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It turns out that a safe number for your height is 111lbs, if you have a very small frame and less-dense bones. You can switch your MFP settings over to maintenance and aim for the calories it sets for you. Don't beat yourself up about binging or falling off the wagon--it happened, it's over now, today is a new day. But I…
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DerekVTX, let me address a few things you mentioned, in the hope we can keep having a good discussion on this thread. If you're upset by my posts, please know my intention was never to be rude, nor to go off topic. I am new to this site and to losing weight a healthy way, but I am not new to binge eating, being overweight,…
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Hi! I think you're right. I was basing it off advice from an online calorie calculator that said for a 5'5" 131 year old female: Based on the Robinson formula (1983), your ideal weight is 126.8 lbs Based on the Miller formula (1983), your ideal weight is 132.1 lbs Based on the Devine formula (1974), your ideal weight is…
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Based on your height alone, the lowest you'd want to weigh is 125lbs--depending on your age and bone density, you could safely and healthily go up to 150lbs. So, the safest thing to do is let yourself gain back about 15 pounds--but it doesn't have to be fat--it can be awesome healthy "fat-burning" muscle. Gradually add…
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Please consider reading the book Master Your Metabolism. It was VERY hard for me to let myself eat more, but by eating less and working out so hard for weeks, I was slowing my metabolism and then binging on Friday nights when I couldn't keep it up. So when I ate too little and worked out too hard, my body plateaued b/c my…
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I'm fairly new to this stuff too, so please take my opinion for what it is--just that, an opinion. There's a section in the book Master Your Metabolism by Jillian Michaels that talks about what triggers certain hormones, like ghrelin, the hunger hormone, and cortisol (the stress hormone that can make us pack on weight…
