750 calories a day?

I think I'd listen to the advice given of the people who have lost weight on here successfully without starving before taking shots, suppressants, and eating 750 calories a day.

As someone who has been there and done that- save the money you'd be spending to see them [weight loss doc] to be put towards a new wardrobe from losing weight minus the jitters.



**edited to specify "them"

Weight loss and weight management are big business, but only if they get results. I don't know about where you live but where I am "pain management" is code for Chiropractic Care. I would at the very least look closer at the clinic and make sure that they really are Medical Dr.'s. Keep in mind that anyone can crash diet and lose an extreme amount of weight in a few days but keeping it off requires creating a sustainable lifestyle that includes a healthy diet and exercise.

That sounds crazy! Do u have a medical condition you havent shared? Severe restriction of calories just isnt healthy for an average person.

Going under 1200 calories will put your body into starvation mode as far as I know. That is going to make it harder to carry on with a regular diet. Did you ask the practitioner(s) about that?

I recently went to a medical weight loss center and was floored when they gave me my weight loss plan. They want me to consume just 750 calories a day for 30 days, after which they will up my caloric intake to 900-1000 calories until I reach my goal weight. This is a center staffed with physicians and nurse practitioners - besides weight loss, they specialize in pain management. I feel like I should trust their medical expertise, but I've always been told consuming under 1200 calories a day is dangerous... It's working - in 4 days, I've lost 9lbs (Besides just consuming 750 calories, I had a Lipo B-12 shot and am taking an appetite suppressant). But I feel kind of yuck. Thoughts??

i don't think it's really a medical center and i don't think those people are really physicians.

Just an fyi... I'm a hairdresser and I have a a few clients who have done extreme diets like that and their hair always gets super thin and brittle. 750 calories is such a low number I doubt you will be able to get the nutrients that you need.

there is a staggering amount of misinformation and bro science in this thread. There is some sanity here, too... but finding it amongst the crap is tough. I think the funniest one was saying that the doctors were on "an agenda" because their advice din't match the bro science. lol.

Do what any normal person does - go seek a second opinion. Not from the MFP boards, from a qualified medical professional. And a third, if you still aren't comfortable. This is your health we're talking about here.

There are recently hospital- and medical-center based VLCD (very low calorie diet) programs popping up all over the country. There is some evidence this works but for a VLCD not to kill you requires very frequent monitoring of your blood and blood pressure measurements and strict adherence to taking prescription supplements. The science behind it relates to the idea that one can do the post-bariatric surgery type of diet without the surgery if one has the medical follow-up one would have with the surgery.

Meanwhile, a half-assed VLCD can kill you. One with a valid scientific design, lots of monitoring and prescription supplements may not kill you. Neither seems likely to teach you how to maintain health and a healthy weight.

And always my question. Why would you want to spend a great amount of money to be miserable?

I recently went to a medical weight loss center and was floored when they gave me my weight loss plan. They want me to consume just 750 calories a day for 30 days, after which they will up my caloric intake to 900-1000 calories until I reach my goal weight. This is a center staffed with physicians and nurse practitioners - besides weight loss, they specialize in pain management. I feel like I should trust their medical expertise, but I've always been told consuming under 1200 calories a day is dangerous... It's working - in 4 days, I've lost 9lbs (Besides just consuming 750 calories, I had a Lipo B-12 shot and am taking an appetite suppressant). But I feel kind of yuck. Thoughts??

That's a medically supervised "very low calorie diet" and VLCD's have been recognized as a medically acceptable means of losing weight for decades.

Funny, though, is that when I read your description of your treatment and results, it is similar to the plan that Lindora has designed and used to help hundreds of thousands of people lose weight since the company was founded in 1971. This stat is telling - patients who follow the program will, on average, lose 10% of their body weight over the course of a 10 week program. I was very surprised when I heard that because that's a huge amount of weight to lose.

I didn't use a Lindora program when I lost weight but I ate about 800 to 1k cals/day (net) and had a superb weight loss experience. (VLCD's are up to 800, LCD's are 800 to 1k)

It is wrong to categorically state that it is "dangerous" to consume <1200 calories per day. The simple fact is that some folks have a TDEE of 1200 calories per day. And some adults will gain weight if they were to eat that many calories. That doesn't mean that the 1200 calorie guideline is "wrong" - far from it. The 1200 calorie level is, IIRC, a recommendation by the World Health Organization that an adult female should consume at least 1200 calories per day and there's no question that people can lose a lot of weight following that guideline.

Is it Dr. Bernstein? Sounds like it. I have done it and did lose weight....but also gained it back plus (obviously, I am here!). It does work, and I believe if you get to the maintenance phase you can gradually up your calories. It wasn't sustainable for me, but I know it has worked for some people.