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ksilletti246
ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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Everytime I lose weight I feel very weak, tired, dizzy and I get anxiety. I'm not underweight, in fact I'm in my weight range I just want to lose a few pounds for summer. Does anyone else feel this way?
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  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    You likely feel that way due to eating too little.

    I second this.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    I'm eating around 1050-1150 calories a day. I gain weight when I eat around 1300-1400 a day. So eating low calorie seems to be the only way I can actually lose weight, and I'm not losing weight fast either.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,647 Member
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    How do you gain weight at such low calorie counts? Doesn't seem right.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
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    I'm a hypochondriac (health anxiety) which seems to be worse when I'm hungry, so as the others said it could be that you're not eating enough.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    I'm not sure. I can't really maintain weight. I lost 60 pounds a few years ago by eating 1250 calories a day, then I got lazy and started eating around 1400 calories a day and gained about 8 pounds so now I'm going back to lower calories. When I lost 60 pounds I feel the same way I do now, very weak and tired
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
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    It could also be iron deficiency, I've had that too and I felt tired and weak. Maybe get checked out by your doctor.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    Oh ok I didn't even think of that! Thanks
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    ksilletti246 wrote: »
    I'm eating around 1050-1150 calories a day. I gain weight when I eat around 1300-1400 a day. So eating low calorie seems to be the only way I can actually lose weight, and I'm not losing weight fast either.
    We don't have much info on you (like your height, weight, age etc.) but I'd be hungry and dizzy if I ate 1100 calories a day. Do you exercise? And if so, do you eat MORE when you do?
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    I don't exercise, I used to when I was a few pounds heavier. I usually feel too tired to exercise. I'm 5'6 and 133 pounds. Which is apparently healthy, my lowest weight was 124 and I want to be about 126-127 for summer
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
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    I'm 5'5" and got down to 130lbs in my 20's but I felt terrible and was unable to sustain that weight for long without eating less and less. I'd consider what is worse, the way you're feeling now or not losing any more weight. I know I'd be happy at 154lbs which is just over a healthy BMI but I know I couldn't maintain happily any lower weight than that.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    So could it be that my body just can't handle being at a Lower weight?
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
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    Is there a food scale in your life? You could be under-eating now, and you might have been doing more than 1400 when you gained.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    Yeah I weigh my food and leave about 100 calories at the end of the day because I know calories can legally be 20% off the actual number
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
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    ksilletti246 wrote: »
    I don't exercise, I used to when I was a few pounds heavier. I usually feel too tired to exercise. I'm 5'6 and 133 pounds. Which is apparently healthy, my lowest weight was 124 and I want to be about 126-127 for summer

    I'm 5'6". My "preferred" weight is 130. Right now I'm at about 135 (menopause). I'd never make it on 1100 calories. And I'm 51. I'm betting you're a bit younger.
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    Yes I'm 22, are you losing or maintaining? What's your caloric intake?
  • suzyjane1972
    suzyjane1972 Posts: 612 Member
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    ksilletti246 wrote: »
    Yeah I weigh my food and leave about 100 calories at the end of the day because I know calories can legally be 20% off the actual number

    Eh?
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    Like if a package of oatmeal is 100 calories, it doesn't mean it's exactly 100, it can be up to 20% more or less
  • ksilletti246
    ksilletti246 Posts: 34 Member
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    Usually more

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