Eating 800 calories a day
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btw I am 5' 11' 270 lbs, MFP tells me I can eat 1600 calories w/o exercise and still lose 2 lb per week. When I meet my FitBit goals MFP tells me I should be eating around 2200 calories.0
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I'm 5'9" female I weigh the same as you. I eat 2300 a day. I think I'd die at 800. literally die lol. I certainly would not have any energy to get me through to day let alone exercise. My BMR is 1800 which means even if I was in a coma i would still need that amount to keep my organs functioning. my guess is if you are feeling full you might not be as accurate as you think with tracking calories. You'll want to figure out a baseline with a BMR calculator to make sure you don't go below it.0
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800 is way too low. Your body will go into starvation mode. You NEED to eat at least 1500 a day! The MFP goal you see is your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate), which means that in order for your body to be awake, you are supposed to meet that goal. Not everyone does this granted, but 800 per day is far too low. All that happens is your body shuts down a bit, your metabolic rate(MR) drops, and your body stores fuel. Actually eating can and will increase your MR, helping you to lose weight.0
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I made a daily meal plan for myself and when I logged it on myfitnesspal the total calories for the day was 800. I feel like it's enough food for me and seems pretty healthy. However a lot of things I'm reading say that below a 1000 calories a day is unhealthy , is this true ?
If you would like to lose weight --just weight--and don't care where it comes from, that plan is fine. If you don't mind losing a higher percentage of muscle, thus making your overall body composition worse and your metabolism slower.
Also if health is not an issue--in other words you don't mind the possibility of losing hair, having pale skin, getting sick more often, or feeling unwell/run down in general-- proceed.0 -
Will definetly be adding some calories to my diet, as most of u explained 800 calories is just not enough even if I feel like I'm full.
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FoCoAlphaNerd wrote: »FoCoAlphaNerd wrote: »As lots of people on here have said, 800 isn't nearly enough for someone your height and weight.
This myth about the "1200 calories" has to go away though. I realize it is as low as MFP goes, I imagine for liability reasons, but I have a friend who is about 5 feet on the nose and does coding for a living (very sedentary). She is more than full at 800-1000 calories. 1200 is not some magic bottom line that people should chime in with the second this question is asked on the forums. Wait to get the whole story.
Haha, way to read the very first sentence of the post. "As lots of people on here have said, 800 isn't nearly enough for someone your height and weight." The very first thing I did was say 800 calories was too low. The next section was about the 1200 calories myth. If only I'd left some visual break or gap between the two thoughts to help separate them.
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As long you eat enough protein to maintain lean body mass, you are doing fine. All diet program out there is replace two meals with their liquid shake and 1 regular meal for dinner. Eat .9g per kilo of your weight and no more than 225g (your weight). You should 2 time weight lifting a week, 2 sets 6-8 reps. Don't do high intensity cardio work out, walk 30 minutes a day. Give you at least 1 free meal a day.0
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@fsalib3 How's it going? Have you reset your goals? How many calories are you aiming for now?0
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christinev297 wrote: »@fsalib3 How's it going? Have you reset your goals? How many calories are you aiming for now?
It's going great thanks for asking
I added brown rice to my dinners instead of just eating the protein alone. Also added a few things to my breakfast and now my calories are at about 1300 per day, I know it should be more so I'm going to keep working on it till its around 1600 at least0 -
christinev297 wrote: »@fsalib3 How's it going? Have you reset your goals? How many calories are you aiming for now?
It's going great thanks for asking
I added brown rice to my dinners instead of just eating the protein alone. Also added a few things to my breakfast and now my calories are at about 1300 per day, I know it should be more so I'm going to keep working on it till its around 1600 at least0 -
Dam, my lunch was nearly 800 calories..... Then Ive still got breakfast, dinner and about 400 cal in snacks to graze on
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I will for sure try adding more calories every week, 150 seems like a good amount, however 2000 seems like a lot , the mfp calculator told me about 1860 in order to lose 2lbs a week.
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I will for sure try adding more calories every week, 150 seems like a good amount, however 2000 seems like a lot , the mfp calculator told me about 1860 in order to lose 2lbs a week.
At least work your way up by 100-200 cals a week until you reach 1860 calories. Afterwards, stay there for a few weeks. By that point you'll have probably lost some more weight, at which point it'd be advisable to switch to a 1lb/week goal, and then you can work your way up to that as well if the jump is too high to just eat it straight out (e.g. more than 200 calorie increase). This is all net as well, so you should be eating your calories back if you log exercise - at least half of them
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I made a daily meal plan for myself and when I logged it on myfitnesspal the total calories for the day was 800. I feel like it's enough food for me and seems pretty healthy. However a lot of things I'm reading say that below a 1000 calories a day is unhealthy , is this true ?
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How accurately are you weighing your food? Are you using a scale or measuring cups? I was surprised how inaccurate I was a year ago when using mostly measuring spoons and eye-balling methods.0
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