> thank you very much for all the advice. i am already starting to
feel the settling in phase, and my binge eating urge is gone. see i
have been doing this in a less strict way over summer, which allowed
me to shed around 18-20 pounds, which is why i am worried about
dipping into a lower weight range which would be unhealthy for my
body. i felt slightly weak and dizzy the week before i started doing
this, which is probably the main reason for my amping up of calorie
intake and my current mentality. what is the best way to maintain my
weight after i reach my weight goal? will i keep on losing weight when
i start? or will it plateau around a suitable weight range?
If you feel weak and dizzy, yeah, I'd say something is wrong. It's not
clear to me how to tell when or if this has to do with calorie intake
per se. Most people seem to plateau at some weight ... it might not be
the weight they picked as an ideal, but it's what their body wants to
do. There is one person I know who was too skinny, and she *gained*
weight on IF.
But at some point you have to define exactly what "weight" you want to
gain or lose. Your body is made up, generally, of muscle, fat, bone,
and water. Of these, fat is the lightest weight (it actually weighs
very little in comparison to it's bulk). Water is really easy to gain
and lose, and it weighs a lot.
Now, if you are concerned because you have too little *fat*, then how
much fat do you want to have? You can check your fat percentage on a
scale, and see if you are low. If you have too little fat, then yes,
you need to eat more high-calorie foods.
If you have too little muscle, the only way I know of to increase the
bulk of muscle is to work out and get enough high-quality protein.
Having too little bone weight is a very bad thing, but the only way I
know to test for that is to get a dexa scan. And bone weight has to do
with vitamins and minerals and exercise as much as anything else (and
protein intake).
Water and electrolytes can have a big effect on how you feel, but they
aren't directly related to calories either (stored glycogen has lots
of water in with it, so that does affect weight temporarily)
Anyway, I'd probably work on "how you feel" and less on "how much you
weigh" ... sounds like you are doing pretty well in general.
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