Discouraged by trace calories...

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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    edited December 2014
    It's hard to tell cos you have a flowy skirt on. But your arms look scary skinny :(
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    You certainly should be eating more than 1200 calories, whether you work out or not, that's for sure.

    OP, if your health is important to you at all, get some professional help off-base if they can't provide you with what you need.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    May be they were being nice and didn't want to hurt your feelings.

    I agree. Or they're the type of people who like skinny frames, with the mindset of "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    edited December 2014
    astrose00 wrote: »

    thank you i don't want to be skinny fat haha i just want to look ok :) but if i were to add fats or protein would that slow down my process of weight loss?

    No, I eat roughly 1500 to 1600 calories a day and between 50 and 60 grams of fat, sometimes more, and I lose weight steadily. I wouldn't be able to stick to your diet. Fat is not the enemy. I still eat regular bacon, butter, full fat salad dressing and cheese. You can eat all that and still lose weight, plus it will help you feel less hungry. Your diet would leave me starving. You need to find more of a balance, and not avoid certain things like protein or fat.

  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    OP, please try to remember that body fat has many essential functions for people. It's not something that we need to seek and destroy every trace of. We need it, we're supposed to have some. Having some body fat is not a sign of imperfection, it's a sign of being human.
  • GingerbreadCandy
    GingerbreadCandy Posts: 403 Member

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    This was taken Saturday clearly not underweight lol

    Actually, you do look rather skinny. Can you please post your weight and height?

    Also, the fact that your husband had to break your scale because you are worried of the weight you gained, when your picture shows that you have a rather skinny figure, does not really speak in your favour.

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    Not underweight lol and I'm 5'8 and don't know my weight
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'm 5"8 and my goal is 142lbs. Currently I'm 148.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    If you don't know your weight, how could you possibly say you're not underweight? You look underweight. You could very possibly underweight. But you wouldn't know that because you're missing some very vital information to that equation.
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    By the looks. You're way skinnier than me.
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    You don't know your weight but you want to lose 16 pounds. Okay.
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
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    This was taken Saturday clearly not underweight lol

    OP, I'm a little baffled when you say you are clearly not underweight, when to the vast majority of people, you clearly are. Look at your arms. I suggest that you read a little on "body dysmorphic disorder" and consider seeing a professional regarding this issue. Try calculating your BMI, and getting your bodyfat percentage done, and comparing that to the healthy range. Your eyes are deceiving you if you truly believe that you don't appear underweight.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....
  • Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Whatevs
  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight

    OP, no offense, but ;) I'm going to bow out of this thread. I think debating you about your weight is just fuel for you. I hope at some point you get some help; you have a lot more value than how thin you can get.
  • Maitria wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight

    OP, no offense, but ;) I'm going to bow out of this thread. I think debating you about your weight is just fuel for you. I hope at some point you get some help; you have a lot more value than how thin you can get.

    :/ its not about thinness, this thread started off as understanding trace calories and how they should be counted, and i am glad that I asked because I had no idea how my diet is and how pathetic it is. Thank you for all of your advice, and I am sorry that this is how the conversations have turned out.
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  • MrM27 wrote: »
    Maitria wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight

    OP, no offense, but ;) I'm going to bow out of this thread. I think debating you about your weight is just fuel for you. I hope at some point you get some help; you have a lot more value than how thin you can get.

    :/ its not about thinness, this thread started off as understanding trace calories and how they should be counted, and i am glad that I asked because I had no idea how my diet is and how pathetic it is. Thank you for all of your advice, and I am sorry that this is how the conversations have turned out.

    No. The reality is you are looking for help with your diet so that you can lose more weight.

    Obviously you don't think you have a problem when you do or this is just an elaborate troll.
    this is no troll i promise, i just don't know my weight and i keep getting picked on for gaining weight (my coworkers keep poking at my face and saying what lovely chubby cheeks they're glad they don't have and poking at my legs and stomach making fun of my weight gain. so i figured i would eat 1500 its nothing extreme
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    And nothing has been resolved after 6 pages
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Maitria wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight

    OP, no offense, but ;) I'm going to bow out of this thread. I think debating you about your weight is just fuel for you. I hope at some point you get some help; you have a lot more value than how thin you can get.

    :/ its not about thinness, this thread started off as understanding trace calories and how they should be counted, and i am glad that I asked because I had no idea how my diet is and how pathetic it is. Thank you for all of your advice, and I am sorry that this is how the conversations have turned out.

    No. The reality is you are looking for help with your diet so that you can lose more weight.

    Obviously you don't think you have a problem when you do or this is just an elaborate troll.
    this is no troll i promise, i just don't know my weight and i keep getting picked on for gaining weight (my coworkers keep poking at my face and saying what lovely chubby cheeks they're glad they don't have and poking at my legs and stomach making fun of my weight gain. so i figured i would eat 1500 its nothing extreme

    OP, I hesitate to insinuate that you're lying, but this is quite far from believable. Aside from the fact that your coworkers are unlikely to do such a thing even if it were true, since that could lead to you literally suing the company for creating a hostile work environment, but it's also so far from true that it's simply not believable that they would even tease or joke about you being chubby.
  • queenliz99 wrote: »
    And nothing has been resolved after 6 pages
    Actually it has :)
    for breakfast i had a banana with tea
    lunch i had a turkey sandwich with a avocado on the side and for dinner i made chicken alfredo pasta
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  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    edited December 2014
    6 pages ago I asked you if you had seen a counsellor. You ignored it, and you do still.
    You seem like a nice person. Get some help about your body issues.
    You don't need to lose weight. You need a new vision in your mind.
  • paulandrachelk
    paulandrachelk Posts: 280 Member
    How does a "bag" of apples and grapes add up to 200 calories? One apple is 100. Maybe I don't visualize the right "bag".
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Maitria wrote: »
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    Damn, girl, your phone almost has wider shoulders than you!

    I'm having trouble seeing where 16 pounds is supposed to come from....

    lol thats cuz the phone is up close and is a huge phone

    and as for the remarks about the arms, the rest of my body isn't underweight

    OP, no offense, but ;) I'm going to bow out of this thread. I think debating you about your weight is just fuel for you. I hope at some point you get some help; you have a lot more value than how thin you can get.

    :/ its not about thinness, this thread started off as understanding trace calories and how they should be counted, and i am glad that I asked because I had no idea how my diet is and how pathetic it is. Thank you for all of your advice, and I am sorry that this is how the conversations have turned out.

    No. The reality is you are looking for help with your diet so that you can lose more weight.

    Obviously you don't think you have a problem when you do or this is just an elaborate troll.
    this is no troll i promise, i just don't know my weight and i keep getting picked on for gaining weight (my coworkers keep poking at my face and saying what lovely chubby cheeks they're glad they don't have and poking at my legs and stomach making fun of my weight gain. so i figured i would eat 1500 its nothing extreme

    Where do you work? I mean, not specifically, but what type of workplace environment is it? Because in almost every job I can fathom, other than being a dancer (ballet people!) This type of comment would incite a lawsuit not an eating disorder...
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
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    This was taken Saturday clearly not underweight lol

    Are you sure?
    Positive :) I've been told I no longer look thin by many people

    I have literally never seen a person whose upper arm and forearm were as big around as their wrist.
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