Is too few calories possible???

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  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Very low calorie diets should be medically supervised. It can be dangerous. I think you would be more successful if you regard this as a lifestyle change though. You cant and shouldn't try to live on a low calorie diet for the rest of your life. You can live happily ever after making reasonable choices..and living normally.
  • HotDolphinMama
    HotDolphinMama Posts: 82 Member
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  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    You need adequate nutrition to maintain bodily functions at optimum levels. Too few calories possible? Absolutely... Can you still lose weight at 1000 calorie diet... certainly... However, the weight you may be losing will be the weight associated with your lean mass... not what you want to lose... I am currently about 233 lbs... Several years ago, I went on a strict diet and ate like 750-1200 cals per day... The result? I lost weight quickly (and regained it quickly too).... I wore a medium shirt and a size 34 pant... I was also 170 lbs... Right now? I weigh 233 and my clothes? size 34 (loose fit) and large shirt (because my shoulders are not comfortable in a medium.... Hmmmm difference? Muscle/lean mass. A cubic inch of muscle is much heavier than a cubic inch of fat. Maintain a really low calorie diet and you will likely lose weight pretty fast... but if you do it a bit more sensibly and eat a little more with good protein stores, I think you will like your eventual results quite a bit better....
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Why do many of the studies with VLCD include comments regarding their participants that they selected those that had no previous dieting attempts. Been noticing that lately on several of the studies posted. And even on those that make no comments one way or another, why is is overweight young women many times? Same reason?

    Anyway, just been noticing that lately.

    Christian Weyer, Roy L Walford, Inge T Harper, Mike Milner, Taber MacCallum, P Antonio Tataranni and Eric Ravussin, "Energy metabolism after 2 y of energy restriction: the Biosphere 2 experiment", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 72, No. 4, 946-953, October 2000.

    Friedlander AL, et al. "Three weeks of caloric restriction alters protein metabolism in normal-weight, young men" Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab., 2005 Sep;

    Welle SL, Seaton TB, Campbell RG. "Some metabolic effects of overeating in man", Am J Clin Nutr. 1986 Dec;

    That one is interesting - because their metabolism went back UP after eating more. Which means it was lower than it needed to be for the weight they were at.


    Martin CK, Heilbronn LK, de Jonge L, Delany JP, Volaufova J, Anton SD, Redman LM, Smith SR, Ravussin E. "Effect of calorie restriction on resting metabolic rate and spontaneous physical activity", Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007

    Rosenbaum M, Hirsch J, Gallagher DA, Leibel RL., Long-term persistence of adaptive thermogenesis in subjects who have maintained a reduced body weight. Am J Clin Nutr., 2008 Oct;
  • Rays_Wife
    Rays_Wife Posts: 1,173 Member
    Oh look, it's this thread again....
  • lwagnitz
    lwagnitz Posts: 1,321 Member
    Try it for a few months then say you feel ok on 1000 cals a day. :frown:

    This^ 150%. I did this, really stupidly, and unintentionally a few years ago. I was eating 1,200 calories (but actually went to a nutritionist and found out I was eating more like 900 calories and I was overestimating my calorie intake), would burn 400-600 calories in the gym every day with MAYBE one day off a week. So, basically I was only netting 600-700 calories a day, if I was lucky. I found this out because I had horrible symptoms that were right up in line with hypothyroidism, and trust me, if you know someone who is hypo, it's NOT fun. My nails were horrible, my hair was falling out, I was breaking out like crazy, I was super lethargic, super depressed and moody, and I just started feeling HORRIBLE. But in the beginning I felt great, and thought "well, if I'm full, it shouldn't matter". Seriously, losing weight in means that puts your health in risk is NEVER EVER okay. There are perfectly healthy ways, and MPF is set up in a way so you have those tools to utilize that my ignorant self didn't have. I ended up going from 170 at the beginning of my diet and jumping up to over 190. After I started eating "normal" again, it took 3-4 months to get my metabolism back to normal, and in that time frame I was putting on weight like you wouldn't believe. Please, be careful.
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    When I eat at or over 1000 calories, I feel too full and overall uncomfortable. I'm not starving myself either. I eat a hearty breakfast and a decent lunch and dinner. I'm rarely hungry.

    Do you like fluffy things and pink too? How super awesome you are just stuffed on 1000 cals!! It's a wonder you have any fat anyway when you eat so little. Don't promote your muscle eating bad habits. If you must starve yourself please keep it to yourself.

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