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My net calories are always so low any downside?

K_Train450
K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
edited February 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm a 6'1 340lb 19 year old guy .You can check my logs and see that I've been chronically eating way too few calories + been in too much of a deficit, although I tend to get a considerable amount of protein. Any inherent downside to this? I just don't want to have a bunch of loose skin if I'm going to lose lbs fast. I weight train on top of doing cardio as well.

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  • charleigh78
    charleigh78 Posts: 247 Member
    How much are you losing per week? Your diary is closed so we can't see how many calories you are eating.
  • K_Train450
    K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
    Opened up the diary to public a min ago my bad

    Been losing 4-6 lbs a week consistently.
  • SpecialSundae
    SpecialSundae Posts: 795 Member
    Nope. Still closed.

    How much of a deficit are you running? How long have you been consistently losing 4-6lb per week?
  • charleigh78
    charleigh78 Posts: 247 Member
    Nope. Still closed.

    How much of a deficit are you running? How long have you been consistently losing 4-6lb per week?


    Yes, this ^^^^
  • charleigh78
    charleigh78 Posts: 247 Member
    For a big guy, 4-6 pounds a week might be okay for the first week or two simply because of water weight. You might want to increase your calories so you are losing no more than 2 pounds a week. I am NOT an expert though :)
  • K_Train450
    K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
    Hm looks like the MFP app didn't want to sync correctly. Just updated it to public on the website and I saw it save so all should be good now. I'm consistently at a 1200-1700 deficit UNDER my goal.
  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    The downside is eating away your muscles. And yeah, probable loose skin depending how far down you go.
  • tycho_mx
    tycho_mx Posts: 426 Member
    Aggressive. But as long as you're functional and feeling ok (motivated, able to work/work out, not cranky all the time) it's doable.
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    I have this problem sometimes. I burn close to a 1000 calories working out and if i have to net at least 1200 i would have to eat back all of them. Thats allot and i refuse to force myself to eat.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,379 Member
    Your diary is open now.
    I can see it fine.

    I'm not an expert on analyzing peoples diaries - but can I ask how you have a daily allowance of nearly 3,500 calories?
    I know you are a young male and tall - so this may be right as you are much taller and younger than me. Just seems a lot.

    Not that you are reaching anywhere near eating it.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    I have this problem sometimes. I burn close to a 1000 calories working out and if i have to net at least 1200 i would have to eat back all of them. Thats allot and i refuse to force myself to eat.

    That sounds awfully high. How on earth are you burning 1000 calories in one day working out?
  • Chickee8586
    Chickee8586 Posts: 155 Member
    He has 732 calories from exercise, so his daily total is about 2700 which doesn't seem wrong.
  • K_Train450
    K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
    The number was due to burned calories I believe. Other than that I am somewhat tall, young, male, and I'm heavy (so more bmr).
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,379 Member
    oh ok - I don't often look at peoples diaries so I wondered if I was reading it wrong (which it seems I was) - and I havent done calculations for somebody your gender ,age, size as they are all quite different from myself.

    Ignore me and carry on....... :flowerforyou:
  • bc2ct
    bc2ct Posts: 222 Member
    What exercise do you do daily? Just out of curiosity.
  • sodakat
    sodakat Posts: 1,126 Member
    Are you sure the calories for minute rice are correct? If you are really eating just 2/3 cup it would be only 150 calories, according to the Minute Rice web site nutritional info: http://www.minuterice.com/en-us/products/92/WholeGrainBrownRice.aspx

    This would mean you are eating 450 calories less than you think and now we are talking really low amounts for a young man.
  • K_Train450
    K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
    What exercise do you do daily? Just out of curiosity.

    Mostly low impact cardio like elliptical and stationary bike workouts. I tried to run around my neighborhood on the first week of my diet so it really messed up my hip and my joints b/c of my weight.
  • K_Train450
    K_Train450 Posts: 122 Member
    Are you sure the calories for minute rice are correct? If you are really eating just 2/3 cup it would be only 150 calories, according to the Minute Rice web site nutritional info: http://www.minuterice.com/en-us/products/92/WholeGrainBrownRice.aspx

    This would mean you are eating 450 calories less than you think and now we are talking really low amounts for a young man.

    For some reason the log isn't scaling to what I put down for the rice. I actually have 3 servings of 1/2 cup rice.
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