Is this healthy?

DylanThomas2
DylanThomas2 Posts: 78 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
my calorie intake is usually around 1300-1500 per day. I recently lost my job have nothing but time on my hands and have used that time to exercise and work on myself I work out twice a day alternating between cardio and strength training. I do body weight exercises mainly a mixture of the nerd fitness playground workout and beginners body weight exercise routine for my strength training since I have no equipment of my own and cant afford a gym membership until I get a new job. For cardio I usually jog in the morning and then hit the stationary bike at my house for some interval training in the afternoon. I am running major calorie deficits and in my first two weeks I lost 11 lbs. I know this sort of weight loss isnt healthy but I am not really sure how to get more calories in my diet simply because I am not hungry enough to eat any more I dont feel like I am starving I have plenty of energy for both of my workouts and the only thing that ever slows me down is simply muscle fatigue. Is it ok to continue with this regimen or is it too unhealthy to keep at this pace?

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  • StacyChrz
    StacyChrz Posts: 865 Member
    Maybe you can try to eat more nutrient/calorie dense foods, like avocado or nut butters, to give you more healthy calories, fat, protein and fiber.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    I think 1300-1500kcal might be a bit low for a gent. Is that what MFP set you at?

    Good luck with the job search!
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    1300-1500 calories is much too low for a male.

    What is your weight and height?
  • mantium999
    mantium999 Posts: 1,490 Member
    Agree with more calorie dense food.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    I don't think that it is unhealthy so much as unsustainable in the long term.

    As long as you feel well and are eating nutrient rich foods...why not?
  • Bshmerlie
    Bshmerlie Posts: 1,026 Member
    I can't say why but you look like a tall guy from your picture. If that's the case then eating below 1500 is simply going to rob you of muscle mass too much. No one wants to see a flabby guy. :) I would bump it up at least to 1500 and then eat some of my exercise calories back. Remember at the beginning you are also gonna drop a lot of water weight so it is going to slow down anyway. From this point forward you really shouldn't shoot for more than the 2 pounds a week that is recommended. Again, you don't want to be skinnyflabby. :)
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Nut butters, nuts, avocados, meat.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited June 2015
    I think 1500 is the recommended minimum for men now.

    Beyond that, as I understand it, when you go to maintenance, without planning your nutrition and without sufficient stimulus to your muscles, you might regain, and you'd regain more fat than muscle. So you'd end up with a worse body composition than before you started, especially if you're not able to lift weights. Someone will correct me, I'm sure, but that's the general idea.

    Eat as much as you can get away with while losing.
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    Have some bacon.
  • DylanThomas2
    DylanThomas2 Posts: 78 Member
    I am cooking for my father as well that just had a couple of heart attacks earlier this year so cant really do bacon around him. I am 6'2" 219 lbs. I do eat alot of avacado especially now that I am making smoothies alot for breakfast. I am going to make a more concerted effort to get my calorie intake up though. I eat alot of fruit and vegetables and started snacking on almonds when I get hungry but should probably start eating more for breakfast.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Add some nut butter and protein powder to your smoothies
  • DylanThomas2
    DylanThomas2 Posts: 78 Member
    I will try that
    I love almond butter when I can find it around here
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