thedietguru

reverse diet. calories should never be this low for your weight. it's caused severe metabolic slowdown and hormone issues. i know it's scary and you'll gain a few pounds back, but you need to be at over 2000 calories a day at the least (body weight x15 is a better place to start)... that's what kicks metabolism up and…

A firm booty absolutely requires eating more. You need to feed that body and don't be short 800 calories or you'll end up skinny fat. Eat everything you're supposed to.

Well said... that's the ticket.

This problem likely exists, but you do a big disservice to people in not giving them credit for knowing what they're talking about and assuming they're just bad at counting calories... and not focusing on a solution. Simply ask "are you sure you're counting calories right?". Most people have math 101 down.. and they need…

Nope. Anyone who thinks this isn't a "big" problem does not work in the fitness world. Guaranteed.

^^^^^ Yes... THIS. I was looking for this article a couple days ago. Everyone thinks they're immune to this and be are always encouraging people to keep dropping calories, but it's just stupid. Lose weight by eating the most you can.. not the least you can.

See this problem all the time.. way too few calories with way too much exercise. Your body has to store energy (fat). Take a month and reverse diet. If you gain a few pounds, so be it.. I don't know your weight/height, but I'm betting you need about twice the calories for the exercise you're doing. Maintain at about a…

^^^^ This. Out of curiosity though.. how many calories a day are you getting?

Looks like a troll post to me. I doubt this is a serious question.

No problem at all with that plan. Nothing wrong with starving yourself for the next day either. I do a 24 hour fast after a binge day and all is well. The metabolism doesn't even dip until after 36 hours of no food so even with fasting like that, you're just dropping insulin all day and burning fat. With your method,…

Precisely... exactly what I alluded to above this post (except for stretching meal times out. meal frequency means nothing).

Worst advice ever. If you're not refeeding, do that first. Second... reverse diet and maintain hundreds more calories a day for a few weeks. Then, carb cycle and get at least 300g carbs every fourth day. Leptin looks to be a major player in your problem.

So wrong. Learn the difference in BMR and TDEE. If you have to eat that low to lose, you need to increase calories and exercise to raise your metabolism.

I hate reading posts like this because I'm willing to bet you're eat way too little and your metabolism is just dropping while destroying your hormonal profile. At the very least, have 1 day a week where you eat 2000 calories or more. That will help. When your Leptin levels drop too low (as will always happen on Atkins),…

BMR = 1720. Burning 1000 more means your TDEE equals 2720. You should be eating around 2200 - 2400 to start with and follow diannethegeek's advice on what to eat.

Whoa... not even close. Try getting all your fats from trans fats and take a look at your body composition. It won't be good. Also.. coconut oil doesn't have Omega 3s, so get plenty of coconut oil (it's awesome), but be sure and get some omega 3s mixed in with your fat intake too. Saturated fats are good too. They boost…

While I would suspect that circadian rhythms probably play a role here, when are you weighing yourself? Most people weight first thing in the morning, after bowel excrement, for the most accurate readings. Obviously, this would skew the results for you.

I lost 14 lbs playing bingo.. as long as you're in a deficit and all... :P

Bingo.

Agreed. Free weights will give max results but w/ a shoulder injury, I'd probably subscribe machines anyway. You'll still get the majority of the benefit.

As you probably already know, there's no spot reduction and no way to "tone" specific areas of your body. In fact, just "toning" a muscle is a myth. There's either more muscle and less fat or there's not. I know it can be intimidating at first.. but do some free weights. It will make all the difference in the world and…

I just indulge for holidays and when out of town family get-togethers happen.... and then fast the next day. Calorie deficit and McD's both achieved.

sigh... A test such as this measures oxygen consumption. If your BMR really is that low, eating less (or even slightly more) is a bad idea. If it's a true measure of your metabolism.. you need to figure out how to raise your metabolism. How to do that? Eat more and exercise more. If your bmr is truly this low, you have…

It's the ideal place to start. Simply monitor your weight for a couple weeks and drop it by a couple hundred if you haven't lost weight. If you've lost even a pound though.. stay there until you can't lose anymore. Too many people start low. Always start high.. you give yourself way more options to lose as time goes on,…

This person should be banned on the basis of sheer stupidity. She's destroying her thryoid and hormones. She's creating a body that will require she eat 700 calories a day for the next 10 years.. and then 500 a day as her metabolism naturally drops from age and from repeated abuse to her hormones. DON'T LISTEN TO THIS or…

You can not believe in starvation mode all you want but it's absolutely true. At 700 calories a day, she's destroying her hormonal profile and her body will hoard fat like never before. She's creating the perfect fat storage machine. She needs to reverse diet.. slowly adding in 100 calories a week. I wouldn't even workout…

Eliminating sugar will probably yield the best results. You'll be shocked at what a difference that makes. Of course.. that makes your diet a keto diet so much of your lost weight will be water, but it will work in reducing weight.

Great job on losing over 100! Don't stop! BMR is total calories needed to remain in a coma.. no activity. TDEE is adding everything you do in the day.. When you get out of bed, to brushing your teeth, to working out.. that makes your BMR + calories expended from daily activities = to your TDEE. Once you know that, you…

It's actually a great plan. There's absolutely nothing wrong with 1200 calorie days when you have days in the same week that are as high as 2000. An ongoing diet of 1200 a day would be bad, but this will probably see you yield some good results. Hell.. 24 hour fasts are proven to have many benefits so not sure why anyone…