Not eating enough

chrystynemychele37
chrystynemychele37 Posts: 4 Member
edited July 2023 in Fitness and Exercise
MyFitnessPal says I need to eat up to 1,720 cals a day to lose weight and to build muscle. I already work out and do cardio but I haven't been eating nearly enough for the past week. I mean, 500 cals, possibly less. I haven't been feeling that great so I assume that's why but the fact that I'm barely eating, will I even gain any muscle or just lose and lose it all? I'm 218 and trying to get down to 180 like I always was.

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  • Retroguy2000
    Retroguy2000 Posts: 1,838 Member
    Your best chance of building muscle in a deficit is noob gains and a small deficit. You are definitely not meeting the latter
  • peazoo1325
    peazoo1325 Posts: 13 Member
    It takes a tremendous amount of muscle breakdown with no protein in your system to result in backwards muscle loss. Most likely you will at the worst case maintain muscle and lose fat. When in a deficit your body will use whatever is available. Fat will convert to energy. Muscle needs protein. Keep protein high

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