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Safe to eat less than 1200 cal for men
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Hi all,
Just wondering is it safe to eat less than 1200 cal plus exercising. I get that pop up from mfp saying I need to eat more but Im not hungry. Give me your opinions guys
Just wondering is it safe to eat less than 1200 cal plus exercising. I get that pop up from mfp saying I need to eat more but Im not hungry. Give me your opinions guys
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Not unless you are under medical supervision. You are 22 and have 56lbs to lose according to your ticker, which indicates you have plenty to lose and theres a high % chance you dont really know what you are doing. You werent eating less than 1200 to put on the weight in the first place.
Why not try safe sustainable and healthy? Is that of interest to you? Have you spent any time learning about nutrition and what your body needs? If its volume then eat soemthing you like or eat more calorie dense foods.0 -
Not unless you are under medical supervision. You are 22 and have 56lbs to lose according to your ticker, which indicates you have plenty to lose and theres a high % chance you dont really know what you are doing. You werent eating less than 1200 to put on the weight in the first place.
Why not try safe sustainable and healthy? Is that of interest to you? Have you spent any time learning about nutrition and what your body needs? If its volume then eat soemthing you like or eat more calorie dense foods.
Thanks. Yes I am knew to dieting and I know have quite a lot to lose. First time dieting ever. Lol
Will definitely take your advice and eat above the minimum. Maybe 1500cal? Thanks0 -
It's not safe for most women, so it's definitely not safe for a man.0
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Not safe. Eat more.
Enter your stats into MFP for losing 1-1.5 pounds/week and eat that many calories. Eat back about half of any exercise calories as well. You'll lose the weight in a healthy and sustainable manner that will last a life time.
When you get to within 10 pounds of your goal weight, change your weight loss goal to 0.5 pounds a week to ease yourself into maintenance.0 -
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if you want to look anorexic and malnourished, that's the way to do it. Nobody is going to recommend that to you though. That said, if it's just one day or something because you were sick, then that's different.0
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No. There is no way you're getting proper nutrition. No way.
He is right.
Unless your 5'0" flat and in a hospital bed, that isn't enough calories to sustain your health as a man... Or even a woman.
This is one of my main gripes about MFP's default goal setting.... Especially if you're using the exercise function to remove even more calories from the 1200-1300 default calorie goal.0 -
No. There is no way you're getting proper nutrition. No way.
He is right.
Unless your 5'0" flat and in a hospital bed, that isn't enough calories to sustain your health as a man... Or even a woman.
This is one of my main gripes about MFP's default goal setting.... Especially if you're using the exercise function to remove even more calories from the 1200-1300 default calorie goal.
MFP is just using the guidelines from the National Institute of Health from a legal standpoint. It really shouldn't be a fixed number like that, I have a gripe with it too.0 -
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I'm female, 22, and have a few pounds to lose. I get almost 2,000 calories a day. 1200 in completely unrealistic. You body will burn more calories than that without you moving. I would look up your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and see what it is, and then that can help you determine what to eat. I burn about 1,500 calories just being alive... so just being alive means you need more than that. Good luck, and stay healthy!0
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It depends 100% on your height and activity level. We really don't have enough info to give you a good answer, but do you mean that it's under 1200 after you exercise? The site really overestimates exercise calories, so it does that to me too. I'll eat 1800 calories, but then between a few long walks and some time at the gym it'll have me down to 1100. My nutrition is fine, and I'm not hungry, it's just a little quirk of the math.
Is that the kind of thing that is happening to you?0 -
No - it's completely misguided and unnecessary to eat that low.
Use the tool as designed, set a moderate rate of rate loss and eat back your exercise calories.
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I'm guessing all the users that flagged you are no longer active on this site.0 -
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If we were in jr high school I would say they had a crush on you.0 -
Oh and to the OP NO big resounding NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0
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galgenstrick wrote: »
I'm guessing all the users that flagged you are no longer active on this site.
Nope, some of them are still here. I know who some of them are. I'm preparing for my 1,000 flag celebration.
You need to get the spam ratio up.0 -
On the 1200 number i didnt realise the MFP warning for men flashes up at 15000
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Hold on a second...you can flag people but not give away thumbs up/hugs/ or rep points etc? Seems unfair.0
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