Is 1100 net too low?

You shouldn't go under 1200cals a day. Also get some exercise, its an important part of a healthy lifestyle. I get at least 30mins 5 times a week.


Good Luck.

My understanding is that anything under 1200 is not healthy. Also, don't want to be negative but it seems for your height that amount of loss would not be healthy. Habe you discussed your weight loss plan with a doctor or nutritionist?

Eating too few calories can actually backfire and sabotage your weight-loss efforts. The most effective way to lose weight is to consume fewer calories than you expend. If your calorie intake dips too low, your body could go into starvation mode. Your body will start to store fat because it thinks it is not going to get anything. You will be at a point where your body is kind of at a standstill. When you cut your calories so low your metabolism slows and you stop losing weight.

Good luck!

No. I very rarely ever net near that, but I do eat about 200kCal+ / day and then just beast myself in the gym. Never gone hungry, not had extreme weight loss and stayed healthy too.

I ate lots, but low calorie, low fat and nutritious. Quite high in carbohydrate and protein, but low GI carbs and good lean protein, like lean skinless chicken/turkey breast, extra extra lean mince steak, low fat cottage cheese, low fat cream cheese, baked beans, chickpeas etc.

If you have fat to lose, then your body will use it if you're beasting yourself.

If you are netting less than 1200 without doing exercise and not at least eating the 1200 then thats when to be cautious. If you are burning, for example 500 kCal in the gym and have a calorie goal of 1200 and eat for example 1400kCal and have a 300kCal deficit, then this shouldn;t be too bad, but I think setting such extreme losses so soon is too much. Try aiming for 0.5lb /week loss and making sure you fuel your body properly for workouts, repair and building new lean tissue and not fat.

A lot goes for where your calories come from and how "nutritious" they are.

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Good luck getting an answer. Everyone says you shouldn't go below 1200 calories a day. Meaning 1199 is unhealthy. If you exercise make sure you eat back all you calories to get to 1200. So if you eat 1200 daily and exercise to burn 500, you need to eat back that 500 that same day or your body will start eating itself within minutes. Be aware!

I often net below 1200, but that is on days when I do an almost two hour workout and have burned 800 or so calories. My calorie goal is 1450 without exercise, so I eat those, plus some of my exercise calories back, but I don't eat all of them back simply because I am full and eat very healthy - I suppose I could eat them all back if I ate junk food, but I don't want to do that. I'm still losing, and am never hungry and have never felt healthier, so that seems to work for me.