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I'm late to the party, as usual :tongue: I missed that. I'm also still confused about the problem she's having, since the information seems slightly conflicting. OP says she's consuming 3100 calories to maintain (with her current level of activity). Seems marginally reasonable if her mileage is pretty high. But then why on…
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Perhaps not ironically, you and I made almost the exact same point about the "car and its fuel" post... lol. Sometimes this forum defies all logic.
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+1 to the above. Fat is fine... your diary isn't open so nobody knows how many grams you're getting. People seem to think 50-60g is "high" but it isn't.
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And you will gain/maintain/lose weight based on the amount of nourishment your body is getting. If it's too little - bye-bye mass, if it's too much - hello mass. OPs diary isn't open, so we can only go by what she says.
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Your car doesn't hold onto fuel just because it's low on gas, though. It burns through it, regardless. Your body is not a perpetual motion machine. There are hundreds of thousands of processes the body goes through on a daily basis that all require fuel. Body fat, muscle mass, and food = fuel. If you're not getting enough…
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Glad to see the cavalry arrive. People need to recognise how their body responds to continual crash diets, or prolonged periods of insufficient calories. The basic mechanism is - yes - you lose weight. You lose a decent portion of lean mass as well as body fat, and your bones will begin to lose density. Then, when the…
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Weigh everything raw if possible. Cooking draws out moisture in varying degrees, or adds extra moisture in varying degrees and thus alters the weight significantly. ETA: you don't really need to weigh bread. Just log it as a slice if you have the NI values for one slice, and don't be too pedantic about it.
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Just by looking at you, you would do better focusing on full body routines 3-4x a week for a few months rather than entering straight into a split.
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If you eat "a lot more" than 1000 calories to maintain your weight, you should know it's wholly unnecessary to eat 1000 or less to lose weight. Whilst, yes, you may lose mass very quickly on such a drastic caloric restriction it's important to remember that you're losing mass which includes lean mass and body fat. Nobody…
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You realise that one of the most important parts of strength training is rest, don't you?
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I have PCOS, and I used to have extremely irregular periods. I've lost weight, upped my calorie intake, and taken on strength training and it's made the world of difference to all symptoms. I'm completely "regular" now, and I don't take any medications now, and never have. Give your body time to adjust to a greater amount…
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I did give advice. Constructive advice. What's inappropriate is telling somebody it's perfectly OK to live on 1000 calories or less, when all conventional wisdom points to the opposite. Whilst, for some people, this may be possible it isn't helpful for the vast majority of people and implying that it is, is actually…
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I haven't had any digestive issues, in general, since having my gallbladder removed. I had one very, very bad flare-up around the 3rd quarter of last year which was the same type of abdominal pain you'd get from a passing stone, only it was much more acute. I genuinely thought I was going to die - I couldn't move I was in…
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It never ceases to amaze me how many "anomalies" seem to congregate together in one place. The wonders of the internet, I suppose... sigh
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Starvation mode is a myth. 1200 calories is roughly the basal metabolic rate of a small, inactive woman. Basal meaning the very least that person should be consuming. You should be eating more than that... simply because, if you continue to eat too few calories for a prolonged period of time, you will do more harm than…
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Gotta be cruel to be kind. Kind meaning you will eventually eat bacon. Dream about bacon.The anticipation of bacon... Hush now. Sleep.
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It looks like anko in a squeezy bottle. So it's really for desserts. Maybe some Squeez Bacon on top of a cupcake with some bacon bit sprinkles? So much processed junk...
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The goal calorie allowance MFP gives you is NET calories. That means the bare minimum you should be eating without exercise, i.e. total cals - cals burnt through exercise. If you exercise, it will revise your goal and allow you to eat more. From your diary, you're averaging around 1200 calories per day, and then exercising…
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You put it mildly. It looks like what comes out of my dog when she manages to get her chops 'round a bowl of chilli.
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If you build it, they will come...
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Free weights. They're a more accurate representation of the weight you're lifting and they don't force you into fixed-pattern movements.
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Nobody needs to spend 2 hours in the weight room, if I'm reading what you wrote correctly. It's completely unnecessary.
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An open diary would help, if you've been logging. If you haven't, now is a good time to start. Go by the calorie recommendations MFP gives you, and keep an eye on your weight... see whether it goes up, stays the same, or goes down. Be consistent and be diligent. Resist the urge to weigh yourself too often. Give a new diet…
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I just read they're also known as "knobbly knees"... and you can certainly get those there.
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:laugh: Or what happens the morning after too much beer. Prepare the schlatter!
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Grits are like polenta, basically. I'm British, and developed a love for good ol' rib-stickin' Southern food a few years ago.
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Does anyone else think "Osgood-Schlatter" sounds like something you might get from the red light district in Amsterdam?
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1500 calories isn't really a lot, and this is NET calories... so if you exercise it will give you even more to aim for (be sure to log your calories burnt accurately, though). It might be a big jump if you're not used to eating that much food to begin with, but that's what the fun part is. You can, absolutely, eat more…
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Well, if this is true and you keep up to date with the rest of the thread, you'll find you have a much less serious medical calamity than at least one other person. Quit milking it.
