Advice Anyone?

Are you injuring yourself or getting overly tired?

If not, you probably aren't overdoing it. Being active is a good thing.

Doing an extreme amount of exercise because you're "afraid that (you) will binge eat" is another symptom of an eating disorder. It's great that you're at a place where you can accept that this is a problem you're dealing with, but exercising with that mind set is only feeding the disorder, not helping it.

I'm not, by any means, telling you to stop exercising, but it's not necessary, and if it's affecting your life (taking up a lot of your free time, causing excessive soreness, loss of sleep, or injury, etc), then it might not be a bad idea to back off a little.

If you're eating at a proper deficit, the weight will come off, regardless of whether you're exercising or not.

Also: be careful with the 1200 calorie limit. Are you over or near 5'7? If so, you would want to make sure not to eat anything less than this (and definitely eat back some of your exercise burns).

Do you currently have a doctor or treatment team for your ED? I would run this by them if you do.

Over-exercising or compulsive exercising is associated with some eating disorders. I'm not saying this is what this is, but it's something to be aware of. If you are eating 1,200 and truly burning 1,000 a day through exercise then your net calorie intake is incredibly low (because you're also burning calories just by being alive). This isn't sustainable.

Yes I find myself sometimes doing this, like last night, I ate literally a half lb of mozzarella cheese went home and rode my bike until I posted enough calories burned that I could counteract this (about 700), but.... all I really kept thinking is, it's already in me, burning calories or not, I consumed a bunch of fat and sodium that's gonna get me tomorrow. I don't know..I do understand where you are coming from. It's crazy how the mind messes with you.

mizzmercury wrote: »

So, I have an eating disorder and am working extremely hard to ensure I do not binge eat anything. I was wondering if anyone else out there in MFP-land does a whole bunch of exercise just because they are afraid that they will binge eat and ruin their progress? My calorie goal is currently 1200. Lately I have been consistently burning over 1000 from the exercise that I do on a daily basis (minus Sundays and Wednesdays which are usually my rest days). Even if you don't have an eating disorder, does anyone have any advice or recommendations on if I'm overdoing it or if there's something I should do differently?

Hello and I am sorry to hear about your ED. I started a group for people with B.E.D. You should take a look there, but you are not alone and there is support and help out there.

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

Burning 1000 calories/day isn't at all extreme...unless you are extraordinarily tiny.

Burning 1,000 calories from exercise *is* fairly extreme when one is only eating 1,200, especially if it is driven by fear. Now it's possible that either of these numbers could be off (maybe OP isn't burning as much as she thinks she is or may she is eating more than she thinks she is). But if we take them at face value, this isn't sustainable.

mizzmercury wrote: »

I calculate how many calories I have burned by the numbers on my HRM. I workout multiple times a day or once a day for a few hours. I have been doing martial arts and MMA workouts that are offered at a local gym. I am 5'3 and currently 281 pounds.

According to the calculator I currently use, you should be eating 1700-1900 calories in order to lose at a healthy rate (based on these stats and your age). This is if you were SEDENTARY.

Please reconsider the 1200 calorie limit, especially with so much exercise. Be precise with your logging, weigh your solid foods and measure your liquids, and the weight will fall off in time.

ManiacalLaugh wrote: »

mizzmercury wrote: »

I calculate how many calories I have burned by the numbers on my HRM. I workout multiple times a day or once a day for a few hours. I have been doing martial arts and MMA workouts that are offered at a local gym. I am 5'3 and currently 281 pounds.

According to the calculator I currently use, you should be eating 1700-1900 calories in order to lose at a healthy rate (based on these stats and your age). This is if you were SEDENTARY.

Please reconsider the 1200 calorie limit, especially with so much exercise. Be precise with your logging, weigh your solid foods and measure your liquids, and the weight will fall off in time.

Concur with this poster.

mizzmercury wrote: »

I calculate how many calories I have burned by the numbers on my HRM. I workout multiple times a day or once a day for a few hours. I have been doing martial arts and MMA workouts that are offered at a local gym. I am 5'3 and currently 281 pounds.

I exercise for all of 16 to 30 minutes a day unless I'm hiking. I think that is a sustainable amount of exercise unless you absolutely LOVE working out.