Too Few Calories? 600-800?

Some sort of strange Double Post???

Regarding the BMI chart, 140 seems to me to be on the light side for a guy who is 5'4". My sister and mom are both around that height, on the slender side, and they weigh between 114-120. I would think a guy would be heavier than 140, unless he's really small-boned. After all, men have larger bones and more muscle mass. Don't BMI charts tend to favor smaller framed people?

My profile pic is 5'6" about 140lbs, does that look too slender for you? If you have a high BF% at that weight you may want to add some lean muscle but I am pretty happy with the amount of LBM and BF% here.

Dude. You're 5'4" 175, you don't need to lose 20lbs. I'm 5'6" and when I was in the best shape of my life I was 172-176.

You need to do a body recomposition, not lose an inordinate amount of weight.

Not necessary. In my profile pic I am 5'6" 140-142 lbs. To look like that at 5'4" I would have had to get down to sub 130 lbs

Not necessary, but it's not necessary to drop 25lbs either. Eat right, do the work, and worry about the scale is my point. I got down into the low-mid 160s and looked emaciated at 5'6", so it can really depend on how you lose it.

True, a lot would depend on his current LBM, and goal BF%

I hate my phone....I meant not worry about the scale....

You answered as how I meant it, I just wanted to clear the statement up in case someone caught the mistake.

i know a few people who have only consumed only 500 calories on th HCG diet... one lost 50 lbs in 4 ish months.,... and its been a year and she has kept it off........ its not the healthiest she didi take multivitamins .. the other lost 45 in same time and kept it off

"I know a guy who knows a guy who didn't starve to death on 500 calories a day so now I'm an expert".

OP has admitted to not knowing anything about weight loss and is open and wanting to do things the correct and healthy way. If you're set in your own ways, great, don't listen to people who actually know what they're talking about, but don't inflict your ignorance on other people who are actually willing to listen.

OK if or talking to me with disrespect... your a complete ignorant idiot... I didn't write I was an expert two of my friends did the hcg diet they lost weight there happy.... I never said in that sentence that they ate healthy either.. I was stating facts you deuch bag

Wow, I'm so sorry to have offended you. I'm so glad you could so maturely express your feelings about my comments.

If I was a "deuch" bag I would report you to the mods for name calling and the rude private message you sent me, but I am not, so carry on with your day :flowerforyou:

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Yeah that was to be expected bunch of idiots came in and started saying hey its cool to eat 4-800 calories a day. Which is medically unsound. Even in a healthy person its downright dangerous. Your body reacts to such diets by slowly cannibalizing itself. Which was ok in our caveman days when our body didn't really make it much past 30. But doing it now is a really good way to suffer muscle loss, osteoporosis and a whole slew of hormonal and metabolic conditions.

No matter what anyone says starving yourself is not cool. And if you think it is you have a problem. And no you aren't a special snowflake who someone needs less calories than anyone else your height and activity level.

OMFG there is SO much stupid on this thread! Mentally, I just can't take the dumbassery!

Under 1000 calories per day to lose "weight"? That's not weight your losing, it's muscle.

Saying Carbs are "irrelevant", dude Carbs = Brain Food, so naturally only stupid people would say Carbs are irrelevant.

Seriously, I just can't handle the ignorance and blatant support for Eating Disorders. This is just ridiculous.

Thank you for the advise. Do you mean it's not possible to loose two pounds per week?

No, it's possible, I've lost 2 pounds already this week since monday. I eat between 650-900 calories.

and you're doing it wrong too.

God why do people think it's a good idea to eat like this ... What do you want to achieve? Cos I will tell you attractiveness is not on the menu with that approach lady. Sorry no matter what you think you are wrong. Just ... for gods sake be told. I mean hell you even run. You are gonna crash and burn lady. I would even dare to say you have exercise Anorexia.

Wow, you people are so nice... And I am by no means anorexic, I eat 3 meals a day.

Open your diary and show us it's not just a salad for every meal. I couldn't even function on that low calories, I'd be sleeping all the time.