Low Calorie Good Nutrition Question

Myxalplyx
Myxalplyx Posts: 129 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If you meet all of your nutritional (Vitamins and Minerals) requirements but calorie intake is lower than recommended, what is the drawback?

What I mean is, my normal daily calorie intake is 2500 per Myfitnesspal. To lose 2lbs a week, it's about 1500 calorie intake a day. So, let's say I eat 750 - 1100 calories a day or so and I keep energy use (Meaning lower/no exercising or just enough to do safely), what can be the expected result? How will this affect my body short term/long term?

I've been eating low/medium carb intake to get my body into focusing on burning as much fat as possible (Ketosis...or just generally low to medium carbs). I have been doing this with good results off and on but am just curious on what could be the affect of doing this. Thanks!

I searched and could not find an answer specific to this question.

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  • marissanik
    marissanik Posts: 344 Member
    There's no reason for anyone EVER to be eating 750-1100 calories a day. THAT'S BREAKFAST. Do research on BMR and TDEE. Fuel your body.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    edited October 2014
    Your body will still be undernourished and you'll end up losing a lot of muscle rather than mostly fat - both short term and long term. Long term, it could also end up negatively affecting your health and possibly doing permanent damage to your organs.

    if this is something you are doing off and on (as in you are yo-yo dieting), I'd suspect that you'd end up with low body weight but a high body fat %. Doing this could also lead to the increase of fatty tissue around your organs.


    A link to a good read about large deficits (even though you aren't planning on exercising)

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html/

  • Myxalplyx
    Myxalplyx Posts: 129 Member
    marissanik wrote: »
    There's no reason for anyone EVER to be eating 750-1100 calories a day. THAT'S BREAKFAST. Do research on BMR and TDEE. Fuel your body.

    Thanks PikaKnight and Marissanik. I kept looking but couldn't find info related to this subject. The link is helpful.

    Also found a link on this based on Marrisanik's search suggestion.
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/680246
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Myxalplyx wrote: »
    If you meet all of your nutritional (Vitamins and Minerals) requirements but calorie intake is lower than recommended, what is the drawback?
    Drawback is you might not be meeting your macronutrient requirements. Those are more important than micronutrients.

    Some people want to be healthy, and fulfill their body's needs. Some don't. Figure out which camp you're in.

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