Increased you calories? Tell me about it here....!

It's good to hear you recognize low calories isn't a good way to lose weight. I haven't had the issue personally but have been working with people to break this habit and it's not easy. Once you realize that food is fuel and it's ok to spluge and eat more calories and still lose weight it might help. But what I can do is provide you links to what can happen when you eat a lot of calories.


http://nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/392784-skinny-fat-vs-fit-photo?hl=skinny+fat&page=2#posts-5441852

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/395881-people-who-lost-weight-eating-more

Heya PSU!

Get ready to go to the grocery store because you my dear are "Underweight"!

BMR 1287 Eating below this will lose you lean mass because you are eating below what your VITAL ORGANS need to have proper nutrients. Doing this for a long time will slow metabolism down. Continuing to eat like this creates hormonal deficiencies including Ghrlein issues, where you just dont get hungry. This also effects the Thyroid and you could find yourself taking hormone replacement therapy when you get older.

TDEE 1994 This is your maintenance. If you ate at 2000 calories daily you would gain nothing. If you ate above 2000 calories you would gain weight. IE: If you ate at 2200 daily you would gain 10lbs in 24weeks. Crazy I know!

Lean mass is appx 93lbs. A woman of your height should be at about 105-112lbs.
You need to gain weight.
Body Fat 23lbs and is in the low but healthy range.
So stop worrying about the fat.
If you lifted weights using an easy Stronglifts 5x5 or Starting Strength program and ate 2200 calories daily, you would gain only muscle or lean mass.

Perfect weight 132lbs again you are underweight.

For 6 weeks you must eat more food!
IMO you should set MFP to 2200 calories daily.
Set Protein and Fat to 30% each.

Eat several times a day or if you are interested since you have to willpower you should look into Intermittent Fasting.
With an IF diet you fast for 16hours then eat all out for 8 hours daily.
I stop eating at 10pm then sleep for 8 hours.
Then I resume eating at 2pm.

Read up on it at www.leangains.com

If you are serious and I hope you are, id set up MFP now and go buy food because you have a long road ahead of you.

In the next 6 weeks you will gain about 3lbs and depending on if you work out will depend on where those nutrients go.
Work out 3-5 times a week and youll pass by flying colors.
And even if you dont you still need to put on weight so youll be healthier!

Nobody wants to look like this chick!




You could look like this though....



Or this...

Where do you get that she is underweight?
According to BMI, she is in the normal weight range..

I wouldn't call you underweight either, when I was your age, many moons ago, I weighed 110 and am 5"6". I have discovered the eat more to lose and have found that it really works. I didn't believe it would at first, but it does.

BMI is obsolete!

You have Mike, 26 years old 5'11" 208lbs with a body fat of 40%
you have Dave, 26 years old 5'11" 208lbs with a body fat of 8%

Both have a 40 on the BMI scale and are seen as Obese III.

Do you think Dave is Obese?

Well, she doesn't look underweight to me, she looks "normal".

When I increased my calorie intake I also had an easier time losing the weight.
When I first started out losing weight I was like you and eating not enough calories, eventually it took a toll on me though. If you want to be happy and feel healthy and look healthy, you gotta increase your calorie intake. It's a lifestyle change, not a diet.

I entered your weight and height on the BMI on this website, and you are not underweight; you fall right in line, but on the lower end, which in my thinking is good! I couldn't enlarge your pictures, but from I can tell, you look normal!

For a few months about two years ago, I was eating about 800 calories a day. I didn't know any better and thought this was the best way to lose weight. I did lose weight, but I felt like crap all the time, was constantly sleepy, always hungry, and after losing 20 lbs, didn't look much better because my body fat was probably about the same.
I'm 5'2" - 5'3", and while eating 800/day I went from 145 - 125 and only dropped one jeans size (went from about an 8 to a 6). I started eating at least 1200 and now I'm up to 1300; I currently weigh about 117 (thought I rarely have access to a scale so I'm not 100% sure about that number) and wear a size 2-4 in jeans and dress size 2, S, or XS. Lifting weights (I don't really "lift heavy" but I try to increase my weight), eating back all or some of my calories burned through running, and being honest about logging what I eat have all helped me get a better body.

There is no need to eat that little with your current weight and goals, so why would you want to? Eating is awesome! So eat a bit more, do some strength training, and you will likely see the results you want.

I always find this topic amazing, so I guess that's why I keep looking at what people are saying! My experience. I have always kind of struggled with weight, but at your age when I was dieting I stuck to 1500 calories a day, and exercised and lost weight. As I have gotten older that didn't really seem to work. I am now 53. I still exercise a lot, but wasn't losing weight with the calories I was consuming, so when I started eating more, the first week I lost 2 pounds. I continued on that way and lost 17 pounds. I have a goal in mind, and need to lose a little bit more. I would not be considered fat by anyone, right now I weigh 134 and I am 5'6". I would like to lose about 5 more pounds. I don't think 800 calories is enough, I have always heard you should never go below1400, but things change. It;s all up to you in the long run, and you know your body the best!

Bump! I'm thinking about increasing my calories as well, from 1240 to maybe 1400 or so. I'm 5'3, weigh 124, and would like to get back down to 114 where I was two years ago. The scale has not dropped in a while. So I'm anxious to hear what others say!