1000 calories

Yeah dont worry about "starvation mode" just up ur calories. 1000 is way too low for anyone

buysdhar426 wrote: »

I’ve been highly restricted over a months time from 900 to 1400 cals, usually 1000, as an 18 year old female I feel I’ve killed my metabolism and I’m no longer sure if I’m losing weight or maintaining on this. What would happen for a duration of time if I began to up it to 2500? Details on escaping starvation mode and stories?

It sounds like you aren't weighing yourself. Do you think you are overweight, underweight, or trying to maintain?

Do you know about how much you weigh? Have you been to a doctor recently? Are you logging and do you use a food scale?

Unless you are dangerously underweight, it would probably be better to step up your calories over a period of a few weeks. If you are dangerously underweight, you should consult with a doctor and follow their advice.

JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »

Hun 2500calories is the normal for men.Young girls it’s 2000 & under unless pregnant/breastfeeding then it’s higher to maintain .After menopause 1800 calories to maintain y 1200to lose.
Use a calorie calculator online type in height,age,female (unless born male so you can get correct for your body if on hormones that changes things again get both readouts figure out a medium).
My Daughter is 5’2 your age group 1,527 recommended for her to maintain weight because she’s short. We are rounding up to 5’2. To lose 1277 for her at average weight of course it shows for obese a much lower number.
I’m 5’4 Old as can be menopausal mines under 1200 to lose around 1750 to maintain

Irrelevant without knowing much about OP. Plenty females need 2700- 3k per day just to maintain

That’s why I said she needs to use the calculator for her height/weight mentioned asking professionals.You youngsters skim read too much

So your well over 40 then. Well old man 👴 put them reading glasses on reread you missed something. My oldest I raised is in his 30’s.My youngest just turned 2 (Post Menopausal baby) yes that means I get to go through menopause a 2nd time.
Well you skimmed past the parts about calculating y doctors

Panini911 wrote: »

OP is looking to gain weight and has mentioned they are recovering from anorexia.

I'm afraid i don't have good advice unter than setting your stats in MFP and choosing "gain weight" for how much to eat and build up slowly assuming you are not dangerously underweight (in which case a medical professional may be best placed to help).

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10750135/anorexia-to-body-builder

Taking this into consideration and assuming the above stats are correct, ITA with this. OP, set your goal to gain 0.5 lbs per week to get a calorie goal (as was said before, if you are dangerously underweight this might be too slow - that's where a doctor would come in). If this calorie goal is more than a couple of hundred calories more than you're currently eating, raise your calories gradually over a few weeks, but stop eating under 1200 ASAP.

If you have not been losing weight while eating so little, it's possible you are underestimating your calories. I don't want to encourage you to use a food scale if you think that would be problematic for you, but just keep in mind that your numbers might be off slightly. Regardless, if you want to gain weight, you need to eat more.

The key to building muscle is to adequately fuel your body (eat enough calories) and work a well designed strength training program.

Don't worry about your metabolism and starvation mode - these are generally myths. It is possible your ED did some damage to your metabolism, but recovering is possible. Going to extremes is not necessary, finding the balance is what you need to strive for. Obviously if your medical team has told you anything different based on their unique relationship with you, please listen to them. Best of luck

OP, please don't be scared of the unnecessary amount of numbers that are being thrown around here. Just use MFP the way it was intended, don't do anything drastic, and talk to someone if any of this makes you anxious or obsessive. :flowerforyou:

JRsLateInLifeMom wrote: »

Howdy MikePTY think she’s trying to gain muscles 💪 .Any tips for her your always good at information.
5’4 18 115lbs or less

I wonder what “safer treats” are. Between the previous or perhaps current battles with anorexia and what hints at orthorexia I’m not sure any of us are qualified to help OP

If you're undereating to this extent, you should see a health professional rather than turning to a message board to help. We can give you general advice but we (mostly) aren't medical professionals.

I can say that weight lifting was the best thing I did for my recovery. I'm not perfect around food and never will be. Logging for me calmed me down a lot, though. I now know that I maintain on more calories than I thought I would, and on days it feels like I've eaten 'too much' or 'junk' it's still usually around maintenance calories or just a little over, and that stops me from further spiraling. However, sometimes it can become too much and the thought patterns emerge, and I take a logging break for a week or I become very loose with my logging.