I told you about eating 1300 calories. All that did was make me gain weight, made my brain obsessed with food like it has never been obsessed with anything, and I couldn't keep myself warm even with two shirts, a blanket and a comforter, something over my head, and the furnace blowing over me. I thought I was just mentally weak. I did some looking around and found that my basal metabolic rate is 1700 calories. That is what I need to perform my bodily functions while completely still. So yes, I really wasn't eating enough to keep warm. Today I ate more and I'm wearing just two shirts and no blankets over me, and I feel comfortable. I'm also thinking about things besides my next meal. I will probably skip the afternoon snack. I'm still stuffed from lunch, which was 500-some calories and not some gorge fest, but what I needed. I am so tired of diets, though.
