My goal & plan

vegannewbie101
vegannewbie101 Posts: 25
edited November 14 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so after reserving various weightloss calculators it seems that it's possible for me to lose 10lbs if not more if I eat 700kcals a day and burn exercise 5 times a week? Anyone have success with this?

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  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Eating less than 1200 calories (1500 for men) is incredibly unsafe UNLESS you are doing so because a medical professional has recommended it and that medical professional will be monitoring you.

    What you are proposing is essentially starving yourself so you'll lose weight.

    Don't do it.

    Eat at a moderate deficit, exercise if you wish, and you will still lose the weight. Not as fast as you may want to, but it will come off and you won't be killing yourself.

    ~Lyssa
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    You likely won't have success long term. That's not enough calories per day to get proper/adequate nutrition. Can have harmful side effects-like excessive loss of muscle, damage to hair/nails/skin, loss of energy...
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating less than 1200 calories (1500 for men) is incredibly unsafe UNLESS you are doing so because a medical professional has recommended it and that medical professional will be monitoring you.

    What you are proposing is essentially starving yourself so you'll lose weight.

    Don't do it.
    Especially when recovering from an eating disorder.

  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    Eating less than 1200 calories (1500 for men) is incredibly unsafe UNLESS you are doing so because a medical professional has recommended it and that medical professional will be monitoring you.

    What you are proposing is essentially starving yourself so you'll lose weight.

    Don't do it.
    Especially when recovering from an eating disorder.

    One of these days I'll remember to look at profiles before posting to make sure I have more info....

    100% the above.

    OP - if you really think this is a good idea, you need to talk to someone as this plan suggests you have not really recovered from your eating disorder.

    ~Lyssa
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    You're going to have a hard time doing much meaningful exercise on 700 calories a day. And unless those calories are pretty much all protein, you're going to be burning away a lot of lean body mass.

    You sure you want to go down this path?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    How much did you say you wanted lose per week?
    I used to do alternate day fasting, 500 calories every second day. There is no way I would or could do that everyday. Besides the terrible health side effects that would come along with it, it would be a miserable existence. I'm not sure where you're going to find the energy for exercise???
    You'd need more than 700 calories if you were lying there in a coma....
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    What's the rush? Losing weight is a fun, exciting and interesting experience. Don't kill yourself trying to do it. Sit back, relax, eat right and have fun!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Eating that little is silly and unhealthy.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Eating that little is silly and unhealthy.

    I agree. It's not such a great long or short term plan :disappointed:
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