Ok maybe I misread your journal but do you mean you are only going to eat 1000 calories a day ???
12 Nov 10 by member: vanessa896
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i'm trying to not go below 1K a day.. i was keeping my calories low during the week b/c of having freer (if that's a word) weekends where i haven't tracked and knowingly have eaten more. Because they were so low i dont want to just jump straight into a higher calorie intake, so i was gonna start next week with not going below 1K, then go to 1200, then take it from there as i increase my work outs. i stayed low this month b/c i needed to "detox" from my month of debauchery lol
12 Nov 10 by member: Naiomy
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12 Nov 10 by member: vanessa896
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i know its low.. way too low... i just need to retrain my body to eat less for a time period... and now i'm ready to steadily increase my calories back to where they should be. and i knew of a few detox/cleanses that i was gonna do but they involve no food at all and i couldn't bring myself to do that... so this was as close as i was gonna get.
12 Nov 10 by member: Naiomy
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Sounds like you have a pretty good plan to change it up, I am glad you are planning to increase your calories as well being as you are upping your exercise and everything your body is gonna need that fuel!
12 Nov 10 by member: pixidaisy
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12 Nov 10 by member: vanessa896
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thanks pixi... i knew i'd be upping my calories eventually.. i gave myself a month which was today.. and i knew my body woudl eventually reject me trying to keep the calories too low... so i'm ready to get some food in..lol..and have more control on my weekends..
12 Nov 10 by member: Naiomy
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yeah its time I take control of the weekend as well, I have not been tracking my food on the weekends and I am sure I have been eating way more than I need to. Good luck with the increase!
12 Nov 10 by member: pixidaisy
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Be careful going so low with your calories. I've heard going below 1200 a day can slow down your metabolism and lead to weight-gain long-term. You may gain weight initially when increasing your calories, but you can re-train your metabolism to process larger amounts of food. Good luck!
12 Nov 10 by member: awilker
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@ awilker - i totally agree.. a lot is more tricking myself to feeling like my lowered calories is a lot of food.. its weird..lol.. now when i get to eating daily 1200 it will seem so satisfying b/c i've gotten accustomed to the lower calories. and i just really need to stop using my heavier weekends as an excuse to eat that much lower. And i want to fuel my workouts correctly.. and not sabotage myself.
12 Nov 10 by member: Naiomy
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I have also realized that when I lower my calories too much I gain weight and although it didn't make sense to me at first I do see now that the metabolism will slow down if my body thinks I don't want to feed it.
13 Nov 10 by member: Seeyah
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