Really really frustrated and ready to throw in the towel.

Okay, here is something else to note. If you are only taking in 1200 calories and are burning 600 calories, then you are only actually taking in 600 calories a day. That is bad for you. You need to eat at least 1200 calories a day. So in fact you need to eat you exercise calories to keep within a healthy range. Hope this makes sense.

The minimum is 1200 calories to let your body work on a daily basis, if you starve it, it will eat your muscle not your fat. Please keep that in mind as well. :bigsmile:

There are many many people on this Site that do not eat their exercise calories and they do just fine.

It does not suit everybody to do that however, it is up to the individual to experiment and find out if it is for them.

I do not eat my exercise calories and it is my fat that burns away and my muscles tone up. As I said though, it does not suit everybody to do it that way.

Hello:),

You say that you've been taking in 1,200 calories a day. Unfortunately, I must inform you that 1,200 calories is the MINIMUM requirement of calories for your body to simply function without moving. If that's all you were taking in, plus burning many calories, chances are your intake was much under 1000. That is not good- your body would loose weight but doing such things can and may have led to your body convering it's self into starvation mode.

Starvation mode is when your body isn't taking in enough calories/energy and it decides to start storing any food it does take in and converts it into body fat. This happens despite of working out. That is the cause of why some people gain weight during big diets.

Simply check and see how many calories you should be taking in every day for the required goal you'd like to achieve and ensure that by the end of the day, you still are close to that calorie amount, even after working out. You don't need to be exaclty on it, but fairly close.

For example, I currently require 1,890 calories per day, and I'll usually get around 1,600 and it doesn't hurt me.

Have a great day:),

Julien1

Well you are inspiration to me. I started a week ago and only lost one pound, to see that you have already lost 15 pounds in a month, that is awesome! Hang in there and keep doing what your doing. People tell me all the time that it takes a lot longer to take off all of the weight we put on. It is hard not seeing your numbers change, I agree. I thought I did so good all week and only lost a week, I feel like I want to throw in the towel already too, I just have to remind myself it will be worth it.