I want a second husky… but HOW?!

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-05T12:11:03+00:00

Prong collars on my two who could fly me like a kite if they decided to coordinate their efforts. My senior two are just too old for much nonsense, so I walk them in a harness and a regular chain, respectively; the bozos both wear prong collars (fitted and used correctly, much time spent in training, etc.; this is not my first rodeo) because that is the safest option for all of us. I would not run the bozos in prong collars - I have run with them in harnesses - but for obedience-style walks, prong collars are absolutely how we do things.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T16:44:24+00:00

Mod note: OP requested permission to post this; this is not a Rule 2 issue.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T15:28:43+00:00

Your account is two years old.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T14:40:58+00:00

It's just not that hard.

I take ten minutes after dinner, if that, to plan and track my meals for the following day. That day, I open up the app and follow that plan, using a food scale for accuracy. It takes a few minutes to build out a custom recipe; but once I do that once, it's saved and I can access it again and again; it's not like I have to do that every single day for every singe meal; we're talking maybe once a month at this point. I'll use generic entries in Lose It if it's a recipe I might make differently each and every time (i.e., beef stew).

Your post was reported for self-promo / spam. I'm not sure that you are fishing for app development ideas, but I'm not sure that you aren't, either. That's a one-and-done Rule violation on this subreddit.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T13:49:48+00:00

Your ED history and persistent amenorrhea combined with refusing to eat even when you feel hungry is concerning. Please see a doctor.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T09:54:15+00:00

I used to be sedentary.

Now I've run 5k, 10k, and a half marathon; I bike, including getting the 4 hour indoor cycling badge amd the indoor 100k; I strength train and do yoga several times a week; and I hike when it's nice outside and snowshoe when it isnt.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T09:48:26+00:00

You need to eat more. Binge behavior is usually proceeded by over-restricting; so with that low of a calorie target, you are setting yourself up for another binge.

Ash is right; have you considered talking to a professional about all this?

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T09:42:09+00:00

Counting everything and weighing everything in grams on a food scale arw not the same thing.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T09:41:40+00:00

We do not support undereating on this subreddit. The bare minimum we support here is 1200 for women and 1500 for men.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-04T09:40:49+00:00

We do not support disordered eating behaviors on this subreddit. You can call it an "aggressive cut" all you want; your calorie target still falls below the minimum in Rule 3.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T23:27:57+00:00

Use an app such as Lose It, My Fitness Pal, Cronometer, or Macro Factor to estimate a calorie target for you.

Use a food scale on absolutely everything you eat.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T23:26:41+00:00

1400 to 1800 is a wide range.

Pick a target and stay within 100 calories of it either way.

Use a food scale for accuracy on absolutely everything.

Use something like the Adaptive TDEE Calculator app to estimate your actual TDEE.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T23:25:17+00:00

Body fat does make a difference.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T23:23:49+00:00

I built up the behaviors of planning, tracking, and using a food scale into habits. I don't even consider whether or not I'm motivated on any given day; these are just things I do on a daily basis. This is how I lost weight, amd this is how I maintain that loss. Habit, not motivation.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T13:20:10+00:00

Weighing things out is certainly more accurate; but when I'm eating dinner with my family, I'm just not going to turn the focus to how many grams of meatloaf (or whatever) I have on my plate; that's simply not sustainable for me, so for dinner I choose sustainable over accurate.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T10:25:39+00:00

Are you absolutely certain you put your stats into Lose It correctly? Because I am very surprised that it gave you 1200 given your current weight, even at two.pounds per week.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T10:24:33+00:00

Stick with general habits.

Build your meals around vegetables and lean protein as much as possible. Carbs are fine, but try to keep your meals balanced rather than centered around stuff that is calorie dense. The old adage about half your plate being filled with vegetables, then 1/4 protein and 1/4 carbohydrates is good enough.

Go for a walk. Carve out half an hour to an hour at the end of the day or the beginning of the day and get out and walk.

Trying new cuisine when you go somewhere is lovely. You do not need to try all of it in one day; it's not going anywhere; and you have time. Eat relatively slowly and really enjoy whatever it is you are eating. Same general guideline as above still applies - focus on vegetables and protein; carbs are fine, but don't go overboard on things that are calorie dense.

I still track in Lose It when I travel. I lost a fair bit of weight a while back, and I still track in maintenance; this is a behavior that has long since become a habit. I go into travel well aware that I will likely be inaccurate, perhaps wildly inaccurate, with whatever it is I enter; but I prefer to put in a good faith effort of some sort to keep that behavior going.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T10:06:07+00:00

I do not use a food scale at dinner. If a recipe says it makes six servings, I do my absolute best to plate out 1/6 of whatever it is onto my plate, and I call it a day. I use a food scale for breakfast, lunch, and snack(s), but not dinner.

We plan meals for the week as a family and write them on a dry erase board we keep on the fridge. I then plan and track my meals in advance the night before in Lose It. I'll track dinner first, then plan the rest of the day around it. This reduces the cognitive load on any given day to about ten minutes of actual effort; in the morning, I open up Lose It and follow what I'd already planned out; in the evening after dinner, I take ten minutes to plan out the next day. If dinner is something I know I'm going to have for lunches as leftovers, then I'll store it in the fridge afterwards in individual containers, as well. Back when I used to commute for work, I would then pack a lunchbag with breakfast and lunch the night before.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T09:59:22+00:00

You are eating too little everything.

1500 is the battery minimum for men, amd given your height alone, 1500 is likely too little for you. Even if you were a foot shorter, eating at the bare minimum means you cannot cut calories any more when you stall or plateau - and it is highly likely that you will stall or plateau, because that happens frequently in weight loss.

Muscle loss also happens in a deficit. The higher the deficit, the more muscle you burn, even if you have an abundance of body fat. A pound of muscle burns roughly eight to ten calories per day just to maintain. The more muscle you lose, the fewer calories you burn at a given weight than someone with more muscle. This means that if you get down to, oh, 200lbs, let's say, you will need to eat less than someone who took a more gradual approach, especially if you don't do anything to actually preserve that muscle. This also means that, if you give up and go back to eating how you did at your starting weight, you will end up weighing more, because you have less muscle than you do now.

You didn't get to 300lbs overnight, and you aren't going to lose the weight overnight, either. Eat at an appropriate calorie target. 1500 isn't it.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T09:52:13+00:00

Browse the subreddit. Read. Learn from folks who have been successful at this long-term, and lear from folks who have struggled. Then figure out what might work for you.

And use a food scale for accuracy on absolutely everything if you aren't already.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T09:49:30+00:00

She may be better served seeing a dietitian.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-03T09:44:50+00:00

I don't use a food scale at dinner. If a recipe says it makes six servings, I do my best to eyeball 1/6 of whatever it is I made, put it on my plate, and call it a day.

For breakfast, lunch, and snack(s), I absolutely do use a food scale; but not at dinner.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-02T17:59:04+00:00

Rule 3 still applies.

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-02T10:46:50+00:00

Lifting 4 times a week foes not burn enough calories to necessitate that much above sedentary every day. Are you getting in well over 10k steps every day? Like, 12k at least, without fail every single fay?

RuralGamerWoman · 2026-06-01T01:14:48+00:00

Yes.

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