1000 calories a day?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Zuzurillo wrote: »
    Here are my two cents. I am the same height and currently 150. My goal is also 130. My BMR calculation is 1245 cals. My TDEE for maintenance is 1608 cals, for weight loss the calculation is 1108 cals. This calculation is based on "sedentary" lifestyle which I am fine with. I have been sloppy and eating 1200-1300 calories a day for 1 month and have lost only 1 pound. Eating that many calories does not create enough of a deficit to lose. I understand that I could "add" 100 calories per mile of walking if I wanted to. Personally, exercise makes me hungry so is counter productive to my weight loss so I backed off of that - everyone is different. I think it's just different for smaller people, I'm not sure where the generalized 1200 cal is the lowest you can go came from. I'm about to re-set my goal to 1000 calories a day and just buckle down a little. I think you would be fine to do the same.

    Your math is a bit confusing to me. If your TDEE is truly 1,608, then you could lose half a pound a week on 1,358 calories a day. If you aren't losing weight while eating 1,300, it's either because your TDEE isn't really 1,608 or you're mistaken that you're actually eating 1,300 a day.
  • DJ_Skywalker
    DJ_Skywalker Posts: 420 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Zuzurillo wrote: »
    Here are my two cents. I am the same height and currently 150. My goal is also 130. My BMR calculation is 1245 cals. My TDEE for maintenance is 1608 cals, for weight loss the calculation is 1108 cals. This calculation is based on "sedentary" lifestyle which I am fine with. I have been sloppy and eating 1200-1300 calories a day for 1 month and have lost only 1 pound. Eating that many calories does not create enough of a deficit to lose. I understand that I could "add" 100 calories per mile of walking if I wanted to. Personally, exercise makes me hungry so is counter productive to my weight loss so I backed off of that - everyone is different. I think it's just different for smaller people, I'm not sure where the generalized 1200 cal is the lowest you can go came from. I'm about to re-set my goal to 1000 calories a day and just buckle down a little. I think you would be fine to do the same.

    Your math is a bit confusing to me. If your TDEE is truly 1,608, then you could lose half a pound a week on 1,358 calories a day. If you aren't losing weight while eating 1,300, it's either because your TDEE isn't really 1,608 or you're mistaken that you're actually eating 1,300 a day.

    Agreed.
    Could possibly be eating more than 1300 and not realizing it.
    Eating 1,000 calories and not moving about will not last long x
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