700-1000 calorie diet
evie21xo
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Hi, I'm on a 700-1000 calorie diet. I have lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks. I've read online that this kind of diet is hard to maintain and that I would gain it all back. But if I reach my goal weight and bump up my calories little by little (week 1: 1000, week 2: 1100, and so on) will I still gain the weight back? Or will my body adjust
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Hopefully you won't too much permanent harm to your body in the meantime. What you're doing is dangerous and unhealthy. Is being skinny really that much more important than your health?19
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This won't last long....12
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What does your doctor say? The only safe way to restrict like this is under medical supervision.9
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Why are you eating so little? Your body needs fuel that you aren't giving it.8
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The only reason you would gain the weight back is because you are not teaching yourself healthy habits along the way and having gone that long restricting yourself you are more likely to end up binging once you stop restricting yourself.
I'm not going to try to talk you out of this kind of diet as im sure you know it is unhealthy to do so and are doing it at your own risk.
If you bump up your calories each week you should be fine in regards to not binging but make sure that you have a plan in place for when you get there in order to maintain the weight loss. A diet is temporary, keeping it off is the part you'll be wanting for the rest of your life.5 -
Gaining weight should be the least of your worries eating so little.
You're not providing your body with enough nutrients or fuel to run its basic bodily functions.
Learn how weight loss works. Find out your maintenance calories and go from there. What you are doing is harmful. I mean, if you don't mind your hair going brittle and falling out, or heart problems, or gallstones, or horrible skin and nails..... those are the least of the issues eating so little calorie.
A toddlers calories is more.5 -
Crash diets usually result in regain and some extra. You should care about your health more than your weight and at calories this low you are not getting proper energy or nutrition. Eat at a reasonable deficit and think of your health.1
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My concern would be the mucsle loss. Even at a 1600 cal diet, if I dont do strenght training, I drop muscle fast. Up to you what your goal is .. if you want the scale to be lower I am sure that will work , but if you want to look/feel your best, slower weight loss per week may be more beneficial.4
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I cut my calories way too far and i ended up with a buzzing sound in my ears and an extremely slow metabolism. I've managed to get my metabolism going again, but the buzzing sound is sporadic. Both are a result from rapid weight loss.3
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Not even worth it.7
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Is it the flag or the woo button we're meant to press?
This kind of diet is ONLY for those under doctors supervision. Eat more, now.7 -
Eating less than 1500 calories is more than likely to cause metabolic damage, which actually slows down your weight loss, and 95% who lose weight by consuming less than 1500 calories gain back the weight they have lost and 75% actually end up heavier (according to the National Institute of Health, nih.gov if you guys want more information). I would suggest cutting your calories by 500 at most. Hope this helps!
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As someone who is 5 feet tall, with a small frame, and 109 pounds, 1500 calories is not too little. I actually can only have 1500 calories to maintain. Calories are not one-size-fits-all.
Does 97 pounds sound too small? Well it's not, it's still within average weight for my height and frame.5 -
As someone who is 5 feet tall, with a small frame, and 109 pounds, 1500 calories is not too little. I actually can only have 1500 calories to maintain. Calories are not one-size-fits-all.
Does 97 pounds sound too small? Well it's not, it's still within average weight for my height and frame.
It is within the healthy range but it is the low end.1 -
I'm hungry just reading this. I eat between 1100-1300 and most days I'm hungry at.0
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As someone who is 5 feet tall, with a small frame, and 109 pounds, 1500 calories is not too little. I actually can only have 1500 calories to maintain. Calories are not one-size-fits-all.
Does 97 pounds sound too small? Well it's not, it's still within average weight for my height and frame.
Agreed - calories are not one size fits all. Calories are individualized based on height/weight/age/gender. But even at your height/weight, 1500 calories is maintenance. OP is dropping 3lbs/week, which is a 1500 calorie DEFICIT per day. That's where the problem is. And, although we do not know their ht/wt/age/gender stats, just based on the rate of loss we can assume that they are much larger than you are and they should be consuming significantly more calories.6 -
Say goodbye to your lean muscle mass.5
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OP - not sure what your goal is, but you're doing it wrong. Since you're already on MFP, why not plug in your stats and do as it says?7
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Is this one of those posts where 3 pages in the OP reveals they're actually under medical supervision?
If not: eat more.6 -
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Not true for someone who is older and/or shorter female!Starstone142 wrote: »Eating less than 1500 calories is more than likely to cause metabolic damage, which actually slows down your weight loss, and 95% who lose weight by consuming less than 1500 calories gain back the weight they have lost and 75% actually end up heavier (according to the National Institute of Health, nih.gov if you guys want more information). I would suggest cutting your calories by 500 at most. Hope this helps!
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Because if the OP is under 18 she's breaking the rules by even being on MFP. And a lot of adolescents are not educated in weight loss to know how low is too low.11 -
If you're hungry, you need to increase your calories as well.csilveira88 wrote: »I'm hungry just reading this. I eat between 1100-1300 and most days I'm hungry at.
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Willing to bet you are a teenager.
I don't know - I see a lot of posts on here by full grown adults with kids of their own that also do ridiculous diets, vlcd, the latest fad, looking into whatever magic potion or pill they saw on pinterest, etc. There's no age limit on this type of behavior.7 -
I have been on a meal plan like this. I was put on 1000 to 1100 calorie meal plan by my doctor. I followed everything she laid out for me. When I reached my goal weight, the doctor helped me slowly increase my calorie intake. It was a lifestyle change. Not a diet. I learned what my food triggers were and how to eat healthy. Like I said, I was under doctor supervision the entire time. If you aren't, I suggest you go speak to one immediately. You can't even begin to understand how bad you can be hurting your body. Plus, you will definitely gain it back since you haven't learned the correct way to maintain your weight.6
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princeofmind wrote: »
Because if the OP is under 18 she's breaking the rules by even being on MFP. And a lot of adolescents are not educated in weight loss to know how low is too low.
There is nothing to suggest they are under 18.
Anyone of any age can take up an unhealthy diet.0 -
girlinahat wrote: »Is it the flag or the woo button we're meant to press?
This kind of diet is ONLY for those under doctors supervision. Eat more, now.
I believe it would be Flag - Report - Other :drinker:4 -
You'll likely gain it all back and then some far sooner than you get to goal. You're body is designed to compel you to eat when you are starving it and it's really hard to fight biology on this.1
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