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AlyssaP1987
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Been working on my mental health. Not my “diet”. I have been yo-yo dieting, and have had an eating disorder unknowingly for the entire adult part of my life. Recovery is feeling really free. I am so much happier and now uncovering a lot of baggage that I’ve carried for a really, really long time.
No more obsessing about food. Just living life, but still losing weight regardless, because it no longer controls my life. No more crash diets, no more emotional eating, no more turning to food to help me cope with the things I’ve been through. No more binging alone to try to forget my trauma.
I thought when I stopped anorexia 17 years ago that I was “recovered”, but I didn’t realize that I still had an eating disorder that entire time. I never dealt with the issues that had caused me to stop eating at age 18 and continued into 19. The only reason I stopped anorexia is because I became pregnant, but I never got the help I needed until now. But man am I glad I did.
It’s okay to not be okay. But please reach out to someone! Don’t wait 16 years!
We do recover! ❤️
I’m 73 days in and so happy! I’ve lost 20.7 lbs, but I am truly eating everything I want! I’m just no longer binging and using food to cope with life. Thanks for all who gave me advice in previous posts
I ended up firing my therapist and getting a new one. The last one was not productive or professional at all. But I’m excited for the rest of my life ! 
No more obsessing about food. Just living life, but still losing weight regardless, because it no longer controls my life. No more crash diets, no more emotional eating, no more turning to food to help me cope with the things I’ve been through. No more binging alone to try to forget my trauma.
I thought when I stopped anorexia 17 years ago that I was “recovered”, but I didn’t realize that I still had an eating disorder that entire time. I never dealt with the issues that had caused me to stop eating at age 18 and continued into 19. The only reason I stopped anorexia is because I became pregnant, but I never got the help I needed until now. But man am I glad I did.
It’s okay to not be okay. But please reach out to someone! Don’t wait 16 years!
We do recover! ❤️
I’m 73 days in and so happy! I’ve lost 20.7 lbs, but I am truly eating everything I want! I’m just no longer binging and using food to cope with life. Thanks for all who gave me advice in previous posts
I ended up firing my therapist and getting a new one. The last one was not productive or professional at all. But I’m excited for the rest of my life ! 11
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I'm so glad you found a therapist that can help you. It's nice that you came back to tell us. We give advice and never know if it falls on deaf ears.
Congratulations! And hoping that you reach your future goals with serenity. Best.3 -
Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.5
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Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
What do you mean? I didn’t say anything about a deficit in my post?
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Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
Also I’m a professional photographer, I’m insanely good an angels I am 80 lbs more than I should be. But I’m not stressing over my weight anymore. I just want to feel good and feel happy with my body. I don’t typically use MFP to track anymore because it keeps changing my macros to super low. I am not tracking calories at the moment. Just eating smaller portions and not overthinking it
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AlyssaP1987 wrote: »Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
What do you mean? I didn’t say anything about a deficit in my post?
Loss of a pound a week implies roughly a 500 calorie daily deficit, on average. Two pounds a week, 1000 calorie deficit. Losing 20.7 pounds in 73 days is about 2 pounds a week.
Arithmetic estimate.2 -
AlyssaP1987 wrote: »Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
What do you mean? I didn’t say anything about a deficit in my post?
Loss of a pound a week implies roughly a 500 calorie daily deficit, on average. Two pounds a week, 1000 calorie deficit. Losing 20.7 pounds in 73 days is about 2 pounds a week.
Arithmetic estimate.
Gotcha, well I have a lot to lose and again I’m not tracking. So if I lose I lose. lol I know for sure I’m eating more than 1700 calories a day.
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Eating more than 1700 could still be a calorie deficit . . . and is, if that's what you've been eating and seeing the loss rate you report.
I'm 5'5", low 130s pounds (in maintenance), age 67, female, and I'd lose around a pound a week at gross intake of 1700 calories. One person's calorie level sheds no insight on another's calorie needs, and I'm not suggesting otherwise. All I'm saying is that 1700 isn't somehow a large number of calories: It depends on personal details, y'know?
Two pounds a week is fairly fast loss. Some of us (me included) suggest that folks stick with losing no more than 0.5-1% of current weight per week, with a bias toward the lower end of that unless so severely overweight that weight itself creates health risks . . . in which case close medical supervision would be helpful to avoid nutritional deficiencies or other complications.
Please don't take this as harsh or critical: I am giving advice I would and have followed myself to prioritize staying healthy and energetic alongside weight loss. Try to think of me as your concerned, anxious internet auntie who wants you to be thrivingly healthy, even though I'm a stranger . . . because that's where I'm coming from, and I'm old enough to be your auntie, maybe even granny.
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AlyssaP1987 wrote: »Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
Also I’m a professional photographer, I’m insanely good an angels I am 80 lbs more than I should be. But I’m not stressing over my weight anymore. I just want to feel good and feel happy with my body. I don’t typically use MFP to track anymore because it keeps changing my macros to super low. I am not tracking calories at the moment. Just eating smaller portions and not overthinking it
If you're in Massachusetts, you're hired as a photographer!
What's your height and goal weight?1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »AlyssaP1987 wrote: »Hun, I don't know whether you want to hear it, but it looks like you're running a calorie deficit of 1000 calories per day, and you don't seem to be overweight. Please consider talking to your therapist, because eating so little is only really meant for severely obese people, and you don't look like it.
Also I’m a professional photographer, I’m insanely good an angels I am 80 lbs more than I should be. But I’m not stressing over my weight anymore. I just want to feel good and feel happy with my body. I don’t typically use MFP to track anymore because it keeps changing my macros to super low. I am not tracking calories at the moment. Just eating smaller portions and not overthinking it
If you're in Massachusetts, you're hired as a photographer!
What's your height and goal weight?
I’m 5’2. My goal weight is 130. But I’ve lost 7 more lbs since I posted this
I’m not in Massachusetts, but if you ever visit Florida hit me up www.gloriamaephotography.com ❤️
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