800 calories a day for a week
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dogeatdogworld
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I'm on a 1290 cal diet and for the last 2 days I've only taken in 800 cal per day plus I exercise. I am a healthy 35 year old female with an 18 month old and would really like to shed 40 lbs, so my question is, is 800 cal for a few days or a week going to cause me to go into starvation mode?
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I've heard your body compensates for at least a few weeks before you go into starvation mode but I keep getting back n forth info13
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Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.5
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Starvation mode doesn't exist. https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/31
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estherdragonbat wrote: »Starvation mode doesn't exist. https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
This. But I would eat more than 1200. It's just not sustainable.12 -
It's not healthy, though. Not recommended unless under doctor's supervision.1
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There's no such thing as starvation mode. However, there is such a thing as harming yourself for no good reason. Starving for a week will not help you lose 40 pounds. It won't "jump start your weight loss" or anything. It will just make you feel terrible, lose some water weight, possibly faint or have heart problems, and probably be upset at your stomach.
If you really do want to lose weight and keep it off, you are going to have to come to terms with reality first. The reality is that no one ever loses weight long term without making permanent changes to their way of living. If you "go on a diet" and lose weight, then when you go back to eating the way that made you gain the weight in the first place, you will gain it all back, plus some because your metabolism is lower. There is literally no way to lose 40 pounds without deciding to live differently for the entire rest of your life. You don't have to live VERY differently - maybe just a few less calories or a few more minutes of exercise - but you do have to change your life forever, to get results that last.
Six months is a reasonable length of time to lose forty pounds. You may be able to do it in less time if you are obese to start with. Good luck to you.33 -
What will happen is your body will use muscle for fuel; not good.5
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@dogeatdogworld I moved your question to the general diet and weight loss help board since you will probably receive better answers here.
Sincerely,
4legs
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Starvation mode isn't real, and dropping your calories that low for a very short period of time probably isn't going to hurt too much. It isn't going to help any, either. You might drop a little extra water weight, but going from 1200 to 800 calories per day is only going to buy you an extra 2800 calories that week, so you might lose an extra 0.8 pounds at the most. How is that going to make a difference either way?14
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Starvation mode is a myth. But as AliceDark said, the advantages are few and the misery would be high. I wouldn't bother.8
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You'll hear a click first and you'll know you're in starvation mode. Jump around to see if you can click it off again.
Sorry. I'm being a wiseass. There's no such thing as starvation mode. Show me an Anorexic who isn't losing....
Nothing will happen to you if you only eat 800 calories for a week. People with the flu, or a stomach virus, or a hundred other illnesses lose their appetite for a week. Gsstric Surgical patients eat 800 calories or less for weeks and weeks.
What is important though is 1. Fluids, 2. Protein and 3. Vitamins.
It's going to be hard to get enough protein AND satisfy your hunger at that few calories since you're NOT actually sick, so why not eat 1200 cals and make it easier and healthier?18 -
Starvation mode does not exist, but that is no excuse to embark on reckless and unsustainable plans such as yours. VLCD's are only to be used if you are under a physician's care, and only if said physician feels as though obesity poses an imminent risk to your health which outweighs the risk of the diet. Unless you meet these standards, I think you should reevaluate your choices.6
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Short term, no big deal. Habitually, not a good idea for many reasons listed above. I've done it (although for me it was eating 1500 cals when my target was 2000, and to be honest (and I logged super carefully and weighed myself multiple times a day) it didn't help speed anything up and made me really hungry the next day!0
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I've lost 10lbs in 5 days and i take a water pill have been for a while now so I know its from the low cal intake. Its not like I'm going to continue 800 cal a day I want to stay heathly and being a nurse I definitely know how to do it!!25
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I also drink spinach smoothies and vitamins17
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dogeatdogworld wrote: »I've lost 10lbs in 5 days and i take a water pill have been for a while now so I know its from the low cal intake. Its not like I'm going to continue 800 cal a day I want to stay heathly and being a nurse I definitely know how to do it!!
How much muscle have you lost along with fat? You can only burn so much fat a day, and muscle is a pain to gain back once its lost. You're not doing yourself any favours.10 -
I'm going to start taking n more protein tommrow 60mg a day15
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Thank you all for taking the time to reply. I appreciate.0
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dogeatdogworld wrote: »I'm going to start taking n more protein tommrow 60mg a day
What does that even mean?
Girl. You a nurse? I don't know.28
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