Should you undereat?

I am having 1200 calories a day as I believe this is what you need to lose weight at a rate of 1-2lbs pw. Do you drink a lot of water? Do you weigh everything which includes vegetables and fruit?

This post I think spell it out the best...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

From everything I've ever heard about healthy eating you need at least 1200 calories per day to keep your metabolism up so that you can lose weight! Undereating is bad for you... make sure you eat enough, lots of fruits and veggies and drink lots of water. Also exercise 3-4 days a week (or more, whatever is right for you). Good luck!

PLEASE read this post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing
Sounds like it fits you to a "T".

The weekends are your downfall. You should allow yourself one cheat meal per week. That's one meal, not one day or especially not one weekend. You should eat 5 small meals per day to jump start your metabolism. If your body expects to be fed every 3-4 hours it will be more likely to burn fat and not store it

i think your not counting your cals right or your not getting your hart rate up enough that your body is going to burn the cals :huh: food for thought its better to eat the max amount of cals 1200 is the best to eat with exercise to keep your body working right and will get you at your weight goal any thing lower your setting your self up to be fat later
p.s if your were execisesing hard and eating that littel you would be skin and bones your body dose not hold on to what it needs as fuel thats why anorexia are so skinny

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/174065-starvation-mode-is-real-and-ugly

DO NOT UNDEREAT!!

You know, it is the splurging you're doing that keeps you even... that being said, I think your calorie restriction is wise. I've decided to fast two days a week and eat about 1300 cals on the other days--- trouble is, I do what you do and stay even. I love calorie restriction and fasting, it helps express human growth hormone, which in turn brings increased health and vitality. So, any day you can restrict your calories is a good day, a day without calories is a great day. Fasting three days at time is about the max, unless you're trying to cure your self of cancer, or some other profound physiological event. What you and I need to do is stop rewarding ourselves for austerity during the week. My biggest problem is alcohol, I need to limit my indulgence to once every two weeks and I think I'll start to see results agin. there are some great books on CR (calorie resriction) diets---- it's about health, not wieght loss, but if you burn more than you put in you WILL loose weight. So many will say you're changing your metabolism-- that theory has recently been debunked. Of course, it takes about 10 years to finally settle the nay sayers--- so you will hear this for the rest of your life--- rest assured your metabolism will not shut down unless you are sedentary.

this is a valid theory of health and weight loss--- not trying to stir up trouble. Look it up--- number of books on CR for life extension... How would you extend your life if minimal calories were a bad thing? Ever look at CR enthusists?--- they are thin. thin is healthy, CR is healthy, fasting is healthy. There is a tendancy for all of us to follow experts, things incorperated into the tapestry of life. It is important to challenge all "firmly held" truths---- My challenge--- look up fasting and CR diets

I smell trollbait...

what does "troll bait" mean?

A "troll" is someone who goes on an internet forum and stirs up trouble. Usually they make a post or two about some controversial subject like, oh, say, Starvation Mode on a fitness forum. Since this is the original poster's first post...some might think that is the case here.

Well defined. Thank you for clarifying as I was about to explain. I only say that because TC has a ticker goal of 14 lbs to lose and recently just joined. I'm familiar with trolling as I am one on other forums as well, so I thought it was an intentional bait for a flame war. Though, I don't troll on actual community help sites such as this, but the option may be open season to others seeing as how it's so easy to incite responses and excited emotions based on actual life concerns, i.e. undereating to lose weight.

Diet coke wil make you crave real sugar so it could be causing the binges. It has also been known to cause people to hold on to fat. It is aslo terrible for you.

thanks everyone

What I didnt mention is that I am on the pill and I also drink A LOT of diet coke-but because it has zero cals I thought it wouldnt put on weight

But lately I have been thinking it must be this as its the only thing I have an excess of-I have a personal trainer who agrees 700 cals is too little but 1000 is perfect as long as its good foods and not 'crap' calories

TBH my exercising is high intesity 1 hr spin classes and I never really feel tired


The smallest I have ever been is a size 8 (US size 4) and that was when I ate no junk food or carbs such as bread and potatoes-i still ate fruit

Is there any evidence to suggest diet coke could be the baddy

You may experience headaches if you try to quit cold turkey (all at once). That will most likely be from the caffeine withdrawal if you've been drinking a lot of Diet Regular Coke.

If you get headaches, try adding in some tea (with caffeine - regular unsweetened Lipton would work.) It is good to get off the artificial sweetener, as well.

You may actually be under eating and have put your body into starvation mode. Try for 1200 cal per day (eat small meals every 4 hours with a big glass of water) and don't forget that for every calorie you burn, you earn that back as caloric intake. Your body needs the fuel to keep your metabolism in the fat burning mode. And yes, lots of water to flush out the toxins.