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I apologize, I know none of this is good for me to be involved in but it is quite a huge source of constant anxiety. I do have a therapist that I see, as well as a doctor (I can't afford a nutritionist), and while I do occasionally bring up my fears, both of them know very little about this area. I can assure you that I'm…
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Well, that's the thing - I was in a large enough deficit. I've suffered from severe anorexia nervosa for years and drastically underate for very long periods of time, so the idea that I now have to intentionally restrict my intake permanently due to resulting adaptive thermogenesis is a bit terrifying and sort of makes me…
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If adaptive thermogenesis does indeed lead to a permanent metabolic drop of 20%, then it is definitely significant. For me - at 5'3, 120 pounds, my sedentary BMR would go from 1600 to 1200 just to maintain my weight.
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Is there literally anything you can do to improve adaptive thermogenesis? Because the notion that I might have to eat 400+ fewer calories (20% reduction in my BMR) than the average person just to maintain a healthy weight for the rest of my life is incredibly depressing to me. So much so that I find it very demotivating. I…
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It's funny because there've been a countless number of threads in which females have been assured that they don't need to feel uncomfortable going to the gym, since "no one notices them". I can see shy/embarrassed women taking this thread in the wrong way and feeling like it affirms their anxieties. Note - I'm not against…
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The Biggest Loser has never encouraged health. It has its contestants eating no more than 1200 calories and exercising for up to 4 hours per day (one person even said 7 hours), often to the point of sheer exhaustion - I've also read accounts stating that people would dehydrate and starve themselves before weigh ins just to…
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I've suffered from severe depression in bouts since the ripe old age of 10 years old, due to what I'd imagine would be a powerful cocktail of both environmental and genetic predispositions. It peaked at 16 and led to me being diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (Melancholic subtype). It got to the point where I could…
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I'm not objecting due to it not being "politically correct" - it just isn't the right term.
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I just needed to point out that 25% body fat is nowhere near "skinnyfat", which is medically defined as having an obese body fat percentage (32% and over for women) while having a normal BMI and comes with a myriad of health problems. Your body fat percentage is completely healthy and actually not far off from the fitness…
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The way you phrased your first post made it sound like you thought she looked unattractive at her current weight. Now, I don't care how many "not to be rudes" you throw in to sweeten the poison, telling someone that they looked "way better" than they currently do and that they're "just average" now is not going to be taken…
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I don't see how she doesn't look "healthy" in the second picture. Her body fat is obviously not high.
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There were plenty of other people prior to you who voiced the fact that they liked the first picture better, and absolutely no one took any issue with their posts. They took issue with yours because of the extremely abrasive and critical way you worded yourself (" I don't see how fatter legs make her more womanly"). Bear…
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Is there anything you can do if you can't afford any weights (and have no room for them), and don't have a gym near you? I hear of everyone on this forum raving about lifting weights and how amazing it is and I just get frustrated because of the fact that isn't a viable option for me, even though I want to start strength…
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Thank you! I'm just truly struggling with the feeling that my body is "punishing" me for trying to get better...I often feel as though I've ruined everything (body, relationships, life, etc, etc) already and that it's too late to recover, although I know this is untrue.
