Tried low calorie diet..

nikkimee

Hi.. Has anyone tried the 900 calorie diet?? i found it on the search engine and there seems to be a lot of good feed back..

stephabef

Sounds unsafe and like a quick fix that will ultimately lead to regaining any weight lost.

nikkimee

That what i thought too but alot are saying it really works and when you lose aweight you can keep it off

soarinup

There is no quick way to permanent weight loss, period.

SDkitty

That what i thought too but alot are saying it really works and when you lose aweight you can keep it off

This is just another DIEt which is no good for your body at all. Eating only 900 calories a day is not teaching yourself to eat and live a healthy lifestyle. It is just starving yourself until the weight comes off.

Jeff92se

If you permanently ate 900 calories a day, you'd lose weight and keep it off. Not sure how in the hell that's possible.

Strive2BLean

I don't go below 1200. Less than that is not good not to mention impossible for me.

TluvK

You'll more than likely lose weight, but you'll be a raging b!tch in the process.

merB89

sounds HARD (ik, ik this isn't supposed to be EASY) and like you'd be setting yourself up for failure. At 900 cals I know I would be tired, grumpy, and sick most of the time. Heck, thats what I'm like at 1200. And you wouldn't be able to do fun workouts!

george_ie_girl

You'll more than likely lose weight, but you'll be a raging b!tch in the process.

Lol exactly! Just stick to 1200 - it works and it's easier to follow. Much healthier for you as well!

merB89

You'll more than likely lose weight, but you'll be a raging b!tch in the process.

hahahaha RIGHT?!?!

shovav91

Netting below 1200 calories isn't enough for your body to do normal functions like pumping blood and allowing you to breathe; it is extremely unhealthy. You will become sick, your body will literally shut down. If you care only about losing weight, go for it. If you want to be able to function normally, do it the healthy way.

Jeff92se

Better make it 700 calories just to make sure it works.

lilbabiigurll

I eat about 1000 Calories and work out AT LEAST 60 minutes a day, and I have actually done EXCELLENT! I have lost almost 10 pounds in the past 2 1/2 weeks, and have a routine of the times I eat and work out, && I only drink water! Everyone body is just different. So basically you wont really know how you will do unless you try it.


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TluvK

I eat about 1000 Calories and work out AT LEAST 60 minutes a day, and I have actually done EXCELLENT! I have lost almost 10 pounds in the past 2 1/2 weeks, and have a routine of the times I eat and work out, && I only drink water! Everyone body is just different. So basically you wont really know how you will do unless you try it.

We're talking about sustainable weight loss here. If you manage to eat a mere 1000 calories per day, work out HARD 60 minutes per day and continue to lose weight and have a high quality of life for the next 20 years, then you should write a book!!!

PS - I ate 862 calories for breakfast this morning.

Navmachine

your not going to find anyone on here that will reccomend a diet that is below 1200 calories. it's been my findings that a person CAN lose weight very fast at first, and keep it off, but only on a diet that is maintainable. i'd be worried about a diet that is so few calories, a person would not be able to get as many nutrients as their body needs. remember that weight isnt the only indicator of health. you may get to be a slim 110 pounds, but if your hair is falling out, and your constantly sick, your diet still isnt a good one.

do alot of research, and look for diets that stress healthy foods, and not just calorie math.

stayxtrue

Yea thats quite dangerous, I have mine set to 1200 thats low for a guy, But I am short, but 900 calories! thats just insane. Also I exercise a lot so I also eat my calories! Your body cannot enter starvation mode otherwise as soon as you lose it and start eating again you will gain it all back!

Its all about developing a healthy lifestyle and Healthy habits. You want a safe weight loss that way you will be able to maintain the change after it.

Also Drinking water is a MUST!!

jecka31

Any of the fad diets that are out there will cause you to lose weight. The healthy thing to do is not "diet" but to changing your eating habits to healthy ones that you will be able to maintain for the rest of you life.

ennaejay

Better make it 700 calories just to make sure it works.

:laugh: or better yet...............

nikkimee

Thanks everyone but i was thinking maybe 900ncalories a day after exercise.. And only consuming that much for a period of one to two weeks and then taking it up to 1000 and then 1100 and then 1200 calories aday..

ATT949

I haven't looked at a specific "900 calorie diet" but, for most people, there's nothing wrong with going on a 900 calorie diet. Well, except on MFP where folks think that if you eat less than 1200 calories, you will die an agonizing death!

I ate 800 to 1000 net cals/day for seven months and lost 95 pounds.

http://cbeinfo.net/weight.htm

I'm in excellent physical shape — bloodwork, checkups, stress EKG, V02 max, etc. Did a half marathon in August and have another one coming up on December 4.

There's nothing wrong with eating 1200 calories per day to lose weight. Lots of folks recommend that calorie level and I assume it's 'cause most people can eat that amount of food without getting too hungry and they will still gain weight. So, 1200 works. That does not mean that 1150 won't work and it doesn't mean that 1250 won't work.

Is 900 safe? From a dietary perspective, yes.

Why did I chose a low calorie diet when I wanted to lose weight?

Because it has a track record as a safe way to lose weight.


Will a 900 calorie diet work for you? I have no idea but I might suggest that you give it a try and see what happens.

Like my web page that shows my weight results, my diary is open for review.




Will you gain weight back if you lose weight quickly?
That is completely up to you.


Will you gain weight back if you lose weight slowly?
That is completely up to you.


A diet doesn't make people gain weight once they stop dieting - eating too much food makes people gain weight.

If you don't change your relationship with food, you will end your diet and revert to your old, unhealthy eating habits but that's not a problem with the diet. It's a problem with the person but it's easier to blame the diet than accept responsibility, doncha think?

900 calorie diet? Go for it!

My preference was a low calorie diet because I had a lot of weight to lose and because they work.

I tried it.

It worked.

sgoldman328

Talk to a doctor. See if he/she agrees with you netting 900 calories a day.


Spoiler alert: they're not gonna.

ATT949

Netting below 1200 calories isn't enough for your body to do normal functions like pumping blood and allowing you to breathe; it is extremely unhealthy. You will become sick, your body will literally shut down. If you care only about losing weight, go for it. If you want to be able to function normally, do it the healthy way.

This can happen on any calorie level, diet or no diet.

I stayed well below 1200 calories for seven months and lost 95 pounds. Extensive blood tests, physicals from two medical doctors, a stress EKG, and a VO2 uptake test reveal that I am in exceptional health.

In the time that I was dieting, I exercised at least three times a week on an elliptical; I rode two "SaddleSore 1000" long distance motorcycle rides where I rode 1000 miles in 24 hours; and August, 2011, 8 months into my diet, I ran a half-marathon in San Diego, CA and then did another 1000 miles in 24 hour ride through the deserts of California and Arizona.

There seems to be a disconnect between my real world results and your statement - "Netting below 1200 calories isn't enough for your body to do normal functions like pumping blood and allowing you to breathe; it is extremely unhealthy. You will become sick, your body will literally shut down."

Further, the LIndora weigh loss clinic, which has been operating in Southern California for over 40 years, has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight. They put their patients on a diet of under 1 k cas/day and their patients do not experience the symptoms that you mention.

A low calorie diet is nothing miraculous and it's nothing new. It's just a time proven way to lose weight. Try it — it might work well for you.

Jeff92se

Were you able to eat only 900 calories, train like that w/o feeling hungry enough to eat a horse? No supplements to surpress hunger?

Navmachine

Thanks everyone but i was thinking maybe 900ncalories a day after exercise.. And only consuming that much for a period of one to two weeks and then taking it up to 1000 and then 1100 and then 1200 calories aday..

*shrugs*, try it out. worse comes to worse, you get hungry after day 4, and you end up making yourself a sandwich. good luck, and report your findings for us, good or bad.

nikkimee

I haven't looked at a specific "900 calorie diet" but, for most people, there's nothing wrong with going on a 900 calorie diet. Well, except on MFP where folks think that if you eat less than 1200 calories, you will die an agonizing death!

I ate 800 to 1000 net cals/day for seven months and lost 95 pounds.

http://cbeinfo.net/weight.htm

I'm in excellent physical shape — bloodwork, checkups, stress EKG, V02 max, etc. Did a half marathon in August and have another one coming up on December 4.

There's nothing wrong with eating 1200 calories per day to lose weight. Lots of folks recommend that calorie level and I assume it's 'cause most people can eat that amount of food without getting too hungry and they will still gain weight. So, 1200 works. That does not mean that 1150 won't work and it doesn't mean that 1250 won't work.

Is 900 safe? From a dietary perspective, yes.

Why did I chose a low calorie diet when I wanted to lose weight?

Because it has a track record as a safe way to lose weight.

My GF runs a clinic for Lindora (www.lindora.com). Lindora has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight in their 40+ year history. They have 39 clinics where their patients go on a low calorie diet and, if you follow the program, you're expected to lose 10% of your body weight in a 10 week program.

The biggest thing that Lindora does, as I see it, is help people learn about food and nutrition and they help them to overcome years and decades of bad eating habits. So, you lose weight, quickly, and you are "lean for life", as they say.

I've had great results from a diet of 800 to 1k cas/day and my GF works for a company that gets similar, excellent results thousands of people on any given day so I cannot possibly buy into the "you've got to eat 1200 calories a day or…" statements that so many folks make here on MFP>

Will a 900 calorie diet work for you? I have no idea but I might suggest that you give it a try and see what happens.

Like my web page that shows my weight results, my diary is open for review.




Will you gain weight back if you lose weight quickly?
That is completely up to you.


Will you gain weight back if you lose weight slowly?
That is completely up to you.


A diet doesn't make people gain weight once they stop dieting - eating too much food makes people gain weight.

If you don't change your relationship with food, you will end your diet and revert to your old, unhealthy eating habits but that's not a problem with the diet. It's a problem with the person but it's easier to blame the diet than accept responsibility, doncha think?

900 calorie diet? Go for it!

My preference was a low calorie diet because I had a lot of weight to lose and because they work.

I tried it.

It worked.

nikkimee

Netting below 1200 calories isn't enough for your body to do normal functions like pumping blood and allowing you to breathe; it is extremely unhealthy. You will become sick, your body will literally shut down. If you care only about losing weight, go for it. If you want to be able to function normally, do it the healthy way.

This can happen on any calorie level, diet or no diet.

I stayed well below 1200 calories for seven months and lost 95 pounds. Extensive blood tests, physicals from two medical doctors, a stress EKG, and a VO2 uptake test reveal that I am in exceptional health.

In the time that I was dieting, I exercised at least three times a week on an elliptical; I rode two "SaddleSore 1000" long distance motorcycle rides where I rode 1000 miles in 24 hours; and August, 2011, 8 months into my diet, I ran a half-marathon in San Diego, CA and then did another 1000 miles in 24 hour ride through the deserts of California and Arizona.

There seems to be a disconnect between my real world results and your statement - "Netting below 1200 calories isn't enough for your body to do normal functions like pumping blood and allowing you to breathe; it is extremely unhealthy. You will become sick, your body will literally shut down."

Further, the LIndora weigh loss clinic, which has been operating in Southern California for over 40 years, has helped hundreds of thousands of people lose weight. They put their patients on a diet of under 1 k cas/day and their patients do not experience the symptoms that you mention.

A low calorie diet is nothing miraculous and it's nothing new. It's just a time proven way to lose weight. Try it — it might work well for you.] Thankyou i will try the 900 calorie diet...

rbbeachchic

In January of 2010, I went to my Dr. for help with weight loss. I had tried many things in the past. Including just a regular diet of 1500-2000 calorie diet and exercise and the weight just wasn't coming off. My Dr. put me on a specialized diet that for the first 4 weeks I was to only consume 800 calories, then 1000 for another month. Prior to going on this plan I was one of those that had read most of my life, that the body can't survive, and you will go into starvation mode or you will gain the weight right back. So at first I though she was nuts, but she had been my Dr. for more than 10 years so I decided to give it a shot. Long story short, I lost about 40 pounds in about 3 months, and none of the things happened that I had so often heard. I have since then for the most part only gained about 6 pounds in the last year and a half. I originally weighed 205 in January of 2010 and by may I was down to about 168. At my lowest I weighed 164. I now weigh 170. For the last couple months I had gotten back on to counting calories and for a few months I was trying the old fashion way of about 1600 calories a day and for me it just wasn't working. NOW, saying that this is not for everybody, and is not long term. It is also important that once you get off the plan to gradually increase your calorie intake.

nikkimee

Hi Rbbeachchic.. If you dont mind me asking, Are you still on the 10000 calories a day??

nikkimee

Oops i mean 1000 cal a day..:laugh:

ondogirl

Bumping...great topic.

My doctor recently put me on an 800 -1000 calorie diet. And I was instructed to do cardio and strength training. I believe it is only safe for those of us who have a lot of weight to lose...like over 50 pounds.