Weight-Loss 1,000 - 1,500 cals?

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Elodie1

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Is it safe to have between 1,000 and 1,500 calories per day? I know the recommended daily intake is 2,000, but I'm only 16, 5 ft 1 and I don't do lots of exercise. I've been trying to eat healthily, but I haven't lost any weight. Would 1,000 cals minimum be alright?

Thanks
 
no 1000 wouldnt be alright under any circumstance...


What is your current weight and how much are you trying to lose?

why don't you exercise?

the habits you build now will be with you for the rest of your life - start exercising now and in your later years you won't have health issues
 
i'm 4'9" and that wouldn't be nearly enough for me...and its not for your either. starving yourself in order to lose weight is never a good idea. take a look around the board and answer maleficent's questions.
 
What has to be done to eliminate this way of thinking? I stayed home for the last two days and I don't see a bunch of infomercials out there promoting starvation dieting. I flip through magazine and don't see stuff about starvation dieting.

If anything, the media has flipped it and really talk negatively about starvation dieting.

So why is it that we have people coming in here day in and day out asking if it's okay to starve themselves? It baffles me. I guess they sort of get the thermodynamics of it all and figure why not go "all out" with it.... but it still surprises me.

Nothing against the OP.
 
my only guess is that this line of thinking comes along because people want fast results. just like with anything else in life, they want what they want and they want it right now, this minute. ironically, this is why many of us gained weight in the first place.
 
Steve said:
What has to be done to eliminate this way of thinking? I stayed home for the last two days and I don't see a bunch of infomercials out there promoting starvation dieting. I flip through magazine and don't see stuff about starvation dieting.

If anything, the media has flipped it and really talk negatively about starvation dieting.

So why is it that we have people coming in here day in and day out asking if it's okay to starve themselves? It baffles me. I guess they sort of get the thermodynamics of it all and figure why not go "all out" with it.... but it still surprises me.

Nothing against the OP.
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When I was younger (I'm 22 now) I used to just think simply: food = fat. And while I did do the 1000 cal thing at one time and did lose weight, we all know it never stayed that way. The OP should read and study this board. You really do need food to fuel your body!
 
C'mon guys, she's 16, don't be too hard, she doesn't know, that is why she asked.

Like Mal suggested, put your weight here, and we can help you figure out how much you should eat. And also post if you are active or not (school sports etc). I know, now a days teens aren't as active as we once were.
 
I don't think anyone is being hard, to be honest.

And I'm not out to coddle anyone, regardless of age. Tough love has worked for me and my clients more than anything else. Not that the drill-sergeant route is right for everyone. Heck, that's not even the route I'm taking.

I'm just not beating around the bush.
 
Steve said:
What has to be done to eliminate this way of thinking? I stayed home for the last two days and I don't see a bunch of infomercials out there promoting starvation dieting. I flip through magazine and don't see stuff about starvation dieting.

If anything, the media has flipped it and really talk negatively about starvation dieting.
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There's still lots of stuff out there that still focuses on starvation like cleanses and such. When I was checking out different sources to see what some programs recommended for caloric intake I was floored when ediets was having my max be 1280 calories/day (this was when i weighed 220lbs), and they're always the highest ranked online diet site by other websites I look at. A lot of those tv infomercials also have a 'diet plan' that's around 1400cals to go with their workout. So while yes, they are trying to make people fit by getting them to workout, they're also trying to get people to severely cut calories so that they can see that 10in gone in 10 days so that people will buy their program. Personally, I like to eat, so when people said you can still lose even if you're eating XXX amount, I was all for it.
 
Let me pose this question:

Lets say someone is starvation dieting and only eating around 1,000 calories a day; once they got to their goal weight could they begin to steadily increase their calories with little side-effects?
 
angelicrock said:
Let me pose this question:

Lets say someone is starvation dieting and only eating around 1,000 calories a day; once they got to their goal weight could they begin to steadily increase their calories with little side-effects?
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If it were that easy, starvation dieting would work and yo-yo dieting would exist.

Problem is, starvation dieting usually gets the best of people and they end up eating more than they would have otherwise had they dieting more sanely.

They're left with more frustrations than results.

Starving yourself will get results.

That is if by results you mean having the scale numbers drop with no care for what you look or feel like.

To answer your question though, yes.... anytime you diet.... starvation or healthy.... there will be a corresponding metabolic slowdown.

You can bring your metabolism back up by upping your cals.
 
I understand why you are asking this question, weight loss is difficult.

Trust me, I've been there and done that with the calories. It's not a good idea. You can lose the weight by cutting calories, but eventually you have to eat more calories after a while. As soon as you do, the pounds come back quick, sometimes adding even more than you started with. The body thinks it needs to store more fat for the next famine. Then you cut back calories again for a while, and this process repeats, and only gets harder over time. You might end up gaining more weight in the end this way, then if you just go with a healthier weight loss plan.

Try to find out what your daily caloric needs are for your body type that will increase your metabolism, versus slowing it down. Incorporate exercise, it's a must. You'll never be able to avoid it, if you want to be healthy and fit.

I know that is easier said than done, but I wish someone had told me this when I was 16.
 
See what I don't understand is if you cut calories lower than your target weight maintenance level and then up your calories to that maintenance level why would you gain weight?

Example:

Persons current weight/maintenance: 250 lbs./2400 cals

Target weight/maintenance: 180lbs./2040 cals

Current intake 1400 cals.

So lets say you even went lower to say 1200 - 800 but never went above 2040 if the cravings got to you, wouldn't you still lose weight and not gain?
 
Sorry for taking ages to reply. I wasn't thinking about starving myself, I just had no idea whether that amount was healthy or not. I used to exercise quite a lot, but I stopped when I developed depression (I didn't do sports at school and I had no energy) I know I'll have to start exercising again...it's just difficult when I haven't done it for ages.

So if I only had 1,000 calories per day, I could gain more weight than I had when I started? Would that be permanent?
 
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