1000 calories a day!

So unhealthy.. you're young, why would you do that to yourself?

Under-eating the way you are, you are risking catabolizing muscle and developing menstrual problems if you continue, along with hair-loss and thyroid irregularities. Not good.

No, you're not. Nobody who consistently eats that little will consistently sustain an exercise program that burns 500 calories per day.

I’m doing 1,000 a day (max. 1,200) but my diary isn’t that great. I get lazy with writing up what food I’ve eaten, though I do keep accurate track of calories. Don’t know if that helps any >.<

1000 calories is my goal, I look at it that if I go over it's not the end of the world type of thing. I don't do much exercising if any. Am I at the unhealthy risk?

It is my most sincere hope that all of you who believe you are eating so few calories are really, really awful at counting calories.

There is absolutely no reason that young women have to be eating ridiculously low amounts of calories to lose weight. What Maxxit said about hormones and muscle is spot on.

Why woo me? I eat between 1000-1300 per day but stay closer to 1200 (net-like I said, I eat back exercise calories). I'm only 5 foot tall and sedentary, so I don't need as much as most people. Heck, at my goal weight, my calories per day will only be like 1300 unless I start exercising more (which I plan on doing anyway).

From my experience, I am indeed accurately counting 1000 calories a day (there isn’t a single thing that enters my mouth that I don’t account for, and in cases of doubt I always round up), and I aside from a few days of adjustment I’m not feeling particularly hungry or low energy. My lifestyle is pretty sedentary at the moment, so I’m well aware that if I have a much more active day that my calorie count needs to increase, but as it stands 1k a day is not nearly as miserable as some would assume ^^’

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From my experience, I am indeed accurately counting 1000 calories a day (there isn’t a single thing that enters my mouth that I don’t account for, and in cases of doubt I always round up), and I aside from a few days of adjustment I’m not feeling particularly hungry or low energy. My lifestyle is pretty sedentary at the moment, so I’m well aware that if I have a much more active day that my calorie count needs to increase, but as it stands 1k a day is not nearly as miserable as some would assume ^^’

Your experience of tracking for ... two days?

I will tell you as someone who has lost 95 pounds and gained some of it back and is in the process of losing it plus some more that weight loss is all about doing things in a smart and sustainable manner.

You are not doing that. Your diet is woefully lacking in protein, and I didn't see any vegetables. The "feels" pass after the rush of eagerness at the beginning of dieting fades and the long term reality of maintaining loss and the ongoing effort sets in.

You are not on a sustainable path.

Read the forum stickies and rethink what you're doing.

All of you.

Even those of you who think you're going to maintain on 1300 calories. Unless you're 70 years old, I'm not buying it. I'm short and old and those aren't even my maintenance calories for being sedentary.