different for each individual person.
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    "For results: Look at your body like a science experiment. Add a stimulus. Measure response. Adjust as needed. One variable at a time." -C.Ballantyne

    Eat more, eat less, work out differently, work out more! Work out less. Eat more protein, eat more fiber, eat fewer carbs, lift weights, run, don't run, blah blah blah

    Try it on yourself and take notes, see what works. One person's tracking of their calories could be way over/under than actual calorie intake. Two people have the same food yet log it differently due to estimations, measurements, portion sizes, etc.

    So all you can possibly get on these forums are generalized advice, and there's no magic one-hit-kill bullet. You're going to have to try it yourself. And take notes. And adjust as needed.

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