EATING DISORDER ALERT: Should I keep cutting or increase calories and allow more food freedom as a maintenance goal?
I'm 24, pretty active female (workout 6x a week and cardio 4x a week... spinning, power jump class and stair machine) and I'm 12,5% body fat by the caliper (5,2ft, 119lb... total 15lb of it being body fat).
I went throught a terrible phase when I bordered an eating disorder last year. I dropped to 110lb, lost my period and muscle mass, couldn't barely stay awake and be a functional human being. I never purged but I was eating 1200kcal a day and compensating with exercise. I've been coached by a therapist and behavioral nutritionist since then.
I did a mini cut in july, lost 300g of fat (and double the muscle mass..) and went abroad for a well deserved vacay in NYC for 2 weeks, having this 'spare room' to gain some fat there. I ate 4k calories per day, no exercise except walking. Truly enjoyed myself and glad I'm recovering.
Gained 2lb of fat in 2 weeks. It's 45 days since I returned and I've been following a super soft cutting diet my nutriotinist prescribed me not to compensate for stuff. I only lost 700g of that 2lb. There is still 300g to lose but I'm FED UP with the diet mentality and I want to be free from this burden.
She told me since I'm 12,5% body fat, it's time to end the cut and increase the calories again slowly. She increased like 100 calories of protein daily and told me I can go out for food twice on the weekends if I feel like it (it's hard for me not to, I'm highly social and me and my bf are foodies)
Should I insist on the cut or just do as she says and free myself?
I'm really scared to gain weight again, especially not having lost all the lbs I wanted to
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You say you have another 300 grams you want to lose. How would you even measure that?
Weight fluctuates by time of day, bowel contents, levels of hydration etc.
I think you are looking at it too strict. You say you are "FED UP with the diet mentality", so let it go. Take the advice of the professional who is trying to help you.
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