500 cal per day diet

so tell me how you are not famished?

I'm really surprised by a lot of responses to this post. We know nothing about this person. It could be for medical reasons, they could be talking net rather than only consuming 500 calories. If you disagree with what they are doing, when they did not ask for your opinion but introduced themselves, at the most say so politely. You could just not respond at all if it upsets you. Swearing at them, even with the word blanked out, does not encourage anyone to be healthy, but shuns them from getting support they may have come here for. Sometimes people do things differently, sometimes they make mistakes, sometimes they are more correct than you are. Calling someone an idiot is not kind, and will get you nothing out of it other than possibly upsetting someone else.

New to this website, and this happened to be one of the first few messages I clicked on, and it was disappointing. I think I'll avoid the message boards in future.

wow dude... i seriously doubt you'll be back to post in this thread after some f the things that have been posted in here.

in any case, i would suggest getting a referral from your doctor for a nutritionist. that person should be able to help give you ideas on how to get proper nutrition.

also for all of you insulting the OP, you're being jerks especially since you have absolutely no idea how overweight the OP is. i know that for people who are majorly obese and who need to lose weight ASAP for medical reasons (were not just talking about people who are 100 pounds overweight) they will very often be given VLCD where they are supervised.

Honestly, if this is a medically supervised plan, don't even discuss it on these forums. You're gonna get ripped apart, and you will get minimal support, because very few people around here seem to believe you can possibly lose weight without eating under 1700 calories a day.

That being said, good for you for talking to your doctor and being proactive. Ignore the haters, and when the time comes to add more calories and more activity to your day, you and your doctor to decide what's right for you, Good luck and good health.

This ^

There are an extraordinary number of people on MFP who consider themselves experts over and above a doctor. I have always wondered why these same people did not enter into the medical profession really, they seem to know everything there is to know about everything medical....

apparently.......

OP stick with your doctor, do not ask medical advice on the forums, you are wasting your time.

Whatever the reasons you have for being on such a low calorie diet, it will not be understood on these boards - EVEN IF, you have been put on that daily amount due to health reasons or because you need to lose weight very quickly due to having a very important surgical operation.

This sounds like a really bad add for dangerous supplement to me...

I can't decide whats more disgusting that the people are saying that they know more than what a DOCTOR recommended based on what they read online, or the remarks I read by these people calling this fella an idiot without even knowing him, or how most of the people in this thread spreading negativity are supposedly the popular kids on a support site.

Oh wait, this is a dejavu. This is like going back to high school...

Your doctor needs to have his license revoked, he clearly doesn't understand healthy eating habits. You can do it but unless you plan on eating only 500 calories a day for the rest of your life, you will gain it back and then some. Why would you starve yourself like that?

I'm not a popular user, I'm pretty sure. I don't even know who the popular kids are. >.>

But not all doctors are good at what they do and there are a lot of quacks out there. I've been to doctors who intentionally would keep me unwell and throw different medications at me just so I'd keep coming back and give them my money. I'm just worried that's what is happening here. If this is emergency weight loss for a surgery, fine. I just feel that it's unnecessary to starve oneself so much. It's just my opinion. >.<

You're discrediting a doctor based on your personal experience or from what you've heard and read? I have had bad experience with alot of women but I don't go around calling every woman I come in contact with a B**** because that would be ignorant of me.

We have no idea what he's going through. If you wanna give an advice, give advice like "Hey, this sounds awefully low and maybe you should get a second opinion" but you and multiple other folks on this thread just said things that will make this user very likely to never come back here when all he wanted to do was get some support. Also, you just insulted a doctor, a person who went through alot of years of education, without knowing ANYTHING about the patient....

Your doctor needs to have his license revoked, he clearly doesn't understand healthy eating habits. You can do it but unless you plan on eating only 500 calories a day for the rest of your life, you will gain it back and then some. Why would you starve yourself like that?

I'm not a popular user, I'm pretty sure. I don't even know who the popular kids are. >.>

But not all doctors are good at what they do and there are a lot of quacks out there. I've been to doctors who intentionally would keep me unwell and throw different medications at me just so I'd keep coming back and give them my money. I'm just worried that's what is happening here. If this is emergency weight loss for a surgery, fine. I just feel that it's unnecessary to starve oneself so much. It's just my opinion. >.<

You're discrediting a doctor based on your personal experience or from what you've heard and read? I have had bad experience with alot of women but I don't go around calling every woman I come in contact with a B**** because that would be ignorant of me.

We have no idea what he's going through. If you wanna give an advice, give advice like "Hey, this sounds awefully low and maybe you should get a second opinion" but you and multiple other folks on this thread just said things that will make this user very likely to never come back here when all he wanted to do was get some support. Also, you just insulted a doctor, a person who went through alot of years of education, without knowing ANYTHING about the patient....

Sorry, I distrust those in the medical profession in general. Maybe the doctors just suck in my area. And I know a lot of people that go through a lot of "education" but are still no smarter than anyone else. And if he wanted us to get a better picture of what he's going through, maybe he should have been more specific. And he doesn't need these message boards to lose weight if he has such an award winning doctor. This person could just be trolling or looking for attention. Just because someone is of a particular profession doesn't make them immune to criticism like everyone else. Doctors criticize each other all the time? Did they not receive similar training? So even if other doctors can't agree with each other, how are we expected to trust them when all they wanna do is shove medication down our throats and hope it works.

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