Burning 700 calories a day, eating 1,200?

You will lose one pound for every 3500 calories you are in deficit, however 2lbs per week is the recommended max unless you are obese, which you are not. I'm not sure how old you are but for a 30 year old your size your bmr would be 1500 calories. That would put you at a deficit of 1000 calories per day which would mean you should lose 2lbs per week. 40lbs in 20 weeks.

Just doing the math for her. It's probably a little too much too fast for her but we're all different. Her body will let her know and she can adjust if she feels she needs to.

Some of the content in this thread :indifferent: .

I won't listen to the 500 cal person. I know that is WAY too little. I'm also being treated for anemia, but not for an eating disorder. I'm vegan, and wasn't getting proper nutrients. I'm hoping to reach my goal by September or October. Thanks everyone for the help and tips

I'm glad you're not listening to that advice, but according to your topic title, which indicates you are netting only 500 calories, you are still eating dangerously little.

My best advice is to let go of the deadline you have set for losing weight. Just eat at a moderate deficit while getting in some exercise (including resistance training). You will be able to see great improvements to your body by September/October without yet reaching that scale number you have in mind. It may take longer than you'd like, but you'll be a happier and healthier person.

While weightloss is all about calorie deficit, you may lose more weight or less weight depending on how heavy you are, your muscle mass growth (which would increase weight), and genetics. Some people simply burn food faster than the rest of us. I burn 200 calories a day on a 500 calorie diet and it has taken me a little over 6 months to lose 30 lbs. So you can assume yours will be a little longer than mine as I net 200 calories less than you.

It all depends.

I mean this in the nicest possible way... please do not give out advice in this forum. Your eating patterns scream pro-ana and can be very dangerous for some people to read, especially those in recovery from an eating disorder or in danger of developing one.

If you have seriously only been netting 300 calories a day for the past six months, you need help. What you are doing can cause major damage to your body.

I think she missed a '1'. "1500 cals a day" would cause you to lose 30lb over six months.

that or she's lying. I suspect some of these people of auto wiping their brains when they have a 3000 calorie binge... before going back to their 1 day a week of 500 cals. In short, I think they're totally deranged about the facts.

I agree that she's probably "auto wiping her brain" as you say and not accounting for binge days, otherwise she would probably be hospitalized from eating that little for so long. But I don't think she meant to say 1500 judging from her initial post and follow up post.

I am your height. I currently weight 121 lbs.

I lose weight consistently at around 0.5-1lb a week on 1500-1600 calories per day. I maintain my weight on around 2000 - 2100 calories. These figures are with eating every single ever loving exercise calorie back. So it is my net.


I would be SERIOUSLY chewing the arms off the sofa on 1200 cals and exercising a chunk off that and not eating my exercise cals back.

:noway: sounds unhealthy. careful

I agree that she's probably "auto wiping her brain" as you say and not accounting for binge days, otherwise she would probably be hospitalized from eating that little for so long. But I don't think she meant to say 1500 judging from her initial post and follow up post.

I have documented binge days and remember them. I have one day of eating 2500 calories,

That's not a binge. That's a normal pigout.

You're an anorexic in denial and you need therapy.

How quickly should I be able to lose 40 pounds? I'm...
Female
5'7
166 pounds

Thank you

I am the same height as you, 161 will put you in the healthy bmi range, and another 40 will take you in the 9 stone range which for our height would be borderline underweight. With that out of the way because you at a healthy weight you should be looking to lose no more than 1lbs at most, even that as you get further in is too aggressive.

Someone our height should be no way eating 1200 and burning 700, I know im male but im slightly older and I lose eating 2000+ calories.

Don't look for the quick fix there isn't one, if you needed to lose X number of pounds should have started ealier.

While weightloss is all about calorie deficit, you may lose more weight or less weight depending on how heavy you are, your muscle mass growth (which would increase weight), and genetics. Some people simply burn food faster than the rest of us. I burn 200 calories a day on a 500 calorie diet and it has taken me a little over 6 months to lose 30 lbs. So you can assume yours will be a little longer than mine as I net 200 calories less than you.

It all depends.

You're consuming only 500 calories a day? Hopefully that's a misprint.

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If you do the math that is a loss of under 1.5 lbs per week so they are probably eating a lot more and burning a lot less than they think

Either that or they have screwed their metabolism completely

You may lose quickly but 500 net is not enough and it will come back. And then some.

this has to be a joke, someone reassure me this person isn't netting 500 calories a day?

I don't why people are so obsessed with netting calories. Why bother to exercise and burn off 700 calories a day if your going to eat it all back? Why not just burn those calories, still eat a proper amount of food ( 1,200 calories a day) and lose weight twice as fast? I think it should be a personal choice weather to eat back your exercise calories or not.

Because 1200 cals ISN'T a proper number of cals for most women....and if you're using MFP correctly, whatever daily calorie goal you're given has you at a calorie deficit already - meaning you could eat all your calories every day, do zero exercise and you'll lose weight. Burning off more cals through exercise and then not eating back any of them leaves your body with a much larger deficit, too large, which may sound like a good idea to lose weight faster, but results in losing muscle along with any fat, eventually leaving you tired, crabby, no muscle tone, messed up metabolism, screwed up hormones, hair loss, brittle nails, and the list goes on. Fun! NOT!

MFP adds the burned cals back into your goal because FOOD IS FUEL and you should be eating at least a good percentage of them back. Personal choice? Sure. I ate too little for awhile. Lost weight. Reached my first couple of goals. Body weighed less, but I was just a smaller version of my same old squishy self. And I hated trying to stick to the lower cals, and trying to have energy to burn all the cals I thought I needed to.

I eat around 2000 cals a day a lose. I workout an hour or less each day. I never ever net below my BMR (1400) - I aim to net at least a couple hundred higher than my BMR. At 2000 a day with reasonable exercise, it's not a problem. Fat comes off, muscles sticks around, body is fueled and happy. Energy is a good thing! :bigsmile: Being able to eat foods I like and still fit them into daily calories is awesome - pizza, burgers, beer, wine, cake, ice cream, etc.

Give me the sustainable fat loss that I can stick to for good. :drinker:

To anyone who thinks netting 500 is okay...please seek help.

I agree that she's probably "auto wiping her brain" as you say and not accounting for binge days, otherwise she would probably be hospitalized from eating that little for so long. But I don't think she meant to say 1500 judging from her initial post and follow up post.

I have documented binge days and remember them. I have one day of eating 2500 calories,

That's not a binge. That's a normal pigout.

You're an anorexic in denial and you need therapy.

QFT...I'd say pretty major denial.

The body is an amazing thing. Since you have been starving yourself (which yes, that's exactly what you've been doing) the body actually creates a hormone to stop hunger signals and trains itself to "survive" for a short period of time. Your body (if it hasn't already) will start pulling fuel from any source it can. So I am positive you are losing any muscle you might have, along with calcium from your bones, which could lead to early osteoporosis. You are also damaging your metabolism.