Fat lose with processed/packet/canned

Although it is not recommended in terms of overall health but for fat loss i think it is easier to track those calories from canned or processed food since the calories are provided. I know that some company might waived out the calories if the macros is below than 4g and this is a huge difference when it comes to 4g of fat which will give 36kcal. But if at the end of the day you give add additional 20% of total calories intake to your diary then it should be fine.

Im 174cm 22 y/o M currently weight 62.3kg with around 15% BF, my target is to get ripped (7% BF) before i start to bulk up. I still got fat around my tummy but i know it took time. Since this cutting phase is temporary, can i just eat those food to reach my goals? i.e packed cookies, canned sardines.

My current daily calories intakes is 500kcal-1000kcal per day and i know it is insanely low but through out the day i just play computer games with 1 hour weightlift at gym so it is fine since im not moving at all. i stuck at 62-63kg for 3 to 4 days but i willing to wait for another 2 more days to see the scale moving before i "pull my hair off".

Please give some advise or recommendation TQ
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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited January 2015
    Advise? EAT MORE. EAT FOOD. You're roughly, what 5'8"? and weigh 136 and are eating what a child eats in order to lose more.
    Sorry, not what you asked, but yowsa.

    It's not "fine".
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Eat way more. 1000 is lower than recommended for women, and you're already towards the lower end of the BMI chart. If you keep up with eating that amount, you won't have the energy for lifting.
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  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'm a woman also 5"8, and you're roughly at my goal weight.
    I echo what the others are saying..... Eat more or else you will more than likely burn out eventually. And you won't have to pull your hair out, as it might fall out all by itself, which is sometimes a side effect of VLCD
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Good lord child. Quit trying to damage your body and eat some food.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    Thanks for the advise, will 1200kcal-1500kcal per day will get me ripped?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Thanks for the advise, will 1200kcal-1500kcal per day will get me ripped?

    What are you talking about? Eat a lot and work on gaining muscle, like two times that. I didn't take an in depth look but it doesn't seem like you have fat to lose.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    I'm a woman also 5"8, and you're roughly at my goal weight.
    I echo what the others are saying..... Eat more or else you will more than likely burn out eventually. And you won't have to pull your hair out, as it might fall out all by itself, which is sometimes a side effect of VLCD

    what i mean by pull my hair off is start worry
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I'm a woman also 5"8, and you're roughly at my goal weight.
    I echo what the others are saying..... Eat more or else you will more than likely burn out eventually. And you won't have to pull your hair out, as it might fall out all by itself, which is sometimes a side effect of VLCD

    what i mean by pull my hair off is start worry

    And what she meant was IT WILL FALL OUT because you're starving yourself.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Thanks for the advise, will 1200kcal-1500kcal per day will get me ripped?

    Eat at LEAST at maintenance and lift. You'll be better off.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Thanks for the advise, will 1200kcal-1500kcal per day will get me ripped?

    What are you talking about? Eat a lot and work on gaining muscle, like two times that. I didn't take an in depth look but it doesn't seem like you have fat to lose.

    There are still fat around my tummy which i can pinch and with a fat calipers it shows a reading around 15mm
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    Advise? EAT MORE. EAT FOOD. You're roughly, what 5'8"? and weigh 136 and are eating what a child eats in order to lose more.
    Sorry, not what you asked, but yowsa.

    It's not "fine".

    That^^^^ Exactly that^^^^

    Anyone that comes into this thread and tells you any different is completely misguided.

    Also, it will be physically impossible for you to get down to 7% body with your muscle mass because you will basically look completely emaciated. You don't have the necessary lbm to achieve a ripped 7% body.

    but isn't that as long as someone in calories deficit he/she will lose fat?
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    I'm a woman also 5"8, and you're roughly at my goal weight.
    I echo what the others are saying..... Eat more or else you will more than likely burn out eventually. And you won't have to pull your hair out, as it might fall out all by itself, which is sometimes a side effect of VLCD

    what i mean by pull my hair off is start worry

    We get that. But if you take in too few calories--and you are--your body starts shutting down nonessential processes like nail and hair growth. You will eventually start seeing your hair fall out, and it may not grow back.
  • cerad2
    cerad2 Posts: 70 Member
    but isn't that as long as someone in calories deficit he/she will lose fat?
    Nope. A deficit will result in weight loss some of which will be fat. Some of it will also be muscle including heart muscle.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    edited January 2015
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now and need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.

    Don't be hurt, we want you to be healthy. You don't need to eat junk food. You just need to eat-more, whatever. Eat your maintenance calories at least. Have you calculated them?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.

    It sounds like you may want to seek the advice of a professional to look at body image issues
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.
    English is not your first language, I presume. Perhaps I misunderstood your posts. But that's what I understood.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now and need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.

    Don't be hurt, we want you to be healthy. You don't need to eat junk food. You just need to eat-more, whatever. Eat your maintenance calories at least. Have you calculated them?

    yes, is around 1900kcal per day and that is 57kg with BF that is below 10%. From the view of BMI i will be nearly underweight with that goal but that is my goal before i start to bulk up and gain muscle.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Although it is not recommended in terms of overall health but for fat loss i think it is easier to track those calories from canned or processed food since the calories are provided. I know that some company might waived out the calories if the macros is below than 4g and this is a huge difference when it comes to 4g of fat which will give 36kcal. But if at the end of the day you give add additional 20% of total calories intake to your diary then it should be fine.

    Im 174cm 22 y/o M currently weight 62.3kg with around 15% BF, my target is to get ripped (7% BF) before i start to bulk up. I still got fat around my tummy but i know it took time. Since this cutting phase is temporary, can i just eat those food to reach my goals? i.e packed cookies, canned sardines.

    My current daily calories intakes is 500kcal-1000kcal per day and i know it is insanely low but through out the day i just play computer games with 1 hour weightlift at gym so it is fine since im not moving at all. i stuck at 62-63kg for 3 to 4 days but i willing to wait for another 2 more days to see the scale moving before i "pull my hair off".

    Please give some advise or recommendation TQ

    No. It's not okay. That's not even enough to sustain your body if you were in a coma much less lifting weights at the gym for an hour.
    arditarose wrote: »
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now and need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.

    Don't be hurt, we want you to be healthy. You don't need to eat junk food. You just need to eat-more, whatever. Eat your maintenance calories at least. Have you calculated them?

    yes, is around 1900kcal per day and that is 57kg with BF that is below 10%. From the view of BMI i will be nearly underweight with that goal but that is my goal before i start to bulk up and gain muscle.

    Please seek professional help. You can and will do harm to your body if you continue, and I assure you there will be no "getting ripped" involved.
  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.
    English is not your first language, I presume. Perhaps I misunderstood your posts. But that's what I understood.

    Yes my primary language is chinese, i admit that my english is poor. Since last year February i have dropped down from 80kg to 63kg. The main reason is because break up in relationship, this is why i am so depress and sad right now when i cant see any improvement in fat loss. Please bare with my poor english, really sorry for that.

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited January 2015
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.
    English is not your first language, I presume. Perhaps I misunderstood your posts. But that's what I understood.

    Yes my primary language is chinese, i admit that my english is poor. Since last year February i have dropped down from 80kg to 63kg. The main reason is because break up in relationship, this is why i am so depress and sad right now when i cant see any improvement in fat loss. Please bare with my poor english, really sorry for that.
    All I am saying is: stop starving yourself. FUEL your body. Be healthy.

  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    when you eat at a calorie deficit you will lose fat but you wont gain much of any muscle(maybe some newbie gains if you've never lifted before). you will just preserve what you have. to gain muscle you have to eat over your maintenance(a surplus).you have to have some body fat for your organs to work properly.Also people that body build to get ripped most of them avoid prepackaged foods,and eat mostly lean meats,whole grains,fruits,veggies,nuts,etc It works better when you avoid the junk foods.Food packaging info is NOT accurate. serving sizes tend to be off which means calories will be off. you need to weigh your food if trying to lose weight. from what I have read and researched is-that you will get cut faster if you eat healthy foods.but you cant cut and expect to gain muscle on a deficit. The muscle will show more when you cut
  • I think you're going about this backwards. Don't lose weight to get to a certain body fat % and then gain muscle. Concentrate on gaining muscle FIRST. Then you can worry about your body fat %. If your maintenance is 1900 kcal, then eat at least that much on rest day and more on lifting days.

    Also, throw out your scale. It is useless to you now. You will be gaining muscle, and focusing on your weight is going to freak you out. In order to get the ripped look, you are going to need to ADD weight, not lose it.

    I would also just avoid the calipers for at least a few months. Commit to doing 3 months of lifting, with no scales and no calipers. Checking every day or week is just going to cause you doubt yourself and stop eating.

    As others have said, eating less is the last thing you want to do. Eat more. Get lots of protein. At least 150 grams a day, in my opinion.

    Finally, to address your earlier question regarding packaged food, I am somewhat neutral on this. I prefer "real" food--whole grain breads, deli meats, rice, chicken, fresh fruits and vegetables. But I do indulge in the convenience of a protein bar from time to time.

  • ferdinandthong
    ferdinandthong Posts: 57 Member
    when you eat at a calorie deficit you will lose fat but you wont gain much of any muscle(maybe some newbie gains if you've never lifted before). you will just preserve what you have. to gain muscle you have to eat over your maintenance(a surplus).you have to have some body fat for your organs to work properly.Also people that body build to get ripped most of them avoid prepackaged foods,and eat mostly lean meats,whole grains,fruits,veggies,nuts,etc It works better when you avoid the junk foods.Food packaging info is NOT accurate. serving sizes tend to be off which means calories will be off. you need to weigh your food if trying to lose weight. from what I have read and researched is-that you will get cut faster if you eat healthy foods.but you cant cut and expect to gain muscle on a deficit. The muscle will show more when you cut

    I know gaining muscle and fat lose cannot be done at the same time, my goal is to lose fat. I think you misunderstanding my point here, i want to get lean before i start to bulk. Sorry for my poor english that lead to misunderstanding.
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    You gotta be a troll. My skinny 6 year old son eats around 1500 a day. EAT MORE.

    Look at his other posts. I think he's an actual poster. Who doesn't have a clue.
    He's posted on several other threads about eating junk food and wanting to get "ripped".

    Actually I am very depress now because the scale does not move and from the mirror i cant see any improvement of fat loss, I really need advise and motivation :\ , all my post about eating junk food is because i want to know that losing fat and get ripped is all about calories in vs out, im not a big fans of junk food. Your words here kinda hurt me a lot.

    Forget the scale, eat more food, and pick up heavy things, then put them down, rinse and repeat. Do this for a year and don't even bother looking at a scale. Seriously dude, you need more muscle, not less.

    Rigger

  • Aemely
    Aemely Posts: 694 Member
    Your BMI at your reported weight is Healthy, and I can see muscles already in your photo. I think you are being way too hard on yourself.

    Is there some reason you need to play computer games all day long (for example, if you earn money that way)? If not, perhaps you could do something different to get out of the house and interact with people, like furthering your education, reading, enjoying a nature walk, etc.? I wonder if you could focus a bit more on improving your mind rather than worrying about getting "ripped" which I am not sure is the secret to happiness.

    Best wishes, and please do take care of yourself! :)