s/o "that can't be enough calories!"

[bostonrunnah]

I'm 5'2, 128. I don't lie about what I eat based on calories - 1100 to 1300 is my norm. I wish I was hammering back pints of Ben and Jerrys.

I fill up on low calorie items - like carrots and celery for snacks and spinach salads for lunch. Eating carrots and celery for snacks suck - I'd give anything to have something chocolatey or salty. But I also just lost 40 lbs, so carrots and celery it is. I also eat scallops or shrimp for dinner at least twice a week, mow on tons of lean protein, etc. I get one cheat meal a week, which is usually french toast for Sunday breakfast.

[mamasaurus]

Jul 18, 2012 12:44:15 GMT -5 tinybride said:

Mamasaurus how many months postpartum are you? I've noticed you've been freaking out about your weight gain these days. I bet you are still thin! And if you aren't yet-you will be soon. Weren't you the one not too long ago that was complaining about the things people would say about how thin you were? Something about a friend was making comments like how does your husband not break you during sex...etc.

Yes, I was very thin pre-baby. I know some of this is me comparing my body now to that, and it isn't a realistic thing to do. I don't even feel like I need to weigh that again, as a number.

At the same time, I still fit into my maternity pants and have a belly big enough that people are congratulating me on getting pregnant again so soon. (I am about 3 months PP but she looks big for her age and is a little ahead on her milestones, so most people are assuming she's over 6 months). I just this week got a waist again--before that, the roll over my hips and the roll on my hips just kind of smashed together.

I totally called it when I said that people gave me shit about my weight when I was "too skinny" and would do it now too since I am "too fat." I had a mini tiramisu at a family thing the other weekend and three (3) people said something about it. Having a healthy attitude about my weight would be a lot easier if people would climb down out of my ass.

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I wish people would learn that it is pretty much always inappropriate to comment on what someone else is eating, no matter how much they weigh.

[tinybride]

What matters is that you're comfortable in your skin. Who cares what your family says. My dad has always given me the "too skinny" comments... and so have some friends. Doesn't bother me. I like the way I look.

I was were you were though after I had my second. I was expecting to bounce back right away like I did with my first but I didn't. A girl at Walgreens asked me when my baby was due when I was 2 months postpartum. At 3 months I still had a slight belly, but by 4 months I was like a stick. My clothes were falling off me. I didn't like it at all. I have fast metabolism as it is and I was seriously going to stop breastfeeding because I couldn't keep the weight on. My hormones were still out of whack though and I regulated a couple months later.

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Mamasaurus, where the hell do you live that people think you should stop BF'ing after 6 WEEKS and think it's okay to talk to anyone, let alone a PP woman, about their weight?!?!

The solution to 90% of your problems is to move.

[iamgrace]

Jul 18, 2012 13:24:37 GMT -5 ninjabridemom said:

Mamasaurus, where the hell do you live that people think you should stop BF'ing after 6 WEEKS and think it's okay to talk to anyone, let alone a PP woman, about their weight?!?!

The solution to 90% of your problems is to move.

I totally agree.

[mamasaurus]

You'd think there would be less BS about weight in a city that is consistently rated one of the fattest in American, wouldn't you?

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Jul 18, 2012 12:36:02 GMT -5 pittsmcgee said:

I probably am not eating enough but im a little obsessive in the weight department, unfortunately.

/cosigned

For real though, the people who are only eating 1200 and working out have to be netting 1200. Eating 1200 and working out and not eating it back is bad bad bad. There are times when I net 1000, I admit, but I'll have eaten closer to 2000 on those days and just been super busy with runs and horses.

DO NOT STRESS.

If what you're doing works for you, do it.

[pedanticwench]

My allotted amount of calories on MFP is right around 1900 and I've never been pregnant neither am I breastfeeding. You shouldn't feel bad.

[underwaterrhymes]

FTR, the only people who seem to be critiquing what other people are doing are the ones who are able to not track calories, eat sensibly, and still lose or maintain weight.

As long as you're being healthy and sensible about it, there is nothing wrong with doing what works best for you - whether that is counting calories or simply eating whatever the hell you feel like eating.

I haven't seen one person who is counting calories tell someone else that their way is the only way to do it.

[emsumm]

Jul 18, 2012 13:35:14 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

FTR, the only people who seem to be critiquing what other people are doing are the ones who are able to not track calories, eat sensibly, and still lose or maintain weight.

As long as you're being healthy and sensible about it, there is nothing wrong with doing what works best for you - whether that is counting calories or simply eating whatever the hell you feel like eating.

I haven't seen one person who is counting calories tell someone else that their way is the only way to do it.

Yup.
I learned a lot, going from being one of the effortlessly thin, to where I am now. They are worlds apart.

[mrssavy42112]

I'm 5'6" and on MFP I should be eating 1400 to lose. I'm probably more in the 1700-1800 range if I'm totally honest.

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I am roughly 30 pounds over my wedding weight (20 over pre pregnancy). I used to be able to maintain weight without watching my food intake, but I've had to diet (WW or calorie count) to lose it. The scale just started to move this week and I'm eating 1150-1250 a day, net.

Out of all the crazy diets out there, calorie counting isn't so bad. At least no one here is resorting to the hcg diet

[jaylea]

My eyes were bugging out in that poll.

MFP has me at 1550 to lose 1 lb a week. I'm down 4 lbs in a couple of weeks, so it's working.