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I plugged your info into a bmi calculator and it looks like you're pretty severely UNDERWEIGHT. Did you know you can set MFP to gain? Because I think that would give you a better number. Your bmi is 17.4. That's gettino into dangerous to your health levels...

Another one for shock value, I just checked my BMR, it's 1457. That's your "running organs, digesting, basically just existing without doing anything" number. And I'm probably not that much bigger than you. I'm 5'2" and only 30lbs to go.

Are you doing a BMR calculation? Cause 1136 is lower than MFP will even let you go to LOSE weight, let alone maintain. Try this calculator, very reliable. (Bottom) For some shock value: MY 3 year old toddler needs more than that to maintain. He's very active, but seriously, that's wild. Even 1400 is a little wild in my…

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Don't you think that's a little extreme to compare to OP's case though? Anorexia takes you into those very wild extremes of caloric deficit that don't apply to the general CICO weight loss community. I'm not denying YOU experienced metabolic slowdown as a result of your anorexia (thrilled that this seems to be a past-tense…

I expect your body would reject ANY food it wasn't used to. And your body can get not-used-to a certain diet much faster than I originally believed. Whether it's healthy food or unhealthy food, I think it goes both ways. If tomorrow I ate nothing by veggies and lean meats, I probably wouldn't react well because I and my…

I did a 1000 calorie deficit early on, for my first 25 lbs of loss, now I have probably a 750ish and I think 1000 would be really hard. As I get closer to goal, it's harder to eat less.

I just wanted to share this, because there's a lot of anti-science talk going on on this thread. Scientific claims aren't "always changing" the way they're being talked about here; they are in a constant state of refinement. We're not going to find out tomorrow that the sun revolves around the earth. It's just not going to…

PCOS can work with CICO. It's just a matter of adjustment to the CO side. Because of abnormal hormones and whatnot, you burn fewer calories than a female without PCOS, but that can be adjusted for in the CICO equation. Many users on here with PCOS do that very thing. I would never try to tell you it was easy, but it can be…

You're probably having mirror failure. I don't know if it has a legitimate scientific name, that's just what I call it. When we lose weight, and get physically smaller, our brains take a while to catch up. You have an image of yourself in your head, and lots of what you see is made up by your brain. Like, did you know you…

I use "Monitor Your Weight" the maker is Husain Al-Bustan. It's free for android, dunno if it's available for ios. It's very VERY simple. It's basically trendweight without all the bells and whistles. You can put in every weight log you've had up until now, as well as following ones and it keeps a graph and progression…

I hate oats. If it's not in a cookie or meatloaf, I don't want it. I've happily lost 28 some odd lbs and never bothered with oats. You can get all the same nutrients elsewhere. There's nothing special or proprietary about steel cut oats as opposed to other foods. If you don't like them, don't eat them. That being said, Joy…

What is "raw" milk?

This. The only thing you need to worry about is if your pee is in the good range. If it is, you're fine. I know it sounds gross, just pretend you're a professor of biology and turn around and check the toilet if you're concerned.

There's nothing wrong with wearing make up everywhere if you want to. I wear make up to the gym. The only thing that matters is IT'S ABOUT ME. I'm wearing it because it makes me feel good and does exactly zero harm to others. And that's a rare thing, so you go on and wear your make up and don't worry about it. It's no one…

I use crystal light blackberry lemonade. The little squeeze things. I like it and I haven't died so I'm callin' it good. Drink when you are thirsty. It's really nothing to obsess over. I'm going to re-post this video by Adam Ruins Everything, because it's funny and informational, and we can all use a good laugh in the…

Mostly the video is just funny and simple, cwolf gave you the pertinent info:)

What he ^ said. The highest scientific and medical minds have already weighed in on this. Drink when you are thirsty. Have access to water when you're being active. It's that simple. Remember that TOO MUCH water can kill you just as surely as not enough can. Here's a funny video by Adam Ruins Everything all about water.…

My husband has this problem. He's actually underweight and on here trying to gain, but he has the hardest time eating even to maintenance. (My kingdom for those kind of hunger-queues...) I'm sure that's not his perspective, or yours. It seems really annoying and tough.

I actually just don't eat much red meat for no apparent reason. I mean, ground beef is about it. I can't remember last time I had a steak before this most recent one, and that was just cause i got a new cookbook and it sounded good. That was a week ago and before that I can't find any in my diary so there's that. I don't…

Maybe I made somebody mad?

http://nutritiondata.self.com/ This is a GREAT nutrition info site for your issue. You can search the food by either raw or cooked, depending on your preference. For example, you might use raw if you're inputting a recipe of your own on MFP, whereas if you just baked a chicken breast, the cooked might be your choice. You…

I'm set to 1200 calories as a safety measure to balance out inaccurate logging. we do a lot of out eating during the day, and I don't have my scale, and I'm not gonna be a total stress case about it, so I just set the goal a little lower than it otherwise would be, am as flawless as possible when I can use my scale and get…

Stating ahead of time that I am NOT a morning person. If I don't get up and get moving right away, no down time, no relaxing activity, I'm useless for the rest of the day. I get in maybe 7 or 8000 steps on a day where I have a relaxing morning. But I can get 12-14,000 easy and a huge calorie burn bump if I get up,…

Accept that weight loss isn't linear, and not lose hope over three weeks of not-a-dam-thing happening on the scale. Also noting that inches may be lost while scale weight remains the same.

The simple way would be to add higher-calorie foods to your diet. To be honest, there are no "bad" foods and "good" foods. What is "bad" and "good" depends entirely on the individual diet. A donut might be good for you if you're low on carbs. Broccoli might be a bad choice if you've gotten zero protein for the day. If…

I don't have nightmares, but I have very weird dreams since I started this whole thing last october. I chalk it up to actually getting adequate amounts of sleep for the first time since I was like 4.

If you try to "Finish" or "Close" your diary and you're under by a lot, it'll disallow you from closing it and yell at you in orange about not meeting nutrition requirements.

Ok.

You go to a track at your local gym, or the high school after school is out, walk a mile/ half mile/500 feet, whatever measurement you can (bigger the better), count exactly how many steps it was, and divide to see the AVG length of each step. If you can't get to a track for whatever reason, you can use a tape measure on…