tomheadrick
New member
So since the start of the new year I’ve been in a deficit, eating 1200 cals a day, and I’ve seen great progress. I’ve gone from 59kg to 48kg (I’m 4’10) and I’m so proud of what I’ve done. I’d still like to lose a little more though, or at least maintain, but I’m running into a problem.
I’m a uni student and the only reason I’ve been able to lose this weight is because I’ve been living independently away from my family home. My parents are relatively health conscious, my mum especially is very physically active, but they’re taller than me, eat a lot more than me, and a lot of our family activities involve eating in restaurants and cafes, eating nice home cooked meals, or drinking together in pubs- so a LOT of calories are involved!
It’s not an abnormal amount of food, it’s just more than my body needs, but if I don’t eat what they think is a normal amount of food they get worried- just today I had my mum ask if I was eating properly. It’s a massive struggle, I’m probably consuming like 2000 cals a day when my TDEE is 1500. I am going to talk to my parents about it, but I already know their reaction will be “you don’t need to lose weight you look fine!” And feed me even more
it’s sweet but ahhhhhh
How can I survive this summer! I’m here til September when I move out again and getting very stressed lol. I’m thinking to maybe focus on body recomp? Try and cut the cals down a little bit but focus mainly on building some muscle. I’m not sure though if I can keep that up for the whole summer without gaining more fat than I’d like. I really don’t have much experience with building muscle e.g. the kind of cals I would need to eat to sustain that, how much I’d need to work out. Can anyone recommend some good resources for starting out please? Up until now my journey has been very weight loss focused haha.
And just any tips please for keeping on your goals in this kind of situation? Thank you so much !
I’m a uni student and the only reason I’ve been able to lose this weight is because I’ve been living independently away from my family home. My parents are relatively health conscious, my mum especially is very physically active, but they’re taller than me, eat a lot more than me, and a lot of our family activities involve eating in restaurants and cafes, eating nice home cooked meals, or drinking together in pubs- so a LOT of calories are involved!
It’s not an abnormal amount of food, it’s just more than my body needs, but if I don’t eat what they think is a normal amount of food they get worried- just today I had my mum ask if I was eating properly. It’s a massive struggle, I’m probably consuming like 2000 cals a day when my TDEE is 1500. I am going to talk to my parents about it, but I already know their reaction will be “you don’t need to lose weight you look fine!” And feed me even more
it’s sweet but ahhhhhhHow can I survive this summer! I’m here til September when I move out again and getting very stressed lol. I’m thinking to maybe focus on body recomp? Try and cut the cals down a little bit but focus mainly on building some muscle. I’m not sure though if I can keep that up for the whole summer without gaining more fat than I’d like. I really don’t have much experience with building muscle e.g. the kind of cals I would need to eat to sustain that, how much I’d need to work out. Can anyone recommend some good resources for starting out please? Up until now my journey has been very weight loss focused haha.
And just any tips please for keeping on your goals in this kind of situation? Thank you so much !
