700-1000 calorie diet

Seffell

vmbourg wrote: »

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.

Forget muscle loss. 700cals a day is organ loss...

Ready2Rock206

Everyone is different but 700 is not enough for OP or for someone who is over 5ft tall. Full grown adults need more than 700 calories for adequate nutrition.

WinoGelato

5'1 isn't that petite, I'm an inch taller and lost weight eating between 1600-1900 calories/day (I'm fairly active).
Even if sedentary, 1200 is the minimum recommended for women in order to get adequate nutrition and most women, even petite females, should be able to lose (albeit slowly) at that amount.
What does body type have to do with whether or not the OP is damaging themselves by eating a VLCD?
If you are advocating the OP exercise, then they definitely should be eating more than the 700-1000 originally mentioned.
I'm not sure about your last statement- up protein, add exercise, don't eat fast food or chocolate but don't worry about calories? What does that mean, exactly? Why wouldn't OP need to worry about calories? Right now she needs to worry about getting her calories up to a minimum level to sustain her body and her health. Most people need to worry about calories, regardless of whether they eat fast food/chocolate or not - in order to achieve their overall weight loss goals in a healthy, sustainable matter according to CICO.

kimny72

The lowest height on the healthy weight charts I could find is 4'10", and the low end of the healthy weight range for that height is 91 lbs. I then used a BMR calculator for an 80 year old female 4'10" and 91 lbs and got a BMR of 775. BMR is bare minimum alive but doesn't move. So unless someone is an elderly woman under 5", already a low weight and who never gets out of bed, less than 1000 calories is not appropriate.

clayelliott847

Personally, I hate diets. It should be a lifestyle change. Like I am Type 2 Diabetic. So I have to stop drinking sodas and the doctor has me on a 150 carb diet. I have to make these changes for life.

TJarsun

evie21xo wrote: »

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

If you lose weight fast you will gain it back fast! If you want your body to adjust just eat more (1000-1200 cal) and go low on fat. That way you keep losing weight but at a lower pace and your body has time to adjust.
If you keep going with such a low calories diet your body will try to maximize the nutrients it can get from food and keep the wasted food as minimal as possible, so the moment you eat more it will keep non wasting nutrients and gain back weight.

Rebecca0224

kimny72 wrote: »

The lowest height on the healthy weight charts I could find is 4'10", and the low end of the healthy weight range for that height is 91 lbs. I then used a BMR calculator for an 80 year old female 4'10" and 91 lbs and got a BMR of 775. BMR is bare minimum alive but doesn't move. So unless someone is an elderly woman under 5", already a low weight and who never gets out of bed, less than 1000 calories is not appropriate.

A little off topic but the chart stops there because below that is dwarfism. Just in case anyone wanted to know why it stops there.

folgers86

I've been on a medically supervised diet of less than 1000 calories. It's not very sustainable especially if you exercise and do a lot of cardio ( unless you've had gastric sleeve or something in which case, ask your doctor). You'll set yourself up for binges when the cravings get too severe and because you're having to limit SO much, it's hard to incorporate anything about the diet into your lifestyle. My doctor recently agreed to bump me back to 1200/day and it's so much more doable for the long term. I mean, really, really achievable. I even get to go over that amount a little and eat things like jimmy johns and mcmuffin s if I go to spin class. A lot easier to balance things and I'm still losing weight.

FreyasRebirth

MyPlate won't recommend any fewer than 1,600 calories. Even if you were a 90 lb, 5'0, 62 year old lady. It also recommends a certain amount of physical activity, so eating significantly above BMR would probably be necessary.

Kristen8912

I completely understand you. I did this in the past. It was great while I was doing it because I got so skinny... but I also lost my period for a year, had major sleep issues because I was so hungry, and started losing my hair... once I upped the calories, I gained it all back and then some... so it didn't work for me... I'm now trying to lose baby weight the healthy way... takes longer but without the nasty side effects...

ScottF83

kimny72 wrote: »

The lowest height on the healthy weight charts I could find is 4'10", and the low end of the healthy weight range for that height is 91 lbs. I then used a BMR calculator for an 80 year old female 4'10" and 91 lbs and got a BMR of 775. BMR is bare minimum alive but doesn't move. So unless someone is an elderly woman under 5", already a low weight and who never gets out of bed, less than 1000 calories is not appropriate.

That actually puts a lot of other posts regarding calories into perspective