Am I under eating?

Exogirl
Exogirl Posts: 1
in Food and Nutrition
So I've been trying to lose weight for a while now, and for the past week or so I just started the cutting calories technique.
What I've done is pretty much eliminate some of my carbs ( I'll eat some fruit, have oatmeal or fiber one cereal for breakfast, and I cliff granola bar once in a while). I also and eating lower calorie meals with lots of vegetables. At first I was hungry and had a little bit of a headache, but now I'm fine. I'm not even that hungry anymore. I'm also exercising for 35-45 minutes a day. I have dropped 3 pounds since then.
Recently its been hard trying to eat 1200 calories, and I'm eating 800. I feel like I eat a good amount but its many non calorie dense foods.
My concern is that my BMR will drop and I will gain weight if I continue to eat 1200 or less calories. I now its only been a bit longer than a week, but I really want to lose this weight.

(also FYI, reason why I want to lose this weight right now is that I'll be taking a trip to Korea in two months and I want to look better than I do now. I have about 30 lbs to lose, but I only expect to lose about 6 lbs or so til then.)

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  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    Yes, you're under-eating but from your post you know that.
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    I got hunger pangs just from reading your post.
  • c_faulkenburg
    c_faulkenburg Posts: 158 Member
    T.r.o.l.l.
  • bingohead
    bingohead Posts: 11 Member
    you are supposed to be dieting ,not starving. If you keep this up I'm afraid you will make yourself ill.Diet sensibly ,the weight will come off in time.Good luck and enjoy your holiday .
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    Korea won't be fun when you pass out from all of the walking because you starved your body. In seriousness, eat.
  • Gizzy1976
    Gizzy1976 Posts: 126 Member
    Hey, you need to eat to lose weight!

    If you don't your body will go into starvation mode and you won't lose anything.
    Don't deprive yourself of anything, you can eat everything in moderation. You need to be eating 1200 calories minimum
    to lose weight.

    Good luck with your journey ????

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