Originally Posted by mkroyer (Post 4630978)

theres literally no way you are building any muscle eating so few calories... sorry.. thats not what happening.... even upping your cals to 1200... no muscle gains.. upping them to 1600, stil prob no muscle gain.

if you want to eat 1200/day to lose thats fine, or even 1000.. but you cant be exercising an hour a day and eat so little..... as Joss pointed out, youre shooting yourself in the foot....

Its a viscious cycle many women get caught in, unfortunately. If eating 1500 a day causes weight loss, than eating 1200 must cause 2X the weight loss! and if i exercise even MORE and drop my calories even MORE, then my results will be through the roof!!

Doesnt work that way... there is a point of diminishing returns here you are doing more harm (in terms of fat loss success) than good. Intense exercise coupled with low cal diet is a recipe for quick and severe metabolic adaptation. if you want to work out an hour a day, fine, but you have to EAT to compensate or it .... i am not saying "eat back your exercise cals" but i am saying you need a higher overall caloric average to facilitte recovery and repair..... by not eating enough and exercising too much, youre already experiencing the effects of how your body will react... no fat loss

Originally Posted by novangel (Post 4631105)

I started around 155 and it has taken me a year to lose 12p but I appear as though I have lost at least 20. My size loss was major. The less you have to lose the harder. I have no idea why it's taking me so long but I guess I have a lot of patience. As long as the scale keeps moving in the right direction...

I also think 110p is a bit low but everyone is different. If I get below 135p I feel sick and light-headed all the time. Definitely need to up your calories!!

Originally Posted by mkroyer (Post 4630978)

theres literally no way you are building any muscle eating so few calories... sorry.. thats not what happening.... even upping your cals to 1200... no muscle gains.. upping them to 1600, stil prob no muscle gain.

if you want to eat 1200/day to lose thats fine, or even 1000.. but you cant be exercising an hour a day and eat so little..... as Joss pointed out, youre shooting yourself in the foot....

Its a viscious cycle many women get caught in, unfortunately. If eating 1500 a day causes weight loss, than eating 1200 must cause 2X the weight loss! and if i exercise even MORE and drop my calories even MORE, then my results will be through the roof!!

Doesnt work that way... there is a point of diminishing returns here you are doing more harm (in terms of fat loss success) than good. Intense exercise coupled with low cal diet is a recipe for quick and severe metabolic adaptation. if you want to work out an hour a day, fine, but you have to EAT to compensate or it .... i am not saying "eat back your exercise cals" but i am saying you need a higher overall caloric average to facilitte recovery and repair..... by not eating enough and exercising too much, youre already experiencing the effects of how your body will react... no fat loss

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631456)

I have seen a lot of women at the gym getting crazy skinny doing what I do..
Eating too little and spending an hour or two at the gym..

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631456)

I guess, bodies are different..What works for others, don't work for me..

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631456)

I increased my calories up to 1200-1300..(since Friday this week)
In the first two days, I gained two lbs
Today, I'm two lbs down again..
Hopefully I lose two more lbs by the end of Feb !

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631456)

I'm trying to eat more gradually .. and I can't believe how hard this is..
Healthy food is very low in calories!

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631456)

Anyway, now I know for sure that eating too little and exercising more doesn't work in my favor.. I will not do that again, that's for sure!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by JossFit (Post 4631525)

Does that even sound appealing? "Crazy skinny"?



You don't see what others are doing, you only catch glimpses of it. You have no idea what these women at your gym eat, how active they are outside of the gym, etc.



You didn't gain two pounds - the scale went up two pounds because you had more food/glycogen in your body.



Avocado, peanut butter, salmon, egg yolks, nuts... all VERY easy ways to get your calories up.



It doesn't really WORK for anyone, at least not in the long term! :) Keep getting those calories up and I think you'll be surprised at how much you can eat and NOT gain, and continue to lose in fact.

A friend of mine just recently went from eating 1200 or fewer calories per day to literally DOUBLE that - up to 2400 most days, and her weight has stayed the same. She is lifting, feels amazing, looks firmer all over, and is just happier in general.

Originally Posted by sacha (Post 4631529)

Once upon a time, I was 5'5 and 150lbs. I broccoli & ran my way down to 108lbs. I looked skinny, and AWFUL (this was 10 years ago). I picked up a copy of Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe, started eating about 2000+ calories a day, and about 2 years and 15lbs more later (123-125lbs), I looked much better!! I looked much better at 125lbs than I did at 108lbs, I looked healthy, fit, and was STILL a size 2.

This is a slow journey!

I'm 136lbs now (I had a baby 14 weeks ago) but now at 136lbs 10 YEARS LATER , I am a size 6 instead of the size 12 that I was the first time I was 136lbs!

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631595)

Wow! that's really amazing..
What kind of exercises did you do?

Originally Posted by Heather (Post 4626053)

Given that you are within your goal range and want to look better in a swimsuit, I recommend 2 things:

1) learn more about weight training. Many many women find that they can tone their bodies and build a little muscle and look MUCH better
2) check out our featherweights forum. You will find lots of women dealing with similar issues.

Originally Posted by Annna83 (Post 4631593)

I never believed it. I never thought I will reach this stage of eating less , exercising more and not losing weight..