enough net cals?

About half the week, I eat about 800 net calories, im so busy with work and such and by the end of the day im not hungry for more. I exercise everyday so my net gets that low. The other half of the week I normally eat 1200 net calories, some days I go as high as 1500 net but thats once in a while. I barely feel hungry and on the days im busy its a struggle to eat that much, but since its net calories, is this ok?

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  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    Bump
  • I don't have the answer, I've been told its not enough, but I'm with you on it.
  • shrek1970uk
    shrek1970uk Posts: 83 Member
    Lots of people on here would say "don't do that"; some say thats ok lol

    What do your weekly net calories look like? WW says as long as your weekly totals are ok...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member

    What do your weekly net calories look like? WW says as long as your weekly totals are ok...

    agreed, your weekly deficit is more important. if your calorie goal is 1200 then you are probably on a fairly large deficit to start with, so you dont want to be under eating on top of that.
  • TRD66
    TRD66 Posts: 310 Member
    I've see posts that say you shouldn't go below 1200 net a day, but others also talk about things being okay as long as the weekly amount is about right.

    Personally I usually eat around 1200-1300 net a day, but I do go over somedays so have some short days to compensate.

    At the end of the day, if it's a gradual loss and there are no medical issues, I see no reason why it's wrong. However, it's something you may want to discuss with a GP or trained professional as I suppose there may be nutrional/vitamin issues as well.
  • When you're eating roughly 1200-1500 Cal. Its good for your body with the combination of some sort of exersize even if its walking around the neighborhood a couple times, as far as 800 cal goes I think you should try to add a couple snacks into your schedual for your body, its good for your metabolism and health!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i work all day and then go to gym and by the time I am done I am starving..so cannot really relate to this issue..

    However, if you constantly under eat it will lead to metabolic slowdown...so you should make sure that you are at least netting 1200 a day at the end of the week...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    When you're eating roughly 1200-1500 Cal. Its good for your body with the combination of some sort of exersize even if its walking around the neighborhood a couple times, as far as 800 cal goes I think you should try to add a couple snacks into your schedual for your body, its good for your metabolism and health!

    the OP has a NET of 800 calories because she exercises (cals eaten - exercise cals = NET cals)
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member

    What do your weekly net calories look like? WW says as long as your weekly totals are ok...

    agreed, your weekly deficit is more important. if your calorie goal is 1200 then you are probably on a fairly large deficit to start with, so you dont want to be under eating on top of that.

    I dont get what you mean by weekly totals, heres a sample of my net cals for a past week: sun 1120, mon 1340, tues 800, wed 1200, thurs 1405, fri 800, sat 1202
  • catio23
    catio23 Posts: 38 Member

    What do your weekly net calories look like? WW says as long as your weekly totals are ok...

    agreed, your weekly deficit is more important. if your calorie goal is 1200 then you are probably on a fairly large deficit to start with, so you dont want to be under eating on top of that.

    I dont get what you mean by weekly totals, heres a sample of my net cals for a past week: sun 1120, mon 1340, tues 800, wed 1200, thurs 1405, fri 800, sat 1202
    So your daily average for last week was 1120 net cals per day
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member

    What do your weekly net calories look like? WW says as long as your weekly totals are ok...

    agreed, your weekly deficit is more important. if your calorie goal is 1200 then you are probably on a fairly large deficit to start with, so you dont want to be under eating on top of that.

    I dont get what you mean by weekly totals, heres a sample of my net cals for a past week: sun 1120, mon 1340, tues 800, wed 1200, thurs 1405, fri 800, sat 1202
    So your daily average for last week was 1120 net cals per day

    And thats a higher amount than usual because ive been making myself eat more recently, makes me feel sick though :/