best multivitamin for 19 year old girl?

Fresh fruit and veggies are best, but if you can't afford it, or don't have the time to prepare your food try the gummy adult vitamins. They're convenient, yummy and don't overload you on vitamins (which is a good thing).

I buy these: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Vitafusion-MultiVites-Gummy-Vitamins-150-count/22288718

vegetables

Drink water! It makes a big difference.

I eat veggies!

You can argue it all you want. There are hundreds and hundreds of folks that eat above their BMR, below their TDEE... eat whatever they want, and still lose weight.

I eat veggies and take a multivitamin too. You've lost 30 lbs because you're under-eating. It isn't my opinion, it's science. You will lose if you eat at a proper caloric deficit. Right now, you're likely eating at much too large of a deficit.

That whole "I'm sleepy and run down" thing is your body saying "FEED ME MOAR OF TEH FOODS" and has nothing to do with a multivitamin. Take some time, hit up google. Read about your basal metabolic rate. Understand that your body is burning calories all the time... while you eat, sleep, feed your cat, poop, whatever. That amount isn't going to change.

THEN!

...and this is where it gets awesomesauce....


understand that you're burning MORE delicious calories when you work out. Since you say you're walking all of the time and working out 5 days per week, your metabolism is a kickin' chicken.

you have to feed your body to make sure it's running efficiently. putting two tablespoons of fuel in a car isn't going to keep it running without sputtering...

right now, this very instant... the fact that you're looking for something to give you more energy? Bingo. You're sputtering.

Dear lord, I have to agree, you're likely tired because you don't have enough fuel. I'd hardly consider what you are eating a 'normal amount' for a tall woman. I'm shorter and lighter and eat more then you and I'm still losing. If you think you were eating less then your calculated energy expenditure before and gaining weight, then I would try thinking about it again. You probably weren't calculating calories, or you were doing it wrong and are currently doing it wrong. Or you have a serious medical condition that should be looked after.

They're so delicious.

If you're walking 2 miles every day AND exercising 5 days per week on top of that, by the looks of your diary.. you're not eating enough. That'd certainly have a hand in feeling run down.

Vitamins will only do so much, more nutrient-dense calories will work wonders.

Here, I ran your numbers for you:

:flowerforyou: What a lovely thing to do!

Science wins every time.

I know right? I don't have the patience or kindness or care enough to do things like that anymore for people who will get defencive despite not being educated on the topic and take months to realize what they are doing to themselves. I hope the op realizes they had to go to do some math in their head, realize those numbers were to low, realized the problems that can occur from that, cared enough to open a browser find the website get their numbers to punch in, submit her info, get a screen cap, open a program to paste and save it in, resize/crop, go to a website to upload it, get the link, write her a message and post it here. Much appreciated even though I was not the one who needed it.

:flowerforyou: What a lovely thing to do!

Science wins every time.

I know right? I don't have the patience or kindness or care enough to do things like that anymore for people who will get defencive despite not being educated on the topic and take months to realize what they are doing to themselves. I hope the op realizes they had to go to do some math in their head, realize those numbers were to low, realized the problems that can occur from that, cared enough to open a browser find the website get their numbers to punch in, submit her info, get a screen cap, open a program to paste and save it in, resize/crop, go to a website to upload it, get the link, write her a message and post it here. Much appreciated even though I was not the one who needed it.

Agreed! OP, at your age--and for many years afterwards--I was impatient about weight loss. The only way I knew how to do it was to eat far too little, drop weight too quickly for as long as I could stand to do it, then gain it all back (plus) when I went back to eating "normally." The only thing that kept me at a healthy weight during the few years of my adult life that I actually was at one was lots and lots of activity.

I was well into my 40s before I learned that I could lose weight, and maintain weight loss, by keeping track of everything and eating at a relatively small deficit (250-500 under maintenance). It takes longer. It does. But it's more comfortable, so you can do it for longer without feeling deprived. And when you step up to maintenance, you don't feel lost about how much to eat or need to make any radical changes, because you're only increasing your calories by a few hundred. It's a process by which you really learn how much your body needs to eat.

I wish someone had explained this all to me when I was 19. I wouldn't have spent most of my adult life fat.

Not to mention the metabolism will not be as suppressed which is why many yo yo dieters gain the weight back. Not because they don't have any self control, but because eating less can cause weight gain in a suppressed metabolism so the weight is easily gained back. And without a solid weight training program, significant muscle mass can be lost which also slows the metabolism so maintenence even after you gain some weight back and your metabolism increases will be less then it could be and you would ve a whole oot less firmer then what you could be

I eat veggies!

You can argue it all you want. There are hundreds and hundreds of folks that eat above their BMR, below their TDEE... eat whatever they want, and still lose weight.

I eat veggies and take a multivitamin too. You've lost 30 lbs because you're under-eating. It isn't my opinion, it's science. You will lose if you eat at a proper caloric deficit. Right now, you're likely eating at much too large of a deficit.

That whole "I'm sleepy and run down" thing is your body saying "FEED ME MOAR OF TEH FOODS" and has nothing to do with a multivitamin. Take some time, hit up google. Read about your basal metabolic rate. Understand that your body is burning calories all the time... while you eat, sleep, feed your cat, poop, whatever. That amount isn't going to change.

THEN!

...and this is where it gets awesomesauce....


understand that you're burning MORE delicious calories when you work out. Since you say you're walking all of the time and working out 5 days per week, your metabolism is a kickin' chicken.

you have to feed your body to make sure it's running efficiently. putting two tablespoons of fuel in a car isn't going to keep it running without sputtering...

right now, this very instant... the fact that you're looking for something to give you more energy? Bingo. You're sputtering.

I haven't been posting much but man...you are quickly becoming my favorite poster....

This is 1000% correct.

OP:

if you are afraid to jump up the calories that much then go up bit by bit. Why don't you go up to 2000 and see what your weight does. If I were you I'd try to find neutral. Find the calorie amount that maintains your weight (katch mccardle is great for that which was pointed out already).

Eat some more...you need it. Nobody is saying go to taco bell and have three 4,000 calorie meals a day. But just increase yoru calories. Your energy will come back and it will probably be good to see what your new "baseline" calories are. I'd find your baseline and stay there a few weeks. You will find your energy skyrockets and you won't gain weight. Then if you want you can subtract 10-15% of your calories to get into a deficit.

Please eat more. Trog knows what he's talking about.

Eat More ™ - that's how you are going to lose weight and feel better. At 19, you shouldn't be tired! If you are, you need to eat.

How do you expect the car to get to the next state with 1/4 tank of gas???


That's it. Just eat. I don't know how else to say it. At a minimum you should be at around 2000.

This. Think of your body like a furnace. IF you don't give it enough fuel, how is it going to burn strong?

I'd say undereating is the reason you feel sluggish. I did it for a long time, lost lots of weight and gained it back. The first few weeks I tried to "eat MORE" sucked but once my body adjusted, I started losing fat instead of lean muscle and water.