Undereating?

underoverupanddown
underoverupanddown Posts: 6 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I use a fitbit to count how many calories I'm using through the day, my daily calorie burn for the last 3 weeks has ranged from 2,400 ( on a sunday..) to over 4000 on the days I work and exercise. with 3500 being roughly the average..

Now as i'm quite a motivated person and I feel like I need to achieve goals as quickly as possible I've set myself a 1500 calorie limit. Now after reading a few posts on the community I feel like I might be doing my body more harm than good.

I usually start the day with a barocca, and an up and go.. as I feel sick eating anything solid for breakfast, but i'm trying to change this to a smoothie or similar. The up and go is roughly 400 calories

For lunch I usually have a sandwich with cheese (400 calories), and for tea I normally have 200 calories of brown rice, a cup and a 1/2 of vegetables (200 calories), and a small portion of chicken or eggs. (300 calories - 400 if its been a long day) I only have meat in roughly 3 of my weekly meals and try to get a lot of protein from eggs if I can.

I do have coffee and tea without sugar and maybe a tiny bit of milk which i don't really count ( I really should be) but feel that I need that 1500 calories of food in order for me not to feel hungry.

I'm a Male, 175 CM, 90 KG, and need to lost roughly 15kg (33 pounds)

I would love some reassurance, or someone to go over what i've written and help me out :)

THanks everyone :)

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    1500 calories is the absolute minimum men should be eating, and that should be net calories after exercise. At your age and activity level, though, that is very low. You're risking quite a bit of muscle loss, fatigue, and other health issues from not fueling your body. Quick loss is rarely a good idea.

    Set your goal to lose half a kilogram a week. Eat the amount given plus a portion of your Fitbit calories (start with 50%, then adjust up or down depending on how your loss goes after a few weeks). You don't have to eat breakfast if you don't want to, just add those calories to your other meals.
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