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I think going vegan would be too restrictive and triggerring for me. Besides I can't eat too many beans as they give me tummy troubles and also I love meat and need it to fuel my weight lifting. I don't eat very much dairy through. My question isn't really about maintaining my weight, it is obviously a concern but I think…

Like you, I don't believe in cutting out anything altogether for most things, but I actually found it worked for me and soft drinks. Personally I found cutting out ice cream and cake very triggering for me, it lead to binges and even though they're not the healthiest food, they do at least fill you up and offer some…

My current size feels right for me because it's the same as I was for years before I gained half a stone last year and the clothes that fit me are the same ones I've had for years. Last year my weight suddenly jumped up after I had a phase of comfort eating and I hated how my favourite clothes didn't fit me any more and I…

I think the problem is I just don't want to gain ANY weight at all. Not even 8 pounds. I was 8 stone 10 last year and felt so uncomfortable at that weight, I have a small frame so that extra 8 pounds made so much difference and all my clothes were tight. I am a healthy weight right now, I don't look underweight, I look the…

Wow thanks for all the information, I'll have a good read. Won't I just gain silly amounts of weight on 3000 calories a day and no exercise? I'm at a healthy weight and really don't want to put on very much although would be comfortable with a few pounds maybe. Did you just jump to 3000 or did you slowly increase?

Thanks for the advice :) I'll begin slowly increasing my calories starting with a 1500 goal next week. I do take care of my macros, I always aim for 100g protein and have really been trying to up my carbs but I get so full on them. You make a good point that my weekly average may be made up of booze calories which isn't…

I know that I'm not overweight, I have a healthy BMI and it was still in the healthy range when I was a stone heavier however I didn't feel comfortable at that weight, I don't think the weight looked right on my body as much as I didn't think it looked right when I was restricting and about 8 stone as I was too skinny. I'm…

Thank you for all the helpful replies. I'm not sure if it is the excess food weight, or my muscle stores because I saw that increase when I first started eating over 1200 calories a day in October, I also had water retention and gained a lot of fat around my belly (I think it was my body quickly storing what it could)…

It may be because you lost some muscle along the way, or you still have some fat to lose or loose skin. The best way to tone up is to cut down on cardio depending on how much more weight you have to lose and begin strength training, the heavier the weights the better. Pilates is really good as well. Try doing the plank,…

The plank is a great exercise to strengthen your abs, anything that keeps your muscles tense throughout the whole set is great but you won't really see any benefit until you lose excess fat from that area, only your diet can help with that. I've always been pretty slim but have a pudge of fat around my belly button, the…

YEP

Quinoa has a lot more protein and the energy is released slowly meaning you're more likely to use the calories rather than store them as fat - also it will keep you fuller and more satisfired for longer. Brown rice is a healthier option to white rice as well and is cheaper and easier to cook than quinoa.

I don't enjoy savoury breakfasts but needed more protein than I was getting from oatmeal so I've started making sweet scrambled eggs or omlettes in the morning. You can make it quite light and low calorie by only using egg whites, I usually use one whole egg and the rest just the whites. The scrambled eggs are easy to do,…

I wanted advice, I wanted to know whether what I'm experiencing is normal for someone who has been restricting for a few months. I have made a change, I was starving myself and now I'm not! I used to eat how I'm doing so now but slightly less healthy for years and I stayed the same weight, so the whole point of my post was…

Well my weight was 126lbs before I tried to diet in May, I did lose some weight then and was probably around 118lbs when I started 'clean eating' in July, by the time the restrictive eating began In August I was more like 116lbs. Stupid I know because that was my goal weight really but I just liked seeing the scales go…

Thank you, I have actually started IF, like the 5:2 diet but only one day a week. It's the only time I've counted calories since I suddenly stopped counting after the break up and thats only because I need to make sure I stay between 500-600 calories. I've done it the last two Mondays, mainly because I tend to eat healthy…

Well I was using MFP when I was counting calories, it was obsessive. I didn't feel like I could eat unless I had logged it first and the closer and closer it got to 1200 every day the more stressed I got even though I wanted to eat at least 1200 as I knew under that was too low.I've posted here before and always find the…

I don't want to lose weight, I just want to go back to a normal diet like I maintained for years with a healthy weight before the eating disorder began. Cutting out sugar and wheat and only eating whole foods over the summer has definitely taught me a lot about the health benefits and made me more aware of what's hidden in…

Thanks again for all the advice. I decided to just go for it this weekend and I've eaten around 2000 calories both days, some of that was alcohol though. I'm feeling a bit guilty about it all now as I didn't do any exercise over the weekend either but I've looked at my weekly summary and I averaged 1200 a day by doing…

Thanks for your advice. It's annoying because I've always wanted to not feel hunger but now I hate it! It sort of takes the pleasure out of eating when I don't feel like I need to. After reading some of the replies I instantly ate a flapjack because it scared me at how unhealthy I've been. I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable…