1000 a day calorie diet?

id say get a second opinion on your diet. 1000 is very low for someone your size and age, especially if you are fairly active

as for food, just try to stick with low calorie stuff, mostly whole unprocessed foods (veggies, lean meats ect) are your best options

Your diary isn't open, so we cant comment.

1000 is very low, but if this has genuinely been advised to you by a medical practictioner, then here's my suggested 1000 cal day:

Breakfast - poached egg (80) on toast (100)
Lunch - Soup (150) and some fruit (100)
Dinner - grilled meat or fish (200), steamed veg (50), small portion of potatoes (100)
Snacks - handful of almonds (100), string cheese (50)

Just wondering - what were the dietician's credentials?

You need to do a better job with communicating with people who oversee your health. We don't know your health history so you need to make sure you clearly understand the reason you are told to eat a certain way. If you don't agree then get a second or third opinion.

I think i am! The dietitian i saw didn't really explain much to me and was so hard on me too for being young and overweight. It was my first time going to him because my friend recommended him but now im just why did i go!

Sounds like they have issues. Probably qualified to work with athletes etc. Some professionals have a chip on their shoulder when they end up working with people they don't like for whatever reason.

Thank you at aemp93 Im taking summer 1 and summer 2 classes this semester along with 2 classes in fall. I graduate in december

and StaciMarie197 I looked at the wall a couple times and failed to look. Only reason i went was because my friend looks amazing now and was bigger than i am. She looks very happy and healthy!

is he an actual registered dietitian, or a weight loss specialist?

1000 a day if you don't count whole fruit and vegetables, then yeah.

The trick for you, though is make sure you eat something-- "early and often" as the catch phrase goes. Most people with busy schedules just don't take the time to fuel properly. By the end of the day they're in such a calorie deficit that: Bag of chips? Gone. Those three tamales? Gone. Pint of ice cream? Gone. So on and so forth.

I divide my day into six parts and try to get at least 200 calories in each part. I take a multivitamin to cover any gaps in micro-nutrients.

Although I'm not a dietitian or nutritionist, I would recommend netting no less than 1200 calories a day in order to not slow down your metabolism too much and keep your body healthy. It will be much easier to maintain your goal weight after dieting also because your metabolism will be able to adjust to your maintenance calories.

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This calculator will tell you your BMR and TDEE. You might already know how to calculate your weekly caloric deficit and find out how much fat you'll lose in a week, but just in case you don't, here's how it works: Subtract 1200 calories from your TDEE and then multiply that number by 7. That will tell you your weekly caloric deficit. After that, divide that number by 3500 to get how many lbs. of fat you'll lose per week.

For example, my TDEE is 1533. I'll be netting 1200 calories a day. That means I'll lose .6 lbs. of fat a week. The reason my fat loss rate is so slow is because I'm only 6 lbs. away from my ideal weight.

Also, don't be disappointed if you feel like your fat loss rate is slower than you'd like. You'll be losing a whole lot more in water weight initially.


Some foods that I typically incorporate into my diet are:

Dannon - Light N Fit yogurt

South Beach Diet - Good to Go bars (I really like the dark chocolate one because it has the least amount of sugar (6 g))

Salads (I usually put fish, olives, and grape tomatoes on my salads. The biggest thing to watch out for is your dressing! I only like to use Delallo 100% lemon juice (not from concentrate) for my dressing in order to not let me dressing take up any of my caloric intake for the day.)


You kind of have to play around with the amounts to make sure that your calories and macros are in check.

Most importantly, drink a lot of water to stay hydrated and flush out toxins.

My personal tip is to weigh yourself weekly since your weight is going to fluctuate based on water weight. Just because you may gain ~2 lbs. one day and you have been sticking to your diet, doesn't mean you gained fat. It's just the natural water fluctuation of your body and if you're exercising, it could mean muscle growth eventually.



I know 1200 calories is only 200 calories more than 1000 calories, but trust me, you'll be grateful for that extra snack at the end of the day. If you find 1200 calories to be unsustainable for you, play around with subtracting caloric intakes from your TDEE to find your adjusted fat loss rate.



Best of luck to you!