Eating less than 1200 calories a day and exercising at least a 1000 and not losing weight
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cerise_noir wrote: »
Telling someone who is undereating to not eat back exercise calories is indicative of you not reading the post at all.Vegplotter wrote: »Hi! I'd learn to cook. Tesco ready meals are not a substitute for real food. Pedal back on exercise - you are probably doing too much, the equivalent of 30mins walking each day is enough to get fat moving. Don't eat back ANY exercise calories.
Exercise doesn't burn fat, either.
Where does the energy come from if you're carb depleted?
Dietary fats and even protien.
Exercise burns calories.1 -
@cerise_noir and many others are right.
1) If you were actually under 1200 cal per day that would be a dangerously low calorie intake and cause for concern in itself, exercise or not.
2) 1200 Calories In minus 1000 Calories Out each day is a fantasy. Between lifting and coaching I work out hard for almost 4 hours in total some days and I rarely hit close to a 500 calorie exercise deficit. You are not "exercising at least a 1000 {calories}". Period.
3) "not losing weight" on anything remotely close to #2 is BS. You would even continue to lose weight after something around a net total of 200 calories a day eventually killed you, due to decomposition.
4) Measure foods, follow the Flowchart and start weight training with a focus on the compound barbell lifts at somewhere around 5RM to 8RM. There are several good program recommendations on these boards all the time. If you want the results then do the work. No whining, no excuses.
5) You can do cardio after you lift or on days that you don't lift.
6) See a MD if you really believe any of the things you claimed in the title after weighing your foods.
7) Speak with a mental health professional if you really believe any of the things you claimed in the title are necessary. It makes me think you have an unhealthy body image and/or an unhealthy relationship with food.
8) Don't neglect flexibility and mobility. Things like yoga, foam roller work, simple stretching after exercise, etc. can do a lot for your quality of life as well as help your recovery.
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cerise_noir wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
Telling someone who is undereating to not eat back exercise calories is indicative of you not reading the post at all.Vegplotter wrote: »Hi! I'd learn to cook. Tesco ready meals are not a substitute for real food. Pedal back on exercise - you are probably doing too much, the equivalent of 30mins walking each day is enough to get fat moving. Don't eat back ANY exercise calories.
Exercise doesn't burn fat, either.
Where does the energy come from if you're carb depleted?
Dietary fats and even protien.
Exercise burns calories.
So no body fat is burned through exercise?1 -
If I may, it may be time for professional help in the form of a physician, nutritionist, or even fitness trainer. There are a lot of well-meaning people on here with access to a lot of information on the internet, which may only lead to confuse or misinform you ... unintentionally, of course. Good luck!2
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cerise_noir wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
Telling someone who is undereating to not eat back exercise calories is indicative of you not reading the post at all.Vegplotter wrote: »Hi! I'd learn to cook. Tesco ready meals are not a substitute for real food. Pedal back on exercise - you are probably doing too much, the equivalent of 30mins walking each day is enough to get fat moving. Don't eat back ANY exercise calories.
Exercise doesn't burn fat, either.
Where does the energy come from if you're carb depleted?
Dietary fats and even protien.
Exercise burns calories.
So no body fat is burned through exercise?
I think you are both saying the same thing, just from a different point of view.
No, exercise does not burn body fat. It burns calories..
BUT... What is the calorie source under the right deficit conditions? Body fat.
Cyclic argument, chicken and the egg. Happens all the time on here.2 -
Hey there! By the sounds of it, you're not eating enough for the amount you're exercising, so your body will have gone into starvation. Assuming your calorie goal is 1500 calories a day, at the rate you're going, you have a deficit of 1500 calories, which is unhealthy. You need to be eating another 1000 calories each day to lose a pound a week, you're putting your body under too much strain and it's dangerous.
To lose 1lb a week, you need to eat on target and burn 500 calories a day, this is the healthiest way to do it.
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cerise_noir wrote: »cerise_noir wrote: »
Telling someone who is undereating to not eat back exercise calories is indicative of you not reading the post at all.Vegplotter wrote: »Hi! I'd learn to cook. Tesco ready meals are not a substitute for real food. Pedal back on exercise - you are probably doing too much, the equivalent of 30mins walking each day is enough to get fat moving. Don't eat back ANY exercise calories.
Exercise doesn't burn fat, either.
Where does the energy come from if you're carb depleted?
Dietary fats and even protien.
Exercise burns calories.
So no body fat is burned through exercise?
I think you are both saying the same thing, just from a different point of view.
No, exercise does not burn body fat. It burns calories..
BUT... What is the calorie source under the right deficit conditions? Body fat.
Cyclic argument, chicken and the egg. Happens all the time on here.
haha I think you're right, semantics.1 -
Please people--"starvation mode" doesn't exist as you're using it. Look up "The Minnesota Experiment" if you want to know what it really is. Back to thread--OP, sorry to tell you but something's off big time. Maybe it's time to see a professional, some things can really mess up your body--forever.7
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NorthCascades wrote: »andrebessa93 wrote: »I am indeed eating 1,200 calories per day (I will be upping this to 1,500 on the back of all your comments).
To clear things up, I am indeed burning 1000 calories, sometimes more per day by doing things like HIIT, Zumba and then after it 30 mins non-stop of swimming. I feel incredibly fit and full of energy. Therefore, 200 calories net, yes.
Reality check: You're not burning 1,000 calories doing that stuff. If you were doing HIIT, you wouldn't be able to do it every day. What you're calling HIIT is probably calisthenics. It's not just you, everybody does that nowadays. If you were really surviving on 200 kCal a day and doing such intense exercise at such high volume, you would not feel full of energy.
And yet he's losing five pounds a week. Not for one week. For a month. How do you think he's doing that without a major calorie deficit? He's only around 240 lbs. or so. What do you think his BMR is for a 2500-calorie daily deficit if you doubt he's netting 200 kcal?
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rheddmobile wrote: »Google "the whoosh effect." This is a real thing, not broscience, and it really is called that - it was discovered in a study of men on a 1500 calorie diet doing heavy labor. At first they lost steadily, but then the weight loss began to go in jumps and starts, with long periods of no loss then several pounds in one day. This happens because the body replaces fat in fat cells with water temporarily. Then it flushes the water all at once. Sometimes a high carb meal will trigger the whoosh.
Anyway, if it's only been a week, this is probably what's happening. Keep calm and carry on, eat a big carby meal, and see what happens. Also, I think you would probably do better overall if you are back some of your exercise calories.
Didn't know this was how it was called, but this was pretty much what happened to me. Got stuck at 79.5-80 kg for ages (1.85m male, 26) and then all of a sudden, whoosh, 75.5-76 kg. Was like it happened almost overnight. It didn't, of course, but that's kind of how it felt like.0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »andrebessa93 wrote: »I am indeed eating 1,200 calories per day (I will be upping this to 1,500 on the back of all your comments).
To clear things up, I am indeed burning 1000 calories, sometimes more per day by doing things like HIIT, Zumba and then after it 30 mins non-stop of swimming. I feel incredibly fit and full of energy. Therefore, 200 calories net, yes.
Reality check: You're not burning 1,000 calories doing that stuff. If you were doing HIIT, you wouldn't be able to do it every day. What you're calling HIIT is probably calisthenics. It's not just you, everybody does that nowadays. If you were really surviving on 200 kCal a day and doing such intense exercise at such high volume, you would not feel full of energy.
And yet he's losing five pounds a week. Not for one week. For a month. How do you think he's doing that without a major calorie deficit? He's only around 240 lbs. or so. What do you think his BMR is for a 2500-calorie daily deficit if you doubt he's netting 200 kcal?
Edited to fix typo.
I think it's funny people are actually debating this...
I think it's a total fabrication and it is so funny to watch people go back and forth on what is being said...smh.2 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »andrebessa93 wrote: »I am indeed eating 1,200 calories per day (I will be upping this to 1,500 on the back of all your comments).
To clear things up, I am indeed burning 1000 calories, sometimes more per day by doing things like HIIT, Zumba and then after it 30 mins non-stop of swimming. I feel incredibly fit and full of energy. Therefore, 200 calories net, yes.
Reality check: You're not burning 1,000 calories doing that stuff. If you were doing HIIT, you wouldn't be able to do it every day. What you're calling HIIT is probably calisthenics. It's not just you, everybody does that nowadays. If you were really surviving on 200 kCal a day and doing such intense exercise at such high volume, you would not feel full of energy.
And yet he's losing five pounds a week. Not for one week. For a month. How do you think he's doing that without a major calorie deficit? He's only around 240 lbs. or so. What do you think his BMR is for a 2500-calorie daily deficit if you doubt he's netting 200 kcal?
Edited to fix typo.
Exactly. I'm confused why people are even arguing the 1000 calorie burn with these fact. Heck I'm 5'5" and 140 lbs and I can burn that much in a day with 2 hours at the gym and a walk. Really doesn't find it hard to believe for a 109 lbs man...
As to OP ignoring everyone's advice, nothing we can do unfortunately. Have fun regaining all the muscle you lose, OP.1 -
I think you're either overestimating your calorie burn. Or you're gaining muscle. Do you look slimmer?0
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