I am way under my calories today

mommyoftwins05
Posts: 645 Member
is there very bad.. will it hurt me? Usually i'm just right under it. But today I was consentrating on staying with my sugar goal which is 24g b/c i usually go over..well I ended up way under my calories..
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Bumping on yours so I can see the answer. I am very curious.0
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I would not go under the set cals. its a no no. once in a while wont hurt though0
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Once in awhile, it's not going to hurt you.
But if you are consistently way under your calorie goal for an extended period of time, then you run a few risks:
-losing a lot more muscle than you needed to
-slowing your metabolism (the oft-mentioned starvation mode)
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Thanks all!!!0
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