I can't reach my calorie count of 1200
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OP: healthy fats are going to fill up your calorie allowance beautifully. I can't see your diary, but something that was suggested to me by a dietitian when I needed to gain weight (and therefore had a calorie allowance to fill, even if it was higher than what yours is now) was to sub in full-fat yogurt for the low-fat stuff I was eating, go for the full-fat cheese, add avocado to everything I could, eat plenty of nuts, that sort of stuff. I was also told to make sure I was eating enough protein as well, and to go for whole-grain options over refined grains (whole wheat bread vs white bread, brown rice vs white rice, etc).
When you log food into your diary there are numbers beside the calorie count that I want you to keep an eye on. One of them is protein; make sure you're hitting that target, or at least getting very close. Adequate protein intake, from what I've been told, will help you build and repair muscle tissue, which will help you with your aesthetic goals. Another one (that you'll probably have to switch one out for like I did) is fiber. I swapped out my sugar tracker for that one, and I make sure that I hit that number every day. Without making this too gross I'll just tell you your digestive system will thank you for getting enough fiber (although you might want to work your way up to hitting that number gradually).
As far as being "chubby", your weight is perfectly healthy for your height. Going lower can put you into the underweight category, which I can tell you from experience is not a fun place to have to work your way out of. If you want to improve the look of your body I would suggest strength training. There's a website called fitnessblender.com that has a ton of FREE workout videos that target all sorts of different muscle groups, covers different sorts of training, and yes there are completely bodyweight strength training videos there. They also have a blog on the same website with awesome recipes and really inspirational stories. I do all of my workouts at home, and this website has about 90% of the workouts that I use.
*disclaimer* this is not medical advice, I am not a doctor or a dietitian or any type of health professional. what worked for me may not work for someone else, and no, fitnessblender does not pay me for my constant endorsing of their workouts, although if they did I'd probably be a millionaire by now.4 -
You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.1 -
msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.10 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.1 -
msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
With all due respect, you didn't read her other thread.
There are other issues at play here.
Most of us commenting about her feelings about herself did read that thread. Her boyfriend and how he spoke to her isn't as separate an issue as you think it is.
I am not as opposed to people wanting to be super lean as some other posters are. I'm shooting for such a goal myself, though I'm not going as far as the OP is thinking. I think her BMI goal is a little bit too far.
I also don't think the OP is in the right headspace to be doing this.
It really would be much more emotionally healthy and empowering for her to up her protein intake and take up strength training so that she can see her body change through recomp and THEN reassess whether she still thinks she looks "chubby" due to what she's been going through.12 -
msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?8 -
msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
Im not making it about me.show me where its about me? did I even say what I do from day to day and that is the only way to do it? if she goes down to the weight she wants she will be underweight,so I guess as long as someone wants to be underweight we should promote that according to you? do you know the difference between lean, and underweight? we try to prevent people from possible harm by eating too little,losing too quickly and most of all doing it in a healthy way. being underweight is not healthy,just as being obese isnt as well.5 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
With all due respect, you didn't read her other thread.
There are other issues at play here.
Most of us commenting about her feelings about herself did read that thread. Her boyfriend and how he spoke to her isn't as separate an issue as you think it is.
I am not as opposed to people wanting to be super lean as some other posters are. I'm shooting for such a goal myself.
In this case, though? I don't think the OP is in the right headspace to be doing this.
My response was regarding the topic. I did gather there were other factors at play, which I acknowledged by saying if she wanted to do it for her, then xyz, but if her bf was being insulting, then that's a whole other ballgame so to speak.
But you can simultaneously want to lose weight while dating a pos, it doesn't have to be one or the other, which is why I chose to express an unbiased opinion.1 -
ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
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msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
I mentioned fitness competitors earlier?
You can be 19% and not be a fitness competitor. Where does it say that being 19% is unhealthy?1 -
%?msalicia116 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
I mentioned fitness competitors earlier?
You can be 19% and not be a fitness competitor. Where does it say that being 19% is unhealthy?
Are we taking about body fat percentage or BMI here?
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msalicia116 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
I mentioned fitness competitors earlier?
You can be 19% and not be a fitness competitor. Where does it say that being 19% is unhealthy?
You mentioned bikini models. I went for bikini competitors. Fair enough comparison to what you were implying.
19 is close enough to underweight. FTR, the health risks of being underweight like increased risk of mortality, start below a BMI of 20. So yes, even though 19 is not technically considered underweight, it's not anymore healthy than being overweight is UNLESS you are very short and petite (since there seems to be some leeway in this regard for very short women).
The OP is not very short, so this doesn't apply to her. She should keep her BMI above 20.8 -
Battir2006 wrote: »I am really really shocked at these rude and insensitive comments on this site. Someone asks for advice and people just make very negative and hurtful comments.Also don t tell people to eat unhealthy things like chocolate bars etc when they are trying to improve their eating ridiculous advice People need to eat clean cut down on sugar and exercise for health reasons. As for relationship advice, bullying a person and making abusive comments about their partner is not helpful. I am disgusted the moderators allow this to go on
If someone is undereating, advising them to get more calories from any source is responsible advise to improve their health.7 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »Rolling my eyes reading this and all other posts like it.
What..you can't manage a bar of chocolate? Can't squeeze a spoonful of peanut butter into your teeny weeny itsy bitsy stomach???
Rubbish. Of course you can. You didnt get "chubby" (your words, not mine) by eating like a sparrow.
I feel like your just wanting people to tell you your not fat and not to lose weight because your nasty boyfriend is messing you up.
I'm not going to say that. If you want to lose weight go ahead. You know yourself if you need to or not. And you know who your boyfriend is.
We accept the love we think we deserve.
Okay, I'm getting quite angry now.
No, I do not want anyone to give me reconfirmations, you haven't seen me, you do not know what I look like and quite frankly I don't care about your opinion about my body.
I am asking for advice on how to eat healthy and get to my daily calorie goal without eating unhealthy things. When I say that I'm full I'm saying that I don't want to eat anything because I don't feel like it
If you just came to say that then thank you for your comment but don't judge or assume please.
People have given you advice on that, but it's not clear that you've noticed, since you didn't respond to those posts.
Maybe you need to adjust your idea of what is healthy. Have you cut out fat from your meals? Add olive oil, butter, or other fats to the foods you eat at meals. There are some vitamins your body can't absorb without fat.
Exchange drinks with calories (preferably protein and fat, like whole-fat milk) for zero or nearly zero calorie drinks (water, plain tea, black coffee, diet soda).
Add avocado to your salads and sandwiches/wraps.
The other post has hundreds of comments and meanwhile I read them all, I still haven't had time to reply to all of them.
I listened to their advice and I'm currently on a break from my boyfriend at the moment.
Isn't diet soda quite bad for you? I have exchanged my normal soda for either water or diet soda but everyone keeps saying that it isn't any better than the normal version.
Diet soda isn't bad for people in general, but it might not be a good choice for you, since you're having difficulty consuming a minimum number of calories. Try a glass of milk, a fruit smoothie, or a protein smoothie/shake instead.5 -
cerise_noir wrote: »
%?msalicia116 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
I mentioned fitness competitors earlier?
You can be 19% and not be a fitness competitor. Where does it say that being 19% is unhealthy?
Are we taking about body fat percentage or BMI here?
BMI. (Percent was unintentional). 19 is in the healthy range. You Don't have to be a fitness competitor to have a bmi of 19.
No need to project your own idea of what healthy and attainable is (Generally speaking).1 -
Don't diet down below a healthy BMI. Study on doing a recomp. You'd probably be pretty happy after about 3 months of lifting while eating at maintenance. If you're really having trouble keeping your calories up. Start cooking with oils, so you can at least get the calories up without needing to raise volume.4
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OP, in terms of not being able to reach your calorie goal, yes, you should find stuff that will get you there even if you are not hungry. You need the nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc) not to mention sufficient calories.
I didn't read all the responses, but to get rid of the softness you have, it would be better to eat at or close to maintenance and start into a good weight lifting program.4 -
cerise_noir wrote: »You are already at a healthy weight..Your goal weight would put you in the underweight category.
Aren't you the one with the horrible boyfriend who is forcing you to lose weight?
Hey, I'm the one with the boyfriend who made quite a few comments about my weight but I want to lose weight too, I have been wanting to do for a while on my own accord. But yes, he does want me to lose weight.
You may wanna trade in for a new boyfriend.11 -
msalicia116 wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
%?msalicia116 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »ClosetBayesian wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »msalicia116 wrote: »You're 5'8" and 140. Your goal
Is 125. Your calorie goal is 1200. All looks fine to me. Just make sure you're getting enough nutrition, and you should be there before you know it. Once you reach goal, be sure to increase those cals to your maintenance calories. Often people get hooked to their dieting calorie # and have a hard time allowing more. It's the most important step in the process imo, so you can maintain your goal for life.
Don't let the other posters discourage you because THEY think you don't need to lose at 140. Their goals and idea of the perfect body type and size isn't a one size fits all. In their opinion, if you were a bikini model, you're wayyyyy too skinny, which is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong whatsoever with being lean and healthy. And it doesn't mean you need therapy. If your boyfriend wants to be insulting about your weight, that's a separate issue. If you want to reach a standard for you, then follow the steps mfp gives you and it's just a matter of time.
she can be lean without losing weight,its called eating at maintenance and lifting heavy weights.lifting weights is good to do as well it helps you retain any lean muscle you already have.it prevents bone loss as well. Theres one thing to be a healthy weight and lean and another being underweight.
"It's called".... don't. She can be lean and lose weight (which is what HER goals are, not yours) and still be healthy and not under weight.
Quit making it about you.
You don't think a BMI of 19 might be a stretch?
Nope! Not at all. Not even a little bit.
IFBB pro winner Christie Marquez competes at 19.4 and walks around off season at 21.2.
http://staging.evogennutrition.com/evogen-athletes/
I bring this up because you mentioned fitness competitors earlier.
Here's a young girl with disordered thinking to begin with, and you're suggesting a BMI lower than a muscled, fit professional bikini competitor.
I think you need to rethink how you go about giving advice on these boards.
I mentioned fitness competitors earlier?
You can be 19% and not be a fitness competitor. Where does it say that being 19% is unhealthy?
Are we taking about body fat percentage or BMI here?
BMI. (Percent was unintentional). 19 is in the healthy range. You Don't have to be a fitness competitor to have a bmi of 19.
No need to project your own idea of what healthy and attainable is (Generally speaking).
I don't quite understand why you are advocating so much against her achieving a lean body through lifting weights by claiming people are projecting their opinions of health onto the OP. There are a multitude of health benefits, while a BMI of 19 can begin to create health issues. You need to take her height into account. A bmi bordering on underweight could mean a decrease in bone density, among many other health problems. To advise her to ignore thoughtful advice in itself is horrible advice.
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