calories

acytraobynsda
acytraobynsda Posts: 2
edited January 12 in Health and Weight Loss
I am supposed to consume over a thousand calories, but I am eating like 300 to 400 cal per day. I am wondering how this will affect my diet , I am also exercising every day.

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  • saigey
    saigey Posts: 1
    you should be eating 1,200 cal minium before you even think about loosing actual fat you need to eat more trust me its the only way i think you should do more research and find out what your bmr is
  • windyday61
    windyday61 Posts: 26 Member
    Bump
  • RMNPHike
    RMNPHike Posts: 89 Member
    I have answered similar posts because I just have to keep making the point - starving yourself doesn't work! Your metabolism will slow down, you will lose lean body mass, and then when you start to eat a greater number of calories again (which you will, because you can't starve forever), you will gain more weight faster and it will be flabbier too. I spent a decade yo-yo dieting. It always "works" short term. Long-term, especially as you age, you just make it harder and harder to lose weight and keep it off. Eat a normal healthy diet, cut back conservatively, exercise regularly, and lose weight slowly. That's the only way to make a positive and healthy change that will work for the long haul.
  • runningfataway
    runningfataway Posts: 262
    No, no, no that's no where near enough. 70% of all the calories you need is to keep you alive (resting metabolic rate), that is the running essential bodily functions such as breathing, heart, liver, kidney and brain function. 20% of your calorie needs come from physical activity, while 10% from digesting food. You have to eat in order to lose weight. Starve yourself and your body will freak out and retain what ever you eat in the long run to run essential body parts. Being healthy and fit is so much, so much more important than being skinny.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    If this is a long term thing or feels like a compulsion, you probably should be consulting a doctor. This sounds like an eating disorder, not a healthy diet. I hope I'm wrong...but please, take care of yourself.
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