What should i do ??? i am so confused. ?!


Question: What should i do .?.?.? i am so confused. .?
ok so i want to lose weight. i am 136 and 5-6. however, i have been doing this for six days and i realise my calories are just going down and down . i started off eating 1500 .. then 1200 cals and now i am eating only 900 cals . i have had many eating disorders in the past and i just want to lose weight the sensible way . however i am worried now that my meatblosim is ruined and so i should stay at 900 cals rather than up it to 1500 cals instead. what do you think.?.?Health Question & Answer


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You aren't overweight for your height by any stretch and eating a diet like you are is starving yourself and putting yourself at risk for a messed up metabolism. If you wanted to lose say 5 vanity pounds, you are going to have to make dietary changes. Cutting back to a starvation diet is not a good long-term strategy. Try drinking more water, exercising moderately at least 3-4 days per week and cutting out desserts and carbs especially bread, pasta, potatoes, corn. Soda is a no-no. Diet soda is bad too.

Stop counting calories, eat sensibly and learn to love yourself as you are. I'm sure at 136 lbs you look terrific. Not everyone is supposed to be a size 0. Health Question & Answer

Most people try all different diets over the years and wonder why they never work, and the reason for them not working is plain and simple, THEY DON'T EXERCISE!
Thats not to say your not exercising, maybe you are!
So as long as you are exercising sensibly you will loose weight even if you are eating the 1500 a day (although i am sure this is below the required amount for your description).
You only get out what you put in, so if you work hard you will see resultsHealth Question & Answer

Exercise yourself silly then you can eat what you like. Do a combination of strength and stamina exercise and you will find it will curb your appetite and you will look good anyway. Right, now 30 sit ups, 1,2,3,4,....Health Question & Answer

You have to EAT HEALTHY, and EXCERCISE!!!!!!!! Its more about a lifestyle change than anything else.

For a healthy diet, you need to be eating small to medium meals regularly. 4 or even 5 times a day. Each meal (apart from breakfast which should preferably be fibre rich), should contain a balanced ammount of carbohydrates for energy, (from potatoes, rice and pasta, etc) protien (from fish, chicken, occassional red meat is fine, soya is good too) and plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (simple fresh fruit and veg). Eat like this and make sure you are well hydrated (fruit juice is as good as water, any fluid counts, but some fluids have negative effects too, such as alcohol or caffiene rich drinks.)

You can have a wide range of healthy meals with this, from Thai, Chinese, Italian, British, Indian, etc. Just make sure each meal contains balanced ammounts of these three. On the bright side too, fresh veg and rice and pasta is a lot cheaper than crappy junk food!

This doesn't mean you cant have chocolate or pizza/takeaway/etc, just save them as very occassional treats.

The big secret to keeping a healthy weight and staying healthy is EXCERCISE, particularly cardio excercise (running, swimming, cycling, etc).

Cardio exercise will not only burn calories and reduce your body fat levels, but will also improve your resting heart rate and lung function, making you healthier.

Strength training will help you strengthen and tone your muscles. Heavy weights with short reps/sets will build your fast twitch muscle fibres and build size, power and strength, but if you use light to medium weights with lots of reps/sets, you wont build size, but you will tone up your body and train muscle endurance. This will obviously make you 'look' healthier and more toned, but will also increase your metabolism (as your muscles demand more energy) so you will burn calories faster.

As far as excercise goes, you should aim to strike a balance between cardio training and strength training, this way you will build good strong and toned muscle, but also keep your body fat levels down and increase your heart and lung performance, making you much fitter and healthier.

Hope this helps.
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