Understanding Caloric Needs
Elisabeth and Cynthia discuss the importance of understanding caloric needs and how it relates to debt, spending, and exercise. They emphasize that the requirement of food doesn't depend on body size and that intense exercise may have negative impacts on overall health. Elisabeth expresses the fear of being told to stop running, but Cynthia encourages considering the long-term consequences when making decisions.In this clip
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Resources for a female client in her mid-30s with a history of a bad relationship with food, past eating disorders, and a focus on improving her relationship with food (not tracking in an app but writing down notes for protein and whole food) while still not completely adhering to a whole food diet. She has been eating low calories for years, experiencing classic cycles of over-exercising and then bingeing. Although she has had significant wins with her eating habits, she has gained weight and wants to cut. Is it too early to cut calories? Should she try cutting out alcohol and then transitioning completely to a whole food diet? Will she start to lose weight as she continues to improve her relationship with food? Resources and guidance on this situation are needed.
Are you telling me to train more and eat even less if I'm 30, female, 156cm, 46kg, walking on average 17,000 steps a day and running around 21km a week, but I'm not eating much and have been very hungry?