Is there any one on a 1000 calorie diet?
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CorinnaShaw wrote: »My Dr put me on a 1000 calorie diet but so far I am tired of eating the same old food off of the meal sheet she gave me.Do anybody else have any other good ideas on other foods to eat.
I ate nothing but fruits and veggies today (lent fish Friday. Don't like fish) and had so much bulk that I had to go lay down because I felt stuffed and I still didn't even reach 700 calories even though my allowance is 1200 according to MyFitnessPal.
That is not something you should be proud of
Neither is the thread she created last night.0 -
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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.
My grandmother used to keep boxes of Ayds candies in the house. It was awesome. Trip to grandma's = weird diet candy feast on the sly.
[I'm as *advanced* as you, so no judgment on the grandma reference here]0 -
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oh dear , you will end up skinny fat.0
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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.
You have described this era so well. Yes, I remember Ayds candy and all that.
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I always assume people are holding back on first dates, trying to make an impression. If a date pulled ranch dressing out of his pocket I would assume that was only a small portion of the crazy and there would not be another date.I wonder how many guys here would find it weird if they went out on a first date and the woman pulled her own Ranch dressing out of her purse.
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I agree.
I always assume people are holding back on first dates, trying to make an impression. If a date pulled ranch dressing out of his pocket I would assume that was only a small portion of the crazy and there would not be another date.I wonder how many guys here would find it weird if they went out on a first date and the woman pulled her own Ranch dressing out of her purse.
When we go out to dinner we sometimes do some crazy stuff but that's because we do it for fun and decide to do dumb things together. After almost 8 years it's a little different than on the first date.arditarose wrote: »
That's pretty interesting. Or so he says. Maybe he was trying to get you whiskeyed up!
Yeah, cause you know what happens when you fill me up with protein and whiskey...wait0 -
arditarose wrote: »
I hope you told him to sling his hook ...what an *kitten*!0 -
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arditarose wrote: »
I agree.
I always assume people are holding back on first dates, trying to make an impression. If a date pulled ranch dressing out of his pocket I would assume that was only a small portion of the crazy and there would not be another date.I wonder how many guys here would find it weird if they went out on a first date and the woman pulled her own Ranch dressing out of her purse.
When we go out to dinner we sometimes do some crazy stuff but that's because we do it for fun and decide to do dumb things together. After almost 8 years it's a little different than on the first date.arditarose wrote: »
That's pretty interesting. Or so he says. Maybe he was trying to get you whiskeyed up!
Yeah, cause you know what happens when you fill me up with protein and whiskey...wait
Hey now!!!arditarose wrote: »
I hope you told him to sling his hook ...what an *kitten*!
I don't know, it kind of sounds to me that she liked that he did that.
He was mostly teasing. But he was a cheese monger and food was important to him. I was young. He was decadent. It didn't work out but it was fun for a few months. Also I really like whiskey and BBQ too so...it was a good date in my book.0 -
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I can fill up on a big meal of veggies too but the 'stuffed' feeling goes away pretty fast and I'm hungry again sooner rather than later. When I was younger I could eat stupid low calories but now I know better.
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My Dr put me on a 1000 calorie diet but so far I am tired of eating the same old food off of the meal sheet she gave me.Do anybody else have any other good ideas on other foods to eat.
Ive heard of very low calorie diets and there were studies supporting it but I cant remember the details other than there is a whole community that follows this for longevity of life. Im going to look it up and see hat I can find. I think we looked into it during my undergrad.0 -
here is one link
http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/low_calorie.htm
with you eating a 1,000 calories it is termed Low Calorie Diet not Very Low Calorie Diet0 -
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Check out Medifast....I have no affiliation with Medifast so this is not a sales pitch. I've only used their products for one week and have lost nearly 10 lbs. in one week. First few days are hard as you break the carb and sugar addiction most people have, but after that you will enter into ketosis and your hunger pains will go away as long as you eat every 2-3 hours. You eat 5 Medifast meals per day (@100 calories per meal) and then you eat one lean and green meal that you make on your own, which totals to around 400-500 calories depending on what you make.-5
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booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
Oh, she had better stuff, too. But there was something delightfully sinful about sneaking her weird diet candy.
On the other things: she knew we grandkids liked *good* breakfast cereal. So she stocked up on Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries, Frosted Flakes, Sugar Smacks, Apple Jacks, etc. (a nice vacation from Cheerios, Cornflakes, Wheaties).
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booksandchocolate12 wrote: »
Oh, she had better stuff, too. But there was something delightfully sinful about sneaking her weird diet candy.
On the other things: she knew we grandkids liked *good* breakfast cereal. So she stocked up on Cap'n Crunch Crunchberries, Frosted Flakes, Sugar Smacks, Apple Jacks, etc. (a nice vacation from Cheerios, Cornflakes, Wheaties).
Oh my God....I don't remember the last time I had those. All time favorite breakfast cereal.
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glfernandes828 wrote: »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
Umm, wut? At 21?
That sounds like more than 1000 calories, more like 1200 if not more.0 -
PEOPLE, STOP STARVING YOURSELVES.0
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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.beachhouse758 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!
Mine too, 70s and 80s. I don't think she ever used the booklet, but I found it very interesting. I couldn't have done a diet where I actually counted calories without an app like this, though--and like I said, I'm reasonably sure she didn't either. She just had her "diet" ways of eating.
(She also had the Beverly Hills Diet book, with the pineapple on the cover, and a bunch of others which I don't think she ever actually did. I found those fascinating too.)0 -
4legsRbetterthan2 wrote: »Yeah, if you don't have any specific medical condition requiring you to eat that few calories then you need another opinion.
I'm in agreement with this, or at least going back to your doctor and asking for clarification as to why the low calorie number and perhaps a referral to a registered dietician.0 -
I'm 4'9 and eat 1000 calories to lose 1 pound a week. I guess it depends how tall you are?0
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I always assume people are holding back on first dates, trying to make an impression. If a date pulled ranch dressing out of his pocket I would assume that was only a small portion of the crazy and there would not be another date.I wonder how many guys here would find it weird if they went out on a first date and the woman pulled her own Ranch dressing out of her purse.
I went on a date not long after starting here. Somehow the topic of food and 'healthy eating' came up, and the guy (knowing I was an archaeologist but obviously being completely clueless) told me how he was trying to get more into 'eating paleo'. Needless to say there was no second date, but he did get a very long lecture on the evolution of the human diet (and was still trying to disagree with me at the end - 'but, but, but...!'). My FB friends (several of whom are also archaeologists) got a good laugh out of my tale of woe, and the FB conversation also spawned my profile tag line, so I guess some good can come out of bad dates!0
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