feelgoodfrenzy
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Hi, I am new to these forums. I weighed around 150 pounds at my heaviest until I decided to completely revamp my lifestyle and start being a healthier person. I increased my activity level and decreased my calories and now I weigh about 123 pounds. I don't really need to lose anymore weight because right now I feel really healthy and good. Here is my issue now though: It was very easy to lose the weight but now that I've done that, I stress so much more about calories and what I eat. According to those caloric needs calculators you find all over the Internet, I need about 1400 calories a day to maintain my weight. I ate less than this when I was losing weight but I have needed to gradually increase my calorie intake because I noticed I started feeling sick and light headed and weak when I don't eat very much and I don't have extra pounds to take the hit. Now, even when I eat 1400 calories, I get nauseous until I eat more, then I feel perfectly fine. I'm not sure how much I trust the online calorie counters and my question is, is it possible to maintain a healthy weight just by listening to my body to know how much I need to eat or is that a dangerous trap? Is my weight going to start creeping up again because I'm eating more than 1400 calories a day? (I'm not talking a lot more calories than that, around 1600 usually keeps me feeling good) It's stressing me out so much because I want the kind of lifestyle that's healthy, simple choices like picking an apple over a cookie, not the kind of life where I am constantly worrying how many calories I'm consuming. Any thoughts?
