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I'm 5"9" burn 800-1000 calories every single day but I eat 1600-1800 calories each day. I try to go to bed with a deficit of about 1000. I can't imagine not feeling hungry. I could easily eat another 1000 calories a day plus my flip flop but I don't. I eat balanced and healthy. I sleep at night. Some weeks I lose 2lbs and some 4lbs...the last three weeks, zero. But I keep truckin.
It's simple. Eat right, sleep right, drink water-a lot... if you are not hungry maybe visit a nutritionist or doctor to see what you can do differently.2 -
sunsweet77 wrote: »I'm 5"9" burn 800-1000 calories every single day but I eat 1600-1800 calories each day. I try to go to bed with a deficit of about 1000. I can't imagine not feeling hungry. I could easily eat another 1000 calories a day plus my flip flop but I don't. I eat balanced and healthy. I sleep at night. Some weeks I lose 2lbs and some 4lbs...the last three weeks, zero. But I keep truckin.
It's simple. Eat right, sleep right, drink water-a lot... if you are not hungry maybe visit a nutritionist or doctor to see what you can do differently.
You eat as little as net 600 cals per day?
Do you know how much damage you're doing to your body?
I hope you haven't been doing that for long - please start eating more before you do lasting harm.
You're advising OP to eat right. Please take your own advice.14 -
Ironandwine69 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »The burn might not be that crazy, it's 10'000 steps of calories AND purposeful exercise.
Around 5000 steps a day are consider normal for an adult with an office job. 5000 more steps do not burn that much calories.
Again, I don't Know how much OP weighs but, in general most calories burn during workouts are way overestimated.
Right, without knowing how much the OP weighs and how long her workouts are, we really can't comment on whether her burns are grossly inflated or not. Shorter, lighter women are often surprised at the burns heavier, taller women put up. This OP is 5'11".7 -
Also signs of malnutrition don't tend to show up til later so people think they are fine. By the time their hair starts falling out its a lot harder to reverse the damage.
Right, because of the hair follicle life cycle, hair loss in particular might not show up for 3-6 months after the undereating begins.1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Ironandwine69 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »The burn might not be that crazy, it's 10'000 steps of calories AND purposeful exercise.
Around 5000 steps a day are consider normal for an adult with an office job. 5000 more steps do not burn that much calories.
Again, I don't Know how much OP weighs but, in general most calories burn during workouts are way overestimated.
Right, without knowing how much the OP weighs and how long her workouts are, we really can't comment on whether her burns are grossly inflated or not. Shorter, lighter women are often surprised at the burns heavier, taller women put up. This OP is 5'11".
And I'm 5'10. While there's a chance that 750 calorie burn is accurate, there's a better chance that is not, unless OP is seriously overweight and put some serious high intensity cardio. My point is that exercise burns are usually overestimated.
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VintageFeline wrote: »You need to eat more full stop. 1000 calories leaves your body literally nothing for bodily functions. You are going to have a collapse at some point if you carry on like this. The odd day is fine. Every day is not.
It sounds like you have some sort of morally applied view of food and it's the guilt associated with so called "junk" that's the issue not that it actually makes you feel bad. It's always better to eat as healthfully as possible but there is also a time when you just need to get calories in to prevent harm.
I cant make myself eat though, i'm not hungry
This is how eating disorders start.......maybe look into counseling.
Nuts, nut butters, olive oil, avocado, full fat dairy, full fat salad dressings. Smoothies can be calorie dense. There a lots of calorie dense foods with small serving sizes.3 -
VintageFeline wrote: »You need to eat more full stop. 1000 calories leaves your body literally nothing for bodily functions. You are going to have a collapse at some point if you carry on like this. The odd day is fine. Every day is not.
It sounds like you have some sort of morally applied view of food and it's the guilt associated with so called "junk" that's the issue not that it actually makes you feel bad. It's always better to eat as healthfully as possible but there is also a time when you just need to get calories in to prevent harm.
I cant make myself eat though, i'm not hungry
Then stop working out if you can't eat to support your activity...what you're doing is essentially the same thing as eating about 250 calories per day...in what world would anyone think that is remotely healthy. You're starving your friggin' body.10 -
Ironandwine69 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Ironandwine69 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »The burn might not be that crazy, it's 10'000 steps of calories AND purposeful exercise.
Around 5000 steps a day are consider normal for an adult with an office job. 5000 more steps do not burn that much calories.
Again, I don't Know how much OP weighs but, in general most calories burn during workouts are way overestimated.
Right, without knowing how much the OP weighs and how long her workouts are, we really can't comment on whether her burns are grossly inflated or not. Shorter, lighter women are often surprised at the burns heavier, taller women put up. This OP is 5'11".
And I'm 5'10. While there's a chance that 750 calorie burn is accurate, there's a better chance that is not, unless OP is seriously overweight and put some serious high intensity cardio. My point is that exercise burns are usually overestimated.
even so, OP is only eating 1100 cals, barely enough if she was completely sedentary!0 -
Ironandwine69 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »Ironandwine69 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »The burn might not be that crazy, it's 10'000 steps of calories AND purposeful exercise.
Around 5000 steps a day are consider normal for an adult with an office job. 5000 more steps do not burn that much calories.
Again, I don't Know how much OP weighs but, in general most calories burn during workouts are way overestimated.
Right, without knowing how much the OP weighs and how long her workouts are, we really can't comment on whether her burns are grossly inflated or not. Shorter, lighter women are often surprised at the burns heavier, taller women put up. This OP is 5'11".
And I'm 5'10. While there's a chance that 750 calorie burn is accurate, there's a better chance that is not, unless OP is seriously overweight and put some serious high intensity cardio. My point is that exercise burns are usually overestimated.
I do see burns like that at 5'3 and just under 200 lbs, but I generally eat back no more than half. (Also, my activity level is set to sedentary and I log virtually all exercise, including 15-minute errands to the grocery store, warmup and cool-down stretches, etc. So, because there's a good chance of overlap between 'exercise' and 'normal day-to-day movements already factored into my calorie budget for the day', I don't eat all the exercise calories back.)1 -
I will never understand people saying they are having trouble eating enough.. if you have trouble eating enough now, then how did you gain weight in the first place. Smh
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Mfp allows me 1600. I work out average 1000. That puts me at 2600 calories assuming machines are rightish. I eat 1600. Leaves me with 1000 calorie deficit. Am I am definitely not starving myself. Sorry if I said that wrong before.0 -
sunsweet77 wrote: »@TavistockToad
Mfp allows me 1600. I work out average 1000. That puts me at 2600 calories assuming machines are rightish. I eat 1600. Leaves me with 1000 calorie deficit. Am I am definitely not starving myself. Sorry if I said that wrong before.
the 1600 already INCLUDES a deficit before exercise...12 -
TavistockToad wrote: »I hope you haven't been doing that for long - please start eating more before you do lasting harm.
@TavistockToad Could you further elaborate?
I'm the same as the guy you replied, due to excercise and walking a lot I tend to burn 1000 to 1200 extra cals daily. Normally I barely eat some back so I had deficits of 1000 but I eat the adecuate amount of protein and nutrients. I've been doing it for 4 months, I've not felt tired or hungry and have only see the consecuence of sightly muscular loss.
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PinkamenaD8 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »I hope you haven't been doing that for long - please start eating more before you do lasting harm.
@TavistockToad Could you further elaborate?
I'm the same as the guy you replied, due to excercise and walking a lot I tend to burn 1000 to 1200 extra cals daily. Normally I barely eat some back so I had deficits of 1000 but I eat the adecuate amount of protein and nutrients. I've been doing it for 4 months, I've not felt tired or hungry and have only see the consecuence of sightly muscular loss.
Mfp gives you a deficit before exercise, if you're running that deficit plus the 1000 cals you burn. The body can only metabolise a certain amount of fat per day and then it moves on to muscle. (Your heart is a muscle)
If your normal calorie goal is 1500 cals, and you burn an extra 1000 then that is the same as just eating 500 cals.
If your calorie goal is less than 1200 to start with then the chances of you getting adequate nutrition is low unless you're spot on with your food to get all the necessary vitamins and minerals etc
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sunsweet77 wrote: »@TavistockToad
Mfp allows me 1600. I work out average 1000. That puts me at 2600 calories assuming machines are rightish. I eat 1600. Leaves me with 1000 calorie deficit. Am I am definitely not starving myself. Sorry if I said that wrong before.
You're wrong. As @TavistockToad said, the 1600 is already a deficit (how many pounds per week did you select to lose?
-For 1/2lb loss per week it's a 250 cal deficit. For those who have 30lbs and under to lose
-For 1lb loss per week it's a 500 cal deficit. For those who have 30-50lbs to lose
-For 1.5lb loss per week it's a 750 cal deficit. For those who have 50-75lbs to lose
-For 2lb loss per week it's a 1000 cal deficit. For those who have over 75lbs+ to lose
You say you're leaving 1000 cals extra. That's 1000 extra calories on TOP of your mfp deficit unless you selected to maintain your current weight. So yes, you ARE undereating and are severely doing so. You're giving yourself a daily 1250-2000 calorie deficit which is very unsafe and unhealthy (if your exercise calorie estimation is close to accurate). How are you figuring out your calorie burns? Burning 1000 cals through exercise is quite difficult.
If you have over 75lbs to lose, a 1000 cal deficit is appropriate. If you have less weight to lose, that high deficit is not healthy/appropriate.7 -
If I had trouble getting enough calories I'd probably not be on this forum.
You'll go hard like this for a few weeks and crash... no thx3 -
People in a modest deficit will go on to lap you once you've "fallen off the wagon" and making an "I'm back" post. Good luck5
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sunsweet77 wrote: »@TavistockToad
Mfp allows me 1600. I work out average 1000. That puts me at 2600 calories assuming machines are rightish. I eat 1600. Leaves me with 1000 calorie deficit. Am I am definitely not starving myself. Sorry if I said that wrong before.
No - that's not how MFP works.
You don't burn calories only during workouts.....you burn calories 24/7. Your heart, lungs, kidneys all need fuel every day. MFP allows 1600 BEFORE exercise. Exercise is not a requirement for weight loss. Some people can't/won't exercise. So you should be eating 1600 + 1000 calories (if the machines are correct....which they almost never are).
Try eating 1600 + (.50x1000) = 500 or 2100 calories. That's going to be closer to your weekly weight loss goal (assuming you are logging food accurately).3 -
No. Just no.
If my memory serves me right, you have posted before about having a history of an eating disorder since you were 11.
Please consider talking to a health professional about this.
Not anorexia though!!!
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