Not enough calories????

i would never eat after 8pm... have a few pieces of fruit

i would never eat after 8pm... have a few pieces of fruit

Be careful with fruit this late! My personal trainer told me to eat all my fruits in the morning - fruit is mainly sugar so you don't want that floating around your body late at night!!

You consumer 1100, but your net is only 700. This is just barely more calories than an anorexic consumes, and if you keep it up you will become malnourished. The starvation effect on your body is a very real danger, and by consuming so few calories you will almost certainly shock your body into starvation mode at which point almost all of your intake will be converted to fat and stored.
I wouldn't suggest eating the full 400-500 calories tonight before bed, but I definitely suggest eating something else before you sleep that will bring your net to at least 950 for today. Tomorrow you can do better. I also suggest making breakfast and lunch your 2 biggest meals of the day. Try structuring your day like this: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, small meal, snack (at most 3 hours before sleep). It makes no sense at all to eat a large dinner when you're essentially sedentary afterward.
I hope these tips are well received. I wasn't trying to hurt you at all with the anorexic talk, but only to make it well known that consumption that low is very dangerous.
Good luck tomorrow and beyond. I hope you reach your goals healthily and happily.

You consumer 1100, but your net is only 700. This is just barely more calories than an anorexic consumes, and if you keep it up you will become malnourished. The starvation effect on your body is a very real danger, and by consuming so few calories you will almost certainly shock your body into starvation mode at which point almost all of your intake will be converted to fat and stored.
I wouldn't suggest eating the full 400-500 calories tonight before bed, but I definitely suggest eating something else before you sleep that will bring your net to at least 950 for today. Tomorrow you can do better. I also suggest making breakfast and lunch your 2 biggest meals of the day. Try structuring your day like this: breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, small meal, snack (at most 3 hours before sleep). It makes no sense at all to eat a large dinner when you're essentially sedentary afterward.
I hope these tips are well received. I wasn't trying to hurt you at all with the anorexic talk, but only to make it well known that consumption that low is very dangerous.
Good luck tomorrow and beyond. I hope you reach your goals healthily and happily.

this is sound advice. : )

thank you for sharing.

I edited to add, i think our brains are programmed to rebel against the idea of eating more, and believing that by eating more you will lose more. Its so illogical and hard to thinki of it that way, you know? It seems so alien and counterproductive for me to eat more to lose weight, when I have eaten under 1200 and I have logged a work out that burned 600 to boot. Right now my net is at 575 -- eek

If you aren't hungry, listen to your body. If you need something, then make a healthy choice. I don't worry about time, I always have dinner between 9 & 10 pm. I've lost 254 lbs. I think it comes down to calories in vs. calories out.

Hi Christy. I'd just like to mention nutrient density as I'm reading 'Eat to Live' right now and Dr. Fuhrman's theory makes sense to me. If your 1100 calories are nutrient dense you're probably ok, where as if they were the result of a small amount of non-nutrient dense food you should be careful. For example, 1100 calories in mostly veggies, fruits and whole grains/lean meats as a side is far superior to 1100 calories made up of one steak and a baked potato with all the fixings. The former would be supplying your body everything it needs to support itself in a healthy way, the latter would leave you malnourished.

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Water is very good advice. If you drink a glass of water right before eating, you are less likely to over-consume. Whats more, it isnt necessarily just about how much you eat but also what you eat and when. Try to go for lots of lean protein, raw vegies (better nutrient wise than cooked), and whole grains. Its amazing how much food has high salt and sugar content... cutting back on these is a great way to manage your weight. In addition to water and food choices, I have 3 big recommendations:

1) try to mix up the workouts - if you do the same type of exercise for the same ammount of time every day, your body will adjust and you will stop seeing results. If you are looking for something low-impact, try walking (ferociously) for an hour or swimming (even treading in the swimming pool is good) or head over to MyYoga.com and check out some pilates of vinshasa yoga. Even top level athletes notice that over a short period of time, your body adjusts to a certain level of excertion/ type of muscle movement.

2) never "stop eating". Your body will start feeding off muscle and converting it into fat for storage. This is bad bad news and definetly counter-productive.

3) not all weight loss is real weight loss. OK... bear with me here... I know that sounds a bit nutty. Last year I weighed the same ammount that I weigh this year, however, I did not need to change my diet. This is because I had low body fat and lots of muscle (curtosy of being a div1 athlete). After 5 months of relative inactivity (graduated and injury recovery), I have lost a lot of muscle and gained some unweildly fat.... but my weight remains unchanged. The good news is that if you noticed your weight drop and then stagnate, it may have been that you lost fat and then started gaining muscle (thereby gaining back a bit of weight). Keep up the good work and I hope these suggestions are useful!