eating 1000 cal and feeling great

I think it's fine for rapid loss. I consume less. However, I wouldn't have posted about it though, because you're going to get bashed by 90% of people on this forum who think their ways are always the right way. Do what you want to do. It's your body ffs.

Why would you come here and brag about your unhealthy and unsustainable weight loss?

Why would you report such a bratty comment? Seriously, there are a lot of people who eat around 1,000 calories per day. I do and I have several people on my friend's list who do. Just because your huge and need to eat more doesn't mean that other people do. Get over yourself. Don't comment just to be rude. There are many people who do this. You should try it, maybe you'd have better luck. You have no proof if they are doing anything to their body. If they eat correctly and get everything they need in their diet then there is no problem. Your body needs nutrients not calories. Go by whats being put in vs the numbers.

Why would you come here and brag about your unhealthy and unsustainable weight loss?

Why would you report such a bratty comment? Seriously, there are a lot of people who eat around 1,000 calories per day. I do and I have several people on my friend's list who do. Just because your huge and need to eat more doesn't mean that other people do. Get over yourself. Don't comment just to be rude. There are many people who do this. You should try it, maybe you'd have better luck. You have no proof if they are doing anything to their body. If they eat correctly and get everything they need in their diet then there is no problem. Your body needs nutrients not calories. Go by whats being put in vs the numbers.

Exactly. Many centenarians have actually cut their intake in half. If she wants to consume 1000 then fine. Jeesh

Why would you come here and brag about your unhealthy and unsustainable weight loss?

Why would you report such a bratty comment? Seriously, there are a lot of people who eat around 1,000 calories per day. I do and I have several people on my friend's list who do. Just because your huge and need to eat more doesn't mean that other people do. Get over yourself. Don't comment just to be rude. There are many people who do this. You should try it, maybe you'd have better luck. You have no proof if they are doing anything to their body. If they eat correctly and get everything they need in their diet then there is no problem. Your body needs nutrients not calories. Go by whats being put in vs the numbers.

Exactly. Many centenarians have actually cut their intake in half. If she wants to consume 1000 then fine. Jeesh

I ate less tham my requirement until i hit just under my goal weight (i did not excercise at all) - i only had to do it for a few months. when i went under my goal weight, i increased my calorie intake to what it shoyuld be. so i was 145 and then i went down to 118 in a few short months by eating 1000 calories or less. once i hit that 118 - i didnt look pretty mind you and loss my bumpy - i increase my intake and began to excercise. I feel good and can see how my body is taking shape. but weghing 145 and 150 was very depressing. I am not saying this is the roght way to go. But different strokes for different folks.

Is your weight loss good?

You are putting your body in starvation mode. it will slowly affect your organs. i suggest bumping your calories to atleast 1200

Good for you. I could never survive on the little.

In college I lost about 100 lbs. I started out doing it in a healthy manner but the more I lost the slower the progress became so I just kept cutting calories. It got to the point that I was only eating a grapfuit and 1/4 cup of cereal everyother day. At this point I completelly quit losing weight. My body was starving. It ruined my metabolism and my health. I was too weak to workout. I was too weak to even think properally at my office job and I always felt like I was about to pass out. I was truley sick. The worst part of it is I was not able to keep the weight off. As soon as I started eating again I gained weight like crazy. I would recomend that you see a nutiritionist so that you do not fall into the same trap.

really disheartening to see people so rude and arrogant...we are all here for various reasons she is just starting her journey..kudos to you pros who have MASTERED the art of weight loss and protion control..you should be billionaires by now..jeesh.....no matter how many calories someone is eating no matter what diet they are on..no matter how they choose to use mfp ..everyone deserves some level of respect and compassion...you do not know their circumstances and really do you think anyone would feel open to explaining anything with comments like these?

Well said.

Please pay attention to what others on here are saying to try to educate you (not the mean ones). Their comments are based on known science - your current diet is very unhealthy. Your body needs fuel to function and to exercise, which comes from food. You are in starvation mode. This causes loss of muscles and bone mass, and will affect all the other non-fat parts of your body in a very unhealthy way. It will slow your metabolism to the point that you will need even less calories to move that scale and your hormones will become out of whack. Exercise will be less efficient at burning calories, because you have tricked your body into conserving energy by storing it for later and you will lose endurance. Build your caloric intake to at least 1200 and eat at least 1/2 your exercise calories back if you are at that calorie level. Instead of focusing on as few calories as possible, focus on the types of foods you are eating - lean meats and other sources of protein, fruits and vegetables and steel mill variety whole grains.

I admire your courage to even ask for opinions after reading some of the replys back. Best of luck to you. I would however suggest going to NIH or the Mayo Clinic web site if you want to learn more about nutrition over Wickipedia.

I don't think this site would ever put you below 1200 calories or any Dr. for that matter.

Plenty of commercial diets are well below 1200 calories. The key is to eat enough protein to avoid muscle loss, especially as the heart is a muscle. Google "protein sparing modified fast" and have happy reading.

Here's an example of dieting at 800 calories for 8 weeks using medically approved protocols http://www.ncl.ac.uk/magres/assets/documents/StudyRecipes.pdf

Here's a commercial example
http://www.cambridgeweightplan.com/6steps.asp
which says in a footnote
"If they wish to follow a VLCD programme (Step 1 below 800kcal), they may do so for a maximum of 12 weeks at a time. After the 12th week the customer should move up to 810kcal (Step 2), for at least 1 week. If they still have weight to lose and their BMI is suitable, they may resume a VLCD programme for a further 12 weeks."

Enjoy.

Good GRIEF you guys are MEAN!!! omg, I would be TERRIFIED to ever ask a question on this forum! Surely there's a way to express that we disagree with the OP without degrading her and half the other people who've posted replies. She's a HUMAN BEING, guys. Come on!! I don't like the idea of such a low cal diet either but there are more important things in the world, like treating each other with dignity and respect. Sad, sad behavior

I completely agree with you! When I started this site, I did it because I had no clue what to do to loose weight the healthy way. I have learned so much since then and I just feel that if i would have ever gotten the replies she is getting I would have felt like just giving up! I thought we were suppossed to support each other....and before any one says anything, NO I am not supporting that she eat 100o calories a day, but I can tell you that I was there when I started as well. I didnt feel hungry so I was always under...I know understand that my body needs more, but it takes time to learn. At least try and make your disagreement responses less mean.......bet she wont want to post here again....very sad!

Scratch that, I'm not putting my two cents in.

VLCDs have their place.... and that's among the morbidly obese. They have enough excess body fat to fuel a large calorie deficit.

The OP isn't morbidly obese. She's barely even overweight. She doesn't have very much to lose, and doesn't have a large amount of body fat for her body to pull energy from.

She will have much better success in every way if she sets her calorie goal to lose one pound a week for now, eats most of her exercise calories, then when she's within 10-15 pounds of her goals, switches to lose a half pound a week.