Macros and too little calories and fat?

Ashisrunning
Ashisrunning Posts: 37
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
LEts say hypathetically( spelling?) I dont have time to exersise but i want to loose weight if i have about 1,000 calories and 15 grams of fat a day TOTAL...can I loose weight off of that?

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  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    Eating below 1200 calories daily is not enough for your body. Your body needs a certain amount of energy to work properly. If you aren't properly fueled, you won't see the results you want! Good luck!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    You'll lose *weight* but eating so little, you'll be losing more lean muscle mass.

    If you ate more and exercised more, more of the weight you lose would be from fat. Severely limiting calories is not a good choice.
  • CityOnAHill
    CityOnAHill Posts: 136 Member
    The answer is yes. But you should really have a little more fat than that.
    Your weight loss will be slow but you can lose weight without exercising. I would suggest eating the 1200 calories, though; only because at 1200 you're already at a deficit anyway.

    You know, hypothetically speaking... :wink:
  • KyleJCooper
    KyleJCooper Posts: 44 Member
    If you can truly stick to 1200 calories a day (and this means being 100% sure about portion sizes and logging everything you put in your mouth), you will lose weight. Trust me.

    Just try to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine if you can't find time to exercise. Take the stairs, walk briskly to/from the car when you're out, and bust out a set of crunches or push-ups when you can't think of anything to do. Any little way to add a little spontaneous exercise into your normal routine will benefit you in the end.

    As already mentioned, do not eat 1000 calories a day. You need to eat at the low end of a healthy calorie range, not below it.
  • meli_medina
    meli_medina Posts: 594 Member
    Hypothetically, yes. But you will probably not be able to stick to that plan for long because eating below 1200 calories is hard on your body and eating that little fat is likely to cause depression. The body needs fat to function, just as it needs carbs and protein. Eating too little fat is just as bad as eating too little calories.

    Also, not eating fat does not make the body burn stored fat. That is what a calorie deficit will do. The body does not automatically pull from fat store to compensate for lower dietary fat intake. That is determined by a calorie deficit, which if also too low, can have the opposite desired effect.
  • awkwwward
    awkwwward Posts: 73
    Yes but you'll also be losing muscle (you know, that thing that makes you look leaner and keeps you strong), likely feel like **** (light-headed, dizzy, tummy unhappiness at the very least) and be doing more damage than good. There's a reason eating disorders "work" but are called eating disorders for a reason. Anyone subjecting themselves to that on purpose in the hope of losing weight has disordered food thoughts. Hope your hypothetical situation is just that!
  • khua0808
    khua0808 Posts: 95
    studies have shown that although cardio (not resistance training, whole different animal) helps speed up fat loss and improves heart health and your mood, the calories cut from dieting and cardio in general leads to the same effects of weight loss (200 calories from not eating and running will give you same body fat weight loss).. so yes you can get away with little exercise
  • Adrenaline_Queen
    Adrenaline_Queen Posts: 626 Member
    Depends on if you have a thyroid problem xx But of course you can the less you put in.............. BUT personally I would not do that... xxxxxx

    Also use weights, as heavy as you can, that works for me.. xxxxxxxxxx
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