OMG Everything I know is wrong!

Everyone thinks they are experts that know more than the actual experts.

I don't think I'm an expert, I just think there is always an opportunity to learn, and I've learned a lot from people right here on MFP who know what they are talking about. It should be hard to disregard actual science when arguing that eating more calories will help you lose weight, but we've seen today that people like to do just that. Keep an open mind and try to glean something from people who have done the research and know the truth.

Ah, the University of MFP! People who 'know what they are talking about.' Yep, they've done the research and know the truth. Scientists--all of them--reiterating the same old theories, the same old 'math.' Take your own advice and keep an open mind!

I have been on MFP for over 3 years and initially lost 77 pounds FAST! But I have been stuck for 2 years of gaining and losing the same 10-15! I thought I had a health issue so I saw my Dr. she ran every test in the book and said I was healthy but decided to send me to a nutritionist because of my symptoms. I met with the sports nutritionist and man oh man was I wrong about what I thought my body needed! She looked at my MFP food and exercise diaries and then told me I was eating the calories of a 90 year old grandma and no wonder I can't lose weight. With the running Mileage I do a week alone I should be eating 3100 calories a day and 75 percent carbs! Not to mention the other exercise! I was floored I am still having a hard time believing her but an 8 year degree in sports nutrition can't be wrong. She explained that I am no longer the 270+ pound girl that started, I am a marathon runner and an athlete now and if i dont eat like one my body will fight back. I will be using MFP to help me up my calories and get my carbs in but I think I am finally ready to transition to the athlete I am! I just wanted to post this just in case there is anyone else that is facing the same problem of not losing.

Whoa. I'm getting a headache from reading ignorant posts about Ethiopians losing weight. Since when did watching an infomercial on world hunger make anyone an expert on sports nutrition? I just can't....

Good for you for caring enough about yourself and your body to not only visit a nutritionist, but fully embrace the hard truths you were dealt. That takes way more strength than sitting behind a keyboard and spitting bull**** from the mouth, as some people have chosen to do.

SO proud of you B! You've continued pushing through every hurdle you've faced. I have no doubt that you'll overcome this one as well.

And to the rest....try to remember that the MFP forums are supposed to be a place of SUPPORT, not criticism and a know it all attitude.

I am sensitive to tone, and I think the responses to OP have been respectful. OP, it's great that you posted to help others. The people who are responding to you are also trying to help others. While it may or may not be true for you that your problem is undereating, this isn't going to the be problem for most people. You raised a topic on a discussion forum, so people are discussing it. I don't think anyone is harassing you. Of course you can follow the advice of your professional, and it won't affect any of us here at all. But you posted an idea that is contrary to what most believe, so it will be discussed and debated.

If you do lose weight working with your dietitian, that's what matters. I would personally be skeptical that it truly came from eating more and not some other variation from now or then that would be impossible to track without making you live in a lab, but it really doesn't matter. If you lose weight increasing your calories, you should obviously continue to do so, regardless of the reason. I would think it was reliability rather than validity, but my opinion wouldn't matter in the slightest in your actual life.

This is making me think of that youtube video where those people drank that creepy water though.

I don't understand OP's multiple posts, yet refusal to answer simple questions like do you weigh your food, etc. Those questioning her logging very well could have just walked away, but hey, just a few days ago I was claiming that shady sounding information is usually scutinized around here; please don't make me wrong!

On the other hand though, aren't people routinely advised to avoid eating below their BMR? Maybe we don't have peer reviewed studies, but there seem to be enough posts about hair falling out, lethargy, etc from eating too little with a very high activity level. I don't know about quadrupling food intake, but eat at least your BMR has been said once or twice around here, no ?

Now for some random math, Running 25 miles a week = 2500 calories extra, let's say 3000 for OP since she's 187 lbs. That's about 430 extra daily calories per day from running. Some of the other stuff should at least throw on an extra 300 calories per day. Assuming she's not eating back exercise calories on top of that, I think I agree with those who say 2100 calories shouldn't hurt

But how would she know when she hits 2100? Still have to measure, right? Just Can't get around accurate logging and that pesky little food scale