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Low Calorie Diet
I'm going on a diet and I only want to eat around 500 calories a day (with one cheat day every two weeks of course ;)). I was wondering if this is safe/ healthy as long as I get all if my vitamins and nutrients. I've been eating avocado, almonds, milk, oranges, apples, bananas, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, oatmeal, spinach, tomatoes, grapes, watermelon, and of course water. I'm planning on expanding the list if I do this long term. I eat 3-4 small meals per day about 150 calories each. I exercise a little bit as well. So is this safe? I've heard that if I do this my body will start eating my muscle so I've put the diet on hold until I know for sure. If this isn't safe, I'd like some suggestions to improve my diet. Thanks! (Oh and by the way, I'm a woman if that matters.
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You need more than 500 calories. Follow my advice, before you end up in an emergency room.
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Go vegan. I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
More on vitamin B12
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Good luck!
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No, that's definitely not enough calories. That will starve your body, and when your body goes into starvation mode it is really freaking hard to lose weight. Especially if you plan on having a cheat day, your body will just hold onto all those calories. I did that to myself for years, and it wasn't until I started eating around 1500 calories a day and exercising 5 days a week that I dropped around 40 pounds pretty quickly.
What you are missing in your list of what you can eat is protein, which your body really needs. If you're a vegetarian, you can have tofu, tempeh, or another meat free substitute. If not, having lean turkey, chicken, or fish at least once a day is totally fine and will help keep you more full.
Myfitnesspal.com has a really awesome tool where you can pick how many calories a day you want to eat, enter everything you eat each day, and it will tell you if you're staying on track and how much weight you will lose.
The best thing for losing weight quickly is exercise, a little bit isn't gonna do it. When I got into running, my legs and abs toned up very quickly and I had way more energy. You can start with walking and build up (and it's good to do strength exercises before or after) or find another form of cardio you enjoy. This is what will make you lose weight fast and keep it off.
Good luck!
-Krista, 23/f
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