Sugar/bread can be addicting. But so can being skinny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me so glad I recovered from my eating disorder. I'm 5'4", weight always around 125, counting calories obsessively and starving to get to 120, then immediately rebounding up to 130. In eating disorder recovery I started eating a normal amount of food every day (between 2000 and 3000 calories depending on how active/hungry I am on any given day-- I don't work out but I walk a lot) and now my weight comfortably sits just below 120. I can't imagine living on 1000 or 1500 calories a day anymore.

This is just to say that the obsessiveness can actually keep you heavier. Getting back in touch with your body's hunger cues can be a really good thing.

How do you maintain 120 on 2000-3000 a day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me so glad I recovered from my eating disorder. I'm 5'4", weight always around 125, counting calories obsessively and starving to get to 120, then immediately rebounding up to 130. In eating disorder recovery I started eating a normal amount of food every day (between 2000 and 3000 calories depending on how active/hungry I am on any given day-- I don't work out but I walk a lot) and now my weight comfortably sits just below 120. I can't imagine living on 1000 or 1500 calories a day anymore.

This is just to say that the obsessiveness can actually keep you heavier. Getting back in touch with your body's hunger cues can be a really good thing.

How do you maintain 120 on 2000-3000 a day?

I assume this is just my body's natural set point. I walk between 10 and 20k steps a day and eat whatever I want, not counting calories but I know its generally above 2000. Some days are more or less depending on appetite. I've been between 118 and 121 for more than 5 years now since recovering, excluding part of that time when I was pregnant and gained about 25 pounds. The pregnancy weight came off on its own between months 4-6 postpartum (I was breastfeeding so my appetite was high and I was eating a lot at the time).

Here's an example day of eating:

Breakfast: Bagel with a couple of slices of cheese and a couple of slices of tomato
Lunch: Bean and cheese quesadilla with guacamole and salsa
Snack: An apple and a kind bar
Dinner: Fairly large portion of Thai stir fry with chicken, veggies, noodles, and sauce
Dessert: smallish bowl of ice cream

I have a theory that people who restrict their calories so low end up eating more in a "rebound" effect than they would if they just ate a satisfying amount of mostly healthy food every day. I know that was true for me before I recovered from my eating disorder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lolol. In your own mind’s eye, OP. A month of dieting and you think it’s changed how people interact with you? You don’t have that much power or influence over other people, or yourself tbh.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the same way. When I eat very clean and light I enjoy what I call - “ feeling empty”. I don’t like feeling full or the feeling the morning after a big restaurant meal. I dread restaurants for that reason. I Ike to eat the same thing every day. As few ounces as possible. I eat about 1400 calories a day. 5’4” and 120 lbs but I’ve gone as low as 112.

You know you’re disordered I hope. Dreading restaurants?

[Anonymous]

Recovered anorexic here. This is such a slippery slope. I now eat mostly healthy and exercise. Restricting doesn’t make me feel good; instead I focus on fitness and what my body can accomplish. I have 2 girls and I want to be a positive influence on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me so glad I recovered from my eating disorder. I'm 5'4", weight always around 125, counting calories obsessively and starving to get to 120, then immediately rebounding up to 130. In eating disorder recovery I started eating a normal amount of food every day (between 2000 and 3000 calories depending on how active/hungry I am on any given day-- I don't work out but I walk a lot) and now my weight comfortably sits just below 120. I can't imagine living on 1000 or 1500 calories a day anymore.

This is just to say that the obsessiveness can actually keep you heavier. Getting back in touch with your body's hunger cues can be a really good thing.

How do you maintain 120 on 2000-3000 a day?

I assume this is just my body's natural set point. I walk between 10 and 20k steps a day and eat whatever I want, not counting calories but I know its generally above 2000. Some days are more or less depending on appetite. I've been between 118 and 121 for more than 5 years now since recovering, excluding part of that time when I was pregnant and gained about 25 pounds. The pregnancy weight came off on its own between months 4-6 postpartum (I was breastfeeding so my appetite was high and I was eating a lot at the time).

Here's an example day of eating:

Breakfast: Bagel with a couple of slices of cheese and a couple of slices of tomato
Lunch: Bean and cheese quesadilla with guacamole and salsa
Snack: An apple and a kind bar
Dinner: Fairly large portion of Thai stir fry with chicken, veggies, noodles, and sauce
Dessert: smallish bowl of ice cream

I have a theory that people who restrict their calories so low end up eating more in a "rebound" effect than they would if they just ate a satisfying amount of mostly healthy food every day. I know that was true for me before I recovered from my eating disorder.

You must know that you have a very fast metabolism. Most women cannot have ice cream daily. If I ate this much a I would gain a tremendous amount of weight. If I eat even 1500 calories, even with 10000 steps and working out, I gain a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think most people would notice a middle aged woman going from an 8 to a 6, sorry.

I’m not middle aged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the same way. When I eat very clean and light I enjoy what I call - “ feeling empty”. I don’t like feeling full or the feeling the morning after a big restaurant meal. I dread restaurants for that reason. I Ike to eat the same thing every day. As few ounces as possible. I eat about 1400 calories a day. 5’4” and 120 lbs but I’ve gone as low as 112.

You know you’re disordered I hope. Dreading restaurants?

NP. I was actually wondering if it's one and the same person who jumps out every time and quick-diagnoses others with an eating disorder?

I only find it unusual to be willing to eat the same thing every day. Otherwise, PP is healthy weight. 1400 cal is exactly the amount of calories she needs to maintain her healthy weight, there's no calorie deficit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the same way. When I eat very clean and light I enjoy what I call - “ feeling empty”. I don’t like feeling full or the feeling the morning after a big restaurant meal. I dread restaurants for that reason. I Ike to eat the same thing every day. As few ounces as possible. I eat about 1400 calories a day. 5’4” and 120 lbs but I’ve gone as low as 112.

You know you’re disordered I hope. Dreading restaurants?

NP. I was actually wondering if it's one and the same person who jumps out every time and quick-diagnoses others with an eating disorder?

I only find it unusual to be willing to eat the same thing every day. Otherwise, PP is healthy weight. 1400 cal is exactly the amount of calories she needs to maintain her healthy weight, there's no calorie deficit.

"According to the WorldHealth Organization, a diet under 2100 calories for average men and under 1800 calories for average women is classified as a “Starvation diet.”"

https://www.hbmag.com/the-calorie-myth/

[Anonymous]

If I ate 1800 or more calories a day I would gain weight. And I excersize moderately 3-4 times a week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me so glad I recovered from my eating disorder. I'm 5'4", weight always around 125, counting calories obsessively and starving to get to 120, then immediately rebounding up to 130. In eating disorder recovery I started eating a normal amount of food every day (between 2000 and 3000 calories depending on how active/hungry I am on any given day-- I don't work out but I walk a lot) and now my weight comfortably sits just below 120. I can't imagine living on 1000 or 1500 calories a day anymore.

This is just to say that the obsessiveness can actually keep you heavier. Getting back in touch with your body's hunger cues can be a really good thing.

How do you maintain 120 on 2000-3000 a day?

I assume this is just my body's natural set point. I walk between 10 and 20k steps a day and eat whatever I want, not counting calories but I know its generally above 2000. Some days are more or less depending on appetite. I've been between 118 and 121 for more than 5 years now since recovering, excluding part of that time when I was pregnant and gained about 25 pounds. The pregnancy weight came off on its own between months 4-6 postpartum (I was breastfeeding so my appetite was high and I was eating a lot at the time).

Here's an example day of eating:

Breakfast: Bagel with a couple of slices of cheese and a couple of slices of tomato
Lunch: Bean and cheese quesadilla with guacamole and salsa
Snack: An apple and a kind bar
Dinner: Fairly large portion of Thai stir fry with chicken, veggies, noodles, and sauce
Dessert: smallish bowl of ice cream

I have a theory that people who restrict their calories so low end up eating more in a "rebound" effect than they would if they just ate a satisfying amount of mostly healthy food every day. I know that was true for me before I recovered from my eating disorder.

You must know that you have a very fast metabolism. Most women cannot have ice cream daily. If I ate this much a I would gain a tremendous amount of weight. If I eat even 1500 calories, even with 10000 steps and working out, I gain a lot.

How old are you? Not being able to eat 1500 calories in a day without gaining despite being very active seems like something could be off with you metabolism.

"Most women cannot have ice cream daily" is not really a logical statement. You can eat whatever you want within the boundaries of the amount of calories you can have without gaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I ate 1800 or more calories a day I would gain weight. And I excersize moderately 3-4 times a week

How old are you? What does a normal day of eating look like for you?

[Anonymous]

Each and every calorie calculator I used says 1400 cal is the weight maintenance amount.

Besides, I don't blindly believe everything WHO says. They keep changing their recommendations all the time. Remember how they said eggs are bad because of cholesterol?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me so glad I recovered from my eating disorder. I'm 5'4", weight always around 125, counting calories obsessively and starving to get to 120, then immediately rebounding up to 130. In eating disorder recovery I started eating a normal amount of food every day (between 2000 and 3000 calories depending on how active/hungry I am on any given day-- I don't work out but I walk a lot) and now my weight comfortably sits just below 120. I can't imagine living on 1000 or 1500 calories a day anymore.

This is just to say that the obsessiveness can actually keep you heavier. Getting back in touch with your body's hunger cues can be a really good thing.

How do you maintain 120 on 2000-3000 a day?

I assume this is just my body's natural set point. I walk between 10 and 20k steps a day and eat whatever I want, not counting calories but I know its generally above 2000. Some days are more or less depending on appetite. I've been between 118 and 121 for more than 5 years now since recovering, excluding part of that time when I was pregnant and gained about 25 pounds. The pregnancy weight came off on its own between months 4-6 postpartum (I was breastfeeding so my appetite was high and I was eating a lot at the time).

Here's an example day of eating:

Breakfast: Bagel with a couple of slices of cheese and a couple of slices of tomato
Lunch: Bean and cheese quesadilla with guacamole and salsa
Snack: An apple and a kind bar
Dinner: Fairly large portion of Thai stir fry with chicken, veggies, noodles, and sauce
Dessert: smallish bowl of ice cream

I have a theory that people who restrict their calories so low end up eating more in a "rebound" effect than they would if they just ate a satisfying amount of mostly healthy food every day. I know that was true for me before I recovered from my eating disorder.

You must know that you have a very fast metabolism. Most women cannot have ice cream daily. If I ate this much a I would gain a tremendous amount of weight. If I eat even 1500 calories, even with 10000 steps and working out, I gain a lot.

New poster here. I eat mostly like this woman, and am pretty consistently 118-120 at 5'5". I totally agree that NOT dieting has preserved my metabolism through middle age. Also a former bulimic and still dealing with shame and dental issues from all that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not flaming, just wondering what “reverently” looks like.

Forgive the use of this word! I’m overtired and at a conference.

There’s more immediate respect from women and willingness to go out of their way (helping with things, holding the door) on behalf of men. I went from a chubby eight to a regular size six. Not much, but apparently enough!

A chubby size 8? Delusional.

What makes you say that? Why is 8 not chubby? I mean I went from 1 to 2 and I find that I don't like it. I am 5'4". unless she is very tall, 8 is not just chubby, imo, but overweight. I post only because I am sick of people like you that propagate the idea that overweight is the new normal. I am sorry if you are very overweight and think 8 is not chubby, but your attitude spreads to your kids who then think being chubby is not being overweight. You and your ilk are part of the problem. Size 8 is overweight for an average height woman.

The average American woman is a size 14. Your view of weight is disordered.