Too few calories.

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  • calliekitten9
    calliekitten9 Posts: 148 Member
    How many is too few calories? I would like to do an extreme calorie cut to get a big weight loss boost .

    Here is why I don't recommend this - and it has nothing to do with calories.

    It has to do with character. And the disciplines you need for long-term success.

    I'm going to say something that might be difficult to hear:

    People who try to "cut corners" and do "extreme" activities/behaviors to lose weight quickly, etc. became overweight in the first place largely because they're impatient. They want what they want and they want it NOW. This is one of the underlying problems with many overeaters... they cannot "sit" with themselves for any length of time and be "uncomfortable" - they must "feel good" NOW. And unfortunately - they usually use unhealthy methods to bring about that "good" feeling.

    Obviously there are many other underlying factors as well - I'm just dealing with *this* particular issue because it correlates to what you're proposing to do here.

    It's time to stop all that. It's time to put aside the impatience, put aside the fear of discomfort, put aside the fantasy that you can "give yourself a big weight loss boost" (and yes - that is a fantasy!!), and simply do what's right for yourself. Figure out your BMR/TDEE, input that amount into MFP, eat only those calories, exercise, drink your water, lean on support from this community, and WAIT for it to happen in its OWN TIME.

    This will build trust, loyalty, patience, and discipline - in other words, CHARACTER. *This* is what you need to lose weight. Not "less calories". Just something to consider.

    I'm glad you pointed this out because it's so true. We are the NOW society. It seems that people don't want to wait for anything anymore. After being on very low calorie diets in the past and losing weight very quickly only to gain it all back, I've learned my lesson. I'm at the point where even a .5 lb loss per week would be a success. I'm losing steady and I'm not starving. Can't ask for more, tbh and I know I can keep this up for life.

    This is beautiful. I'm very excited that you've discovered this very important "secret" of weight loss success! You will go the distance with this mentality - protect that with all your heart, soul, and mind and never allow yourself to go back to your old way of thinking. If you can create and maintain that new pathway in your brain, you will have 3,000x more chance of succeeding in reaching your goal.

    I would like to mention that I AM one of the impatient people I mentioned above! I went from 115 lbs in college to 203 lbs by age 36 and much of that occurred because of my NOW mentality, that urgent need to eat the MOMENT I felt uncomfortable about something in life. It's called "compulsive overeating". It's a compulsion and when we build that compulsion into a habit, we are doomed.

    Thus, one of the most important things that us compulsive overeaters can do for ourselves, is to stop, slow down, and SUBMIT ourselves to a higher process, a healthy process, a long-term process. To practice this daily. Then weekly. Then monthly. And guess what happens next? You wake up a year later (like me) and you've DONE IT. You've reached your goal. Interestingly, you'll be surprised that you already arrived, because by then, Patience is a huge part of your life and you hadn't been worried for a long time about losing the weight quickly. And as you maintain, that patience will protect you over the course of your life, as you continue to submit to it. It's a beautiful thing! :)

    I think that Brandolin11 covered it extremely well. Losing weight should be part of a larger goal to be healthy, to adopt lifestyle changes that will keep you from going back to old habits. Also, weight flutuates...that is just part of the joy of things. Don't sweat the occational tick up/tick down..but do look for patterns in your behavior that may be impacting your weight. I have discovered that I eat fast...I tend to be the first to be done with dinner. I am not sure where this need to "rush" came from...but I do know that it takes 15 minute for your brain to tell you that your stomach is full. Eating fast means that I am prone to overeating. So I have a goal to slow down...to savor..both food and life. Be in the moment so to speak. :)
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Your log is 50% quick add calories and 50% crap. Skip the nonsense of the VLC diets or cleanses or whatever else you're planning and start working on this problem instead.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    do a detox first to lose a big chunk and S"Shock" you body. Then do some other activities with food to continue. Don't eat will not last

    LOL and a detox and shocking your body is the path to long term sustainable healthy weight loss...bahahahahahahaa oh the irony...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Your log is 50% quick add calories and 50% crap. Skip the nonsense of the VLC diets or cleanses or whatever else you're planning and start working on this problem instead.

    = 100% failure
  • jennegan1
    jennegan1 Posts: 677 Member
    Your log is 50% quick add calories and 50% crap. Skip the nonsense of the VLC diets or cleanses or whatever else you're planning and start working on this problem instead.

    I was wondering what those quick add calories were as well. I do that but I usually add into my food notes what it is usually or say im having left overs from another day Ill just add in those really quick but she has alot of quick add calories posted and no "real foods" to look at to see what it is

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