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I’m 5’4” and 116 personally wouldn’t consider myself anywhere near too skinny. If it’s still within healthy guidelines it’s really just preference.

There’s some serious concerning behaviour going on here.

I’m 116lbs and will get weightloss ache after eating for only a week in a deficit, so I wouldn’t rule that out.

It’s definitely possible, it’s just not gonna be even remotely healthy.

I’m 116 at 5’4” and don’t consider myself skinny. It’s relative, I suppose I look skinny next to someone who is over weight, but I still have a high amount of fat in relation to my overall weight, I’m still pretty squishy.. whereas my friend is the same height and weight and very lean/firm, cause she’s much less lazy about…

Id either lie and tell them something like I’m not really trying to lose, just focusing on eating healthy now, or tell them you don’t have a set weight and are just going with the flow. It’s suitably vague but doesn’t warrant too many questions imo.

Definitely stop sharing information with those people. I’m 116 at5’4” and still plan to lose a few more pounds. It’s really just preference. I do wonder if because bigger has become more normal people are just more wary of lower weights, even if they’re within a healthy BMI

I get a lot of “wow if I ate what you ate I’d be so fat” and “how are you skinny if you eat cake for breakfast??” I dunno what the deal is with people thinking that they have the right to comment on your size when they consider you to be thin, like that’s somehow less offensive than commenting on what an overweight person…

Cups are poor measuring tools for accurate calories. Definitely weigh.

Also building on a post above, I was suspected to have a varying degree of mental health issues that were for the most part, put right when I was diagnosed and treated for hypothyroidism. Long story short, take your meds.

Levothyroxine would only be replacing what your body is struggling to produce naturally. Please don’t decline medication that you need! It’s easy to look at all the meds and think you don’t wanna be on any more, but I really don’t think your body will be looking at it that way. Give yourself a break, if you’re not giving…

Honestly? I got bored of doing it slowly and crash dieted on low calorie for a few months and have been successfully mainining since. It’s not something I’d recommend, but I’ve always been very all or nothing.

Some people are just nosy, honestly. I’m slim but I still get certain colleagues criticising or obsessively noticing my food choices (how are you slim but you’re eating chocolate everyday..). Some people just have something to say about everything, and really it says a lot more about them than it does about you, so try to…

Good job so far! :)

1,200 calories is not a lot of food, I’d strongly consider that you may be miscalculating calories if you’re feeling like you’re eating so much.

I’ve never relapsed hard or anything but the thought of having to redo my hard work always kept me on track.

Grazing is nothing more than a habit which you can get control of, but first stop calling yourself a grazer. That’s like me calling myself a non-exerciser and using that as my reason for never ever exercising. ^^’

I made it to 116 without exercise ^^

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I’d advise going to see a medical professional if you’re concerned, but I’d say that even what could be considered a slight change of hormones can do weird things to your body.

After restriction I found what felt like ‘binge’ days were actually just me eating at maintenance calories - they just felt like binges because I’d been eating so little previously. So maybe your average across the entire week and weekend is still coming out at maintenance?

It’s okay to decide that you look good and that you don’t wanna lose any more. It’s okay to not stick to your original goal, it isn’t failing if you decide you want to maintain for awhile. If you’re still interested in losing I’m sure some others can give some great advice as to how you can move that along, but I wanna say…

You did say you tried a bunch of different things though - did you give each new plan a year each or were you cycling through different approaches over one year? If it’s the latter it could still be that you haven’t given each approach long enough to know if it’s really working for you. You say that you’ve been running…

Because it’s a huge hassle and I’m successful without it.

I believe lifestyle change refers to long term, life long changes, as oppose to a diet which often refers to a short term plan - of which people often return to their old habits after and regain the weight.

Not bad advice, but I think the jump between drinking tea and low anxiety rates is a little bit of a stretch :p

‘Sins’ don’t mean anything, they’re mostly just arbitrary values assigned to foods to try and help you stay in a deficit. But it’s the deficit of calories that matters, so as long as you’re under your burn then you’ll lose, regardless of the food type.

I highly doubt you’re accurately counting 1,300, no offence. I’m a 125lbs female and I feel incredibly hungry on only 1,200. I’d definitely recommend you reasses your counting, and use a food scale if you don’t already. Cheat days are fine, but if you’re not losing weight then you’re definitely eating more than you think…

5’4” 125, uk size 8-10.

I wasn’t hating on her job, I felt bad that her ‘friend’ was using her as an example like that.