Success on 800 Calories a day :)
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 08:07 PM
So I decided to try 700 or 800 Calories a day. Now to be honest some days have been complete fasts and some days I have let the calories creep up to 1 000 or 1 200 MAXIMUM but I have been fasting after those days and averaging 800 a day. I have tried lower and usually end up going super low for a few days and then eating maintenance for a day and I wanted something more regular.
On 800 or slightly less or more each day I live off of: Calorie Reduced Chicken Noodle Soup from Campbell's, steamed green giant vegetables, 30 calorie yogurt cups and the odd (twice or three times a week) hungry man when I go to work and need something to microwave at work that's quick and easy), extra lean chicken breastfeeding slices, tuna in mustard, some salad you mix in the dressing and nuts and such into I get spring mix which is 290 calories and SO delicious. Also eggs in omelet form, quaker oats which are plain or I get lightly sweetened apples and cinammon both are 110 calories per pack. I also picked up smoking which I don't recommend but they do make me not hungry like at all for hours and hours after about 2 or 3. And with the occasional 1 200 calorie binge or fast day I have lost....
16 lb in 6 weeks! I haven't lost 20 or 30 lb like I might or have in the past but I feel like I could keep going on this and like I can eventually lose more and more which is all that matter isn't it?
Who else has had success in 800 calories a day?! I want to hear from anyone else who has had success in 800 calories each day?
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 08:20 PM
I average 800 and have lost 15 lbs in under a month 
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 09:44 AM
I find that 800-1000 / day is just right for me as well
I'd rather lose slow and steady and not want to binge and purge as often, as opposed to restricting more and therefore maybe losing weight faster, but then ending up b/p'ing more often cause I'm so hungry / feel so depressed. eating more also enables me to work out more. at this point, I can't imagine eating 500 or less cals per day, tbh. unless I was really really sad. if something makes me feel really really sad or bad about myself, I have no appetite whatsoever.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:23 AM
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:25 AM
i eat <500 cal a day but i'm 5'6
lost 35 pounds since september.
however i was overweight in the beginning, so that probably helped.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:33 AM
HollowBodies, on 18 Dec 2014 - 8:07 PM, said:
I just wanted to share with how I have been finding success on 800 Calories a day. I have been struggling with my ed for 2 years. I go through periods of frequently fasting followed by lightly or hardly restricting like a normal intake (2 000 or so a day. I maintain my weight or drop 5 or so during this time period) and I have always struggled to find the right balance of calories because 1st I am 5'10, 2nd I am a high school student, 3rd I am a working high school student with lots of hours during the holidays and 4th I weigh 155 lb so I probably can lose the same amount as someone 5'5 and 130 lb could on like 500.
So I decided to try 700 or 800 Calories a day. Now to be honest some days have been complete fasts and some days I have let the calories creep up to 1 000 or 1 200 MAXIMUM but I have been fasting after those days and averaging 800 a day. I have tried lower and usually end up going super low for a few days and then eating maintenance for a day and I wanted something more regular.
On 800 or slightly less or more each day I live off of: Calorie Reduced Chicken Noodle Soup from Campbell's, steamed green giant vegetables, 30 calorie yogurt cups and the odd (twice or three times a week) hungry man when I go to work and need something to microwave at work that's quick and easy), extra lean chicken breastfeeding slices, tuna in mustard, some salad you mix in the dressing and nuts and such into I get spring mix which is 290 calories and SO delicious. Also eggs in omelet form, quaker oats which are plain or I get lightly sweetened apples and cinammon both are 110 calories per pack. I also picked up smoking which I don't recommend but they do make me not hungry like at all for hours and hours after about 2 or 3. And with the occasional 1 200 calorie binge or fast day I have lost....
16 lb in 6 weeks! I haven't lost 20 or 30 lb like I might or have in the past but I feel like I could keep going on this and like I can eventually lose more and more which is all that matter isn't it?
Who else has had success in 800 calories a day?! I want to hear from anyone else who has had success in 800 calories each day?
i have. i lost 15 pounds in 2 months doing exactly that. then... my body got use to it and i hit a stall for 4-5 months. i had to do the 2368 diet. then i lost another 20 pounds in 2 months. it was great.,, then i binged for a month due to my fucked up life....... i needed comfort and put the weight on again :-( i hate when i convince myself its ok to eat because im not getting what i want emotionally.. i still go to the gym every chance i get but ive been very very bad. i consume 600-1600 calories each day. this needs to stop.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:43 AM
800 calories worked for me at first. However, I wanted to lose weight faster so I restricted at 400 and then 300. Then I fasted for a day and ate 300 the next day.
I lost the most weight that way, but eventually I slipped into a b/p cycle and gained back 10lbs!
I think that 400-800 is the only range where people (like me anyway) can lose consistently without causing sudden heart problems, fainting spells and setting themselves up for a cycle of binging, which leaves you 2-4 lbs heavier than you would have been if you had just eaten 500-700 every day instead.
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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:53 AM
Hibernia, on 19 Dec 2014 - 10:43 AM, said:
I think that 400-800 is the only range where people (like me anyway) can lose consistently without causing sudden heart problems, fainting spells and setting themselves up for a cycle of binging, which leaves you 2-4 lbs heavier than you would have been if you had just eaten 500-700 every day instead.
This pretty much sums up what I've been doing for the last 2 months and I've lost 26 pounds so far.
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