Is there any one on a 1000 calorie diet?

i am doing 1200. i like a handful of nuts or some cheese, those are good protein foods, although calorie dense. i avoid soda, milk and juice.

I'm gonna go with get a new doctor. It isn't advisable to be on a diet that restricts under 1200/daily. Not only will you lose fat, but if you keep on this diet for the long term you'll lose muscle and hair and other things you'll need.

Why did said doctor tell you to do this?

That seems really low. I'd get a second opinion if I were you. I'm at 1,240 and that's low, imo. GL to you!

Your profile says you need to lose 60 pounds? I lost 60 lbs eating 1500 -1600 cals a day - I would go with a second opinion.....

Yupp I am, by choice. Honestly it's not that bad, I usually have oatmeal with fruit for breakfast. Then for lunch I'll make a turkey and avocado and tomato sandwhich with hummus on whole grain bread and a small dinner of quinoa with some protein like sausage or chicken and vegetables mixed in

I'd say 2000 calories is a bit much and 1000 calories is a bit too less. Can't you just meet in the middle at 1500? You have 60lbs to lose, which will take 6 months to 1 year to lose in a healthy way, so why don't you do it in a way that is healthy, a bit slower and more satisfying?

I lost 50lbs with NEVER dropping lower than 1400. I'm 5'11, 36, started at 193 and ended at 143. I've gained a few and now maintain at 150. I'm thinking you really need to reconsider the low number.

What does MFP give you if you say you are sedentary and want to lose 1lb/week?

EWJLang wrote: »

Another vote for running your stats into a calculator for an alternate caloric suggestion.

Is your doctor a bit old? I know "1000 a day" was the old calorie-counting diet standard in the 60s and 70s, back when women were advised to take appetite suppressants (Dexatrim or Ayds diet candy, and no, I am not making that up) and smoke more Virginia Slims while eating utterly depressing food and manually adding up the calorie counts you could get in sad little newsprint booklets that they sold at the supermarket checkout.

Thus creating the fad diet industry of bizarre machinations (like eliminating whole food groups or eating massive amounts of a single food like grapefruit or cabbage) and touting "no counting calories!!!!" as a selling point.

This sounds like Betty Draper from Mad Men!

How many calories depends entirely on the person as well. Someone who is 5'11" cannot be compared to someone who is 4'11" (myself for example). I need a lot less calories than a taller person just to maintain so the calories eating for weight loss may be a lot less as well. I suggest adding exercise to burn off some calories.

beachhouse758 wrote: »

EWJLang wrote: »

Another vote for running your stats into a calculator for an alternate caloric suggestion.

Is your doctor a bit old? I know "1000 a day" was the old calorie-counting diet standard in the 60s and 70s, back when women were advised to take appetite suppressants (Dexatrim or Ayds diet candy, and no, I am not making that up) and smoke more Virginia Slims while eating utterly depressing food and manually adding up the calorie counts you could get in sad little newsprint booklets that they sold at the supermarket checkout.

Thus creating the fad diet industry of bizarre machinations (like eliminating whole food groups or eating massive amounts of a single food like grapefruit or cabbage) and touting "no counting calories!!!!" as a selling point.

This sounds like Betty Draper from Mad Men!

DON'T JUDGE MY ADVANCED AGE!

Tubbs216 wrote: »

EWJLang wrote: »

beachhouse758 wrote: »

EWJLang wrote: »

Another vote for running your stats into a calculator for an alternate caloric suggestion.

Is your doctor a bit old? I know "1000 a day" was the old calorie-counting diet standard in the 60s and 70s, back when women were advised to take appetite suppressants (Dexatrim or Ayds diet candy, and no, I am not making that up) and smoke more Virginia Slims while eating utterly depressing food and manually adding up the calorie counts you could get in sad little newsprint booklets that they sold at the supermarket checkout.

Thus creating the fad diet industry of bizarre machinations (like eliminating whole food groups or eating massive amounts of a single food like grapefruit or cabbage) and touting "no counting calories!!!!" as a selling point.

This sounds like Betty Draper from Mad Men!

DON'T JUDGE MY ADVANCED AGE!

Oh god, I remember all those things. My mother was on a constant diet during the 70s and always had handy her little calorie booklet.

They ate so much golderned celery.

I don't follow the 1000 calorie diet however if you take the snacks out of my daily meal it sadly would barely touch 1000 calories.

I go with the following (and my diary is open if you like)
Breakfast:
3 Egg Omelet with ham, cheese, and diced peppers (300calories) (spray oil)
Multi-vits+fish oil+5hr energy (39calories)
salt, because salt is needed for eggs (450mg sodium)

Lunch:
4oz chicken/salmon (200calories) (spray oil)
1 cup of steamed broccoli (34calories)
salt, because salt is delicious

Dinner: For me this leaves 1000kcal for you this leaves 400 calories so....
6oz chicken/salmon/steak (choose lower fatty to stay closer to your goal, probably 300ish)
1 cup of veggie (butter, water, salt + pepper for the standards work well here in the nuke for 3:30) (WILL RANGE 50-150)
.5tbsp of butter for cooking your meat and veggie (50cal).

If you do decide to expand out or if you get hungry (after a couple of days I stopped being hungry until about 4 hours after a meal) an Orange really helps (esp if you need energy) and so do low cal protein shakes. Please keep in mind today I had two highly processed cookies, I'm not scared of carbs but I simply am not a fan and were the easiest thing to cut out for me (to me they seem to be high calorie with very little filling effect).

vvv!!!NOW!!!vvv

That should get you in the ball park, but as the others said, why? You don't want to lose more than 2lbs a week tbh. Take your time unless it's imminent but as a guy who is almost 70-80lbs overweight (250lbs) when he started this works, and works fast! As of today I fluctuated up 2lbs but after 6 weeks of real logging and actually minding what I eat with cheat days I've lost almost 20lbs (I am a hypocrite I know, but I try to eat 1800 calories in a day... I just suck at it above is really filling, note that's 3lbs/wk). The idea here isn't to lose it real fast then start eating poorly again, it's to change your eating habits for life and allow things to sneak in on moderation (let me give that a hard definition, once a week).

Don't ever take advice of a forum poster over your doctors, but as others said a second opinion is due. And if it's not for a medical condition then I'd suggest using a specialist who is more educated in this, such as a nutritionist. And I don't mean the kid at the grocery mart but an actual nutritionist.

Dek

Geez, 1k a day? I eat that much for dinner.
Unless you're a midget (under 4'11), bed ridden, or your metabolism is completely screwed up (in which case, you'll be reverse dieting instead), 1000 cals is way too low for an adult.

Check with a dietitian, not a nutritionist. Nutritionists are non-accredited.