I've been given different pieces of advise from several people and now my head is all over the place. So just wanting some clarity.
I'm 5ft 6 and 12 St 7. Want to get back to around 10st 7.
I thought losing weight was eat less, move more. Basically have more cals burnt than the cals that go in.
I've started a diet a week ago and calorie counting. Soup for dinner, calorie controlled meal plan meal for tea (ready meal style) so I can scan the cals exactly. No snacks and drinking water. Sometimes breakfast of weetabix and 200 ml of milk.
Averaging 600-800 cals a day.
I've read 800 cals a day is one diet style out there.
Last week had a weekly cal deficit of 10,000 cals. Which in my head is a good start. But am I eating enough? I don't feel hungry and I've just cut out snacks, chocolate, eating out, drinking which is where most of my cals probably came from before. And the fact that previously portion sizes were probably 3x bigger than they should have been.
I have been on a few 30-50 min walks this week because of the nice weather but normally about 8,000 steps a day. Not active at work and don't go to the gym.Â
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Calorie-counting
600-800 cals? Will this work?
Ljmh2022 · 11/09/2023 12:15
cruffinsmuffin · 11/09/2023 12:21
600-800 kcal is probably not enough. Your body may enter starvation mode and preserve fat stores rather than burning them. Eating a diet too low in calories can cause other issues too.
It's best to eat a calorie allowance at your TDEE levels and add in exercise, or drop the calories slightly.
It might work but won't really be sustainable and might give you other problems with having such a low calorie intake.
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Nopenopenopenopenopenope · 11/09/2023 20:12
And starvation mode isn't a thing.
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