You can lose weight on less than 1200 calories...

normh545

all i have done is cut out, pies, crisps, sweat stuff, and cut down on bread and have smaller plate fulls, i have not changed the amount of beer i drink (approx 20 to 30 pints a week) so i save up all my exersize cals for the weekend beer drinking session and i am loosing 2lb per week

SassyCalyGirl

all i have done is cut out, pies, crisps, sweat stuff, and cut down on bread and have smaller plate fulls, i have not changed the amount of beer i drink (approx 20 to 30 pints a week) so i save up all my exersize cals for the weekend beer drinking session and i am loosing 2lb per week

Alcohol is my trigger. Since I have cut "most" of that out I am finally losing weight.

AlwaysWanderer

When you say DAILY, does that mean we shouldnt do calorie cycling? I dont think our bodies run on a tight 24hour schedule... But I agree with everything else you said... There are too many "thin" people who eat McDonalds one a day and thats it. Wonder how healthy they are? Its not only how much you eat, but what you eat too... Hate when people "well done" diarys when user ate KFC twice and a chocolate bar in the day. Because he was under calorie goal it doesnt mean its good.

Ebbykins

When you say DAILY, does that mean we shouldnt do calorie cycling? I dont think our bodies run on a tight 24hour schedule... But I agree with everything else you said... There are too many "thin" people who eat McDonalds one a day and thats it. Wonder how healthy they are? Its not only how much you eat, but what you eat too... Hate when people "well done" diarys when user ate KFC twice and a chocolate bar in the day. Because he was under calorie goal it doesnt mean its good.

No I love calorie cycling and IF, but I still don't think if someone has health and wellness goals as well as physique goals, one should consume less than 1000 per day with strenuous exercise, calorie cycling or not. Now say if it was a rest day/lazy day and you are IF'ing for example, by all means consume 1000-1200, but with that said it comes within logic. I'm specifically speaking about people who aren't petite/short stature, who eat below 1000 NET calories per day after exercising EVERYDAY for weeks on end and do not have balanced diets in their diaries. I apologize to those who eat 1200 per day and that works for them for whatever genetically gifted reason they can restrict themselves for this long and remain healthy, this wasn't meant to offend. I'm just tired of getting friend invites from "thinspiration" type people, asking me to try to "motivate" them. It's frustrating, because you can lose WEIGHT (fat as well as a lot of muscle loss) while eating under 1200 calories per day and being very active, but it's not the way to lose body fat % by strictly under eating for long periods of time, unless they have experience/knowledge of how to properly crash diet, and yes... there is a proper way to crash diet, it's dangerous for long term health issues and sets them up for possible over training/injuries (which forces them to take time off and rebound, more often than not repeating the vicious cycle all over again) from not having their diets set up for that activity level. This also doesn't apply to people who do not do strenuous exercise but rather walk for exercise.

gizmonel

1000 calories a day is kind of low if you ask me but then again if you are critically obese IE say 400-500 pounds then possibly to get the ball rolling this may be something you would do under a doctors supervision but for the most part anything over 1200 is safe not to say that 1200 is the magic number but it gives you enough volume of food for nutrients.

Some I eat a pretty low calorie diet for 5-6 days a week and eat a surplus 1-2 days a week... Food quality matters. It also depends what you are doing each and every day an athlete would pass out on anything less then 2000 calories mean while a 5'4 male (ME) who trains for 30-60 minutes a day can get away with 1200-1500 on MOST days of the week but not EVERY day.

I do not know where people get the idea that 1200 is magical but for any weird reason if your sick, not mobile possibly 800 is fine I don't know.

I really don't know nothing anymore except my own body!

Malissas

nothing reasonable to add, i just want to read later
I eat very low cals because i'm just not hungry and eat clean.
I'm not losing weight very well either!

jessi32678

Hi all! I could use some advice. I've only been really watching my eating habits & working out to the Wii Fit just last Wednesday(01/23/13). My weight has really been fluctuating. I'm only 5' tall & am trying to lose 15 lbs or so. Is it normal to fluctuate??? I've actually gained a little bit! Do I just need to keep at it for awhile longer to see results?? I'm eating under calorie goal(not by much)with exercise. I eat every 3-4 hours & don't eat after 6pm. Any help would be great! Thank you!:happy:

kats3boys

After just a short period of time to be on the site, I notice 2 popular debate thread, as always:

Undereating vs. eat more

Eat vs not eat back exercise calories

This and the 1200 calorie bash.
I am fairly new here too, trying to use the site consistently but honestly scared to post a real question as everything turns into a bash.