How's my diet journal?

You also seem to be drinking too much water. Stick to 8-10 glasses per day. You are eating so little that with that amount of water flushing through your system you will be washing out essential nutrients before they have time to be absorbed

Almonds are high in fat though right? That's not so good I thought

Yep. They are. Nothing wrong with that, though. Fat's good for you - seriously, the whole "fat is evil" and "fat will make you fat" BS was killed years ago.
Don't overanalyse these things, dude. Just eat. It's fun.

My question is, assuming your picture is current, why are you trying to lose 25 pounds?

Myfitnesspal gave me the calorie estimate so I think I'll trust it I was eating way less before like 250-500 calories so it can't get any worse eh?

...wut?

Yeah... It can get worse, actually. Why do I think this? Let's see.

I notice you snack a lot. Particularly on gum. I'm pretty sure the reason for this is because you're starving yourself, and your body is screaming for food. One day you're probably gonna end up going normally with your "diet", as usual, and then you'll snap and eat everything in sight. A binge. Odds are - if you have an ED, which I'm now starting to suspect you do (logging gum cals/having previously eaten so little/setting your current cal goal to be that of someone half your height and weight) - you'll end up purging too. Or you'll restrict and not eat for a week. And then it'll happen all over again.
You don't want that. Trust me.

Sure, I might be pushing it here, but I've got a friend who suffers from ED, and believe me - it's not worth it. Just eat. There's no profit in being skinny, take my word on it. You look gaunt enough; you'll be all bones, no muscle at 130lbs.
I'm also gonna guess you've lost alot of weight recently, perhaps because you felt bad about yourself before? Just another guess. But you need to stop now. Before it becomes obsessive, and before it takes over your life.

Part of the problem with thinking you won't binge is when you are forcing yourself on such a low calorie goal is that your body can override you and actually *make* you eat. People forget that we are, at our cores, biological MACHINES programmed with a viscous self-preservation instinct. Starve yourself long enough and your body will fight back. And if it wins - that means binging, which means reliving the spiral of self-hate all over again. If you win, that means not eating - and gone on long enough, it WILL kill you.

Your admittance of eating under 300 calories a day points to an eating disorder. Your wish to be an unhealthily low weight points to an eating disorder. You will find that while the members here at MFP are more than happy to help you with healthy goals, they've seen enough sickness in their time here to be able to pick up on when someone is NOT being healthy.

I get your concerns about gaining weight back... that's every former-fatty's biggest fear, but you need to listen to some of these folks (who are giving you some really sound advice). You could wind up harming your body in irreparable ways if you don't start making smarter decisions.

1) I get that sometimes you're just not hungry. Thats ok. But you're not eating enough. Solution: eat foods that are more nutrient rich and focus less on "low cal". For instance. Add a cup of regular plain yogurt to your breakfast (not lowfat). This will add some great variety to your diet without filling you...

2) Also, you need to increase your fiber intake... fresh is best. More fresh fruit. Rather than popping a piece of gum into your mouth, try eating a piece of fruit or a carrot. These are two options that are still quite low in calories, but have the vitamins and fiber that your diet is currently lacking.

3) Finally, you need to lower your sodium levels. They are quite high in when averaged out agains the rest of your caloric intake.


I suspect you anticipated we would react this way. Knowing the sort of general advice that goes down on MFP, you probably knew that you'd have two dozen posts telling you "dude, you're skinny! eat more!!"... I'm not sure why you need to hear that, but I second what others have said: if you are serious about living a healthy lifestyle, you need to make an appointment with a nutritionist/dr and get some professional counsel.

:flowerforyou:

You need to eat more. You don't have a lot of weight to lose, set your goals to either 0.5lb or 1lb/week, and eat all your calories.

Other than increasing quantity, it's looking okay - protein and veggies. But yeah, eat more.

^^^ THIS EAT MORE

Myfitnesspal gave me the calorie estimate so I think I'll trust it I was eating way less before like 250-500 calories so it can't get any worse eh?

Alright, stepping in here.
250 Calories a day? That, my dear boy is disordered eating. and NOT healthy. You need to seek professional help or consult a DR about nutrition and the right kind of diet for you.

How have you not died yet? Seriously? If you want to be incredibly thin, fine. You could even eat 1,500 and lose weight for heavens sake!