Am I doing it right?

Nachos88

Okay.
What if I eat half of my calories intake required?
1400 but i eat about 700...
and i burn abour 400 calories....


Is that healthy? I'm thinkin maybe i'm doing it wrong.

Eating more than i am now...makes me feel like i'm over eating.
Most people on here, eat wayyy more than i do.

HELP

trainguy917

No, absolutely not! The 1400 is the number you need to maintain health. Any less and you are starving yourself. Eating 700 calories a day, even without exercise is dangerously low. You may lose a little weight at first, but it will mostly be muscle instead of fat. Try never to be under that number and seriously consider eating back at least part of the calories you burn in exercise.

chillygal12

You do need to eat about your full calorie intake, if not your body is in starvation mode and you won't make any progress, I try to eat about every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, small portions. That way I don't feel like I'm over eating and I'm seeing progress.

erickirb

No, not at all, the minimum you should eat is 1200 plus what you burn, so if you burn 400 the minimum you should eat is 1600 (1200+400) but should eat 1800 (1400+400) so you will be safe and lose weight eating between 1600-1800 on days you burn 400 calories, any less may lead to negative health side effects, not to mention cause your body to burn a high % of muscle, instead of fat.

ChantalGG

If you want to get it done right then eat! Don't starve yourself you will only have to quit because it is impossible. Eat healthy foods and eat make sure your body is getting fuel to function or it will stop working and you weight loss progress will stop as so you can get sick.

Aboulet

From what I understand, and I'm no expert, consuming only 700 calories for a week or so will cause your body to go into starvation mode and your body will slow down your metabolism to maintain every ounce of weight it can. Once your body responds in this way, even on a day when you "splurge" and consume a huge amount of calories, your body thinks something like, "Oh, we need to keep those calories because who knows when she is going to properly feed us again!" and you end up actually gaining weight, when really a one day splurge should not really be able to significantly impact your overall weight.

Like I said, I'm no expert. I just read about this yesterday when I was researching my own similar question. Perhaps there are others who could explain it better.

Essentially, you need to eat at LEAST 1200 calories per day to avoid going into starvation mode. The only thing I'm not positive about is what happens when you are right at 1200 calories, and then you do some exercise and that brings your next calories under 1200. I wonder if that can also put you into starvation mode. There is much to be learned on this topic I think.

What you are doing now though seems very unhealthy. Please reconsider your approach to weight loss. If you are actually in starvation mode, upping your calories intake would probably increase your weight - initially. However, once your body comes out of starvation mode, I think you'd be able to lose whatever weight you gain and thensome. Overall, I think you will be happier with the results. Best of luck to you!

erickirb

From what I understand, and I'm no expert, consuming only 700 calories for a week or so will cause your body to go into starvation mode and your body will slow down your metabolism to maintain every ounce of weight it can. Once your body responds in this way, even on a day when you "splurge" and consume a huge amount of calories, your body thinks something like, "Oh, we need to keep those calories because who knows when she is going to properly feed us again!" and you end up actually gaining weight, when really a one day splurge should not really be able to significantly impact your overall weight.

Like I said, I'm no expert. I just read about this yesterday when I was researching my own similar question. Perhaps there are others who could explain it better.

Essentially, you need to eat at LEAST 1200 calories per day to avoid going into starvation mode. The only thing I'm not positive about is what happens when you are right at 1200 calories, and then you do some exercise and that brings your next calories under 1200. I wonder if that can also put you into starvation mode. There is much to be learned on this topic I think.

What you are doing now though seems very unhealthy. Please reconsider your approach to weight loss. If you are actually in starvation mode, upping your calories intake would probably increase your weight - initially. However, once your body comes out of starvation mode, I think you'd be able to lose whatever weight you gain and thensome. Overall, I think you will be happier with the results. Best of luck to you!

FYI eating 1200 and burning 500 is the same as eating 700 and not exercising. 1200-500 = 700-0, so to answer your question yes, even if you eat 1500 calories everyday but burn 700, you will damage your metabolism as you pointed out in your reply. Your body will function on Net calories as the increase intake for exercise is a wash with your extra output do to the exercise.

LisaMarieee

How is this even a question? Really?

No, it's not healthy AT ALL. Doing that will slow down your metabolism and make it harder to lose weight in the long run. Also when you don't eat enough you don't get the proper nutrition you need, you'll feel lethargic and cranky all the time. There is no way that this would be maintainable in the long run and you would gain back quickly once you started eating normally again.

Nachos88

I will take into consideration guys. Thanks a mill! I am a bit confused, thats why i asked. I'll try and up my calories intake, to alteast 1200 to see what happens.

Wish me luck!