Gaining weight while eating under calorie goal

Having seen the Op's responses to other posts, talking to a brick wall comes to mind.
I am glad others have more patience than I do.
I am surprised that a nurse would not have the common sense to realise she is eating far too little for her needs. It is actually quite scary.

I'm a brick wall but then you insult me? I'm sorry you feel that way. But insulting me isn't productive. I can't control what people post but I've at least tried to be polite. Hopefully you're not this rude to everyone you meet.

I do not see it as insulting. I have read through endless posts where people have told you that you are not eating enough and are not getting enough nutrients and your responses have shown little to no indication of being willing to listen to what those people, that took time to help, said. To me, that, if anything, is rude. And an insult to the time they took to explain things to you. And as a nurse, I think you should know better. Sorry, but that is my view. We have a lot of younger women on here, recovering from EDs, or who are wanting to lose weight. It does not set a very good example when a nurse is thinking netting sub 1200 calories a day is perfectly acceptable.

I've thanked multiple people on multiple posts on here for their input. But to you, I'm to blame for people with EDs who are having issues? How is that even possible?? I think you're projecting here. You posting on here with nothing but negativity and trying to stir the pot smacks of nothing but being a troll. If you have anything constructive to say other than I apparently suck, I'm more than happy to hear it. But telling me I'm a horrible person/nurse who is ruining young womens lives by eating approx 1200 calories a day is not appropriate or constructive. And considering there are doctor supervised liquid diets of 800 calories, I think my paleo 1200 is a lot healthier than those or people eating 1500 calories of junk. I've listened to what everyone has said and looked into what they're saying. Just because I don't immediately believe a stranger on the internet doesn't mean I was being rude.

I always find the word troll rather silly. I never understood it's use, especially when used on someone who is a longterm member and has a good post count under their belt. You only need to go through my post history to see I am not. apart from the fact, staying on a fitness and weightloss forum just to annoy people would seem somewhat of a waste of time, which is already short enough given the limited human lifespan, along with having COPD, lol

I simply found it frustrating that in spite of quite a few people saying you needed to eat more, you were not listening. You do not suck, and that is not what I intended you to think at all. I do not think anyone doing the sort of job you do, could be seen as sucky. But I do honestly think, especially with the job you have, that you need to increase your food intake and follow the advice Heybales has given, who incidentally, gave me advice over a year ago.

Your Paleo 1200 is definitely healthier than 1500 of junk. But similarly, you could be eating 1400-1500 calories of Paleo and still be losing weight, and giving your body more of the stuff it needs. Since everyone seems to have different rules as to how strict they are when following Paleo. there would be no purpose to my advising on food, although I am aware of Paleo as I researched it myself last year. I decided against it, as I do quite well with my dairy and because something like that, as a former anorexic would probably be too restrictive for me.

Anyway, good luck, whatever you decide to do, and apologies if I came across as rude, snappy, abrasive, mean or trollish. My friends on here know the heart that lays behind my words when I get frustrated. They certainly do not come from malice.

Thank you for that, this post is a completely different tone than your others. As a nurse, telling me I'm responsible for other peoples ED pissed me off to no end. As for me not listening to people about the calories, there's a big difference between taking in others information and making my informed decision vs just blindly listening and accepting a strangers advice on the internet. There is so much conflicting information on the internet about weightloss it's hard to know who to listen to. And it seems counter intuitive to eat more to lose weight, especially since everything I have read states that the "starvation mode" is a complete myth along with the whole eating your calories. I don't tend to just accept what I hear at face value, so I've taken in everything people are saying and will look into eating more calories on days I work, but I don't know that it will actually do anything other than slow down my loss. Thank you for your input.