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As someone who recovered from an eating disorder a couple of years back I can really relate to the obsessive calorie counting thing. The way I learned was simply stopping. The only way you can change a behaviour is if you train your way out of it, it is only the fear that prevents this evolution. It's not easy and I…
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mine is all black aswell! I prefer it a lot more, psychologically I saw the red as bad, so even if I went over my calories by one I'd feel awful about it. This way it's not seen as such a bad thing, more of a statement of fact; it's much better! Also, it's not as motivating for the people who 'get off' on the green and try…
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I may not be understanding this correctly, but I put my stats in (18, f, 65 inches, 110lbs) and my BMR came up at around 800. Even with extreme exercise my daily caloric needs were 1600? When I was two pounds heavier (so practically no difference) I could maintain my weight with 5 days moderate exercise and 2000…
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louise, 19 from uk feel free to add :)
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I do, and I track everything, do feel free to add :)
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You're not going to gain weight on 1900, and if you do it's because you're not eating enough to bring your metabolism up. From someone with an eating disorder to another, I can tell you a fear of fat is ridiculous. I used to only eat peanut butter and lost half a stone on that, and I was having 50-60g of fat a day. If you…
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To add to this, people go stick to similar calorie goals when dieting/maintaining. I for instance, eat around 2000 calories a day (normally just under) and comfortably maintain on that but what are the chances that I burn exactly 2000 calories a day?
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As this is a purely theoretical situation, can we assume that it is a definite fact you eat a tiny weeny bit over maintenance every day?
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I believe that the 2000 calories is set as a woman of a certain height and weight (probably based on the average woman who is lightly active and in the middle of a healthy weight range, just guessing) which is why it's only a guideline as everyone is different. Men have the 2500 calorie guideline, but akin to the women,…
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THIS. I cannot stress how dangerous it is for you to be eating 900 calories a day. I should point out that the less you eat for weight loss, the less you will be able to eat to maintain your weight post loss due to the fact that your body will have made itself a lot more efficient at using up energy, so any extra will be…
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Thanks for the reply! I have had a look at that calculator actually but thing is I don't know how many calories I burn through my cardio. Your answer does make sense though, I've been really worried that I'll over eat because of hunger, though so far I've resisted and I know I'll keep resisting. I think I'll monitor where…
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By the way I log my exercise calories as moderate but have been told it is more intense and that I probably burn more in the region of 500-600. I live a very sedentary lifestyle otherwise bar three hours standing two days a week as a cashier, and again standing all days saturday (but I take a rest day then).
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Yeah it does thanks, though now i do it more for fitness than weight loss as I'm at a pretty low weight already and I'm happy where I am. The resistance I'm at now I couldn't of done before I started training at all which makes me quite proud :) I want to cycle outside, but I'm waiting for it to get a little bit warmer…
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Well I originally did it for weight loss but on a lower resistance and have trained myself to do it on a higher resistance. I thought 300 was pretty reasonable too but was told today by my gymaholic father that he would have thought I burned about 500 calories minimum. It's amazing for your legs though! My muscles are very…
