Triggering (ED): Not Eating Enough To Lose Weight?

[SomebodyYouDon'tKnow]

So if anyone remembers me from a long while ago, I've been trying to lose weight for a while now with limited success.

Recently - about 3 or maybe 4 weeks ago - I decided to get off my fat ass and start exercising. I did about 10-15 minutes of jump rope, by then I usually get bored so I change to dancing for around 10 or so minutes, and end with a few leg strength exercises since my leg needs strength exercises to help the injury. Despite me hating exercise, I was starting to like it more. It was torturous, but yet it still felt good, and I generally felt healthier even though I hadn't even lost weight yet.

Then about 2 weeks ago I got sick. To be honest, I'm really pissed and this is taking a huge toll on not my body but my mind. I finally stood up and did something, and I felt like I had just been shot down again. I'm still sick now, and I'm not so patiently waiting to get better so I can start exercising again.

Anyways, to the point - since I haven't been able to exercise for the last few weeks, I've tried to just eat my best since I can't do much else (and to my dismay, I still don't really see much of a difference). I've been counting calories for a while, and I'm wondering if eating around [smaller number of calories] calories is too little? Yes, I know I'm not supposed to post caloric figures, but I really want to know so please help. I ask this because I did some research and found (though I know this well already, when will it get through my thick head) that eating too little will just slow down my metabolism and make me fatter. I find that even when I eat this little I am content and full most of the time. Should I up it a little to around [slightly larger number of calories] or even [larger number of calories] calories?

[Frosty]

You're probably underestimating how many calories you eat. The potential for a lowered metabolism through eating less is vastly overstated. You would need to be practically starving for your metabolism to take any hit, which would be primarily due to reduced lean mass anyway. Obviously if you were starving (which you're not) this wouldn't make you fat/keep you the same. Did those in WWII concentration camps get fat because they weren't eating enough?