Weight Train at 1200 Calories

SkaterGirl704

Is it ok to eat just 1200 calories per day, and strength train for muscle tone 5x week.
I just want tone, not looking to get big! I have been losing massive weight 2 1/2 lbs per week.
Sometimes I eat under 1200 calories. I have a hard time eating. Like I said I just want tone.
I eat healthy, and know how to eat. I eat 90% clean and organic, I mostly cook at home.
I have stopped exercising for a month now, but I am dropping lbs by eating right, and less.
some insight would be good. Last time I did weights I swelled up ad gained weight, and was hungry
all the time. My friend tell me that I still look toned without flexing.

MrGonzo05

Last time I did weights I swelled up ad gained weight, and was hungry all the time.

You have made a full recovery.

SkaterGirl704

That's real helpful??????????????????????????????????????????????

brdnw

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

SkaterGirl704

Thank you. And don't eat back calories or should I? Right now I weigh about 98 lbs. Don't wanna get bigger in weight.

beachlover317

What kind of weight program do you do?

whierd

I remember you. :laugh:

mrsamanda86

i don't eat back any calories, i make sure i get 1200-1400 and regardless of how active i am, i don't eat anymore, unless i'm hungry then i would obviously, but usually i'm not

How in the world are you able to only eat 12-1400 calories a day??? That's what I eat as a girl who's darn close to being a midget!

Sydking

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ILiftHeavyAcrylics

In my opinion, no.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Cranquistador

NO.

californiabella

i don't eat back any calories, i make sure i get 1200-1400 and regardless of how active i am, i don't eat anymore, unless i'm hungry then i would obviously, but usually i'm not

How in the world are you able to only eat 12-1400 calories a day??? That's what I eat as a girl who's darn close to being a midget!

wondering the same thing.

AllonsYtotheTardis

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

lol

NO.

ladylaume

98lbs!!!

I think you need to eat some more, but however even if your toning up your weight is going to go up since Muscle is more then fat....


Good luck

billsica

quick question. Do you have legs? Then maybe you are ok.

Otherwise, no. Eat more.

jofjltncb6

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

Sovictorrious

I think it is a bad idea.

allaboutthecake

OP how tall are you?

CyberEd312

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

Hauntinglyfit

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

allaboutthecake

Strength training is good. It will make your bones stronger as you age. Advice for you is to find a trainer who can start you out correct in weight use, or read New Rules of Lifting for Women. :flowerforyou:

Sovictorrious

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Me too

brdnw

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
Snack: banana: 100 calories
Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

jofjltncb6

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
Snack: banana: 100 calories
Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

I guess I'm just dumbfounded how you maintain (an apparently lean) 190 pounds being active on so few calories...

...or perhaps you're still losing and not maintaining?

Sovictorrious

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
Snack: banana: 100 calories
Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

How much do you lift?

Achrya

i weight train 7x a week and do cardio every day and i eat only like 1400 calories.

so you're certainly fine at 1200.

Sorry, OP, I really don't have any advice for you.

I'm just here to try to understand why a physically active 29 year old man would intentionally eat 1200-1400 calories.

In for the answer to this question too.... OP I am going to have to say I got nothing because I personally prefer to fuel my body for the demands of weight training and cardio but Best of Luck...

i don't see how it's hard to understand, i remembered to track everything i ate today and i hit 1375:

breakfast: oatmeal 130 calories
Snack: banana: 100 calories
Lunch: Panera salad (usually i eat soup for lunch which is only 300 calories) but this was 470
After i lifted, i had a protein shake: 260 calories
Dinner: i had grilled pork and put it in a large salad with other vegetables: 410 calories

i don't drink any calories, aside from protein shake, and i take a gnc multivitamin that's 50 calories, so 1425 i guess and i'm plenty full, and i worked out alot today.

I think the question was 'why' not 'how'.

brdnw

i'd be maintaining (i hurt my foot and was semi-idle for about a month w\out doing cardio and i maintained at 197) while still lifting.

Now my foot is all healthy and i've been really active this past few weeks, so i'd still be maintaining like this if i hadn't been so aggressive recently w\my cardio. I've lost like 92 pounds so far and i'm trying to get to 180, and i'm 192 right now.

brdnw

to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


My max bench is 300.
Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).

Hauntinglyfit

to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


My max bench is 300.
Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).

Deadlifts?

mamasmaltz3

No, 1200 calories is not enough. 1200-1400 for a man is definitely not enough. I don't even know how you can properly recover from your workouts if that is all you are eating. Oy, this is why I have been staying away from the forums.

brdnw

to the person asking me "how much i lift" so idk how to quantify that, but.


My max bench is 300.
Dumbbell curls, max 1 rep w\good form i curl 70lbs in each hand
pull ups: i can do 12 strict form. (w\weight on i can do a chinup w\me weighing 275)

I don't do heavy squats, i do alot of plyometrics instead and box jumps kind of stuff. But I do do other leg stuff so it's not like i skip it by any means.

and i run a quick mile a few times a day around a 6:40 pace currenlty for my cardio (today i'm a bit of a loser and did it 4 times).

Deadlifts?

405 is my max deadliftt, i havn't tried a pr in a few months on that. i'm kind of a wimp about deadlifts and don't do them as often as i should.