1670 Calories a Day? Woahh? Too Much?

neanderthin

The suggestion was. That my body wasn't used to eating so little and even a normal 1200-1400 calories was putting my not trained body into starvation. & That starting higher would be more successful in training my body to maintain eating less without starvation mode? Does this sound right? Or just more bad advice?

btw I have more than 30 lbs to lose.

....it's my belief that a human body won't go into 'starvation mode' until it's used up most of its fat stores....

Basically true. There is some adaption, which can be influenced by lifestyle and food consumed, (exercise and protein consumption) but anyone that has a lot of fat on them and eating everyday isn't going into starvation mode........it's more about the math, or the natural miscalculations that dictate a stall or plateau, or weight gained.

atb0821

I would still be hungry on 1670 a day. It's really not *that* much.

jacksonpt

How long have you been at 1200-1400 cals?

Sounds like bad advice to me, though to be honest, the trendy response to most topics right now is a) eat more, b) lift. Neither are the right answer in a lot of situations.

wow that's so weird that at 5'5 120 lbs I eat 1800-2000 cals and I lost inches.... what?!?!?! I must be an exception.. Am I lifting heavy wrong or eating more wrong to have such a big loss in one month? I believe it's because I power my body with fuel to lose maybe? But that advice was a gift. Starting at 1200 cals and a lot of cardio I was spinning my wheels now I am seeing results and eating more. Why eat less if you don't have to? sounds like bad advice to me? and also what will happen when you start to eat normal again? might as well eat as close to normal as you can in this journey so at the end if you start to eat normal you wont balloon.

maybe read some of this and make a decision on your own: It was the best advice I've gotten in y whole life. It's saving me time and heartache:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/983158-all-in-one-info-page-halp

I really though don't know why someone would say oh you lose when you eat a little bit more, why not just eat a little bit less for no reason, you were losing by eating more but you could always lose less... umm okay.... why?

jacksonpt

I don't think 1670 is unrealistic, nor do I think 1400 is too low.

My guess is that your logging isn't accurate/honest/consistent enough and so you aren't really eating what you think you are eating.

I often over exaggerate...in fear of underexaggerateing. Could that be hurting me?

Potentially. If you're not being at least reasonable accurate, how do you actually know what you're doing, and thus how to change things when you aren't seeing the results you want/expect?

jacksonpt

Since this has turned into a "you should do x because it worked for me" thread rather than giving any actual meaning information, I'll just add that I easily lose 2300 cals per day, so maybe you should try that.

*shakes head*

freebirdjones

How long have you been at 1200-1400 cals?

Sounds like bad advice to me, though to be honest, the trendy response to most topics right now is a) eat more, b) lift. Neither are the right answer in a lot of situations.

wow that's so weird that at 5'5 120 lbs I eat 1800-2000 cals and I lost inches.... what?!?!?! I must be an exception.. Am I lifting heavy wrong or eating more wrong to have such a big loss in one month? I believe it's because I power my body with fuel to lose maybe? But that advice was a gift. Starting at 1200 cals and a lot of cardio I was spinning my wheels now I am seeing results and eating more. Why eat less if you don't have to? sounds like bad advice to me? and also what will happen when you start to eat normal again? might as well eat as close to normal as you can in this journey so at the end if you start to eat normal you wont balloon.

maybe read some of this and make a decision on your own: It was the best advice I've gotten in y whole life. It's saving me time and heartache:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/983158-all-in-one-info-page-halp

I really though don't know why someone would say oh you lose when you eat a little bit more, why not just eat a little bit less for no reason, you were losing by eating more but you could always lose less... umm okay.... why?

I realize with this image and your last post you feel as though I am giving her my experience as advice. But if you look up I replied to your comment first by addressing the "trendy" info and then proceeded to tell her READ SOME LINKS AND MAKE A DECISION ON YOUR OWN. I never give someone nutritional advice, I don't TELL them to eat more or less, I tell them what worked for me and give them some links. That way they can hear what you say and read what I say and make a decision that is best for them. Everyone can use google, even if I'm a dumbass as you say. And this dumbass lost 7 inches in one month with a little hard work so it's nice to share the info I found so they can weigh in and see different plans.

mmddwechanged

I would! 1600-1700 was perfect for me personally when I lost ten pounds.

elleryjones

I think it's difficult to give an accurate answer to this question without knowing how much exercise you're doing currently, what kind of exercise, how frequently, how active you are during the day, and how many calories you were eating before you decided to do 1400.

eep223

I'm eating about that and losing. Depends on your exercise.

wwwdotcr

Eat at your BMR. MyFitnessPal has a reasonable calculator for that. Be honest, get a BF% test if you are really concerned for accuracy..

Then exercise off 500 calories a day. 1 lb a week.

Jessica_D_Shadow

Thank you all so much for your advice & opinions! I appreciate them all. I will keep my 1420 cals per day for now. I guess over all the 4wks/4lbs is what I need to focus on instead of the up and down weekly basis. I will stick with this until I stop losing anything. I know that I need to workout more often. So I plan on doing that as well. Thank you all. I will no longer be checking this thread.

Thanks again!
Jessica