Posts by jessiexo

Yeah I'm still trying to get my metabolism completely in order since I used to maintain on 1000 calories :S ( Can't imagine living off that now :P) I got my mainteniance successfully to 1600 calories but that was with exercise about 200 calories a day and I'm trying to get it up to 2000.

right now i'm doing 1800 calories a day plus 400 calories burned on eliptical every OTHER day. But i'm gaining weight :( so I'm gonan try 2000 calories with 400 burned everyday. 

I'm basically at school then walk my dog for like 15 mins, then go to the gym (on gym days) and then just sit around and do hmwk... waht do you think would be the amount i *should* be able to maintain on if my metabolsim was in working order?

Hey guys :)

I'm in the same situation actually exept I'm 15.. but anyways.. when I was in gr 7 I was kinda chubby (5'1.5 - 123 lbs) but I ate a healthy amount.  But one day I decided I was too "fat" so I cut my intake to only 1200 calories (bad idea) and became around 105 lbs.  After I grew to around 5'3 by gr 8 but became 110lbs, so i decided to cut back to 1000 and I became 106 ish again.  But my metabolism was so messed up that I maintained on that little.

So I basically kept those stats from gr 8 till december of gr 10, then I suddenly gained to 123 lbs but I still maintained on 1000 calories (with jogging almost everyday..) so thats when I did some research and took a few months to get the courage to up my calories to 1600 calories.  I gained ~4 lbs but they went away within 3 weeks.  Now I'm trying to get it up to 1800 calories, then 2000 calories.  I go to the gym every other day (burning 400-500 calories). 

You probably didn't need to know my background story lol, but I thought it might help :)

That doesn't seem like very much food... How old are you?

I'm 5'4 and a bit.. and I was happiest about my weight hwen i was around 108-110 lbs, but i have an a pretty small frame (i can wrap over my wrist with my pinky and thumb and still overlap, and i have small hands :P).  So I guess medium frame on 5'2 would look about the same, so I think 110 would be good :)

I think skinny jeans look good on anyone with slim, toned and shaped legs.  They dont have to be the size of a pencil!

great job on your success!

I ran 5km last night :)

Thanks for the input, I think I'm going to buy the dumbbell sets with 2,5,8,10 :) and I am actually in the process of ordering the p90x and then chinup bar! haha, I'm so excited to start!  I still need to get resistance bands though. 

I have a question though, I don't really care about my weight, but I want to lose fat and gain tone but not bulk.  Will p90x make me bulky?:S

EDT: I read that you can replace dumbbells with resistance bands? Do you think I could? They're a TON cheaper :P

Don't worry its not a big deal.  We all do it and just get back to normal tomorrow and carry on.  Don't weigh yourself until next week though.

Btw, I'm not trying to be unhelpful but each slice of pizza (regular sized) is usually 750 cals..

**not trying to make you feel bad, this is just so you don't underestimate calories in the future, because that makes weight loss REALLY hard***

I plan on upping my calories by 300 cals every time my body stablizes and starts to loose again, so eventually I will get to above 2000 :) because for now, the 300 extra that I'm eating technically IS a surplus right?

sorry i keep posting :|

Its so hard seeing the scale go up :|

I have a similar problem and I'm still confused on the answer.

I'm 15, 5'3, and I'm 123 lbs.

when I was 13, I was 5'2 and 123lbs thats when I started dieting.  I started eating 1000-1200 cals plus some jogging and I lose to about 108-110.I maintained that until 3 months ago and I suddenly gained to back to 123 and now..

I'm maintaining on 1200 calories, (up to) 123 lbs with 5km+weight training daily or soccer (competitive).  My metabolism is soo bad!

I just recently upped my calories to 1800 (for a week).  I'm hoping this will get me out, but I'm so scared of gaining weight (continuously) from eating 1800 and never being able to loose it.. :S

sorry i have no answer, but maybe ithelps to know that i'm in the same place as you :|

 i know i need 2000 cals .. -.- lol but I can't just jump to that or I'm gonna get unbelievably fat.  So I was gonna start by jumping my metabolism on the 2000 days and then close the gaps between the days.  Okay what about this :

Day 1: 2000

Day 2: 1000

Day 3: 1000

Day 4: 1800

Day 5: 1000

Day 6: 1200

Day 7: 1000

AVG's to ~1300 cals a day, which is a bit more than I'm having 

btw, i just read through all the posts. tehe you guys are all such cuties :) thejoyfulloser - WOOT SOCCER! :) I'm on my schools soccer team too!

Oh and i forgot to tell you guys about my exercise routines.  I'm sorta new to CC and i didn't realize how close-knit these things are so my turn to share :)

I usually run 5km OR do 30 mins eliptacle + weight training everyday that I don't have soccer :)  Recently I started rollerblading too to make that butt of mine more bubbly :P

I just thought of a brilliant idea.. only I'm not sure if its brilliant or not.

What if I eat 2000 calories for 2 days, then drink water for 1 day, etc etc.

that way I can empty out the glycogen stores but keep my metabolism spiked?

do you think that would work? :D

EDT: this is not pro-ana behaviour, I'm completely against it. Thats WHY I'm trying to increase my calories (before damage is done) even though my metabolism sucks now.

PS, sorry for asking to many questions :S