Calling all you exercise versus calorie experts please

havehadenuf
havehadenuf Posts: 3 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
:bigsmile: Here's a question for you. Say you are a man with a bmi of 49. You are eating approx 1200 cals per day, and doing cardiovascular exercise at 1.5 hrs three times a week. Apart from being extremely unhealthy, would you actually lose weight????

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  • GINAvsGINA
    GINAvsGINA Posts: 270 Member
    NO! You might loss at first but you body will go into starvation mode and hold on to everything you put in. You need to eat more cals especially being a man. For women they usually say no less than 1200 but I think its more for men. You need to put your info into MFP and see how many cals they say you should eat. Unfortunately most people think the less they eat the more they'll lose, well that is unhealthy. You have to eat to lose. Hope this helps!
  • supertracylynn
    supertracylynn Posts: 1,338 Member
    Yes, but then you run the scary risk of death. Just saying.

    Also, the hcg diet is not a good choice.

    Start with a calorie deficit of 500 cals per day, and continue working out. You'll do much better that way.
  • velvetkat
    velvetkat Posts: 454 Member
    you will lose weight for a while... then your body will go into life saving mode and start trying to store the fat and take from muscle. People who go on hunger strikes lose weight til they lose their life.
  • Jemmuno
    Jemmuno Posts: 413 Member
    Yes I think you will. Also, are you working with a doctor too?
  • PetitePerfection
    PetitePerfection Posts: 199 Member
    You'll lose weight, but you'll completely screw up your metabolism and gain weight at any increase in intake. You can lose weight very fast and keep it off by eating twice that amount!!
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
    You would for a minute, but then your body would give out. You need energy in order to work out. Why don't you just try the healthy way?
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    Yes you would lose weight, however a high percentage of that weight loss would come from lean mass (muscle) rather than fat...even more so because you are a man. This loss would not however be healthy and eventually would decrease as the loss of MM would lower your calorie expenditure.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,489 Member
    :bigsmile: Here's a question for you. Say you are a man with a bmi of 49. You are eating approx 1200 cals per day, and doing cardiovascular exercise at 1.5 hrs three times a week. Apart from being extremely unhealthy, would you actually lose weight????

    Yes.
  • jill___
    jill___ Posts: 188 Member
    Having such a high BMI, you'd lose weight for at least a few months.

    Most people don't know what they're talking about when they say "starvation mode"... I'd advise that you look into the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. Basically, from an evolutionary standpoint, the human body designed to sustain itself through long periods of starvation.

    During times of hunting and gathering, most humans would have to go through the winter without eating, but survived & thrived through those times because they had gained enough body fat in the warmer months to live off of in the cold months.

    When you have a high body fat percentage, your body does not go into starvation mode. Actual starvation mode is when your body no longer has excess fat to live of off, and starts living off of your muscle tissue and organs. As long as you have excess body weight, you will not go into starvation mode or be close to death -- I would advise discussing it with a doctor before hand though, in case there are any medical condition that you aren't aware of.
  • JillyCornwall
    JillyCornwall Posts: 376 Member
    Having such a high BMI, you'd lose weight for at least a few months.

    Most people don't know what they're talking about when they say "starvation mode"... I'd advise that you look into the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. Basically, from an evolutionary standpoint, the human body designed to sustain itself through long periods of starvation.

    During times of hunting and gathering, most humans would have to go through the winter without eating, but survived & thrived through those times because they had gained enough body fat in the warmer months to live off of in the cold months.

    When you have a high body fat percentage, your body does not go into starvation mode. Actual starvation mode is when your body no longer has excess fat to live of off, and starts living off of your muscle tissue and organs. As long as you have excess body weight, you will not go into starvation mode or be close to death -- I would advise discussing it with a doctor before hand though, in case there are any medical condition that you aren't aware of.
    Your reply is excellent to this post...however
    The OP has just edited HER original post to make those who answered previously look like Muppets.......methinks this was a TROLL (Note times of our postings & her editing)
  • havehadenuf
    havehadenuf Posts: 3 Member
    Sorry you are correct I did edit from 810 cals to 1200 cals which is the correct amount of calories. But I still think this is a very low calorie intake for someone with such a high bmi, doing 1.5hrs of cardio exercise per week. Despite my editing, there are still a number of different views on the answer to this question, and I really appreciate your replies but am still confused as ever. Rather than opinions I could do with facts. Perhaps Jill you are nearer to fact rather than opinion?..........Still confused.com?:embarassed: :embarassed:
  • jill___
    jill___ Posts: 188 Member
    Sorry you are correct I did edit from 810 cals to 1200 cals which is the correct amount of calories. But I still think this is a very low calorie intake for someone with such a high bmi, doing 1.5hrs of cardio exercise per week. Despite my editing, there are still a number of different views on the answer to this question, and I really appreciate your replies but am still confused as ever. Rather than opinions I could do with facts. Perhaps Jill you are nearer to fact rather than opinion?..........Still confused.com?:embarassed: :embarassed:

    Honestly, I think you should just consult with a doctor. The first few months I was losing weight, I was eating only 600 calories a day, and burning more than that. Now, I eat 1200 and burn 700+ a day, and I'm thinking of cutting my calories again.
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