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Anonymous asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 8 hours ago

I asked a question about why I don’t lose weight faster?

I eat less than 500 calories a day and have since feb 28. All I’ve lost is 10 lbs (maybe 12 lbs, my body weight fluctuates a little) since then. I’m 5’5” and 120 lbs now.

I was told starving won’t get me weight loss. Then how does any anorexic get to under 100 lbs and it doesn’t take them years and years to do it? Do they just eat even less? 

I already skip breakfast now. If I’m working I’ll eat 120 cal hummus for lunch only. Dinner is a diet frozen dinner under 300 calories. Anorexics would probably not even eat dinner? 

I’m not trying to be anorexic I just want to know if that’s the difference why I can’t lose weight but they do. 

Also I do exercise, I’m very active 4/7 days a week and on the other 3 days I work out for an hour and walk the dog (leisurely) for an hour also.

Ty

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  • 3 hours ago

    Your main issue is calorie restriction. You are not eating enough calories or protein. Protein is key to build muscle and weight loss, NOT CALORIES.

    If you ate correctly and had that protein you will loose weight. you can hit that calorie index you want yet still be malnuourished. And this is why you do not lose weight. increase the protein and decrease the carbs.

  • .
    Lv 7
    3 hours ago

    Starvation DOES induce weight loss....weight from water, fat, and muscle tissue. As muscle tissue is lost, your metabolism slows down. The slower your metabolism, the fewer calories your body burns, so the more difficult it becomes to lose weight and the easier it is to gain weight. It's foolish and unhealthy.

  • Anonymous
    5 hours ago

    Why are you trying to lose weight when you are already too light for your height?

    And you should never skip breakfast.

    Breakfast is in fact the most important meal of the day because it gives you all the energy that you will need and burn the rest of the day.

    The human body is amazing.

    If it feels it's threatened by starvation it kicks into survival mode and begins to conserve fat and maintain weight so starving yourself never works and merely endangers your health.

    Weight loss is just simple math.

    You simply need to burn more calories than you consume.

    If you eat everything you would normally eat in a balanced diet and simply eat less of it, you will slowly and safely lose weight.

  • 7 hours ago

    If your body thinks it's being starved, it'll hold onto all it can, so it's actually not effective to starve yourself.

    Also - losing weight slowly is far more sustainable than crash dieting. 

    Given your weight is healthy and normal, there's no reason to lose more... 

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  • Anonymous
    7 hours ago

    I repeat:

    You're in the healthy weight range for your height, that's why. You should see it as a blessing that you're not losing weight very fast- because you don't need to. It sounds like you want to be underweight or something. Why?? What's wrong with being a healthy weight?

    Why are you jealous of people with a BMI of less than 15? 

  • Mark
    Lv 5
    8 hours ago

    You are not losing weight because your body does not want you to.  It is at a stable level.  I do not know why a person your height would want to lose more.  120 is already on the thinner side of average.  

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 hours ago

    They eat even less and yes, it takes them years.

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