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Fruit_lover2
Fruit_lover2 Posts: 15 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
ok so I was eating 1,200 calories and now I'm eat 1,430 calories. so is that enough to lose 2 pounds a week?
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    What are your stats?
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    ok so I was eating 1,200 calories and now I'm eat 1,430 calories. so is that enough to lose 2 pounds a week?

    It depends on how many calories your burn
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited October 2015
    At 5'3" and 105lbs, you are at the lower end of your BMI range, losing 2lbs a week is not healthy or appropriate. You were told this multiple times already in your thread the other day. Perhaps speaking with a dietician to help you set realistic goals would be a good idea.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Start lifting girlie!! You can do this!!
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    ok so I was eating 1,200 calories and now I'm eat 1,430 calories. so is that enough to lose 2 pounds a week?

    You don't need to lose 2 pounds a week - you're already at a low BMI.
  • Fruit_lover2
    Fruit_lover2 Posts: 15 Member
    what is a BMI?
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Being at the very low weight threshold for your height, I think it would be near impossible to lose 2lbs a week...

    I'm 40 pounds heavier than you and much taller, and I cant even lose 2lbs a week.
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
  • Fruit_lover2
    Fruit_lover2 Posts: 15 Member
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
    I'm only eating a little more because people were saying I had an eating disorder

  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
    I'm only eating a little more because people were saying I had an eating disorder

    At your current height and weight, it is not possible to lose 2 pounds in a week and be healthy, especially if you continue to do so.

    I know another poster gave you numbers specifically for you as far as how many calories you would be eating to achieve the goal as an example.

    It's not realistic.

    What are you trying to do? Are you unhappy with how you look?

    ~Lyssa
  • Fruit_lover2
    Fruit_lover2 Posts: 15 Member
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
    I'm only eating a little more because people were saying I had an eating disorder

    At your current height and weight, it is not possible to lose 2 pounds in a week and be healthy, especially if you continue to do so.

    I know another poster gave you numbers specifically for you as far as how many calories you would be eating to achieve the goal as an example.

    It's not realistic.

    What are you trying to do? Are you unhappy with how you look?

    ~Lyssa

    yes, but my goal is 100 pounds
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
    I'm only eating a little more because people were saying I had an eating disorder

    At your current height and weight, it is not possible to lose 2 pounds in a week and be healthy, especially if you continue to do so.

    I know another poster gave you numbers specifically for you as far as how many calories you would be eating to achieve the goal as an example.

    It's not realistic.

    What are you trying to do? Are you unhappy with how you look?

    ~Lyssa

    yes, but my goal is 100 pounds

    Why 100 pounds?

    ~Lyssa
  • Fruit_lover2
    Fruit_lover2 Posts: 15 Member
    idk
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    idk

    I think you do know but are unwilling to share with us, and that's your choice.

    100 pounds at your height will mean you are underweight, which can cause many health issues.

    Very few people here will give you any advice for such a goal.

    ~Lyssa
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    A goal weight of 100 lb for 5'3" is a BMI of 17.6. Anything below 18.5 is consider underweight which even 104 lbs for your height would be underweight. You shouldn't be losing anything.
    If you think you are overweight at your current weight, it sounds like you might need some help that goes beyond what internet strangers can provide, such as seeing a therapist / counselor.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    idk
    I think it is a question you really need to answer, not just for anyone here asking but yourself. You're looking to potentially affect your health in a very negative way, for reasons you can't state. Isn't the prospect of possibly harming yourself via weight loss a little scary to do because "idk"?
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »

    yes, but my goal is 100 pounds

    Why? This is a very unhealthy idea.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating more doesn't make you lose faster.

    However...as others have mentioned, you're already close to being underweight as it is.

    What's your goal here? We can give advice if you tell us what you're trying to do.

    ~Lyssa
    I'm only eating a little more because people were saying I had an eating disorder

    At your current height and weight, it is not possible to lose 2 pounds in a week and be healthy, especially if you continue to do so.

    I know another poster gave you numbers specifically for you as far as how many calories you would be eating to achieve the goal as an example.

    It's not realistic.

    What are you trying to do? Are you unhappy with how you look?

    ~Lyssa

    yes, but my goal is 100 pounds

    Your goal is only 4 pounds less than you weigh right now. What can't you like about yourself at your current weight that you think will change if you lose 4 more pounds? No one but you will know the difference if you lose those 4 pounds. Stop and think about what it does to your body to drop your weight into a range that is not healthy.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    idk
    I think it is a question you really need to answer, not just for anyone here asking but yourself. You're looking to potentially affect your health in a very negative way, for reasons you can't state. Isn't the prospect of possibly harming yourself via weight loss a little scary to do because "idk"?

    Exactly.

    OP, have you looked at the long-term health effects of being underweight? If you answer the questions about why you are wanting to do this, you may get different answers.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    edited October 2015
    Fruit_lover2 wrote: »
    ok so I was eating 1,200 calories and now I'm eat 1,430 calories. so is that enough to lose 2 pounds a week?

    I'm pretty sure we went over how this was a bad idea yesterday. Why do you insist on trying to be underweight?
    I said it before and I will say it again. Being underweight carries serious risks. One of which is sudden cardiac death. What is there for you to gain by dropping to that weight besides the irreversible health problems that come with that low of a BMI? I can't think of a single positive thing you could possibly gain from it.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..
    Why'd you put "girl" in quotes?

  • rune1990
    rune1990 Posts: 543 Member
    Nor does my 19 year old son.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..
    Why'd you put "girl" in quotes?
    My guess is to imply that they are girls who are just friends with her son and not that he has multiple relationships. Just my guess.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..
    Why'd you put "girl" in quotes?
    My guess is to imply that they are girls who are just friends with her son and not that he has multiple relationships. Just my guess.

    Yes that is exactly why I put it in quotes.

    Writing my son's girlfriends may have implied he had multiple girlfriends lol I was talking about his friends who are girls.

    On the other end of the spectrum, all of his guy friends are trying desperately to bulk and put ON weight..

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    shadow2soul wrote: »
    DeguelloTex wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..
    Why'd you put "girl" in quotes?
    My guess is to imply that they are girls who are just friends with her son and not that he has multiple relationships. Just my guess.

    Yes that is exactly why I put it in quotes.

    Writing my son's girlfriends may have implied he had multiple girlfriends lol I was talking about his friends who are girls.

    On the other end of the spectrum, all of his guy friends are trying desperately to bulk and put ON weight..

    I think there is a bit of a line between teens looking to lose a few vanity pounds and someone wanting to put themselves into the underweight category of BMI as the OP is looking to do.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..

    There is a much larger problem overall with women, probably globally in first world countries. Social media and advertising continue to forward the image of stick-thin models and air-brushed photgraphy, giving the impression of unattainable figures. Promoting healthy images, such as the Dove campaign, will help. Not saying things like 'the skinnier the better' might also help, when trying to give advice in the forums, even when referring to other people...
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    mccindy72 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..

    There is a much larger problem overall with women, probably globally in first world countries. Social media and advertising continue to forward the image of stick-thin models and air-brushed photgraphy, giving the impression of unattainable figures. Promoting healthy images, such as the Dove campaign, will help. Not saying things like 'the skinnier the better' might also help, when trying to give advice in the forums, even when referring to other people...
    It even impacts countries that are becoming developed - oddly, often with people gaining weight.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    Going by my 20 year old son's "girl" friends, it seems the skinnier the better in that age group. Ironically my son doesn't find stick thin girls attractive at all..

    This seems to be a presumption and that the OP's issue goes beyond boys, and may not even be about boys.

    @Fruit_lover2 , it sounds to me like you need to seek in real life help to deal with your relationship with yourself and food because your are at an unhealthy BMI already wanting to lose more weight, which will take you to an unhealthier BMI.

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