Posts by little_gabby

maybe im being overly sensitive bc my previous boss and co workers used to make comments and it wasnt coming from a joking place, my boss would say "you need to go workout"  "ugh your need to eat more, you have no body fat".

 first off im not sickly skinny okay ive been to doctors before and theyve never said i needed to gain weight. i have meat on my bones i just have a small frame.

i feel like i wasnt respected professionaly and i think that was part of the reason.

i worked with two veterinarians who were very thin also and my coworkers would also make fun of them behind thier back even too thier face and speculate that they didnt eat. 

im thinking to myself if you really thought someone had a problem eating why would you be an **** and make fun of them.

i eat whenever im hungry but when i actually kept track i realized that my caloric intake was not consistent some days i would eat 800 cals and some days i would eat as much as 3000 so yeah i unknowingly zig zag, but i think most people who dont count calories do this. i  would say im slighly active, now so my weight is 105. when i work fulltime my weight drops to 100 (yikes) because im on my feet 13 hours a day, i walk everywhere and my job is physically demanding so when i work alot i dont exersise or i  will become more underweight. when i worked alot i also eat a TON i mean i had such a ravenous appetite,  and i still had  hard time staying above 100.

so i would say eat when your hungry eat healthy most of the time but also eat sweets when you want to. focus more on increasing your metabolic rate by moving alot building muscle, taking in lots of protein.

yes i was just reading the other day about how asian people have bones that are more porous, and higher body fat is normal for for them.

 african americans have more denser heavier bones then caucasians and are supposed to have less body fat

so my body fat % is supposed to be less then 20% (mines is 18.5%)

breakfast:natures valley gronola bar

snack :ants on a stick

lunch: shake

dinner: wetzels pretzels pepperonie combo meal

snack:  box of chocolate of course :)

Original Post by peacelovehominy:

maybe your cal intake is normally too low &your body is trying to tell you something?

starve, binge, starve, binge, starve,binge.

 ive read somewhere that during that week your body is preparing for a baby so your body sends hormones to your brain to stimulat appetite so you eat more  and thus store enough  fat

i think my body's preparing for triplets

Original Post by peacelovehominy:

maybe your cal intake is normally too low &your body is trying to tell you something?

starve, binge, starve, binge, starve,binge.

 well once i actuatually kept track of my caloric intake for about a week 6 months ago and i noticed that i was unknowingly undereating, like some days i would eat only like 700cals and others i would eat as much as 3000. i worked at an emergency animal hospital and was on my feet for more than 12 hours and day and i was lucky if i got to sit and eat lunch and when i would finally get home i was too stressed and tired to cook anything so i would just eat a bag of chips or a candy bar and go to sleep. but since i joined this site ive actually been taking in about 1900 cals on average, with 60 grams of protien and 30 grams of fiber.i dont  purposely undereat its just when im stressed the last thing i think about is food, and i get all hyper and cant relax.

breakfast : natures valley granola bar

lunch: 1/2 can of chicken dumpling soup

snack: apple

snack: chocolate banana smoothie with soy milk acacia fiber and vanilla yogurt

dinner: small chicken taco with cilantro, onions tomatoes, lime and jalepenos

snack : apple with pb and ants on a stick

no

i run two miles 5 days a week

Original Post by subwaybusker:

waist measurements are pretty depressing for me. even at 120, 5'4", i have a huge waist around 31", and before you say that there's no way possible. it really is. =( guess i'll have to work harder.

 yeah but people with tiny waist store fat in other areas like their a%#(me tiny waist with ghetto booty)

23 inches

thats me im only 104lbs(underweight for my height) but i have a high body fat percentage

last time i had it taken it was at 26% im hoping it was pff because i overestimated my weight when it was taken, i told the guy i was heavier than i was.

skinny fattie whoda thunk it :P

treadmill: 60 minutes

im really hungry now

hmm what didnt i eat today

breakfast: granola bar, three ice creambars, LARGE pear

lunch:      &nb sp; humongus turkey avocado, lettuce, tomato, mayo ,mustard pepper jack cheese sandwich.

snack: smoothie( mango, blueberry, cranberry juice and a bit of honey yum)dinner : white fish, cucumbers, tomato, texas toast

shizniz that alot of food i didnt even bother logging the cals,

ahhh ignorance is bliss

Original Post by undertherainbow:

Original Post by little_gabby:

Original Post by kumi:

It doesn't matter if it's an example.  NO ONE should go BELOW 1200 calories a DAY.

Try this. Average 1500 calories.

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(lose at least 2lbs that week)

Depending on how much excercise you do on the weekend is how much you should eat, someone like me, I don't do too much on the weekend so I don't eat much Friday and Saturday and early sunday, but the rest of the week I probably average around 1500-1800 calories and I am losing weight, you should not lose more than 1-2lbs a week.  If you drink lots of water and eat spicy things, that will also boost your metabolism.

Hopefully I remembered how to do this, feel free to correct me, but I do know, that no matter what, you do not go below 1200 calories no matter WHO you are.

 if your 4"11 then under 1200 id acceptable

How many people on CC are actually 4'11" and under?  I am sure that it is not a majority so it would rarely apply to someone.  Which, btw, someone under 4'11" would still need more than 1200 calories to maintain. 

Example: 

Someone who is sedentary 4'11" and 91.5lbs (BMI of 18.5 - the lowest they can go for a healthy weight) would need around 1500 calories to maintain their weight.  They will need more calories if they were a teenager or active.

(Resources used were the CC Burn Meter and this Dieting Calculator)

How tall are you?  You have mentioned in previous posts that you are classified as underweight.  Have you discussed your weight with your doctor? 

Are you planning on eating your maintenance calories and more when you workout? 

You should concentrate more on the quality of your food if you are trying to reduce your body fat percentage.  What is your current body fat percentage? 

 um okay? i guess your right, under 1200 is too low for MOST people but that wasnt my point if someone eats  900 cals one day and 3600plus the next i dont really see the problem. im not suggesting someone under eat i was just trying to give an example of what zig zagging was.

yeah im naturally slightly underweight have been that way all my life, my doctor actually said im very healthy and to stay thin bc high blood pressure type 2 diabetes runs in my family.

yah i eat more when i work out(it make me hungry),i dont want to end up catobolizing muscle, for the past two yearts ive worked hard to put on muscle on but i have a hard time keeping it, i think its diet related but im trying to fix that wich is why im here, to learn how to take  care of myself.