need advice: overeating
mymtkgch
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hey guys! i’ve been using myfitnesspal (tracking my calories) for a month now. and i have serious questions that i want to be answered 
well, before i didn’t track my calories but did exercise almost everyday and didn’t see the scale budge but i was confident that i was losing some weight cause my clothes were starting to fit me again.
however, my friend told me that i was “fat” and questioned my diet and exercise routine. and so i have decided to track my calories and reduced it to 1,200/day.
i’m 24 - F - 105 lbs and 164 cm
i exercise 5 days a week but i got off track since monday and i started overeating.
i overeat then exercise and reduce my calories the next day and then overeat again on the next day. in total, i have overeaten for 3 non consecutive days now and exercised with calorie tracking for 3 non consecutive days as well.
any useful advice???
i will surely appreciate anything!
thanks you. xoxo
well, before i didn’t track my calories but did exercise almost everyday and didn’t see the scale budge but i was confident that i was losing some weight cause my clothes were starting to fit me again.
however, my friend told me that i was “fat” and questioned my diet and exercise routine. and so i have decided to track my calories and reduced it to 1,200/day.
i’m 24 - F - 105 lbs and 164 cm
i exercise 5 days a week but i got off track since monday and i started overeating.
i overeat then exercise and reduce my calories the next day and then overeat again on the next day. in total, i have overeaten for 3 non consecutive days now and exercised with calorie tracking for 3 non consecutive days as well.
any useful advice???
i will surely appreciate anything!
thanks you. xoxo
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If you are truly 105 pounds and 5’5” and you have friends who call you fat, you need new friends.
In fact, I would vote for a new friend, period.
You need to confirm these numbers before posters start piling on because this is in severely underweight territory.29 -
Your BMI is 18.6.
https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
That is at the very bottom of a healthy weight.
You should not lose any more weight.
eat.9 -
@springlering62, by my calcluations (errr...Google) 164cm is 5'3"3
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i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️0 -
i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
If you think (at 18 BMI) that you need to get leaner, your problem is psychiatric. Please make an appointment with a therapist who specializes in Eating Disorders.20 -
i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
by leaner, do you mean firmer or smoother or maybe less belly and arm fat? weight/ resistance training. that's how.
but you shouldn't feel guilty about your binges as you're verging on being underweight. you probably should get counseling or therapy and some decent friends. anyone who tells a person who's almost underweight they need to lose weight is either a jerk or extremely messed up.
no one can look like a barbie doll, and most of the influencers on youtube admit that they have video and pics taken at angles and using lights that make them look thinner - they don't look like we see them. of course, models and actresses still shots are photoshopped - they don't look that way either. you can look this stuff up. it's bad because so many women want to look like those women, and those women don't even look that way in real life.
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cmriverside wrote: »@springlering62, by my calcluations (errr...Google) 164cm is 5'3"
164 / 2.54 = 64.5669... = 5'4" 1/2 (rounds to 5'5". (and Google agrees with my arithmetic -- maybe you mistyped?)5 -
i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
Go back to what you were doing before (eating more but exercising and your clothes were fitting better). You absolutely do not need to lose weight. You need to lose a friend who is giving you advising that is extremely unhealthy.8 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »@springlering62, by my calcluations (errr...Google) 164cm is 5'3"
164 / 2.54 = 64.5669... = 5'4" 1/2 (rounds to 5'5". (and Google agrees with my arithmetic -- maybe you mistyped?)
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Splitting hairs, that's what MFP is good at.
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cmriverside wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »@springlering62, by my calcluations (errr...Google) 164cm is 5'3"
164 / 2.54 = 64.5669... = 5'4" 1/2 (rounds to 5'5". (and Google agrees with my arithmetic -- maybe you mistyped?)
@cmriverside
That puzzled me for a moment, but then I realized 5.38058 feet is not 5.38058 inches.
.38058 x 12 inches (one foot) is 4.56696 inches7 -
I AM NOT GOOD AT MATHS! Thanks lynn 3
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The advice stands, the BMI at 5'5" is 18, the BMI at 5'3" is 18.6.
Back on track now.1 -
Oh, dear woman, please, please do not lose weight. You aren't fat.
If you are truly 105 pounds (47.63kg) and 164cm (5'4.67"), your BMI is 17.7: Underweight. Anything below 18.5 is underweight, so you are quite underweight. This is not a healthy place to be.
If you want to pursue appearance goals, then exercise alongside slowly gaining weight would almost certainly be your best and most healthful plan.
Others above are correct, though, that the priority now would be to consult a counselor about how you're thinking about this, because it's not a productive thought pattern. And you should drop the toxic friend, truly. EIther her views are distorted, or she does not have your best interests at heart.
You are "overeating" because your body needs nourishment and calories. In that context, it's not overeating at all, though of course a well-rounded healthy way of eating at appropriate calories would be the best plan. A registered dietitian would be a good person to consult about that.
Please.15 -
cmriverside wrote: »The advice stands, the BMI at 5'5" is 18, the BMI at 5'3" is 18.6.
Back on track now.
@cmriverside
I calculated it by hand and using a BMI calculator from the National Institutes of Health, using 5'4.46" [corrected from 5'5.46 in original, which was typo, not what I actually used for the calculations] and both ways I'm getting 17.7 BMI for the OP. Maybe you're still using fractions of a foot where you should be using inches (or vice versa) to calculate BMI.
I'm 5'4" myself, and I know from using BMI calculators and charts for myself that 105 lbs would definitely be underweight for me, not merely low end of BMI normal.
[edited to fix typo in the numbers and add @ ]5 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »The advice stands, the BMI at 5'5" is 18, the BMI at 5'3" is 18.6.
Back on track now.
@cmriverside
I calculated it by hand and using a BMI calculator from the National Institutes of Health, using 5'4.46" [corrected from 5'5.46 in original, which was typo, not what I actually used for the calculations] and both ways I'm getting 17.7 BMI for the OP. Maybe you're still using fractions of a foot where you should be using inches (or vice versa) to calculate BMI.
I'm 5'4" myself, and I know from using BMI calculators and charts for myself that 105 lbs would definitely be underweight for me, not merely low end of BMI normal.
[edited to fix typo in the numbers and add @ ]
Also from personal experience, as a 5'5" person, the lowest normal BMI is at 111 pounds. I even checked an Asian BMI site, in case OP is Asian. 17.7 is underweight, either way.5 -
Your BMI is at 17.7 and you are currently underweight by classification.
If friend said that you're fat... that friend needs to be removed from your life because they are not a friend.
All that can be said... has been...
Your body is reacting normally, as it should, to get you out of the under-weight territory you're at.
I fervently hope you discover, and quickly, that being normal weight is not being fat and that you stop trying to get your body to balance at an under-fat level.
Your current mind-set has you heading towards kitten-loads of future misery.
Now's the time to move towards a healthier you. And healthy in your case is not a reference to losing weight or fat but rather towards losing your current goals and advisors.6 -
You're UNDERWEIGHT. If you feel you're fat, then there's more likely an issue with body dysmorphia. And a friend saying it? What are they 164cm and 90lbs?
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Not to pile on, but you definitely should not lose any more weight. There are real health risks associated with doing so.
If you are not happy with your body composition, then you should consider sculpting your body to achieve your goals. Perhaps begin a strength training program to firm up a bit. You can reduce body fat without having to reduce overall weight.3 -
We can learn to moderate ourselves with food. I like that word moderator because I am a moderator of my foods. I don't want to dogpile, just listen to @ninerbuff. He is a Moderator on MFP. For real.
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i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
Ya eat in a mild deficit. Or eat in a surplus and increase muscle mass then eat in a deficit to reduce total bodyfat.
And I couldnt care less if my buddies said I was chunky. I'm comfortable in my own skin. And am aware of when I'm.letting diet slip. It's a good motivational tool to be slapped by reality. In my opinion. Different strokes for different folks0 -
I agree with everyone who said that you are underweight and do not need to lose anything......except maybe your so called friend.5
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i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
Ya eat in a mild deficit. Or eat in a surplus and increase muscle mass then eat in a deficit to reduce total bodyfat.
And I couldnt care less if my buddies said I was chunky. I'm comfortable in my own skin. And am aware of when I'm.letting diet slip. It's a good motivational tool to be slapped by reality. In my opinion. Different strokes for different folks
What's wrong with what I said? I literally just pushed for people to be comfortable in their own skin and merely stated I prefer when my workout buddy says that I'm over eating in my surplus. Sometimes it's easier with an outside perspective.1 -
i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
Ya eat in a mild deficit. Or eat in a surplus and increase muscle mass then eat in a deficit to reduce total bodyfat.
And I couldnt care less if my buddies said I was chunky. I'm comfortable in my own skin. And am aware of when I'm.letting diet slip. It's a good motivational tool to be slapped by reality. In my opinion. Different strokes for different folks
What's wrong with what I said? I literally just pushed for people to be comfortable in their own skin and merely stated I prefer when my workout buddy says that I'm over eating in my surplus. Sometimes it's easier with an outside perspective.
Outside perspective is that OP is underweight, if you had read the rest of the thread:
- 'outside perspective' from her friend is false
- a deficit, even a slight one, is a bad recommendation, with a BMI below 1814 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »The advice stands, the BMI at 5'5" is 18, the BMI at 5'3" is 18.6.
Back on track now.
@cmriverside
I calculated it by hand and using a BMI calculator from the National Institutes of Health, using 5'4.46" [corrected from 5'5.46 in original, which was typo, not what I actually used for the calculations] and both ways I'm getting 17.7 BMI for the OP. Maybe you're still using fractions of a foot where you should be using inches (or vice versa) to calculate BMI.
I'm 5'4" myself, and I know from using BMI calculators and charts for myself that 105 lbs would definitely be underweight for me, not merely low end of BMI normal.
[edited to fix typo in the numbers and add @ ]
Also from personal experience, as a 5'5" person, the lowest normal BMI is at 111 pounds. I even checked an Asian BMI site, in case OP is Asian. 17.7 is underweight, either way.
yes! you are absolutely correct. i am Asian...
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guys, i couldn’t thank you all enough! i feel better now and i was actually considering on getting on professional help because i know something is really wrong with the way i look and think about myself...
but thanks to you guys and your helpful comments.
lots of love!!! xoxo
take care everyone.
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Lose the friend. That'll be a HUGE weight gone. Seems that's the only weight you need to lose.4
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guys, i couldn’t thank you all enough! i feel better now and i was actually considering on getting on professional help because i know something is really wrong with the way i look and think about myself...
but thanks to you guys and your helpful comments.
lots of love!!! xoxo
take care everyone.
I may be a random person somewhere on the internet who doesn't even know you, but I'm sincerely very, very glad to see you reaching this conclusion. Go right out there, and find how to love and value yourself, using whatever professional resources you might find helpful along the way. That's very brave. You're choosing the path toward life improvement, and that's a very wonderful thing.
Wishing you all the best on this course!9 -
i am feeling really demotivated right now and guilty abt my binges:(
any advise on how i can eat more but get leaner???
thank you for all your responses!❤️
Ya eat in a mild deficit. Or eat in a surplus and increase muscle mass then eat in a deficit to reduce total bodyfat.
And I couldnt care less if my buddies said I was chunky. I'm comfortable in my own skin. And am aware of when I'm.letting diet slip. It's a good motivational tool to be slapped by reality. In my opinion. Different strokes for different folks
What's wrong with what I said? I literally just pushed for people to be comfortable in their own skin and merely stated I prefer when my workout buddy says that I'm over eating in my surplus. Sometimes it's easier with an outside perspective.
Outside perspective is that OP is underweight, if you had read the rest of the thread:
- 'outside perspective' from her friend is false
- a deficit, even a slight one, is a bad recommendation, with a BMI below 18
Well thank you sir/ma'am. As stated though I did suggest eating in a surplus. For the deficit I was merely answering the question that the OP made. The one I quoted. So if everyone is upset that I said how to lose weight. I apologize
Though I was not instructing op to do so with such a low bodyweight. And for anyone who is upset. Here I made this for you ❄❄❄. Everyone has their preferences. I prefer tough love and reality.
However op if your weight is truly that low you need to eat food and dump that friend. My comment about tough love only applies when it's TRUE. Not to push someone to starve themselves to death2
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