Where do these ideas come from?

Libby283 wrote: »

mom22dogs wrote: »

TeaBea wrote: »

indigoblue9572 wrote: »

If you're a shortie like me, the 1200 calorie limit is the lowest I can go and still lose weight. I'm not in a hurry to take it off, but as someone who is barely 5' tall, if I eat too much more than that without working out an hour a day, I won't lose weight!

1200 makes sense for shorties......but the one-size-fits-all approach is irksome. I know MFP has to bottom out somewhere.

I'm not tall, but my niece is. The average height for women has changed since the.............1920's (?)
I don't know if 1200 was around back in the 1920's....but it does seem like forever.

I'm 5'0" tall and can lose weight on almost 1700 calories. My TDEE is just over 2200. I guess until the media changes what they put out there, it probably won't change.

But I am 5'3" and I gain weight on 1700 calories a day. 1200-1300 and I just maintain the same weight. I lose at the 1000-1100 range. Go figure.

As a teenager and through my 20's I could eat 2500 calories a day and stayed petite. That all changed in my 30's. Actually the moment I got on hormonal birth control. It is what it is though.

And I'm 5'3" and maintain on 1950. Usually eating around 1600-1800 when I exercise, 1450 when I don't.

Diet articles, woo peddlers, shows like The Biggest Loser showing people exercising til they puke. The healthy way to lose weight doesn't make for good episodic TV or news articles, it isn't sexy, you can't use words like stunning, shocking, amazing three times in every sentence. At least for what people want to see today.
I actually think it is pretty amazing that you don't have to do anything exotic to lose weight.

People (me included) who have been trying every diet since forever (6th grade) we were told you can't eat this you can't eat that. You have to give up this or you will never lose. People can not believe that you just need to eat less and it will work. Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach Diet those things are all over the place.
It took me a while to work this CICO thing and this is the first time in my life (I'm 34) that I have lost more then ten pounds. Even doctors tout terrible diets like Ideal Protein.

NorthCascades wrote: »

If one serving of potato chips is good, then the whole bag is great, because more is better. If losing half a pound a week is good, then losing a pound a week is great, because more is better. #skinny_fat_logic

i think there's some form of that in pretty much everybody. might not be about calories or weight loss/gain at all, but it's there.