does 6months of eating below bmr require reset?

watergirl626

I am trying to help a friend, I would guess her bmr to be around 2050 (I am getting actual numbers). She has been eating at 1500 for about 6 months, no loss. No previous vlcd. Do you think a reset is necessary in her case, or can I advise her to start at 15% cut?

KarinFit4Life

Im no expert but 6 months sounds like a good reason for a reset. :-)

TonyaBtrfly

Bump. I only did 1200 for 5 days but I'm curious too see the answers here. :drinker:

Noor13

Im no expert but 6 months sounds like a good reason for a reset. :-)

I agree with Karin.

Noor13

Bump. I only did 1200 for 5 days but I'm curious too see the answers here. :drinker:

If you really have just been eating 1200 for 5 days and never did VLCD before you should be fine. You can always try to eat at your cut value and do a reset if you don't lose at your cut

TonyaBtrfly

Yes I had never dieted before 3 weeks ago. Found MFP on my new windows phone just looking for aps. I had decided to start eating healthier a week or so earlier and bought an elliptical to use. Started using MFP and about 5 days in stumbled onto the EM2WL group.Im usually not a very lucky person but this time VERY LUCKY! I never would have been able to sustain that 1200 for long i was starved!

Noor13

Yes I had never dieted before 3 weeks ago. Found MFP on my new windows phone just looking for aps. I had decided to start eating healthier a week or so earlier and bought an elliptical to use. Started using MFP and about 5 days in stumbled onto the EM2WL group.Im usually not a very lucky person but this time VERY LUCKY! I never would have been able to sustain that 1200 for long i was starved!

Well then try to go with your cut value. You are lucky if you have never been on low cals. It should work nicely for you

watergirl626

Thanks guys.

Tl- you will be so glad you found this so early. I lost with this method having never been on a vlcd either. Good luck!