Eating too few calories

dee95mfp

Hi, I started to diet around a week and a half ago. I set my daily calories at 1,300 and I was losing weight steadily. Then for the last two days I only ate around 1,000 calories and my weight loss has stalled. Is it possible I’m eating too few calories or is it an unrelated stall?

scarlett_k

If it has only been a couple of days you've not stalled.

jjpptt2

None of the above.

It's poor expectations. You will not lose consistently. No one does - it's normal. Stay the course, but be more patient.

malibu927

Two days is too soon to be concerned about not losing, but it is 100% unrelated to eating too few calories

NovusDies

dee95mfp wrote: »

Hi, I started to diet around a week and a half ago. I set my daily calories at 1,300 and I was losing weight steadily. Then for the last two days I only ate around 1,000 calories and my weight loss has stalled. Is it possible I’m eating too few calories or is it an unrelated stall?

Only if your body is stressed and retains water which is highly unlikely after 2 days. It is more likely you are just going through normal weight fluctuations for other reasons. The scale will not show a weight loss each day. It can and will at times show a gain even if you are losing fat.

You don't want to be in the habit of eating too few calories though unless you are banking them to eat another day.

try2again

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634529/why-did-the-number-on-the-scale-go-up-this-week-heres-why/p1

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1

dee95mfp

Thanks to everyone who replied, it has been most helpful, I realise that I was worrying too soon