thanks. that was my gut reaction also, but it seemed an easier solution than increasing exercise. I always want the easier fix.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2008 11:31:18 am PDT #4346 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
megan walker - Apr 30, 2008 11:32:06 am PDT #4347 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's pretty low calorie, msbelle. My gut says too low, but that's just me.
For goodness sake msbelle, that's only 3 Starbucks cookies!!
Jesse - Apr 30, 2008 11:33:17 am PDT #4348 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2008 11:36:26 am PDT #4349 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I feel like I have been eating way more than that 1600 cal/day diet and yet FitDay tells me no.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2008 11:48:33 am PDT #4350 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The UN's hunger-fighting organization, the World Food Programme, generally cites anything below 2350 calories/day as below the "food security" line (aka, not adequate intake, or, what used to be called HUNGER). (Here's an article that cites that amount: [link]
However, I'm assuming that's a very general number, applied globally to all adults (men and women). And, frankly, American women don't have to do 14 hours of hard physical labor a day the way men in developing countries do t edit (I'm making an assumption here that men in developing countries who don't have cars or public transportation and elevators, etc., and who probably don't work 9-to-5 desk jobs, expend more energy than the average American), so a small-to-average American woman like msbelle wouldn't need 2350 calories a day unless she was doing some serious triathalon training.
I've often read that, to maintain weight, multiply your weight x 10. If you engage in light activity it's weight x 12, moderate activity is weight x 13, and strenuous activity is weight x 15.
YCaloricNeedsMV.
Vortex - Apr 30, 2008 11:53:31 am PDT #4351 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So, theoretically, if you multiply your ideal weight by 10, you will lose weight if you weigh more than that?
Jesse - Apr 30, 2008 11:54:56 am PDT #4352 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've often read that, to maintain weight, multiply your weight x 10.
Huh! V. interesting.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2008 11:55:08 am PDT #4353 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Vortex thinks like I do.
Cashmere - Apr 30, 2008 11:56:13 am PDT #4354 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Hangry is my new favorite word.
brenda m - Apr 30, 2008 11:56:34 am PDT #4355 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooh, I like that. But I don't think so. Say you're at 250 and want to go to 150. 1500 calories a day is just going to shut your system down hard, rather than start stripping the lbs off.
I do like Steph's little formula, though. And I choose to believe it is true, because the body has so many funky little points of symmetry.