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Yeah I get you. I don’t enjoy counting every single calorie either. I’ve stopped taking the food scale out for every thing. The food that I eat matters as well. If I eat a croissant for breakfast and it’s only 200-300 calories then I will crash later on because my blood sugars will be all over the place and I’ll get so…

I know this is an old thread but just wanted to say I’m petite (5’ 4”) and I’ve done the whole crash dieting and eating only 1200 calories etc and it made my health so bad I’m still suffering! Now I’m eating 2000/2100 calories and losing weight. It’s taken me a long time to realise that it’s lifestyle not a short term fix.

For your height and weight 90-100g is more than enough. I’m also 5’ 4” so 1 inch taller and generally aim for 100-110g easily but let’s say sometimes I end up only getting 80g, well I’ve learned to accept that and it’s better to still be in a calorie deficit because there’s no point in eating more to hit your protein…

Are you vegan, vegetarian or pescatarian or just eating anything? That’s where we can start from. Also what are your stats? Age, weight and height and I’m assuming you are female.

The two biggest things that helped my pms cravings were cutting down on refined sugar and carbs BUT still complex carbs like banana, dates, oats, potatoes and more protein. Also eating at maintenance (even just for 3-5 days) has really helped my pms cravings. The reason why too much sugar and refined carbs might not be…

I wasn’t aiming at eating perfectly but with only 20ish lbs to lose I just wanted to make some progress and actually stick to my calories. I’ve realised that when I eat too much chocolate then I want more and it’s because my brain craves it and or it’s bored. I think at this point I would rather abstain for a few weeks and…

Well it’s funny because if I distract myself long enough then I don’t want chocolate so it could be a boredom/habit thing. Ah I love exercising, I could do it all day! In fact it’s the days that I don’t exercise where I struggle to stay in a deficit because I just have less to do and less food. Exercise takes my mind of…

Thank you that definitely put it into a whole new perspective for me 😊

So before you met your nutritionist were you in a binge and restrict cycle?

Below is from the study: “low BMR may constitute a considerable risk factor predisposing to development of T2D.” I was talking about low BMR not BMI. So if someone with IR were to eat a normal 1800-2000 calorie diet they could be gaining weight because their body just isn’t burning that many calories. This happens to women…

Yes but that’s just the physical part of it. We also need to look at the environmental, social, mental and emotional sides to weight loss. It’s much more complex than that. What about cravings and food triggers? I think it’s easier for some and harder for others. Some people can create an environment for themselves where…

Yeah the maintenance at period has definitely helped but I’m honestly not depriving myself- I’m doing the opposite right now. I’ve had an ED in the past so I know depriving myself isn’t good.

No, just no. Why would you do a really restrictive diet? I’m only a bit taller than you at 5’ 4” and I can safely eat 1900-2100 calories and lose weight. Okay let’s say I didn’t exercise, I would still lose weight on 1600 calories. Because I’ve built muscle so my bmr is higher so why don’t you look into doing a recomp?…

https://drc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001381 Even if she was eating one or two meals a day this can still cause erratic blood sugar swings which can also disturb proper insulin function over time because it can cause blood sugar levels to plummet in some people. We all have different hormone levels. Also maybe OP was binging…

She said she has prediabetes so she has insulin resistance. This means her body doesn’t process carbs and sugars like a normal person so they are more likely to get stored as fat. I’m sure she was eating way more than 1100 calories but I also do know that insulin resistance can impair glucose metabolism. I also read a…

Also I would like to add that I started intuitive eating around January and February this year...bad idea. I gained a few pounds and I was exhausted because my brain was just telling me to eat lots sugary fatty foods like chocolates etc (I was already eating chocolate because I wasn’t depriving myself before but they said…

Yeah I don’t like planning my meals to a t but I might just have to for a month to get into the swing of things. And honestly my meals are great- balanced with protein carbs, veggies and fats. But then I just keep eating chocolate and I think it’s become a habit so I need to break it in order to get back in control.

Right now it’s chocolate 😔. I don’t have self control over it at the moment!

My meals are great but it’s when I snack on chocolate in between my meals and I just keep eating over my calories even with just a 250 calorie deficit. I probably need to rebuild discipline again.

Well it’s normally stress or PMS. I’ve got these silly thoughts in my head always telling me to eat otherwise I’m depriving myself!

I’m trying to but I know I need to lose this weight as well. I guess fatloss more than weight loss though but thank you for the kind words 🥰

I’ve definitely been overeating on chocolate- Lindt, kitkat, dairymilk and it’s in my cupboards. I’ve definitely developed a sweet tooth over the past few months and I’m finding it hard to get my sugar cravings down. 🙈🙊

It’s funny because I used to think that too and I tortured myself to endure low carb diets because I have pcos. I was always tired and I felt miserable and it triggered me to binge. Well turns out I didn’t need to do that because I function really well on 200-250g of carbs per day. In fact, I’ve decided that it’s better…

I’m already doing this 🙂

Hey I’m F 27 and losing the last 20-25 lbs (not sure) and I’m eating between 1900-2100 calories a day to lose weight. I kinda fell off the weight loss thing and I’ve been maintaining because of family and work coming in the way. Anyway my sisters wedding is in August and I’m ready to take this seriously. Feel free to add…

Yeah it’s definitely a tricky one. The reason why I’m counting calories is because I actually UNDEREAT when I try to do it intuitively and then I risk losing muscle so I’m sticking to a 0.5 lbs a week loss.

You can just use an online calculator and aim to reverse diet up to the maintenance calories and see how you feel? It’s tricky because my TDEE fluctuates so sometimes it’s 2300 and sometimes it’s up to 2700 so you just have to find an average.

I’ve had an ED and many of them are actually genetic so you might be onto something there. Sometimes when you undereat for so long, your body lowers its metabolism and it thinks it’s starving so it stops sending out hunger signals in order to survive. This happens to a lot of eating disorder patients and I’ve experienced…

You’ve actually seen plenty of results because you’ve already lost 11 lbs. What I’m worried about is how little you’re eating. You should be aiming for 0.5 lbs a week because you don’t have much to lose and as AnnPT suggested, if you’re maintenance calories are 2000 calories then aiming for 1700 calories instead. You want…

That’s exactly what happens to me. Sometimes the scale won’t move for 2 months 😳 so I’m just going to stick to measuring myself, daily weigh ins and clothes like a pair of jeans because my butt and thighs are my where I gain the most weight.