Need very strict friends : 1200-1300 calories a day

You can totally lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks with daily exercise and diet. People on here bashing this are trolls, overweight, or don't even have real pics. I lost 25 pounds last year in 2 months so it is possible. I wouldn't recomen staying at that calorie level once you lose the weight though. Try uping it a little when you make your goal and weigh yourself daily to see what's the right amount of cals you need to maintain.

Did you keep those 25lbs off?

I have been on a 1000 calorie a day for almost 2 years.
I am not on a diet, that is my new life style.

That sounds horrible.

If you want horrible go look at her diary :noway:

i would consider a more realistic goal that is less likely to end in failure and bingeing... but thats just me!

I think its pretty realistic goal!!! if you think about it 10 weeks is 2 1/2 months... and its less than 10 lbs a month and about 1 3/4 lbs a week

its not unrealistic its actually doable!!


good luck!! you can do it!!

wow - The maths fails on the forum recently have been epic.

She wants to lose 20lbs in 10 weeks - that is 2lbs a week. converting to months then back to weeks doesn't actually magically lower the goal per week. :noway:


And it is not realistic - if she does do it she will have lose a high % of muscle as well as some fat - lowering her BMR. And when she puts some weight back on - it will be ALL fat, then she will repeat - and each time she'll lose more muscle.

This is why yo-yo diets are so bad for you.

She's be better off aiming for a body fat % rather than weight as she is already at a healthy weight. Aiming for 1/2lb per week and doing some strength training to help retain her LBM so she'll look amazing at her chosen %

But hey, if you want to encourage someone to do something that will more than likely result in failure then be my guest. :noway:

The rest of us will still be here posting links and trying to help people lose the healthy way - lose fat not muscle and not starve themselves to get there. :flowerforyou:

I have been on a 1000 calorie a day for almost 2 years.
I am not on a diet, that is my new life style.
Your goal is very do-able!
I say go for it!

Says anyone with an eating disorder....

No. So much no.

Hey there! I'm literally the exact same height as you and on a strict 1300 calorie diet as well. Honesty, I feel like it's not that hard to keep it low as long as you know what to eat

Hey, thanks for your interest in this challenge!
Sorry if I made somebody uncomfortable with my clean eating habits

Whats "CLEAN" eating?

You can totally lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks with daily exercise and diet. People on here bashing this are trolls, overweight, or don't even have real pics. I lost 25 pounds last year in 2 months so it is possible. I wouldn't recomen staying at that calorie level once you lose the weight though. Try uping it a little when you make your goal and weigh yourself daily to see what's the right amount of cals you need to maintain.

:huh: So starve herself> then binge? Did I understand that fully?

20 pounds in 10 weeks is 2lbs a week. That's a completely realistic and obtainable goal.

I'm with you! My goal is to stick within the 1200 range but I am planning to eat a bit more with the extra calories I earn by walking and strength training. Also, I am allowing myself to indulge in pizza, cheese nips, brownies,and etc. There is no way I will achieve my goal by strictly eating salads and chicken, lol. I started my own 30 day challenge 3 days ago. I slipped yesterday only because it was a very long stressful day. In the end, I plan to stick within the calorie limits based on a weekly total and not a daily total. Currently, I am 5'10 at 184 pounds.

Are you jealous?

You can totally lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks with daily exercise and diet. People on here bashing this are trolls, overweight, or don't even have real pics. I lost 25 pounds last year in 2 months so it is possible. I wouldn't recomen staying at that calorie level once you lose the weight though. Try uping it a little when you make your goal and weigh yourself daily to see what's the right amount of cals you need to maintain.

I haven't seen anyone on here "bashing" her goal. Either way, it doesn't make their opinion any less valid. There's ALOT of people on here who have lost alot of weight who will give you the same answer. Yes, some people may be able to do it. But for most people, losing a little bit of weight (10-20lbs) too fast will usually be gained back, plus some. And that's based on experience from alot of people. I'm having no problem losing about 2lbs a week because I have a lot to lose, but I know that the closer I get to my goal, the slower it will come off.

I understand

Me too! Please add me.



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I think this is doable but I also think 132 pounds for someone 5'8 is too thin, my opinion. I am 5'8 and was wearing a size 7/8 at 150 pounds which was thin enough. I wish I could make it back there but don't want to be pencil thin. Especially as we age, it just makes you look older. I try to stick to 1200 calories a day but it very difficult especially when you add in drinks, like coffee with creamer. I find 1400-1500 is more attainable. With exercise it will work.

I've lost 40 pounds so far ( going from 165 to almost 125 pounds now) doing 1,100 to 1,300 calories a day. It doesn't work for everyone, but it has worked for me. Good luck!

No one is saying it will not "work" for anyone - actually 1100 calories will "work" for almost anyone to lose weight (assuming they can stick to it). What they are saying is that it is a bad idea.

Basically, you just trained your body to be able to survive on ~1200 calories a day (whereas before, it was probably able to survive - and not gain or lose - on more like 2000 calories a day). In order to accomplish that, your body very likely got rid of a lot of that pesky calorie burning muscle (because it knew there were not going to be enough calories coming in to sustain it, so much more effective to burn off the muscle than fat, which is "cheap" and requires fewer calories to sustain).

It also likely drained some of your energy (food=calories=energy). So eventually, if not already, you will be more tired than you used to (which you will probably attribute to aging or lack of sleep or life circumstances instead of lack of food).

The problem is that you have now made your body SO efficient, it does not need more calories. So if/when you go back to eating, say, 1500 calories (which before would have made you LOSE weight slowly since you were burning 2000), it will now think "Hey - thats 300 more than I need... lets hang on to that for future use since we dont know if she will eat tomorrow either!". And you will actually GAIN weight on the same number of calories you used to lose it at.

Congratulations - you lowered your BMR! That is why everyone says "can you eat like that forever?" because basically you will have to in order to maintain the loss. You can raise it some over time, with adding muscle etc, but it will take longer than you think and more than likely you will slowly gain weight (i.e. fat) and end up back where you started. Only now, you have a lower BMR and traded some muscle for fat, so you will likely be a larger size than you were at the same weight before, and you will have an even harder time losing weight the next time. (YO-YO dieting is really bad for this reason! Losing weight once or twice in your lifetime is very different from losing the same 20-100 pounds over and over).

So yes, 1200 calories "works" for almost everyone. But it is a pretty bad idea for the long haul. 2-3 months is all it takes to lower your BMR. You may look decent for this coming event or holiday, but the following ones will be the same thing over and over but harder every time.

A much better idea? Calculate the TDEE of someone who is your gender, height, and activity level but who weighs your goal weight. If/when you ever make it to goal, that is the number of calories you should be able to eat in order to maintain that weight. Start eating a little less every week until you get down to that number (a little lower wont hurt for short times). Then, when you hit your goal weight (which you will, slowly), there is absolutely nothing to change - you are already eating at maintenance. Recalculate this every now and then as you lose weight because with all that extra energy (from FOOD) and losing weight making you feel better, you will be more active. So your maintenance calories at goal may get higher than you initially calculated if your activity level is higher than it is now.

Train your body to use the food you give it for fuel. Dont train it to hunker down and become all efficient...