Hey everyone!
All my life I had always been chubby. So I decided to put a stop to it, and started hitting the gym about a year ago! Since that point, I did alot of cardio and weight lifting, aswell as cutting out soda, fast food, junk, etc. I lost lots of baby fat everywhere! I weighed in at about 150 lbs at 5'10. Then for reasons unknown, I became obsessed and started counting calories, to keep my weight off. Unknowingly, I was eating kinda low in calories I guess, anywhere between 1200-1400 a day. I didnt realize at the time it was low. More weight came off, and now I am completely happy with my body, weighing in at 140 lbs!! Now Im beginning to read that 1400 calories a day isnt healthy, will ruin my metabolism, etc etc. Im concerned and want to kick up my calorie count, but Ive become so comforted and "Safe" with my diet plan that Im afraid to get off it, plus I heard now I mightve ruined my metabolism, and more calories will result in rapid weight gain! I had been eating like that for maybe 2-3 months. Is it possible to add a few hundred calories more of maybe whey protein drink, and other healthy snacks, and keep the weight off and not gain more weight? To me, more calories= more weight! Or is it possible to stay at the calorie count Im at now, and maybe my weight loss has or will plateau, and Ill just stop losing weight, as my body has adjusted itself to it?
Please help me out!
**Id also like to add, that I did not know I was technically "Starving" my body, as all the food I am eating is extremely healthy, no junk food, its all rich in nutrients. I didnt even feel hungry alot, unless I was craving junk! I also take two multivitamins every morning. So would it be ok to stay at a diet of maybe 1500 calories for a long while, and be ok? (Meaning no weight gain/ no more rapid weight loss?)