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What is everyones calorie range??
I was just wondering what everyone's calorie range is. Thanks :)
Reason: LOCKED: CC's tools are not accurate for under-21's. The bare minimum for a sedentary teenage female is 1500 calories a day, no less. For a sedentary male, 1800. Any posts less than this will be removed. Please abide by CC's guidelines.
Yes, you are starving yourself. Even if you are eating a lot, you will NOT be getting all the nutrition a growing body requires.
CC's tools are not accurate for under 21's. If you are a female under 21 you need a minimum of 1500 calories sedentary, and if you are male under 21 you need a minimum of 1800 calories sedentary to survive. If you are exercising, you need even more than that. And this is the bare minimum.
Unless you are very, very short and small it is very likely you will need even more calories than those minimum guidelines. If you are under 21, CC's tools are inaccurate and you should use this calculator instead: http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html as you are still growing. Yes, even in the later years - there's more going on inside of you that you simply can't see.
Eating too low a calorie intake, or having a deficit from your BMR greater than 1000 results in something called "survival mode", where your body holds every last thing it can get in expectance of a famine. Water, food, calories. Explained:
- Dieting & Metabolism - This article explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter productive.
- The Body Neglected - This is what happens when you undereat for an extended period of time.
The physical dangers that come with undereating and malnutrition are numerous. You put yourself at risk of osteoporosis, of loss of fertility if you lose your period, hair loss, electrolyte problems, a weakening of the immune system, low blood pressure, blood disorders such as anemia, heart problems, and even death. The mental woes that come alongside can be just as devestating. Depression is common in undereaters as well as distorted perceptions and problems like Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
I am locking this thread for moderator review. If you are so determined to harm yourselves despite all good advice to contrary, then do not use CC because we will not help you or support you in doing so.
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