Upped my calories and upped my weight!

Because that's the science of it. For example - a 5 foot, 7 inch female who is 25 years old, would have a BMR of 1200.4 - if she weighed 80 pounds. Which, on the low end of the "healthy weight" scale - she would be 46 pounds UNDER her "ideal" body weight. A male - at the same height and age would have a BMR of 1200.4 if he weighed 72.8 pounds. For him, on the low end of the "healthy weight" scale - he would be 65.2 POUNDS UNDERWEIGHT.

Thats not an assumption. That's fact.

It's an assumption that someon is 5'7". Not everyone is. Some people's BMR actually is only 1200.

Explain an entire race of people who primarily eat fish and rice who are in greater health mentally and physcically and don't eat 1800 calories a day.

Because that's the science of it. For example - a 5 foot, 7 inch female who is 25 years old, would have a BMR of 1200.4 - if she weighed 80 pounds. Which, on the low end of the "healthy weight" scale - she would be 46 pounds UNDER her "ideal" body weight. A male - at the same height and age would have a BMR of 1200.4 if he weighed 72.8 pounds. For him, on the low end of the "healthy weight" scale - he would be 65.2 POUNDS UNDERWEIGHT.

Thats not an assumption. That's fact.

It's an assumption that someon is 5'7". Not everyone is. Some people's BMR actually is only 1200.

Explain an entire race of people who primarily eat fish and rice who are in greater health mentally and physcically and don't eat 1800 calories a day.

Exactly. With all this talk about starvation mode, people actually forget that there are entire cultures that live, work and play every day of their lives and never eat half of what Americans eat. The entire culture eats less than 2000 calories a day regardless of any physically activity. Are all of those people in perpetual "starvation mode?"

Explain an entire race of people who primarily eat fish and rice who are in greater health mentally and physcically and don't eat 1800 calories a day.

Exactly. With all this talk about starvation mode, people actually forget that there are entire cultures that live, work and play every day of their lives and never eat half of what Americans eat. The entire culture eats less than 2000 calories a day regardless of any physically activity. Are all of those people in perpetual "starvation mode?"

And the other astonishing fact is ... many of us, too, are not Americans...

Healthy, wholesome, nutrition laden good food fills me up for as few as 900-1000 calories. I never felt the need to overfeed. I brisk walk one to two hours daily. 2 kilos from desired goal to reach BMI 21, I haven't lost a single gram for over a month. But I notice hips and thigh areas gaining muscles while fatty tissues disappear. My body must be in starvation mode at 900-1000 calories but doesn't know it...... stupid body. I speak for myself..... strictly myself.

Congrats on your loss!
What's your body fat%?

Thank you. http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi
gives me following figures
your body fat percentage is estimated to be 23.74 % using the U.S. Navy body fat algorithm, or 30.35 % using the formula developed by the YMCA.

I'm 60

If OP isnt fueling first her Basal Metabolic needs then she should just throw in the towel now.

Congrats on your loss!
What's your body fat%?

Thank you. http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi
gives me following figures
your body fat percentage is estimated to be 23.74 % using the U.S. Navy body fat algorithm, or 30.35 % using the formula developed by the YMCA.

I'm 60

So you eat very little cals...under 1200 daily and you are fine with the body fat% where it is?

Giving due respect to age, I'm fine with current weight, health and happy with self-image. My priority was and succeeded in making sure my blood sugars remain within normal range all through the day. Low carb was an only option available.... which meant none in form of white flour, sugar, juices..... never more than 3 slices of all grains bread any given day. Scarsdale Medical Diet has been a great influence over my food habits and overall general health. Permit me to give you yday's food intake for an example.... 2 slices of bread, more than 300 gms of peeled baked prawns, more than 200 gm of blue berries, 2 eggs, 2 grapefruits, one 25 gram bar of dark chocolate, lot of spinach, handful of walnuts and almonds, few peanuts, 1 serve of protein powder mixed with skim milk, 2 slices of turkey cold cuts, some fat free cottage cheese.... less than 1100-1200 cal consumption against /1900 supposed expenditure! I was stuffed full. Starvation..... you think? :noway:

Have you looked into intermittent fasting for the blood sugar stuff?

If OP isnt fueling first her Basal Metabolic needs then she should just throw in the towel now.

Wonderful words of motivation.

Considering all the people that successfully lost weight for how many years without even knowing what a BMR was??? I guess that also explains all those people living where food is not well distributed (we see them on pictures every year at the holidays) - I guess they are so thin because they are getting their daily BMR calorie load at a minimum??

I'll agree we probably shouldn't eat below 1200 calories but even occasionally I'll do that. I don't believe in eating if you're not hungry. All my life this is what I have been taught and that is the way I've lost 47 pounds. If eating more food really works for some well good for them. I know it would never work for me. :flowerforyou:

Ditto