Please be careful with calorie deficits. I had my RMR tested & was shocked how my body responded.
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I personally found your post interesting and useful. I damaged my metabolism due to a year long illness and it's taken me a couple of years to get back to a normal calorie intake. I had to work at it by slowly adding calories and my weight loss slowed several times over the last year.
I seem to be doing fine now as I'm still losing about 1/2 pound every week averaging about 1600 calories/day, working out pretty hard 4 to 5 times per week. At 5'7", still 176 pounds and age 64 I think that's about normal.
Congrats!!! That is awesome. I'm sorry about your illness. I had a surgery this year too and the recovery was discouraging. Glad we are both healed up!
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Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.0 -
girlnamedanne wrote: »girlnamedanne wrote: »simplydelish2 wrote: »I think the issue that most aren't understanding is that when you have a prolonged period (as in years) eating at a larger deficit - that becomes the norm for the body. This becomes more and more true the older you get. We don't all metabolize calories the same way either. Tests for one person aren't going to have the same results as the test for another - even at the same height, weight, age, and calorie restriction.
Personally I love your post and totally understand. Due to dieting almost my entire life - above a 1400 calorie diet and I gain too.
precisely. thank you.
Please link me to the inevitable "mean people" thread you'll create.
That's a terrible presumption. After this, I'm not making any freaking threads. The private messages I'm getting are actually encouraging...and they're pretty much from people who have burned out on forums because they don't like arguing with sarcastic, presumptuous people.
I remember I got a PM from someone giving me props for stating my ground from my very first thread. I just laugh and said that people online cannot do anything besides talk.
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veganbettie wrote: »Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.
One final post since this is a good question...I have had an eating disorder for the last 4 years that I entered into treatment for this year. You're right. It was extremely too low for too long.
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veganbettie wrote: »Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.
That is like asking why I fell off from pic one to pic two on my profile. *kitten* happens it is life and the past.
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maybe off topic but I am curious what that day at Cooper clinic cost. I understand it may be private info and maybe insurance covered it but I wouldnt mind getting these tests done0
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Dave198lbs wrote: »maybe off topic but I am curious what that day at Cooper clinic cost. I understand it may be private info and maybe insurance covered it but I wouldnt mind getting these tests done
I would call the Walker Wellness clinic at cooper and discuss a consultation.
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Dave198lbs wrote: »maybe off topic but I am curious what that day at Cooper clinic cost. I understand it may be private info and maybe insurance covered it but I wouldnt mind getting these tests done
I am already in the works of researching this at a location near me.
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And this is my last post. I'm out. I can't handle the wrath of the internet I suppose. Apologies and good day.
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I live in the DFW area, and I am familiar with the Cooper Clinic. They're reputable, and I would trust their findings.
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girlnamedanne wrote: »Dave198lbs wrote: »maybe off topic but I am curious what that day at Cooper clinic cost. I understand it may be private info and maybe insurance covered it but I wouldnt mind getting these tests done
I would call the Walker Wellness clinic at cooper and discuss a consultation.
thanks. I dont feel I "need" the testing but if it was reasonable I think it would be good info to have. My limited knowledge is that you will be able to readjust your metabolism with patience. Good Luck.0 -
girlnamedanne wrote: »And this is my last post. I'm out. I can't handle the wrath of the internet I suppose. Apologies and good day.
Strange post is strange. I'm guessing you posted this in order to be controversial, and then the horde failed to deliver, and were nothing but polite. Since you had a stockpile of "OMG EVERYONE IS SO MEAN" replies all thought up, you figured you would use them out of context, in a polite thread, just to confuse us.
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I do NOT believe a word of this!0
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So what is your plan to heal? Are you going to slowly add calories, or make a big jump? Would like to know how you'll be using the information you learned. I'm curious because I think I'm probably in much the same position as you.0
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yopeeps025 wrote: »veganbettie wrote: »Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.
That is like asking why I fell off from pic one to pic two on my profile. *kitten* happens it is life and the past.
uh....what?
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girlnamedanne wrote: »And this is my last post. I'm out. I can't handle the wrath of the internet I suppose. Apologies and good day.
Strange post is strange. I'm guessing you posted this in order to be controversial, and then the horde failed to deliver, and were nothing but polite. Since you had a stockpile of "OMG EVERYONE IS SO MEAN" replies all thought up, you figured you would use them out of context, in a polite thread, just to confuse us.
I thought she was just offering her personal experience & the findings as a word of warning to people who may be considering a long term VLCD. I have 2 co-workers doing HCG right now & a friend who swears she never loses at anything above 1,200 calories & can't eat her exercise calories back so I thought it was very interesting.0 -
girlnamedanne wrote: »veganbettie wrote: »Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.
One final post since this is a good question...I have had an eating disorder for the last 4 years that I entered into treatment for this year. You're right. It was extremely too low for too long.
makes sense.. and it would make sense this is why you're struggling now...sorry to hear that. hopefully you can get it all sorted and you'll be tip top in no time.
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veganbettie wrote: »yopeeps025 wrote: »veganbettie wrote: »Why did you have such a low calorie intake for so long? 1200 is pretty low for your height don't you think?
i'm 5;7 and I would want to eat my own shoes at that amount.
That is like asking why I fell off from pic one to pic two on my profile. *kitten* happens it is life and the past.
uh....what?
You asked why she had such a low calorie for years. I was not going to guess ED. You were asking about past problems and my response was why does it matter. She made mistakes and so did I. We learn from them.
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