Is 1000 calories too little?

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  • JennsFood33
    JennsFood33 Posts: 1
    If your 18, 5'3" & 125lbs and you think you need to lose weight. STOP looking at models and thinking that is real. Those women don't look like that in real life, ain't nothing more than airbrushing. Women have fat on their bodies. It's what lets us make the babies. Women who do not keep a healthy body weight can stop having periods and make themselves very ill. You may think your not anorexia but your certainly showing signs of it here. Eat healthy, stay active and learn to love yourself that is much better than any diet.
  • melindabrock
    melindabrock Posts: 91 Member
    I'm not trying to be mean but your account looks kind of fishy I mean you say your 5'3 and 125lbs but your profile says you want to lose 30lbs... that seems like you have a problem. Im no professional at all but 95lbs is small for any height I think
  • BetterKimmer
    BetterKimmer Posts: 178 Member
    No its not to little. But the problem is your appetite. You have to find food or beverages that suppress your appetite. You will eat less during the day and not have to struggle with your brain tricking you into thinking your hungry. I use synedrex and it suppresses my appetite through the day. My calories was 1200 to 1500 a day. Now its like 500 to 1000, or whatever I so choose cause im raely hungry. Also green tea suppresses it too. Try my advice and let me know cause what works for me may not work for someone else.

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    What kind of advise is this?? You are killing yourself at this point and your body knows it is starving so it goes into salvation mode, shutting down metabolism. Hence, little to no weight loss after a short while. Might work at first but will quickly do damage to your system. If you look at pictures of the most fit women on MFP they are eating well over 1000 calories. More like 1400-1500+. And they eat back about 50% of the calories burned during a workout. How about eat better, non-processed foods, sustainable calories, nominal amounts of carbs and fats and eat lots of protein. Then exercise to tone up, build endurance, agility and strength. (plus look good) That is how the most successful people get it done.
  • veryprettypink
    veryprettypink Posts: 7
    I don't know why it says 30... I want to lose 10-15.
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  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
    How can you be typing things like "I feel ill" and "I feel a tightness in my chest" and still need to ask this question? I'm not saying you DO have an eating disorder, but people who have eating disorders tend to ignore obvious signs that they're eating too little in favor of losing weight.
  • FairyPrincess2015
    FairyPrincess2015 Posts: 4 Member
    Have you been losing prior to you start weight here?
  • anaconda469
    anaconda469 Posts: 3,477 Member
    I'm not trying to be mean but your account looks kind of fishy I mean you say your 5'3 and 125lbs but your profile says you want to lose 30lbs... that seems like you have a problem. Im no professional at all but 95lbs is small for any height I think

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  • Atrocity108
    Atrocity108 Posts: 328 Member
    yeah. That is too little. I eat about 1200-1300 a day. Any less, and I will feel sick
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    I'm smaller and older -- 5'1.5" and 55 -- I plateau'd at a 1200 net, eating back exercise calories. I tried going below 1100 following CRON (calorie restriction with optimal nutrition) but couldn't handle being light headed on days I worked out. so I would say at your age and height, you need to eat more than 1000, and your light-headedness is the result of eating too little.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    yeah. That is too little. I eat about 1200-1300 a day. Any less, and I will feel sick

    I think you need to take your own advice.

    You are a 32 year old male - unless you are extremely short, you are eating far too little yourself.
  • stephgas
    stephgas Posts: 159 Member
    most guidelines, as well as reputable doctors, will recommend a MINIMUM of 1200 calories per day. if you're exercising a lot, you'll want to eat more than that. additionally, it seems like you're close to a healthy weight for your height; perhaps you should consider increasing your calorie intake and doing more muscle toning exercises? because that calorie intake seems way too low for you if you're exercising regularly.

    additionally, if you're experiencing chest tightness or other symptoms like that, you'll want to see a doctor immediately.
  • Tal_Kyrte
    Tal_Kyrte Posts: 38 Member

    Also note that the more you exercise, the more protein you require. The challenge is getting your protein from healthy sources, without all the accompanying fat and calories. On days of intense exercise, I've started using protein powders to make healthy smoothies to make up the deficit. Seems to work for me.

    Actually, the body doesn't burn protein during exercise. It burns carbohydrates, and then fat. The only time protein is burned is during times of extreme starvation, and even then only after all the body fat has been consumed. The human body breaks apart the bonds in carbohydrates and fat to release ATP, an energy source. With proteins, if necessary, it will break them down into amino acids to form glucose (another carbohydrates) to feed itself. 97% of Americans (including vegetarians) consume too much protein, which can cause kidney failure and a whole hoist of other issues. I'd be very careful about eating protein supplements.

    http://www.virtualmedstudent.com/links/healthy_living/understanding_how_the_body_burns_carbs_proteins_fats_simple.html
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/12/eating-too-much-protein_n_5481307.htm

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