calories too few?

perfectimperfections416
perfectimperfections416 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 24 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been taking green tea extract, l - arginine and l - glutamine which combined suppresses my appetite way too much I believe. I'm not hungry but I am also drinking two protein shakes a day.. which helps me stay full and taking bcaas during workouts. My goal they have set for me on this app is 1400 calories. Each workout I do burns 400-600 and I end up with a total of 1200 calories I eat a day... is that too few to lose weight? It has been almost a week of dieting and strickly watching my food i am eating and the scale has not moved....

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    There is no such thing as eating too few calories to lose weight.
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
    A week is too short to tell. You fluctuate daily. Could be many things. Wait and see. But if you are working out and burning, you should be eating a bit more. If you find it's suppressing your appetite too much, why are you still taking it?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    One week? It took me 5 months to lose the last 20 pounds with careful logging. You are going to need patience and precise logging.
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    If it only took a week, everyone would be thin.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    There is no such thing as too few calories to lose weight. There is such a thing as too few calories to lose weight in a healthy manner.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    perfectimperfections416 wrote: »
    I have been taking green tea extract, l - arginine and l - glutamine which combined suppresses my appetite way too much I believe. I'm not hungry but I am also drinking two protein shakes a day.. which helps me stay full and taking bcaas during workouts. My goal they have set for me on this app is 1400 calories. Each workout I do burns 400-600 and I end up with a total of 1200 calories I eat a day... is that too few to lose weight? It has been almost a week of dieting and strickly watching my food i am eating and the scale has not moved....

    How many calories are in your protein shakes? What are bcaas? Are you eating any actual food? If so, how much? How many 400-600 calorie burn workouts are you doing a day or week, and what are you doing to burn that many calories?

    That said (or asked), a week is way too short of a time period to assess weight loss. Especially if you just started the 400-600 calorie burns - your muscles will retain water. Have patience and it will come.
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