Am I losing too much weight?

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  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    As others have said, if you're going to strength train, increase your protein and calories a little so you can begin to build. Eat back all of your exercise calories and then some. Nuts, lean means, nut butters (not the perverted kind :laugh: ) healthy fats and proteins. Get it girl!

    Lol "nut butters", I gotcha. I'm a little bit more of a sweet eater so, this is gonna be a little bit of change, but I can do it:)
  • Chloe_Chaos_
    Chloe_Chaos_ Posts: 150 Member
    I love sweets too.
    Chocolate or vanilla protein shakes = YUUUUUMMMM
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    Good for you, keeping to your recovery and not falling back to the mindset that started the trouble. :flowerforyou: I hope that the comments here are both helpful and motivating, and that you start to see the results you want.!
  • DataBased
    DataBased Posts: 513 Member
    Congratulations for taking control of your health and considering outside opinion. I know a person's self-image of their body can be way off of what others see (mine was!) and it takes a good deal of courage to open yourself to the opinion and suggestions of others.

    I would love to have the link to the post by a gal who was 12 or so lbs heavier after her time on MFP than she had been when she was younger. She had pics of her booty and belly and arms and legs and the 12 lbs heavier pics showed her actually looking thinner because it was dense muscle.

    if you lose too much, you can easily lose muscle rather than fat. I'd take the advice of those who say try some strength training and concentrate on protein in your diet. I will never forget how good that woman looked, at 12 lbs heavier, than she ever looked without the muscle tone. It really affected how I thought of "weight" vs. "health" - does that make sense?

    Anyway - congrats again, and keep yourself in your own control You can try new things and, if they don't work - try something else that will.

    :flowerforyou:
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    For your height, 112 sounds too low. I'd ask a doctor, as everyone does have a different build. I'm 5 6 and a half and at my lowest, 130, I wasn't happy. 140-150 is ideal for me, but I have a big bone type build. My husband hated it when I was 130, he said I looked boney and sick, but super sexy at 150 :) Everyone is different though! Ask a doctor to make sure you are healthy. Best wishes....

    For me, I look like I weigh more than 117, and it's because I don't really do any muscle training or go to the gym. So from now on, I'm just gonna mantain my weight, maybe gain some, and start doing better workouts lol.
    Thanks for your answer:)
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    I'm 5"4, 124 lbs. My goal is 115-120. (Coming from 150 - after having my son). So if you are 2 inches taller than me and about 10 lbs less than me I think you might be low on your height/weight. Staying around 120 is healthy :-) (which was my initial goal). Protein will help with muscles. :-)

    Thanks:) I realized from the posts, and from googling it, that my goal weight and my current weight even, is too low. I'm gonna start eating more protein, and going to the gym more often, so I get some muscle.
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    I love sweets too.
    Chocolate or vanilla protein shakes = YUUUUUMMMM

    Mmm. . .I never had a chocolate or vanilla protein shake. I'd definitely give it a try,though:)
  • tbresina
    tbresina Posts: 558 Member
    That seems like a very small number for someone so tall. I am 5 5 1/2 and 145......my goal is 138 and I am not chubby by any means. If I did get to the weight you want I would look skeletal!
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    If you use this bmi calculator http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm

    most likely you are already on the verge of being underweight. You should not seriously think about losing more. You may be considered in the normal range by hall.md v2, but if you hit 112, you would move into underweight.

    I think you should do more toning areas to workout the areas you view as "flabby." If you lose a lot of weight, you may have flab, initially, but you can look a lot better by toning those areas.

    I realize I need to mantain, if not gain some weight, so that's what I'm going to do:) I also plan on going to the gym more,, and geting some muscle(I haven't really got any) lol.
    Thank you very much for your answer:)
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    it is small, and outside the normal weight range technically, but it does make a difference how you carry it and I'm sure you're used to being small. I would be very careful though, given your history of anorexia. Maybe doctor supervision would be helpful so that you have guidance along the way?
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    Good for you, keeping to your recovery and not falling back to the mindset that started the trouble. :flowerforyou: I hope that the comments here are both helpful and motivating, and that you start to see the results you want.!

    They have certainly been helpful and motivating!:) From all these answers, I've decided to stay at my weight, or perhaps even gain some, and start toning up and getting some muscle.
    Thanks for your comment:)
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    That seems like a very small number for someone so tall. I am 5 5 1/2 and 145......my goal is 138 and I am not chubby by any means. If I did get to the weight you want I would look skeletal!

    I think the reason I thought losing weight would make me look better, is because I haven't really got any muscle, and I'm not really toned, so I'm going to start mantaining, and maybe even gaining some weight, as well as going to the gym and getting muscle.
    Thanks for your answer:)
  • Eleanorjanethinner
    Eleanorjanethinner Posts: 563 Member
    Have a look at this thread http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/531086-before-and-after-pics-no-starvation I'm really inspired by the trim, toned looking ladies who've been lifting weights. They don't look freakishly muscled, just healthy and fit. And they're not super-skinny!
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    it is small, and outside the normal weight range technically, but it does make a difference how you carry it and I'm sure you're used to being small. I would be very careful though, given your history of anorexia. Maybe doctor supervision would be helpful so that you have guidance along the way?

    Well, I think from having Anorexia, I kind of lost my sense of what's too small, and I'm not really toned, nor do I have much muscle, so I realize rather than losing more weight, I should just get toned and mantain if not gain some weight.
    Thanks for your answer:)
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    Congratulations for taking control of your health and considering outside opinion. I know a person's self-image of their body can be way off of what others see (mine was!) and it takes a good deal of courage to open yourself to the opinion and suggestions of others.

    I would love to have the link to the post by a gal who was 12 or so lbs heavier after her time on MFP than she had been when she was younger. She had pics of her booty and belly and arms and legs and the 12 lbs heavier pics showed her actually looking thinner because it was dense muscle.

    if you lose too much, you can easily lose muscle rather than fat. I'd take the advice of those who say try some strength training and concentrate on protein in your diet. I will never forget how good that woman looked, at 12 lbs heavier, than she ever looked without the muscle tone. It really affected how I thought of "weight" vs. "health" - does that make sense?

    Anyway - congrats again, and keep yourself in your own control You can try new things and, if they don't work - try something else that will.

    :flowerforyou:

    Thanks for your comment:) Someone gave me a link with pictures of people who did muscle training, and people who didn't, and there was a HUGE difference. So I'm going to start going to the gym, and toning up. I also realize I need to start mantaining my weight if not gaining. I'm glad that I made this post because I didn't know a lot of the stuff people were telling me about on here, and I didn't realize I was on the verge of being underweight.
    The weight vs. health does make sense, so I need to eat healthier foods, along with more protein.
  • SandyPianoGirl
    SandyPianoGirl Posts: 66
    Have a look at this thread http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/531086-before-and-after-pics-no-starvation I'm really inspired by the trim, toned looking ladies who've been lifting weights. They don't look freakishly muscled, just healthy and fit. And they're not super-skinny!

    Thanks a bunch for the link! I didn't realize that muscle training made that much of a difference! I've made the decision to do start going to the gym more, and to stop losing weight, and I might even gain some weight:)
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