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@corush254 Thank you for posting this. As someone who struggles with their identity, this is incredibly helpful. In my life to date I've been through this a few times. I'd like to say that it gets easier, but for me personally it doesn't. Every time I lose my identity I feel as though I've lost...

@elina99 TDEE. However, a 20% deficit is quite harsh and unlikely to be sustainable for long. Is there any reason you're cutting so hard and fast? If there is a reason then you will need to accept that your energy levels and mental/emotional state are likely to be negatively affected by trying...

@christopher30 ^ This! I'm 30, 5'4" and 1250 is 5 calories above my BMR at the lowest weight (119lbs) that I've ever hit in my entire adult life if I were doing absolutely nothing in terms of exercise at all. Why are you working to take your calories so low? This seems unwise to me as it...

@unhappymale Hmmm - in that case we're back to the scenario where that's a worryingly low calorie recommendation then. You mentioned in an earlier post that you'd been measure as having a lower than average BMR for your height/weight. How exactly was this measured? Unless it was done in lab...

@unhappymale Ok, so based on the mention of Bariatric Surgery office here, my guess is that you are or have been looking into weight loss surgery such as a gastric band, right? In that case, the calorie recommendation makes slightly more sense (or is at least less terrifying), but is still most...

@unhappymale Question: is the person you're seeing a nutritionist or a dietitian? You've used both terms in your post, but they're not interchangeable in this way. A dietitian (in the USA) needs to have a medical qualification; a nutritionist doesn't. Likewise in the UK actually. I'd be both...