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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 little to no cheat days) I was wondering if this is safe/ healthy as long as I get all if my vitamins and nutrients. My Bmr is about 1,400 and I'll be exercising so I know I'll lose weight. I've been eating avocado, almonds, milk, oranges, apples, bananas, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, oatmeal, spinach, tomatoes, fish, tofu, grapes , broth, watermelon, green tea, black tea,and of course water. I'm planning on expanding the list if I do this long term. I eat 5-7 small meals a day. 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, like how many calories I should eat. Thanks! (Oh and by the way, I'm a woman if that matters.
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If you were to completely gorge yourself with food every day to the point where you were consuming enough food to gain a pound every 2 days, you'd be really really unhealthy and disgusting. Agreed? Well, it's no different the other way around. If you completely deny yourself of food to the point where you're consuming so little, it's SUPER unhealthy and disgusting. It took you awhile to put on the extra weight and it's going to take you awhile to get it off. That's life. Healthy weight loss is about 5 pounds per month. In order to lose 5 pounds per month, you need only cut about 500-600 calories per day from your regular diet. That's like one snack. If you are really serious about losing weight, you have to set realistic goals for yourself. It it not realistic to limit yourself to 500 calories. In order for your body to sustain itself so you don't get sick and die, you need at least 1200-1500 calories per day. You might be able to pull it off for a week or so and lose a bunch of weight all at once, but you won't be able to sustain it and you'll feel miserable all the time because you're hungry and your goal is simply unattainable. You'll probably end up gaining more than you were able to lose. I was able to lose 12 pounds in 3 months by limiting myself to 1500 calories per day. Isn't that good? Wouldn't you like to be the one saying that? Three months isn't really that long. You can do it too. It's going to take dedication and it's going to take time. Avoiding food will destroy your body, you'll look terrible, and you won't learn how to sustain your weight once you lose what you want to lose. Good luck!
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Calories are units of energy needed to fuel daily activity. The amount of fuel a woman needs daily depends on many factors, including size, age and activity level.
The number of calories a woman needs daily varies according to age. Younger women generally need more calories than older women, as they tend to have more muscle mass and be more active. A sedentary woman aged 19 to 30 years needs between 1,800 and 2,000 calories daily, while moderately active women need 2,000 to 2,200 calories and very active women need 2,400.
Based on the information above 500 calories a day is way too little to sustain you. I have reason to believe you are probably a teenager under 19 years of age. If this is true and you are relatively active a diet of 1,800 to 2,000 calories a day would probably be just what you need to sustain you and lose weight. You would need more calories to maintain your present weight.
That being said let me add we are not doctors and you have not supplied even the minimum amount of information such as height and weight for us to offer what an ideal weight for you should be. Not everyone can look like the models in the magazines, even the models in the magazines don't look like they do in the magazines. After the photo's are taken they are airbrushed to make them look as the client wants to present whatever they are selling to look.
It is far better to be 10 pounds overweight then 10 pounds underweight. When we diet what happens is your body needing more fuel than it takes in starts to feed off itself and you lose weight. If you are already underweight then you do not have the reserves for the body to feed off of and what happens is the body which is designed to save the brain at all costs starts to shut down systems it feels it can live without. It continues to do so until it can no longer support brain function.
This is what kills people with the eating disorder called Anorexia.
My advice is before starting any diet check with your doctor. Find out if you really need to diet and then diet under your doctor's supervision. Your doctor will give you a diet plan, a daily calorie count to follow with scheduled check ups to monitor your progress. This is the proper and safe way to diet.
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