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How to stop obsessing about food after restricting?
Last year I developed an eating disorder, I began comfort eating for a few months while going through a tough time, gained a stone, this scared me so I tried to diet, really struggled as I had no clue about nutrition but then decided to cut out sugar and eat only whole foods, I quickly lost the weight but somewhere got a…
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How to increase my calories to maintenance?
OK so I've decided that I don't eat enough. I've been maintaining on 1400 calories a day for a few months and I exercise at least 6 days a week alternating between sprints/long distance running and heavy lifting/strength training. I've just calculated my BMR and it was 1320 a day and then that x 1.7 (for exercising 6-7…
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How come everyone seems to be able to eat more than me?
I'm 23 years old, female, 5'3 and currently weigh around 116lbs. I'm struggling to figure out how much I should be eating, I'm trying to maintain my weight with the acceptance that I might gain some muscle weight due to weight lifting. Everyone who's into lifting on here is fully against 1200 calorie diets but I don't seem…
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Looking for UK friends around 116lbs and 5'3!
Hello :) I'm currently trying to settle back into a 'normal' relationship with food and it would be great to make a few friends of a similar size to get a rough idea how you maintain. A bit of background: I'm 23 and have always been around 116lbs despite being crazy in love with food. I was pretty lucky that I never had to…
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Trying to maintain after calorie restriction... Help!
I've recently started following a normal eating and exercise lifestyle again after a few months of calorie restriction, occasional binges and quite a lot of exercise. I've gained some weight already, both on the scales and I can definitely tell from looking at my body, and I'm really starting to get worried that I'm going…
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Not eating enough calories but not hungry
Hello, any help and advice much appreciated! I was never overweight but I'd put on a stone in a short space of time at the beginning of the year and wanted to lose it and also become a bit healthier in general. I've always been the same size and most of what I ate was pretty healthy and I've always exercised, but I drank…
