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Thank you so much for this!! It is so frustrating to hear people telling me I'm just overeating when I KNOW I am not and see how much more everyone around me eats and that I am truly barely eating anything. Thank you❤

I have gained the 6 pounds I stated in my original response over 6 weeks, but 4 of them have been in the last 3 weeks when I started doing 1600/day instead of 14-1500.

1600 is total, NOT net. I've been doing this for 2 years so my metabolism is very slow. I'm positive I am not overestimating- I am a mathematics major and understand numbers and weights. I can read a nutrition label and can divvy up a pound of chicken, and I have food scales. Thank you for your advice! I think I'll try and…

I have eaten under 1600 calories for the past 2 years. I am tracking correctly and have not exceeded 2000 calories in one day since May of 2015. I only eat foods I cook for myself and won't touch it if I don't know/weigh exactly what goes in, although this has gotten better in the past few months working with my therpist.…

Okay so how do I maintain? What macros do you use? Maybe if I maintain and do weights a lot that will help? And I'll be more toned/less flabby?

My Doctor told me not to lose more weight. I don't have to necessarily see a smaller number just less bloated and fat!

Thank you so much for all the replies! I want to clarify I know how much I'm eating- I weight everything, don't use oil when cooking anything, and cook EVERY SINGLE MEAL myself. If I didn't make it I don't eat it. I will add I have PCOS so a slow metabolism, and just started estrogen therapy so maybe that is causing water…

oh and I got my body fat measured, it's 17.4% if that helps. I also don't eat back any of my exercise calories. I am overwhelmed by the whole body recomp thing and am really scared it will make me gain weight

Thanks for the advice! Looks good but isn't that a huge amount of fat?

Thank you guys for your advice. Growing up, I have never been naturally thin. My grandma made sure well I knew that I was the "big sister," that she was worried about my clothes fitting, that I was "built heavy," that my sister and I could never possibly share clothes because there was "no way" they would fit us both. I am…

Thank you for your advice ❤️

I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to look your best if you work hard for it :) And they tried the pill but it did not work. I am aware of the cancer risks but unfortunately nothing is working so I do not have many options or control over the situation. What I do have control over is my body and eating…

I do weigh myself every day... about 6-8 times a day actually! ALWAYS every morning when I get up after using the bathroom, naked. This is where I got the .8 pound difference. I weigh myself throughout the day as well, and always at night before going to sleep (again naked after using bathroom). I gain as much as 6-10…

You are right! The 450 is for when I do 64 minutes on elyptical (2 rounds with cool down) the machine tells me I burned something crazy like 620.. Fitbit says 450.. and it doesn't matter because I always eat 1400-1600 no matter how much the Fitbit says I burn. Good advice though- some people just eat back all the calories…

When I was doing 900-1200, I was having one 180 calorie Luna bar, one 4oz chicken breast, one cup of broccoli, one cup of vegan chili, and one cup of Greek yogurt a day. There is no way that is over 1200. I was eating at a dining hall and had limited choices so stuck to what I knew. I had a hormonal imbalance that was…

Thanks for the advice everyone. Wanted to say a few things 1. I don't think I lost the weight quickly. It seemed to drag on forever. I was eating 900-1200 a day for months last year to lose 8 pounds in four months. It was not until I started metformin that I upped my calories to 1200. It took me about 18 months to lose 35…

NO! My friends and family and nutritionist just think I'm getting one. My best friend was anorexic in high school and trust me, I'm NOT! Yes, I obsess about it but they just don't understand! I put so much work into this and it's frustrating to not see results! I feel like I worked so hard I should look how I want to look…

Seeds of change, 2 serving bags. Very small. Says "460" right on the bag.

I guess I'm just confused about how there would be a huge difference? If I eat a bag of sweet peas over two days, does it really matter if I eat 82 calories one day and 78 the next cause it was a little off? If I buy two pounds of sweet potatoes and cook them and eat it over four days, even if I don't split it up in four…

Thanks for the help! My metabolism is messed up because I lost weight quickly at 1200 cals a day with exercise. I also have hormonal imbalances, insulin resistance, possible PCOS, reasons for not getting my period. I would LOVE a food scale but my roommates would freak out. They already reported me to the campus…

I just got my maintenance from putting my height, weight, and activity level on a website from google. I know it's not accurate as I would blow up on that! I am ABSOLUTELY not eating more than I say I am eating. I measure everything and then round up further. My chicken may be off day to day, but I make one pound at a time…

Hi- thank you all so much for your help! Maybe I do want to look like a model, or at least smaller, but for all of the hard work I do I don't think that's a bad thing! I know how to lose weight- I lost 35 pounds in the last year and a half. I'm not dumb. It just is harder now because my metabolism is messed up. I will try…

Thanks for the answer! I definitely just want to look smaller and thought being in the 130s would achieve that but if I could look skinnier in the 140s I would take it! What is a recomp? My maintenance is 2491 calories which I CANNOT eat, I would gain five pounds in a day and 10 pounds by the end of the week. I ate 1700 by…