calorie intake

Ok but it's like hoping your car will take you across the state on only a half gallon of gas...you have to eat enough for your body to stop sending signals to hold onto every single fat cell it has. Once that happens, you'll start losing weight.

What does MFP recommend you eat based on your age, current weight, and activity level?

stormieweather- I don't what it was but i think it was 900- 1200

Hmo4- I do eat!! Like I said im trying to up my intake. It's hard. 500 seems like alot considering how high everything is now days.

Eating only like 500 calories a day would mean that you have a serious eating disorder... and in this case, it seems like you are somewhat proud of the fact that you are starving yourself. Eating more than 500 calories per day is not a difficult task. Even though you may be mantaining a certain weight by only eating that miniscule amount of food, you are being extremely unhealthy and hurting your body. You are definitely not on a healthy path, my dear

stormieweather- I don't what it was but i think it was 900- 1200

Hmo4- I do eat!! Like I said im trying to up my intake. It's hard. 500 seems like alot considering how high everything is now days.

Could you clarify this--do you mean how high everything is calorie-wise or financially?? B/c if you mean calorie-wise, you need to bone up on your nutrition and start eating healthy foods (fruit, veg, lean meats) you can eat a lot in terms of volume/calorie when you eat healthy foods.

RoxieFoston- If that was to meh... If you are saying that i don't look like that i do. I took that pic a few days ago for my xanga account.

Hmo4- I eat things like 1/2cup or peas or corn things like that for breakfast if i eat breakfast and the same for lunch. I don't really eat dinner and if i do i eat candy

tymaddox- Im not proud that i eat 500 but im not ashamed of it either. This thread asked how much so i said how much. Eating 500 i lose weight but not on purpose

Astridefeline- Yesh! I mean the cals are high. And i do eat veggies and fruit. I try not to eat meat and things like that

You need to come stay with me for a while and get some education. Don't you read the other threads about how important protein is and other nutrients? The more protein you build and have, the more fat it burns. There are some good fats that are recommended to eat such as olive oil, avocado, olives, nuts, that have Omega 3s in them which our body actually uses to help burn fat, and they contain healthy antioxidants in them. Carbohydrates-2 kinds. Simple carbs-not good. Sugar, white flour, white rice. Anthing you eat like that causes your body to have high sugar rushes. Insulin, an enrgy storing chemical in your body, stores these as fat for energy need later. The problem is, we usually eat again by then, so it is stored as fat. Complex carbohydrates- veggies, fruit, whole grain breads and pasta, take longer to digest, so the Insulin doesn't spike as quickly in your body, ( your body won't store away these foods as fat as quickly). Those calories in that food is used first for energy. We need carbohydrates for energy. You need protein to keep you full longer also and build and retain muscle. You should always eat Protein and Carbs at ever meal, cause they work together in our body. Do you understand any of this?:flowerforyou:

That's sad Twisted Kid - you need help! Please seek some counseling - you are killing yourself. Your body needs more nutrition than you are giving it - you will develop weak bones, heart problems and serious side effects if you don't get help soon! Please take care of your body, it is the only one you get and you have to live the rest of your life with the damage you do to it now. :flowerforyou:

Ditto what MTgirl said--you are killing yourself. Please seek help.

Hmo4- Yes i understand ^_^

Stacy- No

Mtgirl- That kinda upset meh! I don't need help! I'm find by myself.

You DO need help - you are in deep denial about what you are doing to yourself. Please, you are doing irreversable damage to your body - people die from the damage you are inflicting on yourself. I won't beat on this drum anymore, but you need to get help. You are not seeing yourself accurately and not nourishing your body - at least consider what has been said to you. No one is being mean, but you have made it very clear that you are in serious need of help!!

Mines is 500 or less. I just took what i eat most days without sweets

Sweets count as caloric food (although not a healthy choice), so you're eating a lot more calories than you think you are. Just because it's not a healthy choice, does not mean it doesn't count for how much you eat.

Mines is 500 or less. I just took what i eat most days without sweets

Sweets count as caloric food (although not a healthy choice), so you're eating a lot more calories than you think you are. Just because it's not a healthy choice, does not mean it doesn't count for how much you eat.

I know! When i eat sweets my intake is about 650 or less. When i eat sweet i normally only eat half on days and the other half the other. I only eat sweets maybe twice a week sometimes three