is it okay to eat less calories if your unable to workout?

kaylerrz
kaylerrz Posts: 77 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is 1,000 calories a day a safe amount for someone who's only able to burn off 100-200 calories a day?

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,311 Member
    It is too low, especially for someone aged only 19.

    How did you come up with the figure 1000?

    If you put your details into MFP, age, height, gender - how much does it tell you to eat per day?
    Eat that daily - and if you do any exercise then eat some of your exercise calories back too
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    No. You won't be getting proper nutrition as far as micro nutrients are concerned and will jeopardize your health if you do that for any considerable amount of time. A low day every once in a while (once in two weeks) is fine as long as your aggregate over the week meets all your minimums.

    Readjust your goals from pure weight loss to healthy weight loss.
  • kaylerrz
    kaylerrz Posts: 77 Member
    How could 1,000 be to low when my suggested amount is 1,290?
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    How could 1,000 be to low when my suggested amount is 1,290?

    Because at 1200 calories, you should be eating nothing but nutrient dense foods. That means no booze, no added sugar products, no treats, just the basics that will fill all your requirements. Even doing that, it's still hard for some people to hit those minimums. 1000 makes it almost impossible unless you have a nutritional specialist designing your special dietary needs.
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    How could 1,000 be to low when my suggested amount is 1,290?
    If your suggested amount is 1290 calories, then that number doesn't include any exercise you do. Your calorie deficit (the bit you need to lose weight) is already built into that goal. Doing exercise would increase that goal. So, if you don't do any exercise, you're supposed to eat the 1290.

    Eating only 1000 calories - not only are you going to struggle to get your nutrients in (your body really needs vitamins, minerals, protein, essential fats), you're also going to risk losing a lot of lean mass (muscle, bone density) and messing up your hormone function. You don't just lose more and more fat, the lower and lower in calories you go. It doesn't work like that. If you don't give your body enough energy, it starts slowing down its processes to compensate. You're gong to make it a lot harder for yourself to maintain a healthy weight through the rest of your life.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    The number MFP gives you is without exercise, so that's what you should eat.
  • kaylerrz
    kaylerrz Posts: 77 Member
    Okay Thank You

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