If you see this help. Idk what to do

Yeah, you'll gain weight that way since you are essentially starving yourself.

Eat!

Yeah, you'll gain weight that way since you are essentially starving yourself.

NO. You don't gain weight by not eating. :laugh:

Bur she does need to eat a lot more. Like some fruit and veggies and dairy and grains and meat. About 1800 calories worth.

Find out your maintenance and eat under that number. FYI the number MFP gives you is not your maintenance, it is a number with a built in deficit already so it is already below your maintenance.

Well the reason why I joined was bc at first I wanted to do it healthy...but then I thought what would happen if I just didn't eat at al..

uh. You would die.

Maybe not soon.


Your mind will start to play tricks on you - "eat nothing, you'll be skinny.," then your hair and nails and skin will suffer. First your hair will start falling out...then your skin will crack on your fingertips. Then your nails will start to flake and break.

All this time, your muscles will be being broken down for fuel to keep you alive. You know what is made of muscle? Your heart.

Please just eat.

Okay, now have a small meal (400-500cals) and log it! Plan for your meals tomorrow...maybe about 1800cals? Get some exercise, too.

Well if you don't eat at all we all know what happens. You start feeling really lousy and if you keep at it eventually you'd die. But That's an extreme. Sounds to me like you're in a not so good place. Just take it easy for starters. You didn't gain all this weight overnight and you won't lose it overnight.

The "change everything at once " approach doesn't work for everyone, and it can be pretty overwhelming. Why don't you Google tdee calculator, I use the scooby one. Enter your stats and how much you plan to exercise. It will give you a number of calories to eat per day, maybe base it on tdee minus 15% in the beginning. Tdee is a number that indicates how much energy your body expends in a day including your exercise, so the calculator will lower that for you by 15% to create the deficit you need to lose weight. I strongly recommend you do exercise, mainly strength training. With pure diet you can achieve fat loss, But you'd be losing muscle as Well and when you are at your target weight, your body would be still flabby. With strength training you're helping preserve muscle and will achieve a leaner look.

, take measurements and keep a photo diary, even if private. Scales lie But inches and visuals don't. Don't expect everything to change immediately. Always give new calorie goal or new exercise regime at least 4 weeks before evaluating how it works for you.

Log all the food you eat and fluids you take in. Use a digital scale, they are cheap and so worth the money. In the first weeks of new regime you may see a small weight gain, which would be from water retention caused by regime change. Don't be put off, it will go away.

Most importantly, see this as a lifestyle change and not a temporary "diet". The changes that you make must be sustainable for you long term, so that you don't gain your weight back. So don't go to extremes. Stick to your calories, try to eat a lot of protein (for muscle preservation) and don't overthink it. This is a positive change you're making so get excited and don't stress. we're here to help.