Maintaining weight?

Ashiieepuff

I started off almost exactly a year ago at roughly 160, and feeling very unhealthy (I'm 5'3). I carried a lot of my weight in my boobs, arms and face, and only some in my stomach with regular-sized legs. After dieting and following MFP I dropped to 117. My original goal was to be anywhere from 110-115, but i feel stick thin and all this extreme monitoring has honestly given me some unhealthy, obsessive thoughts that i sometimes feel im borderlining a casual eating disorder (my dad made dinner for the family the other night and i literally got upset and irritable that there was butter on the broccoli and breadcrumbs on the chicken. that was a little bit of a wakeup call) I changed my goals and my profile is now telling me to eat roughly 1600 calories a day to maintain my weight. I feel that a sudden jump like that is a little too much at once. will I gain a quick few pounds by the sudden influx of calories, or will the almost 400 calorie difference be just enough to maintain my weight?

I guess I'm not that worried. I miss my boobs and I won't mind another five pounds or so. I'm now a 34C (it's been so long since I've worn anything other than a D). And I do feel I've developed healthy eating habits that I will continue. I don't want to feel guilty about eating or indulging myself though. But this system does work for me and I suppose that if I ever feel like im exceeding my comfortable weight zone I can just restrict myself to 1200 once again.


I feel like im rambling, I guess since I don't really have any set goals or deadlines anymore I'm kinda lost. Any feedback or similar situations?

prokomds

It sounds a bit like you're obsessing unhealthily over your weight? Honestly, I would try to hit your 1600 goal for a few weeks/months and put the scale away for awhile. If you put on a couple pounds, you'll still be at a healthy weight, no question, so why weigh yourself?

And realistically, at 5'3", I seriously doubt 1600 is enough for you to put on weight. You might fluctuate for a few weeks because your body is adjusting to the new routine, but that's kind of the case any time you change things up.

There's kind of a subtle line between tracking yourself and your eating/weight/etc and obsessing over it in an unhealthy fashion, you know? Find ways to enjoy eating up to your goal, and maybe work on staying busy/active so that you spend less time sitting around thinking about calories. If you can't seem to stop worrying about it, maybe talk to a pro. We're all amateurs here

Take care of yourself!