Im eating less than 1000 calories and not losing weight

danii_ak
danii_ak Posts: 1
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
hello, i'd like to know if eating less than 1000 is whats making me not lose alot of weight? Im 173 cm and i weigh 86 KG

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  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    OP, it's not healthy to eat less than 1000 calories.

    Your body is probably trying to hold onto the weight it has, hence the absence of weight loss.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    No, it's not.

    If you were truly eating 1000 calories a day (which isn't healthy, btw), you would be losing weight.

    Do you weigh and measure your food?
    Do you log as accurately as possible consistently everyday?
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Open your diary.
  • lynndot1
    lynndot1 Posts: 114 Member
    If you were actually eating less than 1000 calories net every day 100% accurately with no cheat meals/days/hidden calories using a food scale and properly measuring everything and not kidding yourself you would be losing weight. You'd also feel like *kitten* from not eating enough.

    Luckily, you're likely eating more than you think. You can open up your diary if you want (make it public in settings) and maybe we can see where you might be making mistakes.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    danii_ak wrote: »
    hello, i'd like to know if eating less than 1000 is whats making me not lose alot of weight? Im 173 cm and i weigh 86 KG

    What does 'not lose a lot' mean? To me it implies you are losing which is to be expected with your stated caloric intake. However I think you may be understating your intake (not on purpose).
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    There seems to be a slew of these posts recently, all written in the same style.

    Hmmmm.
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    There seems to be a slew of these posts recently, all written in the same style.

    Hmmmm.

    Agreed, I'm highly suspicious but I'll play.

    OP - I'm going to ask the standard questions. Do you weigh EVERYTHING? Do you log EVERYTHING? If you do and you are still coming in at under 1000 cals then you need to see a Dr. If not you are eating more than you think.

    Unless medically supervised you should not be eating under 1200 - and even this would be very little for your stats.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    How long has it been since you lost? Most likely, you're eating a lot more than 1000 (which you shouldn't be at that level anyway)
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    danii_ak wrote: »
    hello, i'd like to know if eating less than 1000 is whats making me not lose alot of weight? Im 173 cm and i weigh 86 KG

    How much weight have you lost and in what time frame?
  • chickabelle
    chickabelle Posts: 20 Member
    edited April 2015
    You can loose weigh without starving yourself. Plus its extremely bad for long term health.
  • jpaulie
    jpaulie Posts: 917 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    There seems to be a slew of these posts recently, all written in the same style.

    Hmmmm.

    hmm that's what I'm thinking
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    chickabelle wrote: »
    If you dont take in enough calories your body thinks its starving. So it will hold on to all the fat for fuel. You can loose weigh without starving yourself. Plus its extremely bad for long term health.

    The bolded part=not true
  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
    chickabelle wrote: »
    If you dont take in enough calories your body thinks its starving. So it will hold on to all the fat for fuel. You can loose weigh without starving yourself. Plus its extremely bad for long term health.

    The bolded part is actually a myth. OP, when you say you're not losing "a lot" of weight, what does that mean?-2 pounds a week when you'd rather be losing 5?

    Also, eat. You can damage your health.

  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    chickabelle wrote: »
    If you dont take in enough calories your body thinks its starving. So it will hold on to all the fat for fuel. You can loose weigh without starving yourself. Plus its extremely bad for long term health.

    No it won't. If you don't eat enough, you lose weight. Your body doesn't hold on to the fat, it burns it!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    no you're not
  • rocknlotsofrolls
    rocknlotsofrolls Posts: 418 Member
    I'm getting so sick of this "starvation mode" crap. When is it gonna end? Haven't you all seen the commercials about the starving kids in third world countries? Do they look fat to you?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    rocknlotsofrolls wrote: »
    I'm getting so sick of this "starvation mode" crap. When is it gonna end? Haven't you all seen the commercials about the starving kids in third world countries? Do they look fat to you?

    Starvation mode is very misunderstood and misused on this board, however, starvation and the theory of starvation mode are two different things.

    I also agree the OP isn't experiencing starvation mode.

    Can you open your diary?
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    danii_ak wrote: »
    hello, i'd like to know if eating less than 1000 is whats making me not lose alot of weight? Im 173 cm and i weigh 86 KG

    I'm 173 and wish I was 86kg. (Hint: I'm 30kg heavier than you and now that I've actually written that down I kind of want to go cry somewhere.)

    Eating less than 1000 is really, really dumb. I can't even imagine how you'd do it.
  • ogmomma2012
    ogmomma2012 Posts: 1,520 Member
    OP must be a liar, or magic. 1,000 calories can make nearly anyone lose weight, unless they have an underlying medical condition and a very low BMR.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Maybe the OP is a midget.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Maybe the OP is a midget.

    173cm is not a midget. It's like, 5 foot 8 and a half or something.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    edited April 2015
    Nobody knows what the OP is eating.

    Probably not even the OP.
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  • shonako
    shonako Posts: 98 Member
    less than 1000? Are you serious? I was eating less than 1000 calories at one point and now i struggle with a binging disorder because of the low calorie restriction i was doing for 6 months. Seriously you should be eating no less than 1490 calories a day. Anything less than that is just setting yourself up to fail.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    No, you are not eating 1000 cals otherwise you would lose weight.
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