If she is making good tasting low calorie food, that’s actually quite an advanced trick. But your mom should (sorry for the should) work out if she’s able bodied and her TDEE is 1,000 kcal. How can an adult woman even get enough nutrition on that? I thought 1,200 was the bare minimum and took some wrangling. I am moderately active (vinyasa yoga 4x a week and electric bike not car) and at least 2,000 a day to maintain at 57 years old. It does keep me at weight not underweight like when I was 20-45 but how idle is she? That can’t be good.
Not sure how the food science works out but she’s a remarkably small woman so I always figured that meant less food to meet caloric needs. I’ve had many conversations with her about her lifestyle and unfortunately I think it’s a lost cause. She absolutely HATES exerting herself. Most of her excercise comes from running errands and shopping.
I suspect you’re aware; but if she’s undereating, that may be why she hates exercising - she may have less energy than she should, making it an even bigger effort for her to do anything than it would be if she were overweight.
If she is making good tasting low calorie food, that’s actually quite an advanced trick. But your mom should (sorry for the should) work out if she’s able bodied and her TDEE is 1,000 kcal. How can an adult woman even get enough nutrition on that? I thought 1,200 was the bare minimum and took some wrangling. I am moderately active (vinyasa yoga 4x a week and electric bike not car) and at least 2,000 a day to maintain at 57 years old. It does keep me at weight not underweight like when I was 20-45 but how idle is she? That can’t be good.
Not sure how the food science works out but she’s a remarkably small woman so I always figured that meant less food to meet caloric needs. I’ve had many conversations with her about her lifestyle and unfortunately I think it’s a lost cause. She absolutely HATES exerting herself. Most of her excercise comes from running errands and shopping.
I suspect you’re aware; but if she’s undereating, that may be why she hates exercising - she may have less energy than she should, making it an even bigger effort for her to do anything than it would be if she were overweight.
Sounds right.